Re: What are the odds of an infamous marmoset craunching, Ken?

On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:29:10 -0500, Alan Brand
<alan.brandATsymp@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:30:41 GMT, Stuart Rogers
><stuart.rogers.clara.co.uk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>On 23/7/07 23:46, "Alan Brand" wrote:
>>> On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:23:10 GMT, Stuart Rogers
>>> <stuart.rogers.clara.co.uk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>> On 23/7/07 14:10, "Alan Brand" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> AlanB, living on top of a big hill girl
>>>> 
>>>> I suppose I ought to consider myself lucky that Devon's avoided
>>>> the worst of the rain - living near Exeter quayside, my house is
>>>> only a couple of feet above normal water levels.
>>> 
>>> You should be ok until global warming raises sea level by a couple of
>>> feet then. Perhaps you'd better list the house sooner rather than
>>> later.
>>
>>Not quite.  Exeter quayside is far enough inland for a big
>>enough deluge upstream to will flood the quay and surrounding
>>houses.
>
>Oh.
>
>>> AlanB, whatever floats your boat girl
>>
>>I was planning on selling my surfboard, but it could come in
>>useful in a flood...
>
>A surfboard might be a little small for actually liviing on ... I've
>got friends who live on a houseboat moored near Reading (reliving
>their student days in their dotage) who have prepared for floods by
>installing longer mooring ropes. And a few extra cases of gin.


SimonP today described to our sis(-in-law) in Cheltenham what we've
done to make our Westfalia campervan into our "survival vehicle".
'Course, we have been fore-warned to do it since we live in
earthquake/wildfire land.

She, with no warning being currently without electrickery or reliable
water, thought it was quite a useful idea.

We haven't yet been able to contact another sis(-in-law) in Teddington
(village near to Tewkesbury ... :-o )


Odd ... a few smallish bottles of spirits being amongst our survival
contingencies ...