[spapad] Friday, September 03, 2010 11:45:51 PM | |
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Thanks! Then you got it all over Greece. Their land mass equals about Georgia, but surprisingly so they are the country with the most amount of beaches, if you can call rocky nooks beachs. Would not qualify in the American "Smug" vernacular. LOL  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Friday, September 03, 2010 11:37:45 PM) |  | Becks wrote: | | According to the 'research' I just did, our land mass is similar to that of Oregon or Colorado, it sits in between those two lol. |  | spapad wrote: | | Got to say, I wonder.............and you probably know better than me. What U.S. state takes up the same land mass as New Zealand? I'm very interested to know that. Why? I don't konw. I guess I just want to add it to the endless trivia that already occupies my mind. LOL |  | Becks wrote: | | Haha woops Daily Mail! Ah well, NZ is so small in the scheme of distances in the States they probably can be considered as being close together. |  | spapad wrote: | | Damn, here I am half a world away trying to decide how the Daily Mail took that location as being near Wellington?? I guess once you get off your own front porch things just get more generalized. WTF!? I suppose it's like going to a city and getting lost via Mapquest. They will get you there all the way, and then fuck up the last turn! lol |  | Becks wrote: | | Just one of the many wonderful places here, not to trumpet my own country LOL but I love NZ, there's such variation in the landscapes, it's just an awesome place that I am fortunate enough to call home.
Shit day today though LOL!!! |  | guidogodoy wrote: | | Here I am half a planet away and am in awe just looking at pictures.
|  | Becks wrote: | | I just read somewhere that the plane burst in to flames shortly after takeoff, not sure how accurate that is though, still a developing story. A skydiving plane, it'll mostly be tourists I daresay, unfortunately. It is a lovely glacier, I have been there and it is awe inspiring. |  | guidogodoy wrote: | | Just read all about it. How sad. Skydiving plane, eh? I'd be curious to see what caused it.
BEAUTIFUL glacier. It would be great to be able to hike around there. Not so sure about skydiving in the mountains off and onto a giant moving body of ice. |  | Becks wrote: | | Yeah we've had heaps of news about the mining disaster, who gives a stuff about stupid Paris Hilton!
Far out today should just be declared over for NZ, there's been a plane crash at a place called Fox Glacier (on the south island also) with reports of 9 being killed. Holy hell.... |  | guidogodoy wrote: | | Wow. That didn't hit any of our news here in Nowhere, USA. I just had to look it up online.
Glad to hear you and yours are alright, Becks.
News really sucks. While I can hear all about Paris Hilton's latest drug arrest 24/7, one has to search for actual news. Just reading up on the mining disaster in Chile, for example. Not a WORD of it on the 100+ channels of crap I have on TV. Imagine being trapped in a hole for 4+ months. Sure makes Paris seem petty.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11117940
|  | Becks wrote: | | In reality you take a chance living anywhere in NZ, as the whole country is astride a fault line. It's only a matter of time before an enormous one hits unfortunately. The time this one struck has a lot to do with the fact there has been no deaths, it struck at 4:35am local time.
Christchruch is on this map here, so you can see where it is relative to other cities :
 |  | spapad wrote: | | From what I see about that section of NZ. It's been changing for years, if not eons. It's like California, you take the chance to live there. Right near Wellington was it not? Glad you were not present my friend and that no major death occured with this one. First thing I thought about when I read that today in the papers online, was please don't let Becks be near that! I'm selfish. I want my friends to be safe first, then I'll think about the rest. Glad you were not there. |  | Becks wrote: | | Hi everyone, been away for a couple of days at a meeting but back home now. Been a massive earthquake in a city on the South Island called Christchurch, I used to live there, and ironically don't remember ever experiencing an earthquake in the 3 years I was there, but heaps of small ones in the nearly two years I've been back on the North Island! Parts of the central city are in ruins, but there have been no deaths thank God, two men have been seriously injured and there have been other minor injuries. Water mains have burst and seweage lines have burst too, hopefully that is all under control by now, or soon. |
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[Becks] Friday, September 03, 2010 11:37:45 PM | |
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According to the 'research' I just did, our land mass is similar to that of Oregon or Colorado, it sits in between those two lol. [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by spapad from Friday, September 03, 2010 11:20:16 PM) |  | spapad wrote: | | Got to say, I wonder.............and you probably know better than me. What U.S. state takes up the same land mass as New Zealand? I'm very interested to know that. Why? I don't konw. I guess I just want to add it to the endless trivia that already occupies my mind. LOL |  | Becks wrote: | | Haha woops Daily Mail! Ah well, NZ is so small in the scheme of distances in the States they probably can be considered as being close together. |  | spapad wrote: | | Damn, here I am half a world away trying to decide how the Daily Mail took that location as being near Wellington?? I guess once you get off your own front porch things just get more generalized. WTF!? I suppose it's like going to a city and getting lost via Mapquest. They will get you there all the way, and then fuck up the last turn! lol |  | Becks wrote: | | Just one of the many wonderful places here, not to trumpet my own country LOL but I love NZ, there's such variation in the landscapes, it's just an awesome place that I am fortunate enough to call home.
