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New Sun 2 Feb 14 19:35   The Lupo Loophole - Zero

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-26010192 I hope FF is keeping an eye on his Insignia. Last edited by: Zero on Sun 2 Feb 14 at 19:37 Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 2 Feb 14 19:52   The Lupo Loophole - R.P.

Just seen that a few minutes ago......shocking.... Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 2 Feb 14 20:19   The Lupo Loophole - Old Navy

I'd be more concerned about the house than the Lupo. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 3 Feb 14 01:49   The Lupo Loophole - VxFan

Trust them to go one better than the neighbours by having an underground garage. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 3 Feb 14 09:18   The Lupo Loophole - Fursty Ferret

>> www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-26010192 >> >> I hope FF is keeping an eye on his Insignia. >> Oh, so that's where I parked it. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 3 Feb 14 22:06   The Lupo Loophole - Boxsterboy

Isn't Lupo a derivation of a european word for rabbit? If so, the car is only doing what comes naturally - digging a burrow! Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 3 Feb 14 22:10   The Lupo Loophole - R.P.

Cracking programme on BBC2's Horizon about sink-holes in Florida. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 3 Feb 14 22:58   The Lupo Loophole - rtj70

>> Isn't Lupo a derivation of a european word for rabbit No it means wolf. The VW Up! was probably meant to be called Lupo again (following the fox name). The concept was called Up! with VW often using some letters from the launch name. The Scirocco was the IROC as a concept. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 4 Feb 14 09:32   The Lupo Loophole - Alanovich

Lupo = wolf. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 4 Feb 14 11:40   The Lupo Loophole - Stuartli

>> Lupo = wolf.>> Also Lobo (Spanish and Portuguese for wolf). Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 4 Feb 14 09:50   The Lupo Loophole - Mapmaker

"Wycombe District Council will now have to decide what steps to take next." Really? And if so, why? Should it say "Wycombe District Council will now have to decide what steps the householder must take next." Reply to this message | Report message       1

New Tue 4 Feb 14 10:30   The Lupo Loophole - Bromptonaut

I suspect the Council has some statutory responsibilities pertaining to public safety etc in cases like this. Those powers may be to act or to give directions with force of law and also to recover cost of doing so. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 4 Feb 14 10:47   The Lupo Loophole - jc2

I thought the "Crown" owns the land under your house-they do if they strike oil! Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 4 Feb 14 11:19   The Lupo Loophole - Old Navy

You will soon find out who owns whatever is under your house if it is valuable, a few farmers in this area have lost their farms and houses to opencast coal mining. Accept the offer or compulsory purchase, take you pick. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 4 Feb 14 11:42   The Lupo Loophole - madf

Our house deeds specifically state the NCB own Coal Mining Rights.. there are small sections of coal in our garden.. Larger outcrops 800meters away.. Last edited by: madf on Tue 4 Feb 14 at 11:42 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 4 Feb 14 11:42   The Lupo Loophole - Stuartli

>> "Wycombe District Council will now have to decide what steps to take next." Really? And if so, why? Should it say "Wycombe District Council will now have to decide what steps the householder must take next.">> Surely the council will be looking into it...? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 4 Feb 14 13:17   The Lupo Loophole - VxFan

>> Surely the council will be looking into it...? And when they do and see a toilet pan at the bottom of the hole, they can deduce that's why they had nothing to go on. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 4 Feb 14 14:37   The Lupo Loophole - Enoughalready

>> >> Surely the council will be looking into it...? >> >> And when they do and see a toilet pan at the bottom of the hole, >> they can deduce that's why they had nothing to go on. >> I can't believe you're able to throw in some terrible puns. Filling that in won't be a hole lot of fun you know. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 4 Feb 14 14:03   The Lupo Loophole - Roger.

They will "be learning lessons" from it. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 5 Feb 14 13:02   The Lupo Loophole - Cliff Pope

>> Surely the council will be looking into it...? >> That's why they are taking steps. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 4 Feb 14 15:08   The Lupo Loophole - swiss tony

In Wycombe this is a total non-event. We have so many potholes we are used to it... OK... so this is the biggest one so far. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 4 Feb 14 16:14   The Lupo Loophole - R.P.

Enough to fill the Albert Hall. Like the way the owner says that the houses are built on Marshy ground but float on concrete rafts. I'd be worried if it was my place. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 4 Feb 14 16:27   The Lupo Loophole - R.P.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-26027101 Democratic Republic of Anglesey rules. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 5 Feb 14 10:25   The Lupo Loophole - swiss tony

>> Enough to fill the Albert Hall. Like the way the owner says that the houses are built on Marshy ground but float on concrete rafts. I'd be worried if it was my place. I wouldn't expect Naphill to be very marshy, although many parts of High Wycombe are. Naphill's elevation is around 180m, Wycombe Marsh being around 60m. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 5 Feb 14 11:14   The Lupo Loophole - Manatee

I had a house like that, the concrete raft thing. When I bought it, my father harumphed and said they had never built on the land there because it was too wet and if you dug a hole it filled with water. I should have listened to him. It didn't actually subside, but it was seriously jerry-built. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 5 Feb 14 12:01   The Lupo Loophole - CGNorwich

