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Offline Guy

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Re: What a stunning place to live
« Reply #30 on: 20 February 2012, 10:34 »
Canals dont flood! :rolleyes:

its on the RIVER thames  :huh:

Just saw lock gates!

Len.. is this some kind of wind up?  :huh:

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Re: What a stunning place to live
« Reply #31 on: 20 February 2012, 10:38 »
Wind up? why?

I opened the link and saw a house with a set of lock gates next to it!
So I assumed (wrongly in this case) that it was a canal.
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Re: What a stunning place to live
« Reply #32 on: 20 February 2012, 16:21 »
British Waterways have a duty to manage water levels in all CANALS so that they do not flood.

Thats like saying the police have a duty to stop crime so there isnt any

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Re: What a stunning place to live
« Reply #33 on: 20 February 2012, 23:31 »
Yes but you can sue British Waterways!
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Re: What a stunning place to live
« Reply #34 on: 21 February 2012, 09:37 »
Yes but you can sue British Waterways!

Feel free to.... does it make any difference to your original statement that canals dont flood?

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Re: What a stunning place to live
« Reply #35 on: 21 February 2012, 13:33 »
The river Thames often floods - ask The Boat House in ye olde Wallingford  :grin: They usually have to close off their lower deck area once a year when the river swells and the park/pools at the river side have been flooded before  :grin:

Hope you get a good price on insurance if you go for it, chuff :lipsrsealed:
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Re: What a stunning place to live
« Reply #36 on: 21 February 2012, 13:35 »
We have a current drought in the SE  :grin:

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Re: What a stunning place to live
« Reply #37 on: 21 February 2012, 14:16 »
Yes but you can sue British Waterways!

Feel free to.... does it make any difference to your original statement that canals dont flood?

I think there is a difference between 'don't' and 'managed in a way that they shouldn't' flood.

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Re: What a stunning place to live
« Reply #38 on: 21 February 2012, 15:13 »
Yes but you can sue British Waterways!

Feel free to.... does it make any difference to your original statement that canals dont flood?

I think there is a difference between 'don't' and 'managed in a way that they shouldn't' flood.

I agree. Just Len and his statement of fact I was aiming to highlight... no one is going to sue anyone just becasue their local canal is flooded

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Re: What a stunning place to live
« Reply #39 on: 21 February 2012, 15:16 »
Yes but you can sue British Waterways!

Feel free to.... does it make any difference to your original statement that canals dont flood?

I think there is a difference between 'don't' and 'managed in a way that they shouldn't' flood.

I agree. Just Len and his statement of fact I was aiming to highlight... no one is going to sue anyone just becasue their local canal is flooded

I was agreeing with you and perhaps pointing out the fact that the latter terminology might have been a better choice of words for Len.