Shit day today though LOL!!! |  | guidogodoy wrote: | | Here I am half a planet away and am in awe just looking at pictures.
|  | Becks wrote: | | I just read somewhere that the plane burst in to flames shortly after takeoff, not sure how accurate that is though, still a developing story. A skydiving plane, it'll mostly be tourists I daresay, unfortunately. It is a lovely glacier, I have been there and it is awe inspiring. |  | guidogodoy wrote: | | Just read all about it. How sad. Skydiving plane, eh? I'd be curious to see what caused it.
BEAUTIFUL glacier. It would be great to be able to hike around there. Not so sure about skydiving in the mountains off and onto a giant moving body of ice. |  | Becks wrote: | | Yeah we've had heaps of news about the mining disaster, who gives a stuff about stupid Paris Hilton!
Far out today should just be declared over for NZ, there's been a plane crash at a place called Fox Glacier (on the south island also) with reports of 9 being killed. Holy hell.... |  | guidogodoy wrote: | | Wow. That didn't hit any of our news here in Nowhere, USA. I just had to look it up online.
Glad to hear you and yours are alright, Becks.
News really sucks. While I can hear all about Paris Hilton's latest drug arrest 24/7, one has to search for actual news. Just reading up on the mining disaster in Chile, for example. Not a WORD of it on the 100+ channels of crap I have on TV. Imagine being trapped in a hole for 4+ months. Sure makes Paris seem petty.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11117940
|  | Becks wrote: | | In reality you take a chance living anywhere in NZ, as the whole country is astride a fault line. It's only a matter of time before an enormous one hits unfortunately. The time this one struck has a lot to do with the fact there has been no deaths, it struck at 4:35am local time.
Christchruch is on this map here, so you can see where it is relative to other cities :
 |  | spapad wrote: | | From what I see about that section of NZ. It's been changing for years, if not eons. It's like California, you take the chance to live there. Right near Wellington was it not? Glad you were not present my friend and that no major death occured with this one. First thing I thought about when I read that today in the papers online, was please don't let Becks be near that! I'm selfish. I want my friends to be safe first, then I'll think about the rest. Glad you were not there. |  | Becks wrote: | | Hi everyone, been away for a couple of days at a meeting but back home now. Been a massive earthquake in a city on the South Island called Christchurch, I used to live there, and ironically don't remember ever experiencing an earthquake in the 3 years I was there, but heaps of small ones in the nearly two years I've been back on the North Island! Parts of the central city are in ruins, but there have been no deaths thank God, two men have been seriously injured and there have been other minor injuries. Water mains have burst and seweage lines have burst too, hopefully that is all under control by now, or soon. |
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[spapad] Friday, September 03, 2010 11:20:16 PM | |
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Got to say, I wonder.............and you probably know better than me. What U.S. state takes up the same land mass as New Zealand? I'm very interested to know that. Why? I don't konw. I guess I just want to add it to the endless trivia that already occupies my mind. LOL [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Friday, September 03, 2010 10:21:07 PM) |  | Becks wrote: | | Haha woops Daily Mail! Ah well, NZ is so small in the scheme of distances in the States they probably can be considered as being close together. |  | spapad wrote: | | Damn, here I am half a world away trying to decide how the Daily Mail took that location as being near Wellington?? I guess once you get off your own front porch things just get more generalized. WTF!? I suppose it's like going to a city and getting lost via Mapquest. They will get you there all the way, and then fuck up the last turn! lol |  | Becks wrote: | | Just one of the many wonderful places here, not to trumpet my own country LOL but I love NZ, there's such variation in the landscapes, it's just an awesome place that I am fortunate enough to call home.