"Like the way the owner says that the houses are built on Marshy ground but float on concrete rafts." Previous house had just such a foundation. The weight of the house is born over the entire surface area of the raft rather than just under the walls as in a conventional foundation. If there is any subsidence the entire foundations will move rather than just one wall, which is what causes problems. Current house is on slab sitting on top of concrete piles since the ground is a reclaimed gravel pit. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 5 Feb 14 14:46   The Lupo Loophole - FocalPoint

"Current house is on slab sitting on top of concrete piles..." Same here, though it sounds as if CGN's house was planned that way. Mine was underpinned about 10 years after it was built, owing to instability in the chalk subsoil which affected my next-door neighbour's house. The two houses were built at the same time by the same builder, who had not paid attention to the nature of the subsoil. (And what the **** was the local authority planning/building department doing at the time?) Didn't cost me a penny, though - NHBC paid for it and for other expenses involved. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 6 Feb 14 11:24   The Lupo Loophole - bathtub tom

Heard a radio report this morning that says they're going to pour 300 tons of concrete in the hole. That's an awful lot of readymix lorries, perhaps Pat could tell us how many? A lucrative contract for someone! I wonder if they've pulled the car out of the hole first. Would DVLA accept it's thirty foot down, under tons of concrete and not scrapped by a licensed place? Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 6 Feb 14 11:40   The Lupo Loophole - Zero

About 8 tonnes per load I think (about 6 cubic metres) Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 6 Feb 14 11:44   The Lupo Loophole - bathtub tom

Has anyone ever seen Pat and Zeddo together, or are they the same person? If so Pat, looks like you've put on weight lately. ;>) Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 6 Feb 14 11:50   The Lupo Loophole - Zero

Pat is going to slap you Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 6 Feb 14 11:53   The Lupo Loophole - Fenlander

They should put foamed concrete in there. Normal concrete will just be a heavy settlement prone plug. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 6 Feb 14 11:57   The Lupo Loophole - Pat

I must have grown a bit taller too:) Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 6 Feb 14 12:01   The Lupo Loophole - Zero

At least you kicked the smoking habit. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 6 Feb 14 12:16   The Lupo Loophole - Manatee

>> About 8 tonnes per load I think (about 6 cubic metres) 6 metres sounds about right, but concrete's heavier than that - maybe 2.5 tonnes/metre^3. 20 lorries then. But you wouldn't park one on the edge of the hole, so they'll need a concrete pump as well. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 13 Feb 14 13:41   The Lupo Loophole - Boxsterboy

Never mind about a single Lupo, how about 8 Corvettes? (don't know how many were red ...) www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-26164181 Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 13 Feb 14 17:58   The Lupo Loophole - CGNorwich

or a bus? www.flickr.com/photos/21804434@N02/3279171284/ Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 13 Feb 14 19:14   The Lupo Loophole - R.P.

Or a motorway.... www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-26146149 Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 13 Feb 14 20:03   The Lupo Loophole - Crankcase

I see your motorway and raise you a lake. youtu.be/-S2nGJH8Xbw Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 13 Feb 14 20:12   The Lupo Loophole - R.P.

Wow. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 13 Feb 14 21:23   The Lupo Loophole - Boxsterboy

That lake sink hole looks a bit too symmetrical to be true? Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 13 Feb 14 21:27   The Lupo Loophole - Bromptonaut

Day trip to France on Monday - hopefully M2 sink hole will be sorted by then. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 13 Feb 14 21:43   The Lupo Loophole - Crankcase

>> That lake sink hole looks a bit too symmetrical to be true? Does this help with veracity for a lake sinkhole? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Peigneur And youtu.be/ddlrGkeOzsI Last edited by: Crankcase on Thu 13 Feb 14 at 21:44 Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 14 Feb 14 06:00   The Lupo Loophole - Boxsterboy

>> >> That lake sink hole looks a bit too symmetrical to be true? >> >> Does this help with veracity for a lake sinkhole? >> Fascinating to read about Lake Peigneur, but that original picture still looks more like a sewage treatment plant than a sink hole! Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 13 Feb 14 21:44   The Lupo Loophole - VxFan

>> Or a motorway.... That's just like the one that got a mention yesterday ;) www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?t=16474&m=369173&v=e Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 13 Feb 14 22:02   The Lupo Loophole - R.P.

Didn't see it. No leccy here yesterday Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 13 Feb 14 22:10   The Lupo Loophole - swiss tony

>> Didn't see it. No leccy here yesterday >> Run out of 10p's? Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 13 Feb 14 22:13   The Lupo Loophole - Runfer D'Hills

>>Run out of 10p's?... Or Dai, the generator pedaller, was off sick or distracted by a sheep... Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 28 Feb 14 19:12   The Lupo Loophole - Focusless

>> www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-26010192 Just heard on The One Show - the good news is that the hole has been filled in with a big load of concrete. The bad news is that the car is still in there. However, "a virtual car trading company" (I think those were the words Chris Evens used) have replaced it for her. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 4 Mar 14 12:56   The Lupo Loophole - VxFan

This one's not related to a sink hole for a change. Bus becomes trapped in hole in road in Weston-super-Mare www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-26431412 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 4 Mar 14 20:01   The Lupo Loophole - Alastairw

Saw something similar to that bus in Liverpool city centre, way back in the early 90's. Back wheel of a dustbin wagon fell through the road at the top of Bold St. Apparently there was an unmapped tunnel to the docks just below the surface. Reply to this message | Report message