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#@#¤%%=~~¨ A TYPE OF TRANSFORMER (AN ELECTRICAL ¨~~=%%¤#@#
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#@#¤%%=~~¨ LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY ¨~~=%%¤#@#
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##@¤%%=~~¨ POWERLINES. ¨~~=%%¤@##
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@#¤¤%%=~~¨ RARER KIND. ¨~~=%%¤¤#@
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#@#¤%%=~~¨ MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS ¨~~=%%¤#@#
#@#¤%%=~~¨ TRANSFORMER. WHAT WE KNOW IS WHAT WE ¨~~=%%¤#@#
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#@#¤%%=~~¨ METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO ¨~~=%%¤#@#
#@#¤%%=~~¨ NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS DURING ANY ¨~~=%%¤#@#
#@#¤%%=~~¨ CIRCUMSTANCES - IF THE CHOICE IS ¨~~=%%¤#@#
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#@#¤%%=~~¨ COLLIDING. ¨~~=%%¤#@#
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#%%~~~~¨¨¨ WATER AVOIDS THEM. IN LIGHT RAIN, THE ¨¨¨~~~~%%#
#@#¤%%=~~¨ GROUND CLOSEST TO A TRANSFORMER STAYS ¨~~=%%¤#@#
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#@#¤%%=~~¨ STREAM MAKING A HALF-CIRCLE DETOUR. ¨~~=%%¤#@#
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#@#¤%%=~~¨ SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO ¨~~=%%¤#@#
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