tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21308815.post3338437678494788351..comments2023-10-08T15:51:17.426+00:00Comments on Beyond Necessity: The London plumbing crisis resolvedEdward Ockhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07583379503310147119noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21308815.post-41251257075790489402011-07-11T10:24:47.529+00:002011-07-11T10:24:47.529+00:00>>Venice was built on the lagoon, adapted to...>>Venice was built on the lagoon, adapted to it. London was not.<br /><br />I quite like the Palazzos.Edward Ockhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07583379503310147119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21308815.post-36891570510657135252011-07-11T10:01:55.401+00:002011-07-11T10:01:55.401+00:00" Within 500 years, London may look like Veni..." Within 500 years, London may look like Venice. That is something definitely to be welcomed."<br /><br />You are being ironic, right? Venice was built on the lagoon, adapted to it. London was not.<br /><br />Also Venice is slowly but surely sinking. Definitely not to be welcomed.DocRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08903964792092284406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21308815.post-50475785938269359602011-07-08T13:37:56.675+00:002011-07-08T13:37:56.675+00:00I thought you might be interested in the fat that ...I thought you might be interested in the fat that is clogging London's arterial sewers.<br />http://greenerblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/fat-chance-in-sewers.htmlDocRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08903964792092284406noreply@blogger.com