Shit day today though LOL!!! |  | guidogodoy wrote: | | Here I am half a planet away and am in awe just looking at pictures.
|  | Becks wrote: | | I just read somewhere that the plane burst in to flames shortly after takeoff, not sure how accurate that is though, still a developing story. A skydiving plane, it'll mostly be tourists I daresay, unfortunately. It is a lovely glacier, I have been there and it is awe inspiring. |  | guidogodoy wrote: | | Just read all about it. How sad. Skydiving plane, eh? I'd be curious to see what caused it.
BEAUTIFUL glacier. It would be great to be able to hike around there. Not so sure about skydiving in the mountains off and onto a giant moving body of ice. |  | Becks wrote: | | Yeah we've had heaps of news about the mining disaster, who gives a stuff about stupid Paris Hilton!
Far out today should just be declared over for NZ, there's been a plane crash at a place called Fox Glacier (on the south island also) with reports of 9 being killed. Holy hell.... |  | guidogodoy wrote: | | Wow. That didn't hit any of our news here in Nowhere, USA. I just had to look it up online.
Glad to hear you and yours are alright, Becks.
News really sucks. While I can hear all about Paris Hilton's latest drug arrest 24/7, one has to search for actual news. Just reading up on the mining disaster in Chile, for example. Not a WORD of it on the 100+ channels of crap I have on TV. Imagine being trapped in a hole for 4+ months. Sure makes Paris seem petty.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11117940
|  | Becks wrote: | | In reality you take a chance living anywhere in NZ, as the whole country is astride a fault line. It's only a matter of time before an enormous one hits unfortunately. The time this one struck has a lot to do with the fact there has been no deaths, it struck at 4:35am local time.
Christchruch is on this map here, so you can see where it is relative to other cities :
 |  | spapad wrote: | | From what I see about that section of NZ. It's been changing for years, if not eons. It's like California, you take the chance to live there. Right near Wellington was it not? Glad you were not present my friend and that no major death occured with this one. First thing I thought about when I read that today in the papers online, was please don't let Becks be near that! I'm selfish. I want my friends to be safe first, then I'll think about the rest. Glad you were not there. |  | Becks wrote: | | Hi everyone, been away for a couple of days at a meeting but back home now. Been a massive earthquake in a city on the South Island called Christchurch, I used to live there, and ironically don't remember ever experiencing an earthquake in the 3 years I was there, but heaps of small ones in the nearly two years I've been back on the North Island! Parts of the central city are in ruins, but there have been no deaths thank God, two men have been seriously injured and there have been other minor injuries. Water mains have burst and seweage lines have burst too, hopefully that is all under control by now, or soon. |
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[Becks] Friday, September 03, 2010 10:21:07 PM | |
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Haha woops Daily Mail! Ah well, NZ is so small in the scheme of distances in the States they probably can be considered as being close together. [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by spapad from Friday, September 03, 2010 9:53:00 PM) |  | spapad wrote: | | Damn, here I am half a world away trying to decide how the Daily Mail took that location as being near Wellington?? I guess once you get off your own front porch things just get more generalized. WTF!? I suppose it's like going to a city and getting lost via Mapquest. They will get you there all the way, and then fuck up the last turn! lol |  | Becks wrote: | | Just one of the many wonderful places here, not to trumpet my own country LOL but I love NZ, there's such variation in the landscapes, it's just an awesome place that I am fortunate enough to call home.
Shit day today though LOL!!! |  | guidogodoy wrote: | | Here I am half a planet away and am in awe just looking at pictures.
|  | Becks wrote: | | I just read somewhere that the plane burst in to flames shortly after takeoff, not sure how accurate that is though, still a developing story. A skydiving plane, it'll mostly be tourists I daresay, unfortunately. It is a lovely glacier, I have been there and it is awe inspiring. |  | guidogodoy wrote: | | Just read all about it. How sad. Skydiving plane, eh? I'd be curious to see what caused it.
BEAUTIFUL glacier. It would be great to be able to hike around there. Not so sure about skydiving in the mountains off and onto a giant moving body of ice. |  | Becks wrote: | | Yeah we've had heaps of news about the mining disaster, who gives a stuff about stupid Paris Hilton!
Far out today should just be declared over for NZ, there's been a plane crash at a place called Fox Glacier (on the south island also) with reports of 9 being killed. Holy hell.... |  | guidogodoy wrote: | | Wow. That didn't hit any of our news here in Nowhere, USA. I just had to look it up online.
Glad to hear you and yours are alright, Becks.
