On Jul 21, 1:39*pm, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:
In article ,
* *dennis@home wrote:

Nothing lasts forever. Pretty well every house round here has had a new
roof. Some were slate, some tiles.
While they would have had five new flat roofs.

My flat roof is over 30 years old.

+1 same with our garage/car port roof.

MBQ