Whacky Signs.

[PhilJ W]

[PhilJ W]

[PhilJ W]

[PhilJ W]

[PhilJ W]

[melmerby]

On 08/04/2024 at 10:42, martin_wynne said:

No there isn't. The dams are 70 miles away in the middle of Wales:

Frankley might not have a dam but there's one right next door at Bartley:

 

[martin_wynne]

34 minutes ago, melmerby said:

Frankley might not have a dam but there's one right next door at Bartley:

 

Bartley is a reservoir, not a dam. Its inflow is from the Elan Aqueduct, not by blocking a watercourse:

 

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartley_Reservoir

 

It's Bill Oddie country.

 

Martin.

[Pacific231G]

7 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

A logical impossibilty of course. A cat can't be a thief because they already own everything including us. 

[Pacific231G]

On 21/03/2024 at 22:06, PhilJ W said:

Energex is the is the electricity distributor for South East Queensland.  I wouldn't want to argue with this particular arachnid about whose meter it is either.  

"Some funnel-web species deliver a bite so toxic that it can kill an adult human within 15 minutes." I'm always rather amazed that there are any Australians still alive. 

Edited April 9 by Pacific231G

[steve1]

On 09/04/2024 at 15:21, PhilJ W said:

 

Ready for the daily grind?

 

steve

[melmerby]

On 09/04/2024 at 18:28, martin_wynne said:

Bartley is a reservoir, not a dam

You are talking rubbish. The Elan Valley reservoirs have dams across the end, whether they block a watercourse or not is irrelevant, it's still a dam.

Bartley reservoir has a dam at the NE end that's what they call the earth mound across the end.

[martin_wynne]

1 hour ago, melmerby said:

You are talking rubbish. The Elan Valley reservoirs have dams across the end, whether they block a watercourse or not is irrelevant, it's still a dam.

Bartley reservoir has a dam at the NE end that's what they call the earth mound across the end.

 

If the dams didn't block a watercourse the Elan Valley reservoirs would take a very long time to fill up!

 

The correct term for an earth mound or embankment to retain water in a storage reservoir, as at Bartley, is a bund, not a dam:

 

 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bund

 

The word dam means to block or stop something. There was nothing to be blocked or stopped at Bartley when they built the reservoir. If that's what they call the earth mound, they are the ones talking rubbish. 🙂

 

Here's the bund around the reservoir at Trimpley, well-known to passengers on the Severn Valley Railway, which runs alongside it.

 

 

 

 

 

With not a whacky sign in sight. This topic drift needs damming up. 🙂

 

cheers,

 

Martin.

Edited April 10 by martin_wynne
link added

[Michael Hodgson]

8 minutes ago, Dagworth said:

In other words, treat people with respect.

 

If that's a problem to you then maybe you are the problem?

 

 

Or maybe you're just a sassenach?

[westernfan]

22 minutes ago, Dagworth said:

In other words, treat people with respect.

 

If that's a problem to you then maybe you are the problem?

 

 

At this point in time, (2.28pm), four others have found it funny. No-one has agreed with you!

[Compound2632]

18 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said:

Or maybe you're just a sassenach?

 

That, I believe, is a protected term under the legislation - i.e. it can still be used with impunity as a derogatory term.

[AY Mod]

17 minutes ago, westernfan said:

At this point in time, (2.28pm), four others have found it funny. No-one has agreed with you!

 

Trust me; it isn't funny at all.

[phil_sutters]

Which message is more eye-catching? Probably meant to complement each other. Let's hope they all get something warm soon.

Does Victoria know the company you are keeping David? 
David Mitchell on the cover of his book 'Back story' looks suitably embarrassed.

 

Edited April 12 by phil_sutters

[phil_sutters]

Mind you their neighbours next door have even less to hide their blushes. In fact they look absolutely frozen. At least they are a bit more modest and less full-frontal!

Edited April 11 by phil_sutters

[Dunsignalling]

14 hours ago, phil_sutters said:

Mind you their neighbours next door have even less to hide their blushes. In fact they look absolutely frozen. At least they are a bit more modest and less full-frontal!

 

Two storemen receive a batch of female mannequins in kit form during their lunch break.

 

Once finished with the comestibles, one said to the other, "shall we join the ladies?"

 

John

 

 

Edited April 12 by Dunsignalling

[luckymucklebackit]

On 10/04/2024 at 20:50, martin_wynne said:

 

If the dams didn't block a watercourse the Elan Valley reservoirs would take a very long time to fill up!

 

The correct term for an earth mound or embankment to retain water in a storage reservoir, as at Bartley, is a bund, not a dam:

 

 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bund

 

The word dam means to block or stop something. There was nothing to be blocked or stopped at Bartley when they built the reservoir. If that's what they call the earth mound, they are the ones talking rubbish. 🙂

 

Here's the bund around the reservoir at Trimpley, well-known to passengers on the Severn Valley Railway, which runs alongside it.

 

 

 

 

 

With not a whacky sign in sight. This topic drift needs damming up. 🙂

 

cheers,

 

Martin.

 

The Bund Busters doesn't really have the same ring to it does it?

[Stray]

If the base of a raised earth embankment is below the normal water level of a reservoir, it's a dam. If the base of a raised earth embankment is above the normal water level of a reservoir,  it's a Bund. 

[melmerby]

57 minutes ago, Stray said:

If the base of a raised earth embankment is below the normal water level of a reservoir, it's a dam. If the base of a raised earth embankment is above the normal water level of a reservoir,  it's a Bund. 

What  we have at Bartley is a structure across a natural valley, through which a stream once ran and filled with water from the Elan valley system.

The rest of the perimeter is defined by the contours of the land.

Edited April 12 by melmerby

[martin_wynne]

1 hour ago, Stray said:

If the base of a raised earth embankment is below the normal water level of a reservoir, it's a dam. If the base of a raised earth embankment is above the normal water level of a reservoir,  it's a Bund. 

 

If the base is above the water level, it seems not to serve much purpose?

 

Or maybe this is an "add a caption" competition?  This is the Whacky Signs topic. 🙂

 

"Hilly footpath to lake."

 

"Cut strawberries in half and place on top of Weetabix."

 

Martin.

Edited April 12 by martin_wynne

[Dunsignalling]

16 minutes ago, martin_wynne said:

 

If the base is above the water level, it seems not to serve much purpose?

 

Or maybe this is an "add a caption" competition?  This is the Whacky Signs topic. 🙂

 

Martin.

 

The key word is "normal;"

[Jeremy Cumberland]

Bartley Reservoir clearly has a dam. The water in the reservoir might not have naturally flowed into the valley that the dam blocks, but this is no different from many other reservoirs with dams where streams have been diverted and aqueducts built to capture water from elsewhere, and perhaps at its most extreme can be seen in the upper lakes of pumped storage systems, such as here at Llyn Stwlan, the upper reservoir of the Ffestiniog pumped storage scheme. Surely no one would argue that this wasn't a dam.

 

The D-shaped Frankley (my dear I don't give a damn) Reservoir next door looks to be different, with an embankment all the way round. I don't know the correct name for the reservoir wall, but I wouldn't have called it a bund, which to me is something used to preventing liquid spills from escaping, although according to OED the word is used for dams and embankments in Indian English.

Edited April 12 by Jeremy Cumberland