It hasn't stopped raining here all day.

The Gazebo is sagging and either hubby or eldest son go out occasionally to clear the water off the top of it to stop it from collapsing!

It isn't cold though.

Hubby is currently watching some programme on Channel five where they are diving to look at a pirate ship that sank eons ago, while the kids are in hiding upstairs as he isn't in the best of moods (no idea why).

Dogs are still refusing to go outside though I may kick them out in a mo, honestly you would think they were afraid of drowning - it isn't that bad though if it goes on I will get the tools out in a minute to build that ark!

Today I have been busy.

I managed to tear myself away from the computer long enough to have a quick bath while hubby and kids were out, then laid on the sofa (as back was in spasms again!) and read a book from cover to cover. Definately a chick on Chris Manby - Ready or Not. Quite enjoyable and took me away from reality for a while - well a day really!

Catching up with posts now and a few e mails.

here

The bridge only needs to be designed to withstand the weight of the water!
Why? A ship always displaces an amount of water that weighs the same as the ship,
regardless of how heavily a ship may be loaded.

So there a feat of engineering which, as Usksider has said, would have been called a viaduct had it been built by the Romans or Brits!

Normal guy was closer but no prizes hun sorry

Even after you see it, it is still hard to believe !
Water Bridge in Germany . What a feat!
Six years, 500 million euros, 918 meters long.......now this is engineering!
This is a channel-bridge over the River Elbe and joins the former East and West Germany ,
as part of the unification project. It is located in the city of Magdeburg, near Berlin.
The photo was taken on the day of inauguration.
To those who appreciate engineering projects, here's a puzzle for you armchair engineers and physicists.

What's the definition of the bravest man in the world??

The man who comes home drunk, covered in lipstick and smelling of
perfume,

Then slaps his wife on the backside and says: "You're next,fatty."

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Man walks into the bedroom with a sheep under his arm while his
wife
is lying in bed reading.

Man says: "This is the pig I have sex with when you've got a
headache."

Wife replies: "I think you'll find that is a sheep."

Man replies: "I think you'll find I was talking to the sheep"

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A man walks into his bedroom and sees his wife packing a suitcase.

He asks, "What are you doing?"

She answers, "I'm moving to London. I heard prostitutes there get
paid
£400 for doing what I do for you for free."

Later that night, on her way out, the wife walks into the bedroom
and
sees her husband packing his suitcase.

When she asks him where he's going, he replies, "I'm coming too I
want
to see how you live on £800 a year".

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A woman was shopping at her local supermarket where she selected:
2
litres of low fat milk, a carton of eggs, 2 litres of orange
juice, a head of
lettuce, half a dozen tomatoes, a 500g jar of coffee, a 250g pack
of
bacon

As she was unloading her items on the conveyor belt to check out,
a
drunk standing behind her watched as she placed the items in front
of the
cashier.

While the cashier was ringing up her purchases, the drunk calmly
stated,"You must be single."

The woman was a bit startled by this proclamation, but she was
intrigued by the derelict's intuition, since she was indeed
single. She looked at
her six items on the belt and saw nothing particularly unusual
about her
selections that could have tipped off the Drunk to her marital
status.
Curiosity getting the better of her, she said, "Well, you know
what,
you're absolutely correct. But how on earth did you know that?"

The drunk replied, "Cos you're ugly."

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Ed was in trouble. He forgot his wedding anniversary. His wife was
really upset. She told him "Tomorrow morning I expect to find a
gift in the
driveway that goes from 0 to 200 in 6 seconds AND IT HAD BETTER BE
THERE."

The next morning Ed got up early and left for work. When his wife
woke
up, she looked out of the window and sure enough there was a small
box
gift-wrapped in the middle of the driveway.

Confused, she put on her robe, ran out on to the driveway and
picked up
the box.

She opened it and found a brand new bathroom scale.

Funeral services for Ed have been scheduled for Friday

This arrived in my email folder this morning and is quite interesting

Its wet outside, absolutely tipping it down, in fact there is a nice big puddle accumulating on my patio outside due to all the rain we had in the night.

Dogs didn't want to go out into the garden, they dislike getting wet!

Quiet here this morning so far. Only one child up watching some pathetic cartoon on telly - whatever happened to the likes of Tom and Jerry? Now they were cartoons! I only emerged from my bed because I lost all feeling on one side and the other side was aching, so decided to move around a little and make a cup of tea. Needless to say that hasn't been done yet as I forgot to change the cartridge in my water jug, so am in the process of doing that!

Not much planned for today though i really ought to go shopping. Hubby owes me some money though so that I can do just that, there is nothing in the account to go shopping with at the moment, mortgage has to be paid so that has taken up this weeks wages. Oh the joys of house ownership lol!

Right better go and see to this filter and make this cup of tea - may head of back to bed, doesn't seem to be much point in watching it rain lol!