Our speed camera that's saving so many lives in Woodward Street in front of Elephant Park contributed $6,780 from 31 drivers who exceeded the 50kmh limit.

That's a big drop from 2015/16 when 263 drivers coughed up $41,450 and 2014/15 when 209 tickets worth $35,116 were handed out.

At least the figures show drivers are now more aware of the camera and are doing the right thing slowing down when they see the warning signs.

But it's the widest road in Orange in an area the Roads and Maritime Services believes is a 'high risk' location although it would be far better to put the thing in a location where it might save a life.

The mobile camera was at Lucknow for only three of the 12 months but picked up $1,926 from 10 drivers going east. It also brought in $2,161 from three drivers in Escort Way in two months.

The Great Western Highway at Kelso was a good earner with 153 drivers fined $26,285.

Saving lives or making money?

The Solanum Tuberosum, best known as a murphy, spud, tater, pratie, or just plain potato, has become a top seller in supermarkets in the past three months since people have been cooking more meals at home.

Searches for potato recipes on taste.com are also up as people look to soups and delicacies like potato bakes, potato gnocchi, cheesy potato fricos and potato gem pie.

A plain baked potato is healthy especially when eaten with its fibre-rich skin. Potatoes also contain vitamin B6, C and iron and are an excellent source of potassium.

Millthorpe once billed itself as the potato capital of NSW so maybe it's time the farming community there took advantage of the resurgence of the humble spud, fired up their tractors and re-planted a few hundred hectares. Maybe too it could revive its once annual Murphy Marathon, an event first run in 1961 when it was one of the largest potato producing areas in the State.

Competitors at Redmond Oval raced over 1.6km lumping a 50kg bag of spuds on their back to decide the Australian potato carrying championship.

A self-taught scientist, Michael Faraday (1791-1867) has been dubbed the father of electricity along with Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison.

But whoever it was, reliable power is nothing short of an everyday miracle. We use it to power our homes, businesses, schools, and hospitals. It lights up our lives and makes our modern-day conveniences possible.

And that was driven home last weekend when more than 3,000 homes in Orange and district were blacked out as well as Cadia, some for more than 22 hours, and the experience was a horror from 3.15pm Friday.

No heating, no lights, no stove and no TV to watch the mighty Rabbitohs flog Brisbane. A candle, a rug and the football on a mobile phone that went flat just before the end of the game.

No heating again Saturday morning, no hot shower, no breakfast. Nothing until noon when the power was restored. Living without electricity was a nightmare.

'Boss, can I have a day to visit my mother-in-law?'

'Not possible,' says the boss.

'Thank you so much. I knew you'd be understanding.'