News really sucks. While I can hear all about Paris Hilton's latest drug arrest 24/7, one has to search for actual news. Just reading up on the mining disaster in Chile, for example. Not a WORD of it on the 100+ channels of crap I have on TV. Imagine being trapped in a hole for 4+ months. Sure makes Paris seem petty.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11117940
|  | Becks wrote: | | In reality you take a chance living anywhere in NZ, as the whole country is astride a fault line. It's only a matter of time before an enormous one hits unfortunately. The time this one struck has a lot to do with the fact there has been no deaths, it struck at 4:35am local time.
Christchruch is on this map here, so you can see where it is relative to other cities :
 |  | spapad wrote: | | From what I see about that section of NZ. It's been changing for years, if not eons. It's like California, you take the chance to live there. Right near Wellington was it not? Glad you were not present my friend and that no major death occured with this one. First thing I thought about when I read that today in the papers online, was please don't let Becks be near that! I'm selfish. I want my friends to be safe first, then I'll think about the rest. Glad you were not there. |  | Becks wrote: | | Hi everyone, been away for a couple of days at a meeting but back home now. Been a massive earthquake in a city on the South Island called Christchurch, I used to live there, and ironically don't remember ever experiencing an earthquake in the 3 years I was there, but heaps of small ones in the nearly two years I've been back on the North Island! Parts of the central city are in ruins, but there have been no deaths thank God, two men have been seriously injured and there have been other minor injuries. Water mains have burst and seweage lines have burst too, hopefully that is all under control by now, or soon. |
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[spapad] Friday, September 03, 2010 9:53:00 PM | |
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Damn, here I am half a world away trying to decide how the Daily Mail took that location as being near Wellington?? I guess once you get off your own front porch things just get more generalized. WTF!? I suppose it's like going to a city and getting lost via Mapquest. They will get you there all the way, and then fuck up the last turn! lol [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Friday, September 03, 2010 8:36:35 PM) |  | Becks wrote: | | Just one of the many wonderful places here, not to trumpet my own country LOL but I love NZ, there's such variation in the landscapes, it's just an awesome place that I am fortunate enough to call home.
Shit day today though LOL!!! |  | guidogodoy wrote: | | Here I am half a planet away and am in awe just looking at pictures.
|  | Becks wrote: | | I just read somewhere that the plane burst in to flames shortly after takeoff, not sure how accurate that is though, still a developing story. A skydiving plane, it'll mostly be tourists I daresay, unfortunately. It is a lovely glacier, I have been there and it is awe inspiring. |  | guidogodoy wrote: | | Just read all about it. How sad. Skydiving plane, eh? I'd be curious to see what caused it.
BEAUTIFUL glacier. It would be great to be able to hike around there. Not so sure about skydiving in the mountains off and onto a giant moving body of ice. |  | Becks wrote: | | Yeah we've had heaps of news about the mining disaster, who gives a stuff about stupid Paris Hilton!
Far out today should just be declared over for NZ, there's been a plane crash at a place called Fox Glacier (on the south island also) with reports of 9 being killed. Holy hell.... |  | guidogodoy wrote: | | Wow. That didn't hit any of our news here in Nowhere, USA. I just had to look it up online.
Glad to hear you and yours are alright, Becks.
News really sucks. While I can hear all about Paris Hilton's latest drug arrest 24/7, one has to search for actual news. Just reading up on the mining disaster in Chile, for example. Not a WORD of it on the 100+ channels of crap I have on TV. Imagine being trapped in a hole for 4+ months. Sure makes Paris seem petty.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11117940
|  | Becks wrote: | | In reality you take a chance living anywhere in NZ, as the whole country is astride a fault line. It's only a matter of time before an enormous one hits unfortunately. The time this one struck has a lot to do with the fact there has been no deaths, it struck at 4:35am local time.
Christchruch is on this map here, so you can see where it is relative to other cities :
 |  | spapad wrote: | | From what I see about that section of NZ. It's been changing for years, if not eons. It's like California, you take the chance to live there. Right near Wellington was it not? Glad you were not present my friend and that no major death occured with this one. First thing I thought about when I read that today in the papers online, was please don't let Becks be near that! I'm selfish. I want my friends to be safe first, then I'll think about the rest. Glad you were not there. |  | Becks wrote: | | Hi everyone, been away for a couple of days at a meeting but back home now. Been a massive earthquake in a city on the South Island called Christchurch, I used to live there, and ironically don't remember ever experiencing an earthquake in the 3 years I was there, but heaps of small ones in the nearly two years I've been back on the North Island! Parts of the central city are in ruins, but there have been no deaths thank God, two men have been seriously injured and there have been other minor injuries. Water mains have burst and seweage lines have burst too, hopefully that is all under control by now, or soon. |
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[Becks] Friday, September 03, 2010 8:36:35 PM | |
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Just one of the many wonderful places here, not to trumpet my own country LOL but I love NZ, there's such variation in the landscapes, it's just an awesome place that I am fortunate enough to call home.
