https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/17/failure-of-roman-engineering-on-industrial-scale-discovery-of-water-wells-in-england-proves-trial-and-error
Well, well, well...
I do wonder how many wells were dug by 'professionals' and how many were dug by men led by somebody who'd helped dig a well twenty years before ;)
Quote from: Jim Webster on Aug 18, 2024, 08:47 AMI do wonder how many wells were dug by 'professionals' and how many were dug by men led by somebody who'd helped dig a well twenty years before ;)
Maybe the amateurs didn't survive to dig a second.....
Quote from: Martin Smith on Aug 18, 2024, 12:18 PMQuote from: Jim Webster on Aug 18, 2024, 08:47 AMI do wonder how many wells were dug by 'professionals' and how many were dug by men led by somebody who'd helped dig a well twenty years before ;)
Maybe the amateurs didn't survive to dig a second.....
so long as the guy at the top remembered what they'd done wrong ;)
Mind you there's no comment about bodies in this one.
Quote from: Jim Webster on Aug 18, 2024, 01:45 PMMind you there's no comment about bodies in this one.
Yes, no bodies and seemingly no tools but a ladder. So, maybe they'd gone off site for the night, locked the tools in the shed and when they came back in the morning they had "Oh, bugger" moment as they stared into their failed excavation.
Quote from: Erpingham on Aug 18, 2024, 02:26 PMQuote from: Jim Webster on Aug 18, 2024, 01:45 PMMind you there's no comment about bodies in this one.
Yes, no bodies and seemingly no tools but a ladder. So, maybe they'd gone off site for the night, locked the tools in the shed and when they came back in the morning they had "Oh, bugger" moment as they stared into their failed excavation.
been there, done that (not necessarily when well digging ;D )