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[nicanary]

Denise didn't half turn up at a convenient time.

PS some decent acting from Daniel for a change.

Edited by nicanary on Tuesday 30th May 21:28

[TheGreatSoprendo]

That quicksand scene was utterly comical. Surely a new low point in absurdity for Corrie?

[cuprabob]

TheGreatSoprendo said:

That quicksand scene was utterly comical. Surely a new low point in absurdity for Corrie?

I agree but if it finally gets rid of Nick then it'll be a price (no pun intended) worth paying...

Edited by cuprabob on Tuesday 30th May 22:06

[nicanary]

cuprabob said:

TheGreatSoprendo said:

That quicksand scene was utterly comical. Surely a new low point in absurdity for Corrie?

I agree but if it finally gets rid of Nick then it'll be a price (no pun intended) worth paying...

Edited by cuprabob on Tuesday 30th May 22:06

Quicksands with no warning notice. Of course.

[Wacky Racer]

TheGreatSoprendo said:

That quicksand scene was utterly comical. Surely a new low point in absurdity for Corrie?

Filmed at Arnside in Cumbria.....(The viaduct was in the background).)

[Mr GrimNasty]

Life's a beach and then you die.

Almost as comical as the 'B' 'horror' movie The Sand aka Killer Beach.

The kicking in the alley was a bit brutal.

[Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah]

Has anyone ever died in quicksand in the UK? I don't recall so.

[Wacky Racer]

Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah said:

Has anyone ever died in quicksand in the UK? I don't recall so.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1677022/camber-sands...

It was in the Sun so it must be true.....

[nicanary]

Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah said:

Has anyone ever died in quicksand in the UK? I don't recall so.

I like to think it was actually a giant earth worm, as in "Tremors". Fitting end for a miserable bas**rd. Lucky swerve for Leanne.

The Platt family are having a bad week - Nick, Bethany and David's new lovelife (we assume).

[Mr GrimNasty]

Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah said:

Has anyone ever died in quicksand in the UK? I don't recall so.

Of course they have - It's a serious problem for the ignorant coast/estuary/mudflat explorer.

Loads of people have to be rescued every year - they even have special rescue equipment at firestations.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Mr GrimNasty said:

Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah said:

Has anyone ever died in quicksand in the UK? I don't recall so.

Of course they have - It's a serious problem for the ignorant coast/estuary/mudflat explorer.

Loads of people have to be rescued every year - they even have special rescue equipment at firestations.

People certainly get stuck in quicksand and drown when the tide comes in. As for actually drowning in quicksand, unlikely. In the UK, quicksand is very rarely more than a couple of feet deep.

[Mr GrimNasty]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Mr GrimNasty said:

Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah said:

Has anyone ever died in quicksand in the UK? I don't recall so.

Of course they have - It's a serious problem for the ignorant coast/estuary/mudflat explorer.

Loads of people have to be rescued every year - they even have special rescue equipment at firestations.

People certainly get stuck in quicksand and drown when the tide comes in. As for actually drowning in quicksand, unlikely. In the UK, quicksand is very rarely more than a couple of feet deep.

Great factoid said with conviction!

The actual reason people drown in the rising tide and not the sand/mud is because it is actually difficult to sink more than about halfway, nothing to do with the overall depth, just buoyancy and equilibrium.

[nicanary]

Mr GrimNasty said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Mr GrimNasty said:

Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah said:

Has anyone ever died in quicksand in the UK? I don't recall so.

Of course they have - It's a serious problem for the ignorant coast/estuary/mudflat explorer.

Loads of people have to be rescued every year - they even have special rescue equipment at firestations.

People certainly get stuck in quicksand and drown when the tide comes in. As for actually drowning in quicksand, unlikely. In the UK, quicksand is very rarely more than a couple of feet deep.

Great factoid said with conviction!

The actual reason people drown in the rising tide and not the sand/mud is because it is actually difficult to sink more than about halfway, nothing to do with the overall depth, just buoyancy and equilibrium.

You'd think Nick's ears would keep his head above water. I wonder who his next-of-kin is, technically? Or indeed, whether he's written a will. He owns half the bistro, plus he seems the sort of organised person who would have life insurance and a pension pot. Nice little earner.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

nicanary said:

You'd think Nick's ears would keep his head above water. I wonder who his next-of-kin is, technically? Or indeed, whether he's written a will. He owns half the bistro, plus he seems the sort of organised person who would have life insurance and a pension pot. Nice little earner.

Corrie never deals with stuff like that. Real life finances are a mystery to them. All those people hurt in the minibus crash, Sinead in hospital for months. No one got a penny. Not even Tracey thought to claim!!!

Anna took £19K from David for her injuries. His car insurance would have paid her 10 times that.

[Wacky Racer]

The tide comes in amazingly quickly in the Grange over Sands, Arnside, Morecambe Bay areas you can be up to your neck in 15 minutes.......

As Nick might find out tonight.......

[stewy68]

nicanary said:

You'd think Nick's ears would keep his head above water.

My thoughts exactly, beaten to it

[nicanary]

Wacky Racer said:

The tide comes in amazingly quickly in the Grange over Sands, Arnside, Morecambe Bay areas you can be up to your neck in 15 minutes.......

As Nick might find out tonight.......

Remember the Chinese cockle-pickers? Poor beggars ambled back as if they had all day. There are quite a few places in the UK like that, but I believe Morecambe is the worst. Holkham beach in Norfolk has the same problem - I remember as a kid walking back to the dunes as the tide came in, and wondering why the ripples were ahead of me instead of behind, and why my mum was screaming something hysterically.

BTW I doubt that David had any insurance on that old Astra - he'd only bought it the day before and hadn't owned a car since that old Fiesta Gail bought for him when he was a teenager. His intention was to attack Clayton, not to worry about the niceties of official paperwork.

PS The assumptions I had made about Nick's demise were premature.

PPS Simon Gregson is getting fat - he quite literally can't run any more.

PPPS Craig saw a body lying 40 yards away and cried out "Shona!" - he couldn't possibly have seen who it was from that distance. Back to "soap" standards.

Edited by nicanary on Wednesday 31st May 21:34

[Wacky Racer]

nicanary said:

PPPS Craig saw a body lying 40 yards away and cried out "Shona!" - he couldn't possibly have seen who it was from that distance.

Exactly what I said to Mrs WR, either that or Craig has better eyesight than the six million dollar man Steve Austin.

[nicanary]

Sad to report that Roy Barraclough has passed away at the age of 81.

Wonderful comic actor, one of the very best that Corrie has seen. RIP Roy.

[wjwren]

Yes he had a great dry wit sense of humour. On the other hand bet lynch was annoying as hell