Shit day today though LOL!!! [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Friday, September 03, 2010 8:35:01 PM) |  | guidogodoy wrote: | | Here I am half a planet away and am in awe just looking at pictures.
|  | Becks wrote: | | I just read somewhere that the plane burst in to flames shortly after takeoff, not sure how accurate that is though, still a developing story. A skydiving plane, it'll mostly be tourists I daresay, unfortunately. It is a lovely glacier, I have been there and it is awe inspiring. |  | guidogodoy wrote: | | Just read all about it. How sad. Skydiving plane, eh? I'd be curious to see what caused it.
BEAUTIFUL glacier. It would be great to be able to hike around there. Not so sure about skydiving in the mountains off and onto a giant moving body of ice. |  | Becks wrote: | | Yeah we've had heaps of news about the mining disaster, who gives a stuff about stupid Paris Hilton!
Far out today should just be declared over for NZ, there's been a plane crash at a place called Fox Glacier (on the south island also) with reports of 9 being killed. Holy hell.... |  | guidogodoy wrote: | | Wow. That didn't hit any of our news here in Nowhere, USA. I just had to look it up online.
Glad to hear you and yours are alright, Becks.
News really sucks. While I can hear all about Paris Hilton's latest drug arrest 24/7, one has to search for actual news. Just reading up on the mining disaster in Chile, for example. Not a WORD of it on the 100+ channels of crap I have on TV. Imagine being trapped in a hole for 4+ months. Sure makes Paris seem petty.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11117940
|  | Becks wrote: | | In reality you take a chance living anywhere in NZ, as the whole country is astride a fault line. It's only a matter of time before an enormous one hits unfortunately. The time this one struck has a lot to do with the fact there has been no deaths, it struck at 4:35am local time.
Christchruch is on this map here, so you can see where it is relative to other cities :
 |  | spapad wrote: | | From what I see about that section of NZ. It's been changing for years, if not eons. It's like California, you take the chance to live there. Right near Wellington was it not? Glad you were not present my friend and that no major death occured with this one. First thing I thought about when I read that today in the papers online, was please don't let Becks be near that! I'm selfish. I want my friends to be safe first, then I'll think about the rest. Glad you were not there. |  | Becks wrote: | | Hi everyone, been away for a couple of days at a meeting but back home now. Been a massive earthquake in a city on the South Island called Christchurch, I used to live there, and ironically don't remember ever experiencing an earthquake in the 3 years I was there, but heaps of small ones in the nearly two years I've been back on the North Island! Parts of the central city are in ruins, but there have been no deaths thank God, two men have been seriously injured and there have been other minor injuries. Water mains have burst and seweage lines have burst too, hopefully that is all under control by now, or soon. |
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[guidogodoy] Friday, September 03, 2010 8:35:01 PM | |
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Here I am half a planet away and am in awe just looking at pictures.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Friday, September 03, 2010 8:32:02 PM) |  | Becks wrote: | | I just read somewhere that the plane burst in to flames shortly after takeoff, not sure how accurate that is though, still a developing story. A skydiving plane, it'll mostly be tourists I daresay, unfortunately. It is a lovely glacier, I have been there and it is awe inspiring. |  | guidogodoy wrote: | | Just read all about it. How sad. Skydiving plane, eh? I'd be curious to see what caused it.
BEAUTIFUL glacier. It would be great to be able to hike around there. Not so sure about skydiving in the mountains off and onto a giant moving body of ice. |  | Becks wrote: | | Yeah we've had heaps of news about the mining disaster, who gives a stuff about stupid Paris Hilton!
Far out today should just be declared over for NZ, there's been a plane crash at a place called Fox Glacier (on the south island also) with reports of 9 being killed. Holy hell.... |  | guidogodoy wrote: | | Wow. That didn't hit any of our news here in Nowhere, USA. I just had to look it up online.
Glad to hear you and yours are alright, Becks.
News really sucks. While I can hear all about Paris Hilton's latest drug arrest 24/7, one has to search for actual news. Just reading up on the mining disaster in Chile, for example. Not a WORD of it on the 100+ channels of crap I have on TV. Imagine being trapped in a hole for 4+ months. Sure makes Paris seem petty.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11117940
|  | Becks wrote: | | In reality you take a chance living anywhere in NZ, as the whole country is astride a fault line. It's only a matter of time before an enormous one hits unfortunately. The time this one struck has a lot to do with the fact there has been no deaths, it struck at 4:35am local time.
