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Champ1

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(Msg. 31) Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:47 am Post subject: Re: Bloody great earth tremor [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: uk>rec>motorcycles (more info?)

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:29:10 -0000, "Alex Ferrier" <x.TakeThisOut@x.x> wrote: >Champ wrote: >> >> Here's a little help for you: All cows are animals. Not all animals >> are cows. >Spot the OO computer spod. Logic 101, actually. I've never done any real OO programming. -- Champ I don't know, but I been told, you never slow down, you never get old ZX10R \| GPz750turbo \| GSX-R600 (race) neal at champ dot org dot uk >> Stay informed about: Bloody great earth tremor

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(Msg. 32) Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:47 am Post subject: Re: Bloody great earth tremor [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

dog wrote: > CT wrote: >> So how come we can have a strong-ish earthquake centred on somewhere in >> Lincolnshire when the nearest tectonic plate boundary is somewhere in >> the middle of the Atlantic? > > it escaped from the filming of a doctor who episode. "Bloody Torchwood." -- Eddie eddie.RemoveThis@deguello.org His: ZX-9R, Elefant 900 http://www.last.fm/group/ukrm Hers: Monster S4R, GSX600F (breaking, everything must go!) >> Stay informed about: Bloody great earth tremor

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(Msg. 33) Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:47 am Post subject: Re: Bloody great earth tremor [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

marina wrote: > > On 27 Feb 2008 00:59:56 GMT, "Lozzo" <lozzo RemoveThis @lozzo.org.uk> wrote: > > >Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody > >scary. > > > >Anyone else feel anything. > > Yep, here in Reading the whole house sort of jumped up and down a bit. > Just the one jump, mind. Not scary, just odd. I slept through it. Earthquake schmearthquake. -- ogden sv650 & rgv250 >> Stay informed about: Bloody great earth tremor

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(Msg. 34) Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:47 am Post subject: Re: Bloody great earth tremor [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:55:37 +0000, Champ <news.RemoveThis@champ.org.uk> wrote: >On 27 Feb 2008 00:59:56 GMT, "Lozzo" <lozzo.RemoveThis@lozzo.org.uk> wrote: > >>Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody >>scary. >> >>Anyone else feel anything. > >Well, I didn't think I did. > >But, I did wake up at 1am (ish) wondering who was banging all the >doors in the building. Amazing that it could be felt this far south. Same here. I initially thought the cold water tank was about to come through the ceiling. Which wouldn't have been fun as my bed is directly beneath it. -- ZX-10R >> Stay informed about: Bloody great earth tremor

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(Msg. 35) Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:47 am Post subject: Re: Bloody great earth tremor [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Lozzo <lozzo.RemoveThis@lozzo.org.uk> wrote; >Anyone else feel anything. I was a little angry at the induced screen wobble. I thought it might be a brain haemorrhage, but as with all things, it passed, and I feel nothing once again. My favourite 'quake comment was from Guardian reader Nick; "Some jiffy bags were dislodged from some high shelving in our office. I can only thank God that no one was standing underneath at the time." -- Denis SprintST1050 Tiger750TR7RV >> Stay informed about: Bloody great earth tremor

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(Msg. 36) Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:47 am Post subject: Re: Bloody great earth tremor [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Alex Ferrier wrote: > Champ wrote: >> >> Here's a little help for you: All cows are animals. Not all animals >> are cows. >> > > Spot the OO computer spod. Spot the 22-year-old marine biology student from Hull. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/27/earthquake >> Stay informed about: Bloody great earth tremor

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(Msg. 37) Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:47 am Post subject: Re: Bloody great earth tremor [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Champ wrote: > > Alex Ferrier wrote: >> >>Spot the OO computer spod. > > Logic 101, actually. > Well, yes, but. First OO Course I got sent on back in the early 90s. Literally the first couple of slides, those very same logical cows. > I've never done any real OO programming. I knew that. -- Alex BMW R1150GS DIAABTCOD#3 MSWF#4 UKRMFBC#6 Ibw#35 BOB#8 Windy's "little soldier" >> Stay informed about: Bloody great earth tremor

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(Msg. 38) Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:47 am Post subject: Re: Bloody great earth tremor [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:05:23 GMT, "platypus" <monotreme DeleteThis @blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: >Alex Ferrier wrote: >> Champ wrote: >>> >>> Here's a little help for you: All cows are animals. Not all animals >>> are cows. >>> >> >> Spot the OO computer spod. > >Spot the 22-year-old marine biology student from Hull. > >http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/27/earthquake Hah! -- Champ I don't know, but I been told, you never slow down, you never get old ZX10R \| GPz750turbo \| GSX-R600 (race) neal at champ dot org dot uk >> Stay informed about: Bloody great earth tremor

