From: DR on
wessie posted:
>Ace <b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> wrote in
>news:9md636l6fo3db99gsesr8rs156bu033tdv(a)4ax.com:
>
>> On Tue, 6 Jul 2010 13:39:48 +0000 (UTC), Switters <me(a)privacy.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:40:44 GMT, Ace wrote:
>>>
>>>>>Mind, the first rain in weeks came on Sunday and there are clusters of
>>>>>growth all over the place.
>>>>
>>>> Have you tried using a sprinkler?
>>>
>>>And waste water on a plot of grass? Are you mad?
>>
>> Huh? Oh, don't tell me, the UK's already in the grip of hosepipe bans
>> and drought warnings, is it?
>>
>
>Yes. Ironically, the only area to declare a hosepipe ban is the Lake
>District, scene of floods a few months ago.
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/10533376.stm

Non-porous underlying geology is the problem. That, and the fact that
the Lake District reservoirs also feed Manchester, Liverpool and
Lancashire... Where I live in north-east Cumbria, however, remains
unbanned for the moment.

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Darren
GSF1200N K3
From acceleration comes exhilaration.
From: Pip Luscher on
On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:42:24 +0100, Adie <nospam(a)bonwick.me.uk> wrote:

>On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:55:29 +0100, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk
>(The Older Gentleman) wrote:
>
>>Anyone here own one, or ever owned one?
>>
>>Usual reason.
>
>I had the 750.

Somebody always has to go one better.

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-Pip
From: ogden on
Adie wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:55:29 +0100, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk
> (The Older Gentleman) wrote:
>
> >Anyone here own one, or ever owned one?
> >
> >Usual reason.
>
> I had the 750.

The OW01?

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From: SIRPip on
DR wrote:

> Where I live in north-east Cumbria, however, remains
> underwater for the moment.

<passes aqualung>

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From: DR on
SIRPip posted:
>DR wrote:
>
>> Where I live in north-east Cumbria, however, remains
>> underwater for the moment.
>
><passes aqualung>

No, that was Knockhill on Sunday.

You're living in the past.


--
Darren
GSF1200N K3
From acceleration comes exhilaration.
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