Christchruch is on this map here, so you can see where it is relative to other cities :
 |  | spapad wrote: | | From what I see about that section of NZ. It's been changing for years, if not eons. It's like California, you take the chance to live there. Right near Wellington was it not? Glad you were not present my friend and that no major death occured with this one. First thing I thought about when I read that today in the papers online, was please don't let Becks be near that! I'm selfish. I want my friends to be safe first, then I'll think about the rest. Glad you were not there. |  | Becks wrote: | | Hi everyone, been away for a couple of days at a meeting but back home now. Been a massive earthquake in a city on the South Island called Christchurch, I used to live there, and ironically don't remember ever experiencing an earthquake in the 3 years I was there, but heaps of small ones in the nearly two years I've been back on the North Island! Parts of the central city are in ruins, but there have been no deaths thank God, two men have been seriously injured and there have been other minor injuries. Water mains have burst and seweage lines have burst too, hopefully that is all under control by now, or soon. |
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[Becks] Friday, September 03, 2010 8:32:02 PM | |
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I just read somewhere that the plane burst in to flames shortly after takeoff, not sure how accurate that is though, still a developing story. A skydiving plane, it'll mostly be tourists I daresay, unfortunately. It is a lovely glacier, I have been there and it is awe inspiring. [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Friday, September 03, 2010 8:29:45 PM) |  | guidogodoy wrote: | | Just read all about it. How sad. Skydiving plane, eh? I'd be curious to see what caused it.
BEAUTIFUL glacier. It would be great to be able to hike around there. Not so sure about skydiving in the mountains off and onto a giant moving body of ice. |  | Becks wrote: | | Yeah we've had heaps of news about the mining disaster, who gives a stuff about stupid Paris Hilton!
Far out today should just be declared over for NZ, there's been a plane crash at a place called Fox Glacier (on the south island also) with reports of 9 being killed. Holy hell.... |  | guidogodoy wrote: | | Wow. That didn't hit any of our news here in Nowhere, USA. I just had to look it up online.
Glad to hear you and yours are alright, Becks.
News really sucks. While I can hear all about Paris Hilton's latest drug arrest 24/7, one has to search for actual news. Just reading up on the mining disaster in Chile, for example. Not a WORD of it on the 100+ channels of crap I have on TV. Imagine being trapped in a hole for 4+ months. Sure makes Paris seem petty.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11117940
|  | Becks wrote: | | In reality you take a chance living anywhere in NZ, as the whole country is astride a fault line. It's only a matter of time before an enormous one hits unfortunately. The time this one struck has a lot to do with the fact there has been no deaths, it struck at 4:35am local time.
Christchruch is on this map here, so you can see where it is relative to other cities :
 |  | spapad wrote: | | From what I see about that section of NZ. It's been changing for years, if not eons. It's like California, you take the chance to live there. Right near Wellington was it not? Glad you were not present my friend and that no major death occured with this one. First thing I thought about when I read that today in the papers online, was please don't let Becks be near that! I'm selfish. I want my friends to be safe first, then I'll think about the rest. Glad you were not there. |  | Becks wrote: | | Hi everyone, been away for a couple of days at a meeting but back home now. Been a massive earthquake in a city on the South Island called Christchurch, I used to live there, and ironically don't remember ever experiencing an earthquake in the 3 years I was there, but heaps of small ones in the nearly two years I've been back on the North Island! Parts of the central city are in ruins, but there have been no deaths thank God, two men have been seriously injured and there have been other minor injuries. Water mains have burst and seweage lines have burst too, hopefully that is all under control by now, or soon. |
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[guidogodoy] Friday, September 03, 2010 8:29:45 PM | |
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Just read all about it. How sad. Skydiving plane, eh? I'd be curious to see what caused it.
BEAUTIFUL glacier. It would be great to be able to hike around there. Not so sure about skydiving in the mountains off and onto a giant moving body of ice. [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Friday, September 03, 2010 8:18:02 PM) |  | Becks wrote: | | Yeah we've had heaps of news about the mining disaster, who gives a stuff about stupid Paris Hilton!
Far out today should just be declared over for NZ, there's been a plane crash at a place called Fox Glacier (on the south island also) with reports of 9 being killed. Holy hell.... |  | guidogodoy wrote: | | Wow. That didn't hit any of our news here in Nowhere, USA. I just had to look it up online.
