[Tech1] Divining

[Nick Ware]

Because that’s where the tap was?
 ;-)
N.
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On 13 Apr 2021, at 10:28, ROGER BUNCE <rogerbunce at btinternet.com> wrote:


O.K. Mr. Science - So why did Jack and Jill go UP the hill, to fetch a pail of water? Answer that!


luv, Rog.



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Ok, so who’s brave enough to tell us what the Science is behind water divining?
I’d say that, since another word for divining is ‘guessing’ (Cambridge Dictionary, Wiki, etc.), by going to the bottom of a field that’s on a slope, it’s a pretty safe bet that if there is any water that’s where it’s going to be. And that’s because Science says so. I’m divining that Sooty would agree.
Not that I’m cynical or anything. ;-) 😉
Cheers,
Nick.
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On 12 Apr 2021, at 17:34, patheigham via Tech1 <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk> wrote:


Some years ago, I had a Thames TV job (Sooty on Location!)
We were based in Shaftesbury, but assembled at Harry Corbett’s cottage near Blandford, although the operating was then done by his son, Matthew.
A friend had a strawberry farm at Fontmell Magna and I used to phone him the evening before and ask for a couple of pounds of strawberries which I put out next to the tea urns, without saying where they came from!
Now, the main field of the farm was on a slope and he needed irrigation. He showed me some cine film of a diviner walking backwards and forwards across the field, putting in a peg wherever there was a ‘twitch’. Getting to the bottom of the field, he said to dig there, and there will be water. A small mini digger was brought in, and with the second scoop, there indeed was plenty. I believe a borehole and pump was installed.
Regards
Pat
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Wot's a water meter?

Borehole and pump;}

Chris Woolf


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