Fair enough. I presume they have a professional involved for such an event. The forecast had a line from the Wash to the Welsh Valleys south of which thunderstorms were less likely, but I'm not … (View Post)

Hmm, OK, fair enough. I know it is just a bit of fun, but this is PB... Anyway, here is the demographic N-S version (population, split by current constituencies). Primary colours have roughly the sam… (View Post)

You could have speculated that having voids in concrete - particularly reinforced concrete - might be a bad idea. I was definitely taught that it was. We have enough problems with standard reinforced… (View Post)

It is more Wispa than Flake. (View Post)

As I said before, no sane engineer signs off something as good for 30 years if it is likely to fail in 31. It was clearly believed to be safe, even if the concept is a bit odd. Like asbestos and comb… (View Post)