Glad to hear you and yours are alright, Becks.
News really sucks. While I can hear all about Paris Hilton's latest drug arrest 24/7, one has to search for actual news. Just reading up on the mining disaster in Chile, for example. Not a WORD of it on the 100+ channels of crap I have on TV. Imagine being trapped in a hole for 4+ months. Sure makes Paris seem petty.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11117940
|  | Becks wrote: | | In reality you take a chance living anywhere in NZ, as the whole country is astride a fault line. It's only a matter of time before an enormous one hits unfortunately. The time this one struck has a lot to do with the fact there has been no deaths, it struck at 4:35am local time.
Christchruch is on this map here, so you can see where it is relative to other cities :
 |  | spapad wrote: | | From what I see about that section of NZ. It's been changing for years, if not eons. It's like California, you take the chance to live there. Right near Wellington was it not? Glad you were not present my friend and that no major death occured with this one. First thing I thought about when I read that today in the papers online, was please don't let Becks be near that! I'm selfish. I want my friends to be safe first, then I'll think about the rest. Glad you were not there. |  | Becks wrote: | | Hi everyone, been away for a couple of days at a meeting but back home now. Been a massive earthquake in a city on the South Island called Christchurch, I used to live there, and ironically don't remember ever experiencing an earthquake in the 3 years I was there, but heaps of small ones in the nearly two years I've been back on the North Island! Parts of the central city are in ruins, but there have been no deaths thank God, two men have been seriously injured and there have been other minor injuries. Water mains have burst and seweage lines have burst too, hopefully that is all under control by now, or soon. |
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[Becks] Friday, September 03, 2010 8:18:02 PM | |
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Yeah we've had heaps of news about the mining disaster, who gives a stuff about stupid Paris Hilton!
Far out today should just be declared over for NZ, there's been a plane crash at a place called Fox Glacier (on the south island also) with reports of 9 being killed. Holy hell.... [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Friday, September 03, 2010 8:16:56 PM) |  | guidogodoy wrote: | | Wow. That didn't hit any of our news here in Nowhere, USA. I just had to look it up online.
Glad to hear you and yours are alright, Becks.
News really sucks. While I can hear all about Paris Hilton's latest drug arrest 24/7, one has to search for actual news. Just reading up on the mining disaster in Chile, for example. Not a WORD of it on the 100+ channels of crap I have on TV. Imagine being trapped in a hole for 4+ months. Sure makes Paris seem petty.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11117940
|  | Becks wrote: | | In reality you take a chance living anywhere in NZ, as the whole country is astride a fault line. It's only a matter of time before an enormous one hits unfortunately. The time this one struck has a lot to do with the fact there has been no deaths, it struck at 4:35am local time.
Christchruch is on this map here, so you can see where it is relative to other cities :
 |  | spapad wrote: | | From what I see about that section of NZ. It's been changing for years, if not eons. It's like California, you take the chance to live there. Right near Wellington was it not? Glad you were not present my friend and that no major death occured with this one. First thing I thought about when I read that today in the papers online, was please don't let Becks be near that! I'm selfish. I want my friends to be safe first, then I'll think about the rest. Glad you were not there. |  | Becks wrote: | | Hi everyone, been away for a couple of days at a meeting but back home now. Been a massive earthquake in a city on the South Island called Christchurch, I used to live there, and ironically don't remember ever experiencing an earthquake in the 3 years I was there, but heaps of small ones in the nearly two years I've been back on the North Island! Parts of the central city are in ruins, but there have been no deaths thank God, two men have been seriously injured and there have been other minor injuries. Water mains have burst and seweage lines have burst too, hopefully that is all under control by now, or soon. |
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[guidogodoy] Friday, September 03, 2010 8:16:56 PM | |
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Wow. That didn't hit any of our news here in Nowhere, USA. I just had to look it up online.
Glad to hear you and yours are alright, Becks.
News really sucks. While I can hear all about Paris Hilton's latest drug arrest 24/7, one has to search for actual news. Just reading up on the mining disaster in Chile, for example. Not a WORD of it on the 100+ channels of crap I have on TV. Imagine being trapped in a hole for 4+ months. Sure makes Paris seem petty.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11117940
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Friday, September 03, 2010 8:02:14 PM) |  | Becks wrote: | | In reality you take a chance living anywhere in NZ, as the whole country is astride a fault line. It's only a matter of time before an enormous one hits unfortunately. The time this one struck has a lot to do with the fact there has been no deaths, it struck at 4:35am local time.
