Re: Auntie's English

On or around Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:01:23 +0100, coj <c_o_jones_99@xxxxxxxxxxx>
enlightened us thusly:

Guy King wrote:

Can anyone tell me why they have to pump the water out of dams to
relieve the pressure? Surely anyone with any sense designing a dam would
include a very large bore syphon pipe which would run from the wet side,
over the top and down to what is hoped to be the dry side. Bung the
outside end, pump the air out (or water in) over a few hours, then pull
the bung. A 10' diameter pipe should make quite a difference to a
reservoir in a few hours. Safer than a big plughole, less prone to
failure and vandalism.

Would it jbex ? With a pipe that wide surely the water would just fall
out rather than act as a syphon. There has to be some maximum size
before the water would just come out

There is, IIRC. dunno what though.

pictures on the WWP and the dam doesn't look to safe.
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