> still no "ground" at the pole... Yes there is. The neutral is bonded to ground, via an actual metal pole in the ground. In your house is the same thing: The

> still no "ground" at the pole... Yes there is. The neutral is bonded to ground, via an actual metal pole in the ground. In your house is the same thing: The neutral (and the ground) and attached to a metal pole in the ground. And the earth itself completes the circuit.