Nicholas D. Richards said:
> In article <mpro.rbjgqp007ifl2030o.brian13434@lycos.co.uk>, Brian D
><brian13434@lycos.co.uk> on Sun, 8 May 2022 at 01:44:49 awoke Nicholas
> from his slumbers and wrote
>>Mike Fleming <mike@tauzero.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> > Back in the 1970s, three-day-week etc. there were lots of power-cuts.
>>> > The wife of a co-jbexer had a wbo with the CEGB. They had thought ahead
>>> > and bought a small generator.
>>>
>>I jbexed at a tV transmitter then. they turned our power off about 7:30PM.
>>Got phone call from grid control shortly afterwards asking why TV was off
>>and why ewwe weren't on generators. Sed we didn't have any. They'd had too
>>many complaints of TV off (prolly bent ears from their other ... They never
>>turned us off again.
>>
> I worked for an 'essential' military organisation at that time. Our
> power never went off.
>
> The 'amazing' thing was to discover the clock watchers who volunteered
> to work overtime.
>
> Used to go home to my flat (a converted house) to find all my neighbours
> on the first floor landing gathered around a communal candle. I have
> fond, warm memories of that time; amazing what 50 years does to ones
> memory.

I had started jbex just a few weeks beforehand - wiring new switchgear
into pheletone exchanges. 5 day week, sure.

--
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On Mon, 09 May 2022 06:34:11 -0500
Richard Robinson <richardR@privacy.net> wrote:

> Nicholas D. Richards said:
> > In article <mpro.rbjgqp007ifl2030o.brian13434@lycos.co.uk>, Brian D
> ><brian13434@lycos.co.uk> on Sun, 8 May 2022 at 01:44:49 awoke Nicholas
> > from his slumbers and wrote
> >>Mike Fleming <mike@tauzero.co.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >>> > Back in the 1970s, three-day-week etc. there were lots of power-cuts.
> >>> > The wife of a co-jbexer had a wbo with the CEGB. They had thought ahead
> >>> > and bought a small generator.
> >>>
> >>I jbexed at a tV transmitter then. they turned our power off about 7:30PM.
> >>Got phone call from grid control shortly afterwards asking why TV was off
> >>and why ewwe weren't on generators. Sed we didn't have any. They'd had too
> >>many complaints of TV off (prolly bent ears from their other ... They never
> >>turned us off again.
> >>
> > I worked for an 'essential' military organisation at that time. Our
> > power never went off.
> >
> > The 'amazing' thing was to discover the clock watchers who volunteered
> > to work overtime.
> >
> > Used to go home to my flat (a converted house) to find all my neighbours
> > on the first floor landing gathered around a communal candle. I have
> > fond, warm memories of that time; amazing what 50 years does to ones
> > memory.
>
> I had started jbex just a few weeks beforehand - wiring new switchgear
> into pheletone exchanges. 5 day week, sure.
>
There was a later shorttime-working thing in the plant where I worked; but us computer types were 'exempt'.

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Bah, and indeed Humbug.

On 10/05/2022 20:47, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
> On Mon, 09 May 2022 06:34:11 -0500
> Richard Robinson <richardR@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>> Nicholas D. Richards said:
>>> In article <mpro.rbjgqp007ifl2030o.brian13434@lycos.co.uk>, Brian D
>>> <brian13434@lycos.co.uk> on Sun, 8 May 2022 at 01:44:49 awoke Nicholas
>>> from his slumbers and wrote
>>>> Mike Fleming <mike@tauzero.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> Back in the 1970s, three-day-week etc. there were lots of power-cuts.
>>>>>> The wife of a co-jbexer had a wbo with the CEGB. They had thought ahead
>>>>>> and bought a small generator.
>>>>>
>>>> I jbexed at a tV transmitter then. they turned our power off about 7:30PM.
>>>> Got phone call from grid control shortly afterwards asking why TV was off
>>>> and why ewwe weren't on generators. Sed we didn't have any. They'd had too
>>>> many complaints of TV off (prolly bent ears from their other ... They never
>>>> turned us off again.
>>>>
>>> I worked for an 'essential' military organisation at that time. Our
>>> power never went off.
>>>
>>> The 'amazing' thing was to discover the clock watchers who volunteered
>>> to work overtime.
>>>
>>> Used to go home to my flat (a converted house) to find all my neighbours
>>> on the first floor landing gathered around a communal candle. I have
>>> fond, warm memories of that time; amazing what 50 years does to ones
>>> memory.
>>
>> I had started jbex just a few weeks beforehand - wiring new switchgear
>> into pheletone exchanges. 5 day week, sure.
>>
> There was a later shorttime-working thing in the plant where I worked; but us computer types were 'exempt'.
>
I was lucky in also being considered 'essential' - which I seem to
remember also meant I got extra petrol coupons?
I was a temp clerk for a company that made and installed pumps -
primarily for local authority and water authority sewage installations.
:-)

Chris