Just caught the first episode of this intriguing new documentary series . . .

[Link: bbc.co.uk]


One item that piqued my interest was this . . .

[Link: bbc.co.uk]

. . . a graphical representation of the air corridors over the U.K. (the north/south one to the right comes almost directly over here).


Another, that I wasn't aware of as being unique to the UK, was this . . .

[Link: bbc.co.uk]

. . . the TV pickup. Fascinating stuff.

Looks interesting...I wonder if we will get it downunder

Don't know about power surges but when I was living in the US, water companies used to report about sudden demands at Super Bowl half-time when some umpteen million beer-swillers would suddenly flush their toilets.