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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 11:52 pm
by Istenem
st albans is surprisingly big.
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 7:34 am
by Northern Monkey
But half the size of Exeter
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 9:34 am
by messiah
Milton Keynes was always the largest place in england with no league football club - so possibly there?
IIRC it got made a city quite recently as well
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 1:16 pm
by Marcossvon
Plymouth.....gotta be worth a shout??
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 1:17 pm
by harry2
How about one of those northern boroughs, Salford.
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 6:03 pm
by Northern Monkey
Harry Salford have a team- the erroneously named Manchester United.
Marcoss gets it with Plymouth which with about 250000 population is bigger than I would have imagined.
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 9:06 pm
by mr lugsy
Ffs I was gonna say Plymouth but I didn't think it was a city!!!!!!!! :x
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 2:43 pm
by Marcossvon
Ok, so if this is the protocol..
The highest any tree can grow is 130 metres...but why?
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 6:37 pm
by mr lugsy
A Bureaucrats in Brussels ruling?
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 9:25 pm
by Marcossvon
Alas mr lugsy...it's good, but its not right.
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 11:02 pm
by Northern Monkey
No idea but this has the making of a good fact. Is it anything to do with the weight at which a cellulose structure can no longer support itself?
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 12:06 am
by blackmogu
I suspect it's something to do with funnelling water to the top of the tree, perhaps something based on the height a vacuum can lift water.
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 8:51 am
by Marcossvon
blackmogu wrote:I suspect it's something to do with funnelling water to the top of the tree, perhaps something based on the height a vacuum can lift water.
And by a nose that's close enough. The water pressure gets so low at this height (capilliary action) it becomes impossible to travel any further thus denying photosynthesis capability.
And to you blackmogu sir...
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:10 am
by Istenem
Mogu? come on dear...
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 8:44 pm
by Istenem
right. too late old fruit. my turn now.
who are linnet, vulcan, monty, holly, cider and willow?