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Due to the large amount of infrastructure required on public land (telephone and electric poles, cable and gas lines buried underground and under city streets etc.) there's no real way around a utility company being anything but a sort of government sponsored monopoly.

 

I may be talking out of my arse but will that always be the case? With the increase in private funding for R&D regarding new and sustainable energy, could the model change to a more competitive, less restrictive one as the old limitations of nuclear, hydroelectic and fossil fuel energy are conquered by new and more efficient types of energy - at least on a private scale?

 

While the transmission of power to be zapped out of the air was demonstrated in the Republic Serial "Manhunt of Mystery Island," there really is very little chance of everyone generating their own electricity anytime soon. Some people do it with solar panels but the cost to install and maintain is cost prohibitive. You also have to set your house up as all electric and even if you do run all your own electricity, you're still on the grid for backup.

 

Also right now, Natural Gas is in such huge supply I see those companies growing due to their price advantage over oil.

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In the UK there is apparently a saying "In donkey's years" meaning a long time.

 

In the US there was a phrase "In a coon's age" which refers to the mistaken old belief that raccoons lived to be very old (they don't; 10-12 years tops) but since coon is also used as a racial slur the phrase has fallen out of favor and is rarely heard.

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Randy is a pretty common name in Texas so people don't usually use it for the sexual connotation.

Well fanny used to be a common(ish) name in the UK. And look how that turned out. Start using randy in the "I'm horny" way more often n the amount of Randys will most likely decline. How many Dicks do you know?

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Well fanny used to be a common(ish) name in the UK. And look how that turned out. Start using randy in the "I'm horny" way more often n the amount of Randys will most likely decline. How many Dicks do you know?

Yeah, I just don't think randy is on the rise here, like Ethan said, everyone says horny.

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After watching Undercover Boss Abroad, I am now highly interested in sampling some fried chicken from this fine establishment know. as Southern Fried Chicken, a UK brand. Cheeseburgers, fries, and greasy fried chicken in one place! Granted, the stores looked pretty run down, but it is hard to beat a good fried chicken, even if you get sick and die!

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"Mr Withers, 48, from Reading, Berks, holds himself personally responsible for the decline because he took his eye off his UK business while he was opening up 700 shops across the globe."

 

Reading, Berks...

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Is that phonetic spelling for 'premiere'? In the case of football, it is 'premier', pronounced prem-ee-uh.

 

Why do British people when speaking leave the r off the end of words like "premier" but then add r's to the end of words like "idea"?

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Is that phonetic spelling for 'premiere'? In the case of football, it is 'premier', pronounced prem-ee-uh.

 

Why do British people when speaking leave the r off the end of words like "premier" but then add r's to the end of words like "idea"?

 

That's an awesome question, and knowing a little bit about the vocabulary, I looked it up.

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Loss of coda /r/ apparently became widespread in southern England during the 18th century

 

And people think I'm crazy when I point out that the British in the 1700s didn't have British accents. It was closer to how most Americans speak now. This transformation happened after the US Revolution (or whatever you call it across the pond.)

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