Understood. A fraction of that British reserve survived in the culture of the American Deep South, y'know. The Civil War, for example, was referred to (while it was still going on, mind you) as 'that recent unpleasantness'.Feck wrote:Rum must have felt it .OH and FBM panic ? meh we would rather talk about the weather , British you know !
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Earthquake in Cumbria...
The people are so frightened that they've began a plethora of incest to appease the magic earth god under the mountains.
Country-folk deserve unusual Seismic activity
Country-folk deserve unusual Seismic activity

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Is that the word from the big City of Grantham then ?




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Get 'at boiFeck wrote:Is that the word from the big City of Grantham then ?
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Sacrifice a young gay person to appease the wrath of the dark forces under the Earth!
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Good idea! No lozzers with that plan.JimC wrote:Sacrifice a young gay person to appease the wrath of the dark forces under the Earth!

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Candidates for a merge? http://rationalia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=21309
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3.6???
That wasn't an earthquake, that was someone's stomach rumbling.
Meh. The last one I've lived through that concerned me was Northridge, which was... err.. slightly dramatic.

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British earthquakes are hell for Hobbits!
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And those poor moles...Ironclad wrote:British earthquakes are hell for Hobbits!
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My sister experienced the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Loma_ ... earthquake ), and that made her decide to move to Florida. You know, that place with all those hurricanes...Bella Fortuna wrote:3.6???That wasn't an earthquake, that was someone's stomach rumbling.
Meh. The last one I've lived through that concerned me was Northridge, which was... err.. slightly dramatic.
She says she would rather have a huge storm any day than even once more feel the earth move under her feet. To each their own, I guess.

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I was on the phone with my dad (who lives in Northern CA, though I did not at the time) while that one happened. He was watching the World Series and watched (and felt) the whole thing unfold.Ronja wrote:My sister experienced the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Loma_ ... earthquake ), and that made her decide to move to Florida.
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Re: Earthquake! In England! :panic:
Yes, I recall that. The midlands had 'after shocks'. Woke me up. Very strange feelingClinton Huxley wrote:Remember the Manchester earthquake of 2001 or something. Our office shook a little and some of the operations department headed for the exits. My dept stayed at their posts.

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One of my friends over here was living in LA at the time. He talks about it sometimes, but not enough to give me a real feel for what it was like. You were in LA for that one? What was it like where you were?Bella Fortuna wrote:3.6???That wasn't an earthquake, that was someone's stomach rumbling.
Meh. The last one I've lived through that concerned me was Northridge, which was... err.. slightly dramatic.

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Well, Torrance is a bit away from Northridge, but it shook enough to wake me up, and a power transformer outside my bedroom window exploded (that was the scariest part), things fell over and broke in my house, and power was out most of the day. It was a pain without power because I had no idea what was going on from the news or things...FBM wrote:One of my friends over here was living in LA at the time. He talks about it sometimes, but not enough to give me a real feel for what it was like. You were in LA for that one? What was it like where you were?Bella Fortuna wrote:3.6???That wasn't an earthquake, that was someone's stomach rumbling.
Meh. The last one I've lived through that concerned me was Northridge, which was... err.. slightly dramatic.
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