In todays light hearted look at the (non-political) news

[ZRX61]

Well done, this lad: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c77k2z758p6o

NZD 10,000 for hitting a hole-in-one. Nice that he's gonna spend it on a good time with his mates.

In related news...

[petrolpete]

They have just lifted the south east water hosepipe ban ( two days ago) and it's been raining so much they have flood warnings. You could not write it any better if you were trying to do irony.

[Mussels]

They have just lifted the south east water hosepipe ban ( two days ago) and it's been raining so much they have flood warnings. You could not write it any better if you were trying to do irony.

They only lifted it two days after they were ridiculed in the press for saying it was still in place because groundwater reservoirs take longer to fill up than surface ones.

[Count Steer]

They have just lifted the south east water hosepipe ban ( two days ago) and it's been raining so much they have flood warnings. You could not write it any better if you were trying to do irony.

They only lifted it two days after they were ridiculed in the press for saying it was still in place because groundwater reservoirs take longer to fill up than surface ones.

If they mean aquifers when they say 'groundwater' then it'd be true - and 75-80% of SE water supply is from aquifers apparently. (Which is something of a surprise to me but appears to be a common source in chalky areas).

For the perils of using slowly renewed or non-renewable water supplies, Libya is the model!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Man-Made_River

[Yorick]

Sporty kids of famous dads

2 different outcomes but good to see the kids doing OK

https://www.bbc.com/sport/motorsport/ar ... 78exqjn81o

https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/art ... ygenx5375o

[ZRX61]

Awkward...

[Felix]

Boiled feet. How would you know?

[ZRX61]

[Mr Moofo]

They have just lifted the south east water hosepipe ban ( two days ago) and it's been raining so much they have flood warnings. You could not write it any better if you were trying to do irony.

They only lifted it two days after they were ridiculed in the press for saying it was still in place because groundwater reservoirs take longer to fill up than surface ones.

If they mean aquifers when they say 'groundwater' then it'd be true - and 75-80% of SE water supply is from aquifers apparently. (Which is something of a surprise to me but appears to be a common source in chalky areas).

For the perils of using slowly renewed or non-renewable water supplies, Libya is the model!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Man-Made_River

I would find if hard to believe the aquifers are not filled by now. It has been raining since August

[Rockburner]

They only lifted it two days after they were ridiculed in the press for saying it was still in place because groundwater reservoirs take longer to fill up than surface ones.

If they mean aquifers when they say 'groundwater' then it'd be true - and 75-80% of SE water supply is from aquifers apparently. (Which is something of a surprise to me but appears to be a common source in chalky areas).

For the perils of using slowly renewed or non-renewable water supplies, Libya is the model!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Man-Made_River

I would find if hard to believe the aquifers are not filled by now. It has been raining since August

It's like filling a hip flask with a fire hose.

[Count Steer]

They only lifted it two days after they were ridiculed in the press for saying it was still in place because groundwater reservoirs take longer to fill up than surface ones.

If they mean aquifers when they say 'groundwater' then it'd be true - and 75-80% of SE water supply is from aquifers apparently. (Which is something of a surprise to me but appears to be a common source in chalky areas).

For the perils of using slowly renewed or non-renewable water supplies, Libya is the model!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Man-Made_River

I would find if hard to believe the aquifers are not filled by now. It has been raining since August

Yup, the SE chalk acquifers generally recharge over the 6 months from October to March (depends on the depletion rates too, obvs). I guess they need them brim full to get through the 'dry seasons'.

OTOH, the Libyan ones took thousands of years to fill and they'll empty them in a lifetime-ish. Then things'll get interesting in Tripoli!

[Cousin Jack]

For the perils of using slowly renewed or non-renewable water supplies, Libya is the model!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Man-Made_River

South West Water are doing their best to emulate Libya. Cornwalls biggest and bestest resevoir is on the top of bodmin moor fed by the St Neot River. In winter spate you could step across this, in summer you can walk along the bed of it and not get wet feet. Then they wonder why after a dry spell it takes ages to refill.

Local rag today.
" Cornwall's largest reservoir remains well below capacity despite relentless storms and weeks of constant rain."

[gremlin]

More important than water.....

Scottish craft beer brand Brewdog put up for sale

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7951yl59lxo

'Fiercely independent', my arse.

Piss-in-a-can merchants anyway....

[Mr Moofo]

More important than water.....

Scottish craft beer brand Brewdog put up for sale

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7951yl59lxo

'Fiercely independent', my arse.

Piss-in-a-can merchants anyway....

It had a dreadful company culture
Allegedly

[gremlin]

Shoes for the discerning gent....

Crocs shaped like Lego bricks....

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/202 ... lego-crocs

[Taipan]

Shoes for the discerning gent....

Crocs shaped like Lego bricks....

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/202 ... lego-crocs

Probably wears a Mr Jones watch too...

[Mr Moofo]

Shoes for the discerning gent....

Crocs shaped like Lego bricks....

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/202 ... lego-crocs

Probably wears a Mr Jones watch too...

Do people actually buy those ?

[Cousin Jack]

Shoes for the discerning gent....

Crocs shaped like Lego bricks....

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/202 ... lego-crocs

Probably wears a Mr Jones watch too...

Do people actually buy those ?

Gremlin does.

[gremlin]

Probably wears a Mr Jones watch too...

Do people actually buy those ?

Gremlin does.

I will now. Your distress only spurs my enthusiasm.

[Cousin Jack]

Do people actually buy those ?

Gremlin does.

I will now. Your distress only spurs my enthusiasm.

You will get into trouble with Mrs G !