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Nice people thread part 7 - a thread in its prime

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  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
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    Happy Birthday Silvercar:bdaycake:

    We're a bit over 450 ft above sea level here and at the top of a hill, so risk of flooding not too great, risk of fences and trees coming down, pretty high.
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  • misskool
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    Happy birthday silvercar!!!

    Hope you get absolutely spoilt to bits :)
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
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    Happy birthday silvercar!
  • SingleSue
    SingleSue Posts: 11,718 Forumite
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    Happy Birthday Silvercar!

    We are 23m above sea level here.
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  • Nikkster
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    Happy Birthday Silvercar! Hope you have a lovely day and weekend.
  • LydiaJ
    LydiaJ Posts: 8,083 Forumite
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    Happy Birthday silvercar. Hope you have a great day and do something fun.

    We are 100m above sea level here.
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  • sss555s
    sss555s Posts: 3,175 Forumite
    Happy birthday silvercar :bdaycake:

    Give me a shout if you need a hand to blow out those candles, hehe ;)


    I'm 14m above sea level and the part of the road that is under water is over 17m above but there is no chance I will ever be flooded unless we get a tsunami up the Solway coast.

    It's not really accurate as the flooded field at the bottom of my garden is at least 3 meters lower but it says it's higher.

    It more depends on the surrounding area and you could be 100m up and still get flooded if your at the bottom of a higher slope.

    Funny thing is they had my local town on BBC breakfast because the river was over. I was down there yesterday afternoon and it wasn't over then and it goes over regularly so it's no big news here but seemed to make BBC news.
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    edited 23 November 2012 at 10:58AM
    Well I missed out on the job I really wanted. I was right, I was on a shortlist of two and I came second, oh well thems are the breaks. *sob*

    I've got a second interview for the other job which is also a step up from what I'm doing now; we'll see how I go there.

    I maintain what I said yesterday: I've got a job that suits my needs, pays me amply and has lifestyle benefits too as the hours are pretty short and the boss is happy for me to leave early or turn up late as long as the work gets done: performance is very much measured on output not input. I can go off to the gym for 90mins at lunchtime, I can go and find myself interesting projects to do at work.

    More money would be good but it always would. Today I left work at about 3pm and was home not long after 3.45 having had a schooner and few minutes cricket watching on the way. It's not a bad life!

    A very happy birthday to Silvercar. The first 21 years go by so quickly. Before you know it you'll be 30.

    38.4m above sea level (126ft in old money).
  • silvercar
    silvercar Posts: 49,658 Ambassador
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    108m above
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    there is a gap in the wall of the patio, with 3 steps onto the grass. In bad weather it looks like a waterfall. Bottom of the garden is a culvert that has always been dry as far as I have ever seen, though the bottom of the garden gets very soggy.
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  • Wheezy_2
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