RE: "1997, the Year of the Backhoe" ...Re: Fiber Cut In Sterling VA.

[brandon () rd bbc co uk (BrandonButterworth)]

> > For those of us who have not grown up with the (what sounds like)
> > delightful vagaries of US road management - what is a backhoe ?
>
> Simple answer: a mechanical shovel.
>
> More precisely: a relatively small-size ...

More precisely for the UK: a JCB

Brandon