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its from the daily mail, so could have the headline 'asylum seekers crash ufo into wind turbine in an attempt to force property prices down."
understated, its the british way
They just don't explode like a coal or nuclear plant, though. As an American, I'm a bit dissapointed in this explosion.
I thought they were Scottish windmills- I expect more from those Braveheart Smurfs.
No shit! We've had grain silo's explode better than that!
scotland are only brave until they get beat up, then they play the minority card
I know, right. Scotland- you get some shit like this and maybe we'll give a shit.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure the UK knows about coal explosions.
Yeah, but theirs still aren't as cool as ours. When I was in high school, we had these folks from Whales come over and talk about mining because they were doing this cross-cultural study on it. They were all kinds of amazed at how little we gave a shit about our employees- our disregard for safety regulations, and, for some reason, the lady researcher went on and on about how weird it was that women were miners here- apparently, ladies don't go down in the UK. Also, they just dig strait underground rather then into a mountain- and that difference was the main focus of their research. I don't know if the English just don't have mountains or what- I honestly didn't put that much thought into it.
Thanks a lot, Maggie.The UK's highest mountains would be hills in the US.
We have been mining coal since before the Romans came. In the 19th century we used to use children undergound but not women.
The easily accessible coal is long gone so we had to dig deeper and deeper. In Kent, the coalfields, now closed for 20 years, used to run for miles under the sea.
Until the end of the Second World War coal mining in the UK was privately owned and miners' working conditions and welfare were very poor except for a few enlightened companies. The post-war Labour government nationalised the coal industry and gradually introduced safer working conditions although coal mining can never be completely safe.
Now UK coal mining is a fraction of its previous size. It is cheaper to import coal from abroad where it can be mined opencast or from much larger seams than are left in the UK.
The UK's highest mountains would be hills in the US.
We have been mining coal since before the Romans came. In the 19th century we used to use children undergound but not women.
The easily accessible coal is long gone so we had to dig deeper and deeper. In Kent, the coalfields, now closed for 20 years, used to run for miles under the sea.
Until the end of the Second World War coal mining in the UK was privately owned and miners' working conditions and welfare were very poor except for a few enlightened companies. The post-war Labour government nationalised the coal industry and gradually introduced safer working conditions although coal mining can never be completely safe.
Now UK coal mining is a fraction of its previous size. It is cheaper to import coal from abroad where it can be mined opencast or from much larger seams than are left in the UK.