Reply to: What water shortage!

[Old Hack]

I know very well that it was raining on Anglesey, my Mother lives there. I also know that there wasn't any flooding.

AH, so you didn't think, perchance, that it was an exageration, used as a jovial way to explain how much it was raining? I mean, everything has to be taken literally does it? If it was flooding, I wouldn't be using the canoe to get to the shops, I would be floating to it in my motorhome.

Nope, still couldn't be a bigger if you tried.

Permie

[SupremeSpod]

Ah, the permie posting on a contractor site thinks it wasn't raining in Angelsey.

You couldn't be a bigger if you tried could you.

I know very well that it was raining on Anglesey, my Mother lives there. I also know that there wasn't any flooding.

[Old Hack]

Bullsh!t.

Ah, the permie posting on a contractor site thinks it wasn't raining in Angelsey.

You couldn't be a bigger if you tried could you.

[SupremeSpod]

I went to Angelsey on Friday and Sat. I can confirm it was wetter that a wet thing, sat in a bath, with the shower on. Canoe was used to go shopping. This after the week of rain in Cornwall. I cannot wait to get over to Royan in August...

Bullsh!t.

[MarillionFan]

It's wet back here isn't it.

[Old Hack]

I went to Angelsey on Friday and Sat. I can confirm it was wetter that a wet thing, sat in a bath, with the shower on. Canoe was used to go shopping. This after the week of rain in Cornwall. I cannot wait to get over to Royan in August...

[TimberWolf]

A village in Gwynedd is being evacuated over concerns about a flood risk at a reservoir's dam.
BBC News - 600 villagers moved from Pennal, Gwynedd in flood precaution

Hosepipe use should be made mandatory.

[AtW]

the other half can be on the other side of the road passing back the empty buckets.

You mean women, children and elderly standing there since empty buckets are lighter?

[Doggy Styles]

What did the Normans ever do for us?

Chased all welshmen out of England. Or was that the Romans?

[TimberWolf]

What did the Normans ever do for us?

[eek]

I believe that the original law was a Welsh bowman found within range of the city walls could be shot from the city wall by crossbowmen of Chester.
As the Welsh bow (Now called the English Longbow by the thieving English)) had a range of 180 to 270 yards and the crossbow a range of 350-400 yards, it was felt a suitable deterrent to stop the rogues of Bangor and the surounding area bringing bows too close to the city walls.

From history - Was it legal to hang any Welshman found in Chester after sunset? - Skeptics

Cheshire West & Chester council says

The story about the Welsh being excluded from Chester after dark originated during the Glyndwr rebellion of 1403. Henry, Prince of Wales (future Henry V) was also Earl of Chester and on 4 Sept 1403 he ordered that all Welsh people and Welsh sympathisers should be expelled from the City; none should enter the city before sunrise or stay after sunset on pain of decapitation (not hanging, but it would have the same effect!). There are records of people standing surety for the good behaviour of Welshmen arrested under the order. The text books don't refer to anyone ever paying the maximum penalty for this 'crime'. Concern over 'the Welsh threat' continued into the 15th century and Chester was seen very much as a border town. There is no record that Henry V's order was ever repealed.

There was a link to chester council's website but that's now gone.


Either way if your welsh bog off and stay there.

[SueEllen]

Oh the humanity! All of those caravans destroyed, no longer to create tail-backs throughout the nation.

Problem is next year they will all get new ones with their insurance payouts and then they will have to test them out......

[Diver]

But that means the Welsh would have to leave the valleys and to be frank we can't have that. there is a reason why the Welsh can be shot if seen after dark in Chester and 800 years of history confirms the fact that they should be left where they were.

I believe that the original law was a Welsh bowman found within range of the city walls could be shot from the city wall by crossbowmen of Chester.
As the Welsh bow (Now called the English Longbow by the thieving English)) had a range of 180 to 270 yards and the crossbow a range of 350-400 yards, it was felt a suitable deterrent to stop the rogues of Bangor and the surounding area bringing bows too close to the city walls.

While bows have been used for hunting and warfare for thousands of years, few achieved the fame of the English WELSH Longbow. The weapon first rose to prominence when it was deployed by the Welsh during the Norman English invasions of Wales. Impressed by its range and accuracy as well as the speed of delivery, the English adopted it and began conscripting Welsh archers into military service. The longbow ranged in length from four feet to in excess of six. British sources usually require the weapon to be longer than five feet to qualify.

[TimberWolf]

A fair number of trees were blown down and branches litter the landscape around here.

[eek]

But that's Wales innit. They've got loads of it.

Frankly the cheapest way to get water from Wales to say Devon would be to line up all the Welsh unemployed and get them to pass water bucket by bucket down the line to fill up the Resevoirs on Dartmoor. And before someone jumps in I can see the argument against. Yes, there's more Welsh unemployed then is needed to cover the distance so I was thinking the other half can be on the other side of the road passing back the empty buckets.

But that means the Welsh would have to leave the valleys and to be frank we can't have that. there is a reason why the Welsh can be shot if seen after dark in Chester and 800 years of history confirms the fact that they should be left where they were.