All Torque
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Mike
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I always have to laugh when I'm heading towards Leeds way on the M62 and it splits in two with a house in the middle 
You can just picture it
Home owner: No, you're not having my house, if you want your stupid road you're gonna have to build it round me 
People responsible for the road: Ok
A few days later the place is swamped with diggers and everything and the home owner's looking out the window thinking what have I done 
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All Torque
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To me that pic is a big middle finger up against corperate business.
Being stubburn is over-rated 
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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dido's house inthe white flag song 
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aron
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
dido's house inthe white flag song
that's what i thought too
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paul.mitchell1984
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quote:
Originally posted by Mike B
I always have to laugh when I'm heading towards Leeds way on the M62 and it splits in two with a house in the middle
You can just picture it
Home owner: No, you're not having my house, if you want your stupid road you're gonna have to build it round me
People responsible for the road: Ok
A few days later the place is swamped with diggers and everything and the home owner's looking out the window thinking what have I done
thewre was some sort of documentary on other day tat i caught part of, apparently the guy didnt refuse to move, the land where his house is wasnt suitableor something, so house or no house it would be as it is today...apparently
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Russ
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lol its like the house in batteries not included
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Mike
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quote:
Originally posted by paul.mitchell1984
quote:
Originally posted by Mike B
I always have to laugh when I'm heading towards Leeds way on the M62 and it splits in two with a house in the middle
You can just picture it
Home owner: No, you're not having my house, if you want your stupid road you're gonna have to build it round me
People responsible for the road: Ok
A few days later the place is swamped with diggers and everything and the home owner's looking out the window thinking what have I done
thewre was some sort of documentary on other day tat i caught part of, apparently the guy didnt refuse to move, the land where his house is wasnt suitableor something, so house or no house it would be as it is today...apparently
How gutted would you be? Yeah we're building a motorway around you, the land you own's no good so we ain't gonna buy it, good luck trying to sell 
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BarnshaW
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if thats offices then think of all the fit sexy office birds you can perv on.
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Ian
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The house in the middle of the 62 was just co-incidence, the road had to split anyway due to the land.
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grogan
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pics of m62 hooose?
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by Mike B
How gutted would you be? Yeah we're building a motorway around you, the land you own's no good so we ain't gonna buy it, good luck trying to sell
i'm pretty sure you get a settlement if public highways or train lines ruin something or other.
my mates parents got a few grand payout because a train line was built quite close to their house. not sure if it was to do with the fact his sister was spaz, never bothered asking
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Ben G
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Story #2: “Island Farm in Middle of England’s M62 Highway”
(Photo courtesy Google Sightseeing)
In the 1960s, when Highway M62 was being built in northern England to connect the cities of Liverpool and Hull (and others in between), the developers came across a stubborn sheepfarmer who refused to sell his property. So, they built the highway around his farm, isolating him, his sheep, and farm. (No sheep jokes, OK?)
What We Found: Yes, the highway does split around this farm, but the sheepfarmer’s stubborness is urban legend. Since this highway goes through the Pennines mountain range, the engineers found it was difficult to build the east and west roads together due to geological and economical issues. So, it was split apart, with the farm sitting in the middle.
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Leighton
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i love the token tree that is left in the first one
there is a farm house and barn left in the middle of the m62 and m6 junction i go past that every day
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myke
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I remember something from Japan a year or so back where they had to do deep excavations where some houses were.
one of the owners refused to leave so they excavated all around the house and left it sky high on a pedestal with the surrounding land 40ft or so below
will try and find a picture
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myke
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Registered: 7th Feb 01
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quote:
Originally posted by myke
I remember something from Japan a year or so back where they had to do deep excavations where some houses were.
one of the owners refused to leave so they excavated all around the house and left it sky high on a pedestal with the surrounding land 40ft or so below
will try and find a picture
here's the story.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2237937.html
found another pic of the top one too if anyone's interested
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/333917_macefield02.html
[Edited on 21-07-2008 by myke]
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