The Delta Tea Urn Natter

[Mike Bell]

What's the Car, Moose?

The recent floods seemed a bit distant here, until this morning. This was the scene behind my unit this at 1100, and the water is level with the fire door threshold! Never happened before, but the top of end of the field which the water has run off is being transformed into a solar farm. This of course has ****ed up the natural drainage!

I'm lucky, the units slightly lower than me may not have been. The MOT bay that is at the lowest point was just getting ready to abandon ship when I spoke to them!

[zefarelly]

They're building a solar farm in a few fields near where I get powder coating etc done, it's on a farm, the whole site remains a meadow essentially, just legs in the ground, I don't see that would make it worse?

[Peter Mallett]

The foundations and associated equipment such as capacitors, cable tunnels, heat pumps etc. mess up the natural drainage properties of the surrounding area.

Nothing is free as you know. Solar power comes with its own impacts.

[bauble]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

Hills? What are they?

Floods? What are they?

[bauble]

Originally Posted by VIVA GT

How did you know that I've not done anything else since remembering the Vauxhall Royale Coupe?

Well done Viva, I'm still laughing!

Just goes to prove you have to very careful what you write on this site.

[bauble]

The funeral of Motorhead frontman Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister will be streamed online, the band has announced.

The 70-year-old's funeral service will take place at the Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery, Hollywood, on 9 January at 11pm UK time.

Rock fans around the world have been urged to tune in and celebrate Lemmy's life.

The band wrote on its Facebook page: "With such limited space available on-site, we respectfully ask that you don't attend the cemetery... but we want you all to be a part of this, so we are setting up a live feed of the service via the internet on Motorhead's official YouTube channel."

As this event seems to have attracted some attention among posters here.

[VIVA GT]

Originally Posted by bauble

Well done Viva, I'm still laughing!

Just goes to prove you have to very careful what you write on this site.

Thanks Baub, 99% of my posts on this site are purely for entertainment purposes (even if most of the time it's only me who is entertained...)

[grantp]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

The foundations and associated equipment such as capacitors, cable tunnels, heat pumps etc. mess up the natural drainage properties of the surrounding area.

Nothing is free as you know. Solar power comes with its own impacts.

I rather suspect that such impacts have not been thoroughly researched. I bet early reports during the analysis came back and said something like" This is a bit more impactful than we thought" and the available budget was immediately cut to prevent any nasty information becoming public.

It's possible that the effect of solar farms (not the bird frying types) will have no major effect in desert areas but where rainfall is involved there may be more to consider than "experts" have realised.

Still, who cares so long as the land owner and installation partner can cream off the subsidies?

Mike, you and your neighbours should get on the the environment people at the local council and ask them for copies of the Environmental impact report for the development proposal.

[Mike Harte]

[Tim Falce]

Originally Posted by bauble

Floods? What are they?

They look like this, it would be up to her ears if I made her roll over

[Mike Harte]

She must have a bloody big bladder, Tim!

[VIVA GT]

The floods aren't too bad around here. last time I checked, the water was only coming about half way up the ducks...

[Mike Bell]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

The foundations and associated equipment such as capacitors, cable tunnels, heat pumps etc. mess up the natural drainage properties of the surrounding area.

Nothing is free as you know. Solar power comes with its own impacts.

Thanks Peter. In this case there is also soil compacting (it's pure agricultural land) from all the trucks and low loaders carrying materials and equipment!

[delta]

Originally Posted by Mike Harte

She must have a bloody big bladder, Tim!

Keep telling Delta Dog Mylo "jack russell" he will be off to Battersey if he does not stop barking all blooming night. Does your's do the same Tim.

[Peter Mallett]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

Thanks Peter. In this case there is also soil compacting (it's pure agricultural land) from all the trucks and low loaders carrying materials and equipment!

Although those are a consequence of construction operations for whatever reason and are only temporary.

[grantp]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

Although those are a consequence of construction operations for whatever reason and are only temporary.

True Peter - but then under what circumstances will the compaction be reversed?

In a working field it might be ploughed after some time. Or plant growth eventually breaks down the straight earth compaction.

But with nothing much going on what will reverse the effects?

[Tim Falce]

One to cheer Bauble up, some ****** has just come down a lane far to fast, rolled his MG ZX and slid into my Landcruiser, I'm not a happy bunny. Insurance say I have to pay my excess and hope they can claim it back.

[grantp]

That's bad news Tim.

How old is the Landcruiser? Might the insurer try to write it off?

[grantp]

How much would people pay for a 52 year old VW?

http://www.catawiki.co.uk/lots/39923...ssic%20Cars-EN

[Tim Falce]

Originally Posted by grantp

That's bad news Tim.

How old is the Landcruiser? Might the insurer try to write it off?

its a 1999 one, this is my worry although it hasn't done much damage to mine from what I can see. Maybe a new wing and some paint, I'll do it myself if they start trying to write it off

[midgetman]

I need some ZS spares...

[Paul D]

Looking carefully at Tim's photo, I see a pink child's boot on the ground, presumably from the rolled MG. This worries me no end on two counts:

1) T*ssers like this with atrocious driving skills are driving around with kids in their cars!

2) T*ssers like this are being allowed to breed!!

Hope the Land Cruiser's OK Tim. I suspect that if anything happened to my 80 series, any insurance company would want to value it at a lot less than I do...

[Mike Bell]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

Although those are a consequence of construction operations for whatever reason and are only temporary.

True

Originally Posted by grantp

True Peter - but then under what circumstances will the compaction be reversed?

In a working field it might be ploughed after some time. Or plant growth eventually breaks down the straight earth compaction.

But with nothing much going on what will reverse the effects?

Also true


In honesty, just testing method for multi-quote post. Seems need to be on laptop and not a 'device'....

[Peter Mallett]

To answer Grant's point and putting my construction hat on from years back, whilst compacted soil will be more dense than non compacted, unless it is constantly under pressure, it does start to "relax". Witness motorways that need maintenance for subsidence etc. So I don'r see that as an issue for drainage.

[Mike Bell]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

To answer Grant's point and putting my construction hat on from years back, whilst compacted soil will be more dense than non compacted, unless it is constantly under pressure, it does start to "relax". Witness motorways that need maintenance for subsidence etc. So I don'r see that as an issue for drainage.

In long term, quite likely. Unfortunately we are in mid construction at the mo. Think our landlord / farmer was more upset about his topsoil being washed away! Here's a pic taken after it stopped raining and torrent had slowed. You can see the solar farm at the top of the field....