Q. When is a tunnel not a tunnel?

WillowTheWhisp · 06-10-2004, 18:13

A. When it's a bridge?

staggeringman · 06-10-2004, 18:22

nice one willow lurrrve that one (tunnel as in the oxford dictionary:noun 1 underground passage dug through hill,or under river.road,etc.2 underground passage dug by animal.

WillowTheWhisp · 06-10-2004, 18:41

Nothing about underground passeges dug by rivers?

staggeringman · 06-10-2004, 18:44

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

Nothing about underground passeges dug by rivers?

nope but tealeaf will have something to add!

mattylad · 07-10-2004, 16:47

Must get flooded in bad weather?

Doug · 07-10-2004, 16:56

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

Nothing about underground passeges dug by rivers?

How does a river dig underground passages then? Does it use a paddle? lol.

Tealeaf · 07-10-2004, 17:16

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Originally Posted by staggeringman

nice one willow lurrrve that one (tunnel as in the oxford dictionary:noun 1 underground passage dug through hill,or under river.road,etc.2 underground passage dug by animal.

Thanks for the above, Staggers......the key word is DUG. Rivers don't "dig" anywhere...they flow, they erode, but they certainly don't dig tunnels. Can we please have some terminological exactitude...the Stink and the Tinker, when flowing below the ground surface in Accy and Church, are flowing through ducts, and not along tunnels. Is this now clear to everyone?

No wonder |'m losing my hair.....

staggeringman · 07-10-2004, 18:33

just a quickie about the hair tealeaf, STOP using that wash and go.
i thought ducks swam on top of water not the other way round.

WillowTheWhisp · 07-10-2004, 19:40

So how does a duct differ from a tunnel?

Do you remember the scrapyard which was on top of a culvert (now, is a culvert a tunnel or a duct?) at Church and collapsed into it?

Tealeaf · 08-10-2004, 16:59

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

So how does a duct differ from a tunnel?

Do you remember the scrapyard which was on top of a culvert (now, is a culvert a tunnel or a duct?) at Church and collapsed into it?

Oh dear.....this is getting difficult.

Duct.."A tube,pipe or channel through which liquid is sent....

Tunnel..."An underground passageway, esp. one for trains or cars..

Culvert.."A drain or pipe that crosses under a road or railway....

Happy now? The Stink and Tinker flow along and through ducts and culverts, NOT tunnels. The scrapyard collapse was about 10 years ago, was'nt it...or has there been another one since?

pendy · 08-10-2004, 18:49

I always thought that when it came to the Stink and the Tinker, the ducks WALKED on top.

WillowTheWhisp · 09-10-2004, 00:04

Thank you for that enlightenment Tealeaf.

Yes, I suppose it will be about 10 years since that scrapyard fell into the water. There must be a moral in there somewhere.