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sree251 · 41-45, M
@4meAndyou It's sad that tap water in the US is undrinkable. I thought tap water in third world countries are unsafe and folks drinking Evian bottled water in the US were making a fashion statement. Now, I see Mexicans and blacks buying and hauling stacks of bottled water in their carts coming out at grocery stores.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
No, I live close to the coat but there is a river only a couple of miles away.
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A friend living on the flanks of the Pennine Hills in NW England, told me of a bizarre argument with his home insurer over this. It wanted to jack up the premium thanks, it claimed, to the flood-risk.
Querying it, he was told according to some officially-made map bearing lines paralleling river-banks to some distance away, and calling the enclosed area prone to floods.
He pointed out that yes, he does live within that distance.... but up on the valley side nearly 200 feet above bank level!
I can't remember if he won the argument, or even if it had been resolved at the time. However, insurers are not noted for technical or local knowledge, nor sense and initiative, and these ones had relied on "information" prepared by some over-worked official apparently unable to read an Ordnance Survey map!
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A friend living on the flanks of the Pennine Hills in NW England, told me of a bizarre argument with his home insurer over this. It wanted to jack up the premium thanks, it claimed, to the flood-risk.
Querying it, he was told according to some officially-made map bearing lines paralleling river-banks to some distance away, and calling the enclosed area prone to floods.
He pointed out that yes, he does live within that distance.... but up on the valley side nearly 200 feet above bank level!
I can't remember if he won the argument, or even if it had been resolved at the time. However, insurers are not noted for technical or local knowledge, nor sense and initiative, and these ones had relied on "information" prepared by some over-worked official apparently unable to read an Ordnance Survey map!
ChadJNSD · 18-21, M
@SW-User 😆
icedsky · 51-55, M
@PoetryNEmotion Lots of Native American names here in western Washington.
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poisonouscupcake · 22-25, F
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poisonouscupcake · 22-25, F
@PoetryNEmotion i love the au sable river!! my dad is from grayling where the canoe race starts😺
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WaryWitchWandering · 36-40, F
SwampFlower · 31-35, F
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JimboSaturn · 51-55, M
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wildbill83 · 36-40, M
about 1/2 mile away from the New River
Starcrossed · 41-45, F
...aren't most rural towns in SD near water since the time of the steam engines?
ChadJNSD · 18-21, M
@Starcrossed Not quite.
Carla · 61-69, F
Yes. If i could clear the trees, i could, in my softball years, almost throw a rock into it.
SW-User
about 45 mins away, but very near many bays and a gulf
LadyBronte · 56-60, F
Quite a few around, but my property doesn't border one.
TexChik · F
I think one of the trapping supply places we buy from is in Pierre.
Wizardry · 46-50, M
My late grandparents lived near a river
IWasCallingYaLarry · 26-30, M
I live in a van down by the river.
Sidewinder · 36-40, M
I used to, when I was 6 years old.
deadgerbil · 22-25, F
Yes, Chicago River
smileylovesgaming · 31-35, F
Yes right by a river
TurtleEclipseOfTheHeart · 22-25, F
yes
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No
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Yes, the ones closest to me are one about 2 miles to the northeast, and another about 2.5 miles to the south
The one northeast of me
The one south of me
The one northeast of me
The one south of me