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KenHigg

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I thought I might see you on the city tour as we went through your area, Buckhead, but you weren't out tending the front, or jogging. :)

Brian

Really - I was hanging out a Houston's... :p

Did you get to get out anywhere or go anywhere else?
 

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Martin Luther King national park and the CNN tour in Atlanta.

I feel that I've hijacked the thread. :eek:

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Rich started the thread, how much inherit substance could it have :p
 

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I would have thought that to really cover their rears, they would put a clock on the sign telling the time the next high tide is due.

Also a disclaimer, "Council is not responsible for tides"
 

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Rich started the thread, how much inherit substance could it have :p

"Inherit substance"?

What does that mean?

Also, the second part of your post is a question - just to remind you in case you missed it, the question mark key on the keyboard is next to the right shift key:rolleyes:

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Some of the more popular beaches do display the tide times, not just that they're given out every day on the local news channels and it's not to difficult for anyone with an ounze of common to figure out which way the tide is going. But in this Nanny state created by Bliar and his cronies common sense is no longer a consideration:mad:
 

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I would have thought that to really cover their rears, they would put a clock on the sign telling the time the next high tide is due.

Also a disclaimer, "Council is not responsible for tides"

Maybe they could rig a float that sits in the water tied to a string that pulls a cover over the sign when the tide wasn't an issue - :)
 

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Maybe they could rig a float that sits in the water tied to a string that pulls a cover over the sign when the tide wasn't an issue - :)

The string would create a trip hazard. You'd need a sign for that.

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I was always taught it was high tide about 8 hours after the last one.
Or if you prefer, about 4 hours after low tide.
The flaw in this line of reasoning is that it requires people to be able to count and tell time.
 

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I was always taught it was high tide about 8 hours after the last one.
Or if you prefer, about 4 hours after low tide.
The flaw in this line of reasoning is that it requires people to be able to count and tell time.

The biggest flaw is they have to know when the last high tide was, that's if we also ignore your 8 hour rule.

Liverpool's high tides today and tomorrow are
1:38 14:00 2:18 14:40
not exactly easy to calculate, but around 12and half hourly with a shift

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Not a 100% accurate but you can get an idea of the state of the tide by looking at the foreshore
 

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thanks for spotting out my dyslexia barry.. heh
Its funny you should mention this I dont know if anyone saw but Top Gear are taking up the challenege or said they would about removing completely pointless road signs... i spose its a start.
 

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Its funny you should mention this I dont know if anyone saw but Top Gear are taking up the challenege or said they would about removing completely pointless road signs... i spose its a start.


They could begin with 30 mph signs..........
 

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I like this one in Essex.

 

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Love that one.
Is it real or Photoshopped?

It is a real sign, not far from where I live.

The bunker is actually a left over from the cold war, it's now a monument. A bit like the bunkers we have left over from WW2.

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thanks for spotting out my dyslexia barry.. heh
Its funny you should mention this I dont know if anyone saw but Top Gear are taking up the challenege or said they would about removing completely pointless road signs... i spose its a start.
Surely "Keep left" signs should be banned as unnecessary political slogans
 

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