Christchruch is on this map here, so you can see where it is relative to other cities :
 |  | spapad wrote: | | From what I see about that section of NZ. It's been changing for years, if not eons. It's like California, you take the chance to live there. Right near Wellington was it not? Glad you were not present my friend and that no major death occured with this one. First thing I thought about when I read that today in the papers online, was please don't let Becks be near that! I'm selfish. I want my friends to be safe first, then I'll think about the rest. Glad you were not there. |  | Becks wrote: | | Hi everyone, been away for a couple of days at a meeting but back home now. Been a massive earthquake in a city on the South Island called Christchurch, I used to live there, and ironically don't remember ever experiencing an earthquake in the 3 years I was there, but heaps of small ones in the nearly two years I've been back on the North Island! Parts of the central city are in ruins, but there have been no deaths thank God, two men have been seriously injured and there have been other minor injuries. Water mains have burst and seweage lines have burst too, hopefully that is all under control by now, or soon. |
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[Becks] Friday, September 03, 2010 8:02:14 PM | |
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In reality you take a chance living anywhere in NZ, as the whole country is astride a fault line. It's only a matter of time before an enormous one hits unfortunately. The time this one struck has a lot to do with the fact there has been no deaths, it struck at 4:35am local time.
Christchruch is on this map here, so you can see where it is relative to other cities :
 [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by spapad from Friday, September 03, 2010 7:53:35 PM) |  | spapad wrote: | | From what I see about that section of NZ. It's been changing for years, if not eons. It's like California, you take the chance to live there. Right near Wellington was it not? Glad you were not present my friend and that no major death occured with this one. First thing I thought about when I read that today in the papers online, was please don't let Becks be near that! I'm selfish. I want my friends to be safe first, then I'll think about the rest. Glad you were not there. |  | Becks wrote: | | Hi everyone, been away for a couple of days at a meeting but back home now. Been a massive earthquake in a city on the South Island called Christchurch, I used to live there, and ironically don't remember ever experiencing an earthquake in the 3 years I was there, but heaps of small ones in the nearly two years I've been back on the North Island! Parts of the central city are in ruins, but there have been no deaths thank God, two men have been seriously injured and there have been other minor injuries. Water mains have burst and seweage lines have burst too, hopefully that is all under control by now, or soon. |
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[spapad] Friday, September 03, 2010 7:53:35 PM | |
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From what I see about that section of NZ. It's been changing for years, if not eons. It's like California, you take the chance to live there. Right near Wellington was it not? Glad you were not present my friend and that no major death occured with this one. First thing I thought about when I read that today in the papers online, was please don't let Becks be near that! I'm selfish. I want my friends to be safe first, then I'll think about the rest. Glad you were not there. [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Friday, September 03, 2010 7:36:26 PM) |  | Becks wrote: | | Hi everyone, been away for a couple of days at a meeting but back home now. Been a massive earthquake in a city on the South Island called Christchurch, I used to live there, and ironically don't remember ever experiencing an earthquake in the 3 years I was there, but heaps of small ones in the nearly two years I've been back on the North Island! Parts of the central city are in ruins, but there have been no deaths thank God, two men have been seriously injured and there have been other minor injuries. Water mains have burst and seweage lines have burst too, hopefully that is all under control by now, or soon. |
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[Becks] Friday, September 03, 2010 7:36:26 PM | |
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Hi everyone, been away for a couple of days at a meeting but back home now. Been a massive earthquake in a city on the South Island called Christchurch, I used to live there, and ironically don't remember ever experiencing an earthquake in the 3 years I was there, but heaps of small ones in the nearly two years I've been back on the North Island! Parts of the central city are in ruins, but there have been no deaths thank God, two men have been seriously injured and there have been other minor injuries. Water mains have burst and seweage lines have burst too, hopefully that is all under control by now, or soon. |
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[hellrider 31038] Friday, September 03, 2010 6:55:41 PM | |
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WITH MY FIST IN THE AIR LIKE THE MIGHTY PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINKILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLER [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Painkiller87 from Friday, September 03, 2010 7:59:16 AM) |  | Painkiller87 wrote: | | TGIF People! Let's get pumped up for today so we can start the weekend! AM I RIGHT FELLOW PRIEST FANS??!! |
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[Painkiller87] Friday, September 03, 2010 7:59:16 AM | |
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TGIF People! Let's get pumped up for today so we can start the weekend! AM I RIGHT FELLOW PRIEST FANS