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Post by Miculo on Aug 3, 2014 7:22:36 GMT
It's probably moved along the coast due to longshore drift en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longshore_driftThe good news is that when they find it they can load it into lorries and bring it back. I can't remember where it was but there was a harbour in the UK which needed frequent dredging. They took the dredgings up the coast and dumped them to form a beach there. Unfortunately the port then needed dredging more frequently. They repeated the process several times before they realised that they were moving it up the coast and longshore drift was bringing it right back. Eventually they dumped it along the coast in the other direction and fixed their problem.
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Post by stanner on Aug 3, 2014 9:41:58 GMT
It's probably moved along the coast due to longshore drift en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longshore_driftThe good news is that when they find it they can load it into lorries and bring it back. I can't remember where it was but there was a harbour in the UK which needed frequent dredging. They took the dredgings up the coast and dumped them to form a beech there. Unfortunately the port then needed dredging more frequently. They repeated the process several times before they realised that they were moving it up the coast and longshore drift was bringing it right back. Eventually they dumped it along the coast in the other direction and fixed their problem. Are you sure it wasn't a birch? Tree identification can be a reel problem.
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Post by Miculo on Aug 3, 2014 10:05:37 GMT
Oops, correcting the original doesn't correct the quote, otherwise your post would look daft. Pity. I could claim a typo or a senior moment, but I actually thought about it and came up with beech, that's worrying.
Beech and Birch are easy to distinguish. One is at the edge of the sea and the other is for clouting bad lads in the IOM.
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Post by stanner on Aug 3, 2014 11:03:56 GMT
Oops, correcting the original doesn't correct the quote, otherwise your post would look daft. Pity. I could claim a typo or a senior moment, but I actually thought about it and came up with beech, that's worrying. Beech and Birch are easy to distinguish. One is at the edge of the sea and the other is for clouting bad lads in the IOM. As with ---- Q What is the difference between a Bison and a Buffalo. A You can't wash your hands in a Buffalo. Makes you larch, don't it?
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Post by Miculo on Aug 3, 2014 11:13:20 GMT
A tractor and a giraffe?
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Post by tugboat on Aug 3, 2014 15:45:35 GMT
You'd look silly kissing a tractor?
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Post by Kaytutt on Aug 3, 2014 18:14:38 GMT
a giraffe would be ok though?
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Post by aldra on Aug 3, 2014 18:26:30 GMT
Come on Kay
Those eyes are just gorgeous
Aldra
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Post by Kaytutt on Aug 3, 2014 18:34:30 GMT
oh thanks Sandra, you are so kind
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Post by GB584 on Aug 3, 2014 20:16:45 GMT
Ones got hydraulics the others got high boll**ks.
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Post by stanner on Aug 3, 2014 22:47:39 GMT
a giraffe would be ok though? They are said to be great at necking.
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Post by stanner on Aug 3, 2014 22:48:53 GMT
A woman at church and a woman in the bath...............?
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Post by tugboat on Aug 4, 2014 7:11:38 GMT
Come on Kay Those eyes are just gorgeous Aldra Aw, thank you Sandra. A giraffe has lovely eyes too, mind you!
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Post by Kaytutt on Aug 4, 2014 18:22:11 GMT
Come on Kay Those eyes are just gorgeous Aldra Aw, thank you Sandra. A giraffe has lovely eyes too, mind you! 4 posts too late mate
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Post by Joe66 on Aug 4, 2014 18:48:16 GMT
Aw, thank you Sandra. A giraffe has lovely eyes too, mind you! 4 posts too late mate Don't be to harsh on the old fella Kay, give him time to catch up
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