Margaret et al, The tale of almost-flooding brought a wry smile to my face! Several years ago, when the UK was devastated in a swathe across the country by fierce winds which caused havoc, we in the village suffered heavy rain and flooding at the beginning of the week. I went off with bike and camera, all round the area, taking pictures of the floods. I returned to the village after my round trip, and decided to take the last pictures on the film of the sluice gates and floods on the river in the village. I toddled across the bridge - there was a clunk, clunk, splash, and the camera parted from its strap, and it disappeared in the river. Well - panic took over in very short order, and I swished about in the water with a branch of tree - although as my husband said, what on earth good did I think the camera was going to be if I ever located it in umpteen feet of water? But - to add to my woes, when I decided that enough was enough, and my arm emerged from the river, it was minus a heavy gold bracelet too!
That was not the end of the day's troubles! My husband's car was run into by the only other car in the Company car park later that evening, and my son's bike was stolen from outside the inn where the youngsters had met that night - had we done something to bitterly offend the Gods - or was it sheer bad luck? Carol - in Suffolk UK The water came nearly up to the road, and a couple hundred > feet further, the road was lower. If it had come just a little higher, we'd > have been nailed, because our house sits just alongside the road, and, of > course, lower than the road. The only damage we suffered was temporarily > elevated blood pressure(!), and a call to reality. And having to leave for > work the night before 1 night, because the roads to work were in danger of > and some already flooded. > > Just my 2 cents... > > Margaret in PA > > Margaret Holsinger > On The Wing > Mailing Services > Presorting & List Hygiene > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
