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Post by Marco4 on Sept 8, 2015 4:08:16 GMT 1
So what is the purpose of all the weirs on the river Colne and Calder ? These are rivers, which are natural, weirs are used to tame the rivers power, used to control the river, its discharge, stop it flooding. Could weirs be used as a cheap way of generating hydroelectric power? There's one you see from a bridge over Mirfield way and it always looks ripe for that. Might not make a huge difference, but the technology exists and it could fuel a streetlight or two or something.
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Post by philincalifornia on Sept 8, 2015 5:31:48 GMT 1
Yeah, I should probably move it to the Buxton Lounge.
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Post by k1man999 on Sept 8, 2015 7:09:48 GMT 1
You're not allowed to call it that anymore because the earth isn't warming - you've got to call it climate change. Actually, the new climate lie the climate liars are trying to run up the flagpole is back to global warming. If you're following along and up-to-speed, it's apparent that the sensitivity of the climate to carbon dioxide is not even f-kin measurable. So now, in desperation, it's 2 degrees C above pre-industrial times is catastrophic and we've already had one totally beneficial degree (naturally). I can't believe anyone still believes this shit. That Guardian writer above sounds pretty f-kin desperate. Never believed this global warming stuff. For me we are still coming out of an ice age. As for the canal the narrow canal up through the Colne Valley at times has less water in it than a pint of bitter
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Post by haveitback on Sept 8, 2015 7:25:39 GMT 1
Actually, the new climate lie the climate liars are trying to run up the flagpole is back to global warming. If you're following along and up-to-speed, it's apparent that the sensitivity of the climate to carbon dioxide is not even f-kin measurable. So now, in desperation, it's 2 degrees C above pre-industrial times is catastrophic and we've already had one totally beneficial degree (naturally). I can't believe anyone still believes this shit. That Guardian writer above sounds pretty f-kin desperate. Never believed this global warming stuff. For me we are still coming out of an ice age. As for the canal the narrow canal up through the Colne Valley at times has less water in it than a pinct of bitter Is that not a stream then?
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Post by detox on Sept 8, 2015 8:58:19 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2015 9:52:03 GMT 1
The Slaithwaite reservoir is to feed the canal system, and not to feed the household water supply?? Never knew that. I did wonder about the size of its servable area, what withnit being relatively low to the bottom of the valley.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2015 10:04:30 GMT 1
Excellent thread derail by the clappers. Well done!
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Post by detox on Sept 8, 2015 10:06:00 GMT 1
The Slaithwaite reservoir is to feed the canal system, and not to feed the household water supply?? Never knew that. I did wonder about the size of its servable area, what withnit being relatively low to the bottom of the valley. It's an interesting read.... if you like to know about that sort of thing (which I do). The last time the canal ran dry was put down to the fact that too many canal boats were going in one direction and the headers didn't have enough water to top it up....Can't quite figure out if it loses more water with boats going up or down,or if its the same either way ?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2015 10:07:07 GMT 1
Excellent thread derail by the clappers. Well done! Yawn. You've done this clappers thing to death. You're boring.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2015 10:07:22 GMT 1
Excellent thread derail by the clappers. Well done! Yeah, Dean rang me last night and said he was getting a bit hot under the collar with all the interrogation on who owns canalside. I thought my diversion topic was excellent to be fair.
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Post by detox on Sept 8, 2015 10:07:28 GMT 1
Excellent thread derail by the clappers. Well done! I blame Mel .....
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2015 10:18:09 GMT 1
Excellent thread derail by the clappers. Well done! rubber dinghy rapids bro
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Post by mightyterrier on Sept 8, 2015 10:31:03 GMT 1
Excellent thread derail by the clappers. Well done! If it's de rail you're interested in apparently arterrier's your man!
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Post by Five Lamps on Sept 8, 2015 10:31:26 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2015 12:06:14 GMT 1
if someone threw a pebble the size of south America into the sea,it would flood certain seaside towns
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Post by detox on Sept 8, 2015 12:09:29 GMT 1
Currently it is. Going by DH's comments today, that would change if he were to sell the club. The £390k turnover of Canalside is counted within the club's total revenue in the last set of accounts. As far as I can tell, we don't pay any rent for using the facilities. Not sure why some people seem to have got themselves so confused and worked up by this. As the accounts confirm... oops,my mistake...apologies..
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2015 12:10:34 GMT 1
It would cause a lot more damage if it skimmed 3 or 4 times, Obviously dependant on the angle with which it was thrown.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2015 12:15:35 GMT 1
The Slaithwaite reservoir is to feed the canal system, and not to feed the household water supply?? Never knew that. I did wonder about the size of its servable area, what withnit being relatively low to the bottom of the valley. It's an interesting read.... if you like to know about that sort of thing (which I do). The last time the canal ran dry was put down to the fact that too many canal boats were going in one direction and the headers didn't have enough water to top it up....Can't quite figure out if it loses more water with boats going up or down,or if its the same either way ? Reckon it would be same either way. To go down involves releasing water from the lock section from the higher section. Likewise to bring a barge up, water is released into the lock section to raise the barge. That water can't flow back up stream. So if you had one barge going down and then one barge going up, they'd both involve new water coming in from upstream. So, busy canal in any direction is what uses water. I reckon. Otherwise, the canal wouldn't "empty", they'd just run barges back the other way?!
