Ever seen lorries with pipes on like this?
I have.
I've been driving along the motorway and seen several lorries with loads like this and I've wondered what the heck those massive pipes were for.
My guesses, and the guesses of those with me in the car were wide-ranging and sometimes entertaining.
"Maybe they carry huge amounts of waste oil to massive incinerators?"
"Could it be that they actually carry the internet inside them, thus explaining why it is so slow today?"
"Perhaps they are used by giant trolls to flush their lavatory waste away?"
Never, in my wildest dreams (and they are pretty wild, folks) did I get near to the real explanation:
"They are used to join up with pipes from the sea to carry a mixture of sand and seawater to a beach that is being re-stocked with sand from Skegness."
I do believe I would have laughed at anyone who guessed that, and imagined theirs to be one of those humorous responses designed to make us all laugh.
42" and 56" diameter steel lengths of 12m are what comprise most major western developed nations' high pressure transmission systems for natural gas.
Posted by: caroline | June 28, 2007 at 06:10 PM