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Not me, I remember it very well.

My Dad worked at the CEGB (East Midlands) Grid Control, and was one of the engineers responsible for implementing the disconnection plan in the EM area.

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It wasn't all bad news. The pregnancy rate went up dramatically ! ;)

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Actually the pregnancy rate has been on a downward trend.;)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49192445

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Well, it is now, but Mr K was talking about the 1970s!

There's so little spare time for baby making these days! :erm:

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True. Blame streaming TV/3000 TV channels and video games ;) Also half the fertile population aren't up to it as they're so unfit. Hence our ageing population, and reliance on immigration, think on !

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The reasons for the outage are being featured in today's BBC news programmes. There is a suggestion that those responsible will be fined and those who lost out could be compensated

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Great, so those of us who were not affected will now have to cough up when the companies raise their prices to get back the money they are forced to pay out. :mad:

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I was not affected by this outage at all either.

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Nor us either..

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I was on my boat and the battery's went duff, i blame aliens.