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Post by somenun on Sept 8, 2015 12:20:21 GMT 1
Excellent thread derail by the clappers. Well done! Yeah, Dean rang me last night and said he was getting a bit hot under the collar with all the interrogation on who owns canalside. I thought my diversion topic was excellent to be fair. Has Anyone every told you, you are really funny
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2015 12:40:26 GMT 1
If you're not yet weiry of the subject......river flow is measured at weirs.
With a river like the Thames, weirs (in conjunction with locks) convert it to a series of linear lakes navigable all year round.
If sufficient head is available at a weir (eg Thames), it could be feasible to install turbines.
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Post by Doc Halladay 32 on Sept 8, 2015 13:59:36 GMT 1
If you're not yet weiry of the subject......river flow is measured at weirs. With a river like the Thames, weirs (in conjunction with locks) convert it to a series of linear lakes navigable all year round. If sufficient head is available at a weir (eg Thames), it could be feasible to install turbines. If it isn't I suggest you find a new girlfriend
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Post by philincalifornia on Sept 8, 2015 14:04:10 GMT 1
Actually, the new climate lie the climate liars are trying to run up the flagpole is back to global warming. If you're following along and up-to-speed, it's apparent that the sensitivity of the climate to carbon dioxide is not even f-kin measurable. So now, in desperation, it's 2 degrees C above pre-industrial times is catastrophic and we've already had one totally beneficial degree (naturally). I can't believe anyone still believes this shit. That Guardian writer above sounds pretty f-kin desperate. Never believed this global warming stuff. For me we are still coming out of an ice age.As for the canal the narrow canal up through the Colne Valley at times has less water in it than a pint of bitter At the risk of being a happy clapper, we're heading back into one actually and, unfortunately, the effect of CO2 is not strong enough to prevent that.
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Post by galpharm2400 on Sept 8, 2015 14:18:34 GMT 1
Never believed this global warming stuff. For me we are still coming out of an ice age.As for the canal the narrow canal up through the Colne Valley at times has less water in it than a pint of bitter At the risk of being a happy clapper, we're heading back into one actually and, unfortunately, the effect of CO2 is not strong enough to prevent that. we certainly are today in Brighouse Phil.. its shite today.. heavy cloud, light drizzle in the air.. If we go back to the mens/ladies hairstyles of the 70s/80s and the sales of hairspary rocket again, can we look forward to getting a bit of a tan in our back garden??? bollox to the polar bears, they have never done anything for me and if we lose Norwich and some of East Anglia I can live with it..
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Post by philincalifornia on Sept 8, 2015 14:28:52 GMT 1
If the glaciers do what they did last time, they'll probably take out Leeds and Bradford, which would be good, but Mirfield and Huddersfield could be a bit dicey too.
It's OK though, we will dump politicians, and have normal people take over dealing with it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2015 14:40:29 GMT 1
If the glaciers do what they did last time, they'll probably take out Leeds and Bradford, which would be good, but Mirfield and Huddersfield could be a bit dicey, It's OK though, we will dump politicians, and have normal people take over. It's OK, Hudds is protected as it is surrounded by a moat protection formed from the circuit of Hudds Narrow Canal on one side, and Rochdale Canal (which meets the Hudds Narrow Canal both at Manchester and Sowerby Bridge or Brighouse or whatever its called) on the other. Canals don't flood so there would be no water ingress beyond this fantastic man made boundary. Obviously the half of Hudds south of the Hudds Canal would be flooded, but to be fair that would be no great lost, most of the best people live on the 'New Island' side of the canal.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2015 22:48:11 GMT 1
Burying your head in the sand when it's plainly obvious the messiah has pulled the plug some months ago.
Keep clapping and avoiding the truth eh?
"smithies is not for sale", "Butterfield is not for sale", "the club is not for sale"... Yeah right, more like "we've not liquidised enough assets to sell yet".
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2015 22:55:27 GMT 1
Could this iminent glacier in Huudersfield affect the feasibility of the dry ski slope at HD One.
Having skied on a glacier in France, I'd vote every time for real snow over the inferior dry slope material.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2015 22:59:32 GMT 1
Burying your head in the sand when it's plainly obvious the messiah has pulled the plug some months ago. Keep clapping and avoiding the truth eh? "smithies is not for sale", "Butterfield is not for sale", "the club is not for sale"... Yeah right, more like "we've not liquidised enough assets to sell yet". I was wondering why at the last Q&A session, Dean kept looking beyond the crowd that was gathered. After a few mins I turned round & realised he was more focused on the QVC "buy of the day" (or whatever spurious shite it's called) on the telly & that the hour was rapidly running down... "buy 5 Nutri-bullets and get another 15 free, P&P included..."
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2015 23:02:05 GMT 1
Could this iminent glacier in Huudersfield affect the feasibility of the dry ski slope at HD One. Having skied on a glacier in France, I'd vote every time for real snow over the inferior dry slope material. In a few yrs time, folk will realise there was a typo on the original proposal documents leaked to the Examiner... The complex is officially called 'HD Done'...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2015 23:56:31 GMT 1
Surely a Velodrome would be far better used than a dry ski slope and would be a comparable cost ?
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