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Hole in the road!
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 11:58 am
by skellyjohn
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??????
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:01 pm
by Rich H
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....
Re: Hole in the road!
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:02 pm
by Shug
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?
FWIW, you probably have knocked the geo out a wee bit. Next motorway drive, make sure it's tracking straight....
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:12 pm
by jj
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.
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:24 pm
by Shug
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.
Yes, but you're from Kilmacolm........
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:35 pm
by Lazydonkey
jke11y wrote:Maybe the tunnel goes to Pole-and?.........
That was awful
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:37 pm
by kenny
what road was this on?
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:38 pm
by jj
jke11y wrote:
Maybe the tunnel goes to Pole-and?.........
That was awful
...and theres a hole load more where that come from.
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:56 pm
by skellyjohn
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.
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:20 pm
by kenny
I used to have maps showing the old railway tunnels, I know there are some in that area, could be one of them.
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:27 pm
by skellyjohn
An old railway tunnel?
I feel a Famous Five story coming on!
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:57 pm
by Some bloke in australia
Where the hell did that pole come from
it just popped out of the ground in me garden
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:08 pm
by Gareth
Lazydonkey wrote:jke11y wrote:Maybe the tunnel goes to Pole-and?.........
That was awful
Don't worry, JJ is a ar5e 'hole'
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:15 pm
by mckeann
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
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:21 pm
by Shug
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?
(oh, in case anybody cares, it's thinfourth)