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(Msg. 39) Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:47 am Post subject: Re: Bloody great earth tremor [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

platypus wrote: > Alex Ferrier wrote: >> Champ wrote: >>> >>> Here's a little help for you: All cows are animals. Not all animals >>> are cows. >>> >> >> Spot the OO computer spod. > > Spot the 22-year-old marine biology student from Hull. > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/27/earthquake "Student David Bates, 19, suffered a suspected broken pelvis when he was hit by a falling piece of chimney in his attic bedroom in Wombwell, South Yorkshire" That was at the top of the street -- Monz K8 GSX-R 1000 ANORAK#16 \| BOTAFOT #135 \| BREast#2 \| MIRTTH#25 \| BoB#16 \| IBB#11 \| >> Stay informed about: Bloody great earth tremor

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(Msg. 40) Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:47 am Post subject: Re: Bloody great earth tremor [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"platypus" <monotreme.TakeThisOut@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:Ttbxj.14263$XI.8397@text.news.virginmedia.com... > Alex Ferrier wrote: >> Champ wrote: >>> >>> Here's a little help for you: All cows are animals. Not all animals >>> are cows. >>> >> >> Spot the OO computer spod. > > Spot the 22-year-old marine biology student from Hull. > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/27/earthquake > A disgrace to the name. -- Alex BMW R1150GS DIAABTCOD#3 MSWF#4 UKRMFBC#6 Ibw#35 BOB#8 Windy's "little soldier" >> Stay informed about: Bloody great earth tremor

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(Msg. 41) Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:29 am Post subject: Re: Bloody great earth tremor [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"Lozzo" <lozzo DeleteThis @lozzo.org.uk> wrote in message news:62jr0cF22cnakU1@mid.individual.net... > Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody Half past one this morning, my place rattled and rocked slighlty, Enough to make me check outside to see if we had an uninvited visitor coming through the wall, but .... bugger all to see. One of the dogs didn't like it though. -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19 >> Stay informed about: Bloody great earth tremor

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(Msg. 42) Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:44 am Post subject: Re: Bloody great earth tremor [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:57:38 GMT, Champ <news RemoveThis @champ.org.uk> allegedly wrote: > I was just searching the BBC news site to answer exactly that > question. They've got a lovely flash animation on "How earthquakes > happen" which is all about the plate boundaries. Wow, I'm suprised a reader bothered to knock it up for them on their phone, and send it in. >> Stay informed about: Bloody great earth tremor

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(Msg. 43) Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:48 am Post subject: Re: Bloody great earth tremor [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:17:56 -0800, Sean Hamerton wrote: > On 27 Feb, 00:59, "Lozzo" <lo... RemoveThis @lozzo.org.uk> wrote: >> Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody >> scary. >> >> Anyone else feel anything. > > I expect it'll be attributed to climate change. Followed by a ministerial resignation. -- p BotM#1 LotR#9 >> Stay informed about: Bloody great earth tremor

Whinging Courier

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(Msg. 44) Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 1:08 pm Post subject: Re: Bloody great earth tremor [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

In article <2dbeb2dc-b96e-4a71-b500-bdbc940e0815 @n75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>, darsyx RemoveThis @gmail.com says... > On Feb 27, 9:20 am, ogden <og... RemoveThis @pre.org> wrote: > > Champ wrote: > > > > > On 27 Feb 2008 00:59:56 GMT, "Lozzo" <lo... RemoveThis @lozzo.org.uk> wrote: > > > > > >Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody > > > >scary. > > > > > >Anyone else feel anything. > > > > > Well, I didn't think I did. > > > > > But, I did wake up at 1am (ish) wondering who was banging all the > > > doors in the building. Amazing that it could be felt this far south. > > > > We live on a tiny island. > > > > It wasn't exactly the eruption of Krakatau. > > Cheltenham, East of Java. Haha! -- CBR1000 FZ1-N Go-Ped Sport BOMB#14 ibW#40 LotR#0 BOTAFOT#157 BotM#3 >> Stay informed about: Bloody great earth tremor

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(Msg. 45) Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:12 pm Post subject: Re: Bloody great earth tremor [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

On 27 Feb 2008 09:08:27 GMT in uk.rec.motorcycles, CT says: >Colin Irvine wrote: > >> 5.3 the BBC is saying. I felt it up here on Wearside. > >Yeah, all over the news this morning. I wondered what all the fuss was >as I didn't feel a thing. Ding > Still, I slept through the storm of '87 too. Double ding, it was quite odd driving into London the next day. -- Ian >> Stay informed about: Bloody great earth tremor

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