Reply to: Brrrrrrr

[Diver]

If mankind is taking responsibilty for climate change, at least we have someone to blame. or thank.

We had two foot of snow in our garden, if it hadnt been for Obama and the Chinese, it might have been 2.1 feet. or something

did you know that no two snowflakes are ever the same ? I hope someone is checking that

In fact, in 1988, the Nancy Knight was studying snowflakes as part of her work with the National Center for Atmospheric Research and found two identical snowflakes of the hollow column type in a Wisconsin snowstorm.

But Caltech physics professor and snowflake expert Kenneth Libbrecht points out that if you look at any two flakes – even seemingly identical ones – on the atomic level, you’ll find numbers of water molecules and different layouts of those molecules (most water molecules contain an oxygen atom of 16O, but one molecule in every 500 has an 18O). One thing you won’t find? Two snowflakes that are exactly alike.

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/20735

[EternalOptimist]

If mankind is taking responsibilty for climate change, at least we have someone to blame. or thank.

We had two foot of snow in our garden, if it hadnt been for Obama and the Chinese, it might have been 2.1 feet. or something

did you know that no two snowflakes are ever the same ? I hope someone is checking that

[Flubster]

* daylight hours, northern hemisphere etc. Pedants.

No need to clarify. This is the Contractor UK site after all.

[TimberWolf]

Winter officially starts today. Bloody hell autumn was cold. Summer too. It's also the shortest day* of the year, so the days start getting longer now


* daylight hours, northern hemisphere etc. Pedants.

[Diver]

they didnt have metres in those day. couldnt afford them probably

Nah!

They just weren't British

An attitude the UK contracting industry could do with today

[EternalOptimist]

40m long stilts would have been a better solution. you could have crossed in one step, And held the advantage of high ground

they didnt have metres in those day. couldnt afford them probably

[Diver]

on gravel yes, but at night a seashell snapping sounds like a pistol shot

well we made little plank sandals with a great big nail in each corner and crossed on spikes. like walking on mini-stilts

40m long stilts would have been a better solution. you could have crossed in one step, And held the advantage of high ground

[EternalOptimist]

I was just about to suggest that

so beware of burglars wearing high heels

[FiveTimes]

on gravel yes, but at night a seashell snapping sounds like a pistol shot

well we made little plank sandals with a great big nail in each corner and crossed on spikes. like walking on mini-stilts

I was just about to suggest that

[EternalOptimist]

It does work EO, But is time consuming, and would work best with a 6 man team over 50m and would/should take approximately 12 minutes to cross.
It's a method that's been in use for over 1,000 years.

on gravel yes, but at night a seashell snapping sounds like a pistol shot

well we made little plank sandals with a great big nail in each corner and crossed on spikes. like walking on mini-stilts

[Diver]

we did

It does work EO, But is time consuming, and would work best with a 6 man team over 50m and would/should take approximately 12 minutes to cross.
It's a method that's been in use for over 1,000 years.

[EternalOptimist]

You actually can. Although Damp soil works better than all the other solutions if you have to cross on foot, go out and try it.

we did

[Diver]

you cant muffle gravel or breaking seashells
we had to be quick
the teleport was solar powered

no one is even close yet

You actually can. Although Damp soil works better than all the other solutions if you have to cross on foot, go out and try it.

[EternalOptimist]

• Possibly you used blankets, jackets or similar to create stepping pads.
  
  
• Or possibly did it the hard way by each carrying a bag or bucket of damp sand or earth to create a soft footpad path across the gravel.
  
  
• Teleport borrowed from Zeity

you cant muffle gravel or breaking seashells
we had to be quick
the teleport was solar powered

no one is even close yet

[EternalOptimist]

you used a load of balloons and floated over ?

they had a battery of rapier sams

plus two squadrons of specially trained attack-pigeons