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Take care watering
I just had to post this excert from an item in the Malta Times,
Quarry collapse blamed on water Kurt Sansone http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...4u2/quarry.jpg The collapse of a whole quarry side in Mqabba, which damaged a school playground, may have been caused by excessive watering of plants by the school, according to the quarry owner. ÄŠensu Farrugia, known as Ta' Puzzu, yesterday said no rock cutting had taken place for quite some time in the area that collapsed. "The school used to leave a lot of water running and I think that is what caused it," Mr Farrugia said with reference to a tract of soil on school premises which separated the play area from the boundary wall with the quarry. However, the chief executive of the Occupational Health and Safety Authority had said it was "still early in the day" to determine what led to the rock face collapse. The crumbling rock face pulled down the dividing wall; the school yard, which includes a five-a-side artificial pitch, stands just metres away from what is now a sheer drop. A small well used by school staff to water the trees and plants in the yard and a larger disused reservoir nearby were also destroyed. Stressing that nobody was hurt in the incident, Mr Farrugia insisted the authorities knew there was a quarry when they built an extension to the school a couple of years ago. David Hill |
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Take care watering
Dave Hill wrote:
I just had to post this excert from an item in the Malta Times, [...] Censu Farrugia, known as Ta' Puzzu, yesterday said no rock cutting had taken place for quite some time in the area that collapsed. [...] Ah the great Maltese nickname! I gather they're so significant that there's even a space for one's ekename on government forms. -- Mike. |
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Mike Lyle wrote:
Dave Hill wrote: I just had to post this excert from an item in the Malta Times, [...] Censu Farrugia, known as Ta' Puzzu, yesterday said no rock cutting had taken place for quite some time in the area that collapsed. [...] Ah the great Maltese nickname! I gather they're so significant that there's even a space for one's ekename on government forms. In the Utter Hebrides everyone has a nickname. When you look at the telephone directory and see how many Macleods, Mackays, Macdonalds, Mackenzies, Smiths etc that there are, and that most have Gaelic names, you understand the necessity. "Do you know Alasdair Macleod?" "Seall, now would that be Alasdair mac Lachlan mac Uilleam, Alasdair og mac Aggi, Alasdair Macleod mac Alasdair Ruadh? etc. It's probably for the same reason on Malta innit. -- Rusty |
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