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Hole in the road!

Post by skellyjohn » Thu Aug 17, 2006 11:58 am

I went over a hole in the road last night outside my house. No damage to the car but it felt deep. Got up this morning and had a look at it. It's about 12"s across but so deep that you cant see the bottom.

I called the roads department and they arrived in 10 mins. Guy stuck a pole in it and it disappeared completely!

So I'm now convinced it's a sectret tunnel!

But where to??????
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Post by Rich H » Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:01 pm

When I lived in Manchester I got up one day (About midday, I was a student!) and was suprised to see an old Gold Merc with it's nose into a hole in the road. The hole was 10ft by 6ft by 5ft deep!

Apparently what had happene was a water leak had washed away the soil and rocks underneith but the cobbles and tarmac had held for years, until a heavy merc came along.... :lol:
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Re: Hole in the road!

Post by Shug » Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:02 pm

skellyjohn wrote:I went over a hole in the road last night outside my house. No damage to the car but it felt deep. Got up this morning and had a look at it. It's about 12"s across but so deep that you cant see the bottom.

I called the roads department and they arrived in 10 mins. Guy stuck a pole in it and it disappeared completely!

So I'm now convinced it's a sectret tunnel!

But where to??????
Where they keep the secret stash of Road Tax money that should be spent maintaining them in the first place? :evil: :lol:

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Post by jj » Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:12 pm

Maybe the tunnel goes to Pole-and?.........

On the subject of the roads dept, I have a lot of love for Inverclyde Councils Roads dept today - our kerb is pretty high into the drive, so much so I cant reverse out without removing my plate and the v6 scrapes - called them yesterday, guy came out last night, phonecall today and they are relaying part of the road this week.

Amazing stuff. :lol:
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Post by Shug » Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:24 pm

jke11y wrote:Maybe the tunnel goes to Pole-and?.........

On the subject of the roads dept, I have a lot of love for Inverclyde Councils Roads dept today - our kerb is pretty high into the drive, so much so I cant reverse out without removing my plate and the v6 scrapes - called them yesterday, guy came out last night, phonecall today and they are relaying part of the road this week.

Amazing stuff. :lol:
Yes, but you're from Kilmacolm........ :lol:
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Post by Lazydonkey » Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:35 pm

jke11y wrote:Maybe the tunnel goes to Pole-and?.........
That was awful :(
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Post by kenny » Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:37 pm

what road was this on?
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Post by jj » Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:38 pm

jke11y wrote:
Maybe the tunnel goes to Pole-and?.........


That was awful
...and theres a hole load more where that come from. :D
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Post by skellyjohn » Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:56 pm

Hi Kenny, it's on Armadale Street - between Alexander Parade and Duke St.

It's now coned off. It could have been Stan Petrov digging an escape route from Parkhead.
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Post by kenny » Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:20 pm

I used to have maps showing the old railway tunnels, I know there are some in that area, could be one of them.
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Post by skellyjohn » Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:27 pm

An old railway tunnel?

I feel a Famous Five story coming on!
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Post by Some bloke in australia » Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:57 pm

Where the hell did that pole come from

it just popped out of the ground in me garden
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Post by Gareth » Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:08 pm

Lazydonkey wrote:
jke11y wrote:Maybe the tunnel goes to Pole-and?.........
That was awful :(
Don't worry, JJ is a ar5e 'hole'
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Post by mckeann » Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:15 pm

Some bloke in australia wrote:Where the hell did that pole come from

it just popped out of the ground in me garden
not wanting to nag, but remember this post:
mac wrote:Odd as it may seem but I;m a great believer of Robin's method of troll control.

Troll once - you get caught (and you will as everything resolves to IP's) you get a public telling off.

Troll twice and your shown the door.


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Post by Shug » Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:21 pm

mckeann wrote:
Some bloke in australia wrote:Where the hell did that pole come from

it just popped out of the ground in me garden
not wanting to nag, but remember this post:
mac wrote:Odd as it may seem but I;m a great believer of Robin's method of troll control.

Troll once - you get caught (and you will as everything resolves to IP's) you get a public telling off.

Troll twice and your shown the door.


Mac
Yeah - bit of a reality check though. It's a gag, a one-off obvious gag for this particular thread. There's no way you could call this trolling to deceive. I found it quite funny (in a *groan* sorta fashion....)

Lighten up? :lol: :lol:

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