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Reply #15 on: July 20, 2007, 23:44:23 PM
id guess that the car wasnt stuck more the traffic was and he couldnt get round stranded cars. takes a fair amount to stop a LR even with a n00b behind the wheel

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Reply #16 on: July 21, 2007, 00:11:50 AM
There was 4ft of water, the landy doesnt have a snorkel so he parked it up and got a lift on a tractor. Better that than flood the cab.
 
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Reply #17 on: July 21, 2007, 01:52:05 AM
what annoys me the MOST about the rain is that there is noone to blame for it. That makes things easier to bear.

It sickens me to get my s/s zorst covered in muddy rainwater so I drive anything but the 2


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Reply #18 on: July 21, 2007, 07:10:43 AM
We non-drivers can always blame you lot for creating global warming... :P

Anyone think that this will prove to be one of the wettest years ever?  :cry:

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Reply #19 on: July 21, 2007, 11:18:44 AM
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Anyone think that this will prove to be one of the wettest years ever?  :cry:


Its got to be about the worst.

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Reply #20 on: July 21, 2007, 11:57:56 AM
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Anyone think that this will prove to be one of the wettest years ever?  :cry:


Its got to be about the worst.


I think it amy be, was the wettest xmas, wettest June and April at least

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Reply #21 on: July 23, 2007, 16:30:39 PM
Were not too far from the river in Twickenham, and the boss is getting a bit edgy... flood warnings for West London and theres a lot of rain on the horizon so were thinking about moving our server to a co-location facility. (Zen in Manc)

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Reply #22 on: July 23, 2007, 16:41:18 PM
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No one gave a toss when Yorkshire was flooded. As soon as it hits London its major news time.


That would be because London is important and a few bread and dripping miners arnt :twisted:

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Reply #23 on: July 23, 2007, 16:49:55 PM
lol yes Nige :)

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Reply #24 on: July 23, 2007, 16:50:23 PM
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Anyone think that this will prove to be one of the wettest years ever?  :cry:


Its got to be about the worst.


I think it amy be, was the wettest xmas, wettest June and April at least


Wettest April? It was the hottest April on record.

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Reply #25 on: July 23, 2007, 16:50:45 PM
At least its Sunny here in the States. Oh no thats right its raining here too.

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Reply #26 on: July 23, 2007, 21:19:46 PM
Luckily for me I live on the side of a hill so I would need some drastic rainfall to get flooded.

I do have relatives living in Tewksbury, which is practically an island right now and a lot of lanes and small B roads around me are flooded which is stranding a lot of people in the small Hamlets around the place.

With the River Severn still rising things look to get worse before they get any better.
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Reply #27 on: July 23, 2007, 23:33:24 PM
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i think its safe to say if your uncle got stuck in a landy, he doesnt deserve one. tell him to get a suzuki cappuchino.
landys can keep going with the wate  over the bonnet.


what he said

hes obviously got a landy not a landy

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Reply #28 on: July 24, 2007, 02:10:43 AM
Southern Europe is going through a heatwave again - B*****Ds! :(

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Reply #29 on: July 24, 2007, 17:59:30 PM
if you get water in the air intake shell still stop like anything else. Quoted maximum wading depth for an unmodified LR is 500mm. Better than just about anything else, but still not enough for some of the recent flooding.

now with a wading kit that would be another matter. There seemed to be a fad for fully kitted out landies with mud plugging tires and snorkels a few years ago.  I bet not one of those vehicles went anywhere useful over the weekend.


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