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Post by Jeff on Mar 1, 2008 10:24:27 GMT
I had to laugh at the woman on the lunchtime news who said she was in bed and thought her husband had broken wind !! :rollin Baked beans for supper methinks ! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif Lucky she wasn't blown out of bed !!  |
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Post by petertong on Mar 1, 2008 10:37:06 GMT
Did someone on the news really say that! Who can say... it might just have been her and she might have blown him out of bed  Kind of reminds me though.... Didn't Hayley joke about someone having had too many beans awhile back or something? Thats pretty funny stuff  Do you UK folks see alot of earth quaking? Growing up in Taiwan 4.5-5.5 earthquakes happened quite often... totally got used to them after awhile... I remember a fellow MK (missionary kid) friend of mine being on the phone to his parents across the island about 100 miles northeast, and them describing the power going out, and a huge quake, and then the wave finally hitting us a bit later... pretty interesting stuff! I had to laugh at the woman on the lunchtime news who said she was in bed and thought her husband had broken wind !!  Baked beans for supper methinks ! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif Lucky she wasn't blown out of bed !! |
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Post by grant on Mar 1, 2008 11:57:49 GMT
Do you UK folks see alot of earth quaking? Hi Peter Apparently, we get about 400 a year, but the vast majority are so tiny, only sesitive seismic instruments can pick them up. A few each year can be felt, but are usually localised to a very small area felt by only a few people. The last big one we had was in 1984 I think. Best wishes Grant |
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Post by petertong on Mar 1, 2008 19:07:03 GMT
Hi Grant, I'm really glad its like that given how many historical buildings you have there. I'm just thinking of places like Lincoln Cathedral (can't imagine that they built it to withstand quakes...) Peter Do you UK folks see alot of earth quaking? Hi Peter Apparently, we get about 400 a year, but the vast majority are so tiny, only sesitive seismic instruments can pick them up. A few each year can be felt, but are usually localised to a very small area felt by only a few people. The last big one we had was in 1984 I think. Best wishes Grant |
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Post by Jeff on Mar 4, 2008 9:58:39 GMT
Yes Peter someone really did say that on BBC1 lunchtime news last Wednesday .
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Post by postscript on Mar 4, 2008 13:17:38 GMT
Hi Grant,
I'm really glad its like that given how many historical buildings you have there. I'm just thinking of places like Lincoln Cathedral (can't imagine that they built it to withstand quakes...)
Peter They just built it... to stand and stand! Peter S. |
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Post by martindn on Mar 4, 2008 22:49:56 GMT
Well, I was probably closer to the epicentre than any of you and I slept through it. It was ironic, since I have only just returned from San Francisco, to expeience (or in my case sleep through) an earthquake in England!
Martin
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