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Author:  welshdragon [ Jun 3rd, '09, 18:18 ]
Post subject:  Disasters !
WD had a confrontation with a lawnmower and the lawnmower won! Leaving WD without the tops of three fingers of his right hand.
OH tearing her hair out - then to crown it all - one of the supports under a grow bed collapsed dragging two other beds down with it causing the plumbing to be ripped out - and the tank to pump dry with a loss of 200 rainbow trout. Not a nice thing to find at 7am in the morning!

WD has now been banned from going anywhere near ANY machinery!

We shall rebuild all the growbeds when we have recovered and restock. :oops:

WD and OH

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Author:  Outbackozzie [ Jun 3rd, '09, 18:22 ]
Post subject:  Re: Disasters !
Holy crap guys!!

At least the Trout were not too big....unless that is a really big tank :(

What were the supports made of? Is it those A-Frames?
Author:  welshdragon [ Jun 3rd, '09, 18:51 ]
Post subject:  Re: Disasters !
Yes - 3 -A frames under each growbed - the sudden hot weather we are experiencing obviously caused the heavy duty plastic to distort plus the weight of everything .We have learnt our lesson -so the next setup will take the weight of growbeds into account - probably concrete blocks and timber.
OH
Author:  creative1 [ Jun 3rd, '09, 19:26 ]
Post subject:  Re: Disasters !
:roll: Ouch... did you buy a lotto ticket?
Good luck with getting back on the horse 8)
Author:  faye [ Jun 3rd, '09, 21:58 ]
Post subject:  Re: Disasters !
:shock: OMG, things usually go in threes, so brace yourself. Be careful please. That is shocking news x 2.
Not what I expected to hear. wishing you a speedy recovery WD.
Faye
Author:  RupertofOZ [ Jun 3rd, '09, 21:59 ]
Post subject:  Re: Disasters !
Ouch.... take care people... hope things get back to normal as quickly as possible...
Author:  Hex [ Jun 3rd, '09, 22:09 ]
Post subject:  Re: Disasters !
Sorry to hear of the mishaps, bad things always happen in three`s so thats all of them hopefully, fingers,bed collapse and lost fish. Wish WD a speedy recovery (i guess Rowena is posting for now) and hope everything is back on track for you very soon.
Author:  BatonRouge Bill [ Jun 3rd, '09, 22:20 ]
Post subject:  Re: Disasters !
Sorry for your losses, Hope you recover soon.
Author:  welshdragon [ Jun 4th, '09, 02:29 ]
Post subject:  Re: Disasters !
Thanks for all your kindness. We are going to be very positive and redesign the collapsed set up incorporating strong support, better harvesting space and a series of float switches to minimise future problems. As WD says " there still five fingers and two thumbs left" so we are better off than some.
Thanks again.

OH
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