From: Noddy on 7 Jun 2010 09:07 "D Walford" <dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote in message news:4c0ce331$0$28669$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > It looks like you might also need a retaining wall and some drainage on > the north side which won't come cheap. Yeah. The drainage is going in as part of the stormwater system, but the retaining walls aren't something we planned on. We'll have to look around at ideas now for something that looks decent. -- Regards, Noddy.
From: Scotty on 8 Jun 2010 03:05 "Noddy" <me(a)home.com> wrote in message news:4c0cd877$0$56563$c30e37c6(a)exi-reader.telstra.net... : > No thanks, I saw that huge pile of dirt and wondered how you were going to : > get rid of it:-) : Why not dig a hole and bury it !?
From: jonz on 8 Jun 2010 03:20 On 6/8/2010 5:05 PM, Scotty wrote: > "Noddy"<me(a)home.com> wrote in message news:4c0cd877$0$56563$c30e37c6(a)exi-reader.telstra.net... > > :> No thanks, I saw that huge pile of dirt and wondered how you were going to > :> get rid of it:-) > : > > > Why not dig a hole and bury it !? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Natch....... > > > > -- jonz "Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind - boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." - Gene Spafford,1992
From: Noddy on 8 Jun 2010 03:29 " Scotty" <scoter1(a)warmmail.com> wrote in message news:4c0debb9$0$17172$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au... > Why not dig a hole and bury it !? Now, why didn't I think of that? Maybe because I'm not Jonz :) -- Regards, Noddy.
From: jonz on 8 Jun 2010 03:43
On 6/7/2010 6:50 PM, st3ph3nm wrote: > On Jun 6, 8:05 pm, "Noddy"<m...(a)home.com> wrote: > >> >>> One of the guys at work just bought a mid-90's Daimler, and I have to >>> say, it's one of the greatest sources of humour each day. I think >>> staff morale would have dropped significantly if we didn't have so >>> many oil leak and electrical jokes tossed around. :) >> >> It must suck to be him :) >> > > Nah, he's alright. Actually, a very savvy bloke with a strong > engineering background, who also used to be GM of one of the major > suspension component companies a couple of years back. Semi-retired > now, he runs my spare parts section, and he's a great bloke that I've > learnt more from than just about any other work colleague I've ever > known. Good thing he's got a good sense of humour to go with his > penchant for Brit cruisers. :) Not enough guys around like him, > anymore. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ good on him....anyone who goes off on a tangent is fine by me.........:) > > Cheers, > Steve -- jonz "Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind - boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." - Gene Spafford,1992 |