Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

chris_m

Generali wrote: »

It's the Botanical Gardens in Sydney

Phew. My first thought was "THAT's his pool???"
:rotfl:

Pyxis

silvercar wrote: »

I would feel safer if the pool was full.

Ah, but that's why I stipulated the slide-out platform! It would be rigid enough and strong enough to bear the weight of the ice layer plus numerous people on it.

If you had a full pool, not only would it need an enormous amount of energy to freeze all that water, but there would also be the risk that you'd only get a thin crust frozen, which you could then break through. That would be very, very dangerous indeed!

silvercar

Pyxis wrote: »

Ah, but that's why I stipulated the slide-out platform! It would be rigid enough and strong enough to bear the weight of the ice layer plus numerous people on it.

If you had a full pool, not only would it need an enormous amount of energy to freeze all that water, but there would also be the risk that you'd only get a thin crust frozen, which you could then break through. That would be very, very dangerous indeed!

I was think belt and braces approach.

So you would have the pool filled with water plus the slide-out platform with an ice layer on top. The platform is then partly supported, but should it fail you end up wet rather than falling 8 feet onto a cement base.

chris_m

silvercar wrote: »

I was think belt and braces approach.

So you would have the pool filled with water plus the slide-out platform with an ice layer on top. The platform is then partly supported, but should it fail you end up wet rather than falling 8 feet onto a cement base.

That would consume a lot more power - because it will be trying to cool/freeze all the water underneath, or the water underneath will prevent the top layer from freezing.

Surely it'd be easier to have a flat-bottomed pool and drain most of it out before freezing what's left. One advantage I can see is that would prevent muppet skaters (like me) falling off the edge - might need to pad the walls though

Pyxis

chris_m wrote: »

That would consume a lot more power - because it will be trying to cool/freeze all the water underneath, or the water underneath will prevent the top layer from freezing.

Surely it'd be easier to have a flat-bottomed pool and drain most of it out before freezing what's left. One advantage I can see is that would prevent muppet skaters (like me) falling off the edge - might need to pad the walls though

Then you'd have to climb down the pool steps in ice skates! :eek:
And there wouldn't be much of a view! Especially in the deep end!:D




(Yeah, I know you could change your shoes at the bottom!)



Edit. Actually, the deep end would be a problem, because instead of just a few inches of water to freeze, you'd have a lot more to freeze down the deep end!

chris_m

Pyxis wrote: »

Then you'd have to climb down the pool steps in ice skates! :eek:

Where's your sense of adventure? :rotfl:

And there wouldn't be much of a view! Especially in the deep end!:D

In the flat-bottomed pool I proposed there wouldn't be a deep end - or a shallow end

(Yeah, I know you could change your shoes at the bottom!)

Going off-tack for a moment this reminded me of advice being given on a lawn care website I was looking at the other day. The subject in question was the lawn spike shoe attachments you can get so you aerate the lawn by just walking around on it. They advised putting them on when you get to the lawn and not before because;
1) they don't grip very well on things like paving slabs and,
2) you don't want to get stuck to the shed floor :rotfl:

oldandhappy

escape to the chateau on 127 freesat any moment...46 bedrooms....OMG renovation for life I reckon....imagine the costs

chris_m

Nothing that a tin of Polyfilla and a lick of paint won't fix

Perfect job for doing tomorrow

chris_m

PasturesNew wrote: »

I can't recognise people or remember names. Mr Chateau looks/sounds to me exactly like some bloke off the telly - often seen in celebrity panel games.
No idea who I mean though.

I thought the name and the visage seemed familiar - quick wikipedia search on D.i.c.k Strawbridge (from the Grauniad article) and I was right, he's done a few slots on BBC Coast. He's also done Scrapheap Challengre, Junkyard Wars and It's Not Easy Being Green.

Pyxis

Yes, I was just going to say that.
He has a very fit son, too!

I hope he's on the prog too.

The series will be interesting. I just wish they could stop over-dramatising progs like these, and just make them factual.

For example, they had a budget of £300k or €300k, I forget which. They bought the chateau for 280k whatevers.
So they have 20k whatevers to do the whole place up in 9 months in time for their wedding?
Yeah right.
Cut the carp and just give us the facts, which are interesting enough without all the drama!

I must admit, it's a peach of a chateau!

But what's the betting that when they've finished it, they'll just sell up and move on?