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Points: 65445 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 09 2008 at 03:24
Originally posted by Heavyfreight Heavyfreight wrote:

Originally posted by the_id the_id wrote:

Firstly Scotch is old hat, to describe the Scots
 
Say's who?


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Points: 7456 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 09 2008 at 03:46
Originally posted by the_id the_id wrote:

...thirdly, how good would it be if the houses of parliament was built on a flood plain?


Funny thing is that the Houses of Parliament (rebuilt by Augustus Pugin and Sir Charles Barry on the site of the original Palace of Westminster) was/is built on a flood plain .It's situated on Thorny Island.The Island was formed by two branches of the Tyburn River which flows(ed) into the Thames at Westminster.The Tyburn is now culverted over.

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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 09 2008 at 11:54
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Points: 1497 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 09 2008 at 13:45
Originally posted by Man Erg Man Erg wrote:

Originally posted by the_id the_id wrote:

...thirdly, how good would it be if the houses of parliament was built on a flood plain?


Funny thing is that the Houses of Parliament (rebuilt by Augustus Pugin and Sir Charles Barry on the site of the original Palace of Westminster) was/is built on a flood plain .It's situated on Thorny Island.The Island was formed by two branches of the Tyburn River which flows(ed) into the Thames at Westminster.The Tyburn is now culverted over.
 
There is a great book called "London under London" which is well worth a read and explains all about this and many other rivers, railways. etc which are hidden below the streets of London.
When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory.
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 09 2008 at 14:48
I saw Dan Snow on The One Show (I think that's where I saw it) down in the tunnels below London looking at what  was formerly was the River Fleet.

It's very interesting, especially when you see old pencil drawings of what it used to be like.
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Points: 7456 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2008 at 02:53
Originally posted by stella_artois stella_artois wrote:

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1.That's tantamount to flaming

2.The reason that the area around the House of Parliament doesn't flood is because of Bazalgette's Embankment.

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Points: 7456 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2008 at 02:57
Originally posted by Heavyfreight Heavyfreight wrote:

There is a great book called "London under London" which is well worth a read and explains all about this and many other rivers, railways. etc which are hidden below the streets of London.


Neil.I have that book and it is excellent.The Lost Rivers of London is also a very good tome.

Edited by Man Erg - February 10 2008 at 02:58

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Leg crampsAngry Who hates morning leg cramps?
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Points: 16130 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2008 at 07:44
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Leg crampsAngry Who hates morning leg cramps?


Not the best way to wake up, as is waking up to find both your forearms completely numb, as I do almost every day..

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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2008 at 07:49

::bites tongue:: Wink
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Points: 16130 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2008 at 07:58
Originally posted by darqDean darqDean wrote:

::bites tongue:: Wink



No, it's nothing to do with THAT Dean!... Honestly the filthy minds of some people..
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Points: 19766 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2008 at 09:03
Originally posted by darqDean darqDean wrote:

::bites tongue:: Wink

 
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Points: 7456 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2008 at 10:34
Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Originally posted by HughesJB4 HughesJB4 wrote:

Leg crampsAngry Who hates morning leg cramps?


Not the best way to wake up, as is waking up to find both your forearms completely numb, as I do almost every day..



Andy.I'd get that checked-out.As they say,'Forearmed is forwarned'

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Points: 19766 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2008 at 10:43
^^ what concerns me is that for both his forearms to be numb, suggests he has inadvertantly cut off the circulation of blood....
 
...what did he find which would have been of sufficient weight, to put both arms under, in his bed??Ermm
 
 
 
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Points: 1497 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2008 at 13:50
Originally posted by fandango fandango wrote:

^^ what concerns me is that for both his forearms to be numb, suggests he has inadvertantly cut off the circulation of blood....
 
...what did he find which would have been of sufficient weight, to put both arms under, in his bed??Ermm
 
 
 
Embarrassed
 
His head?LOLEmbarrassed
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Points: 19766 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2008 at 14:18
^^ or, maybe he had a one-night stand with a roly-poly....
 
Mo%20Moreland%20in%20action
 
 
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2008 at 15:42
Oi, that's my mother!

Pinch

Not really.
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Points: 28057 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2008 at 17:38
James, don't worry. Your mother is much hotter than that. Approve
My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want!
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Points: 16130 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2008 at 18:01
Originally posted by fandango fandango wrote:

^^ or, maybe he had a one-night stand with a roly-poly....
 

Mo%20Moreland%20in%20action

 

 

Wink


I just thought it would be impolite to say no..
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Points: 20031 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2008 at 14:29
For some reason this all reminds me of Planes Trains and Automobiles.

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