"Bob Mannix" wrote in message
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"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 10:20:53 +0100, "IMM" wrote:


"Mike Mitchell" wrote in message
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If house has stood anyway for 150 years,
it's likely to remain for a
good few years yet, true?

No. The longer it is there the closer it is to falling down.

What a nonsense statement.

It would apply to anything constructed, and a solid masonry structure
that has already stood solidly for 150 years is far more likely to
last for another 150 than one of your SIP panel disposable prefabs.

Well, the "no" was nonsense, the second part is, of course correct.
Everything falls down eventually so the longer it is up the closer it is
to
falling down, and it does apply to anything constructed, but it is not a
particularly helpful statement. He should have said:

"Yes, but, of course, the longer anything stands the closer it is to
falling
down"

No. I shuld have said:
No. The longer it is there the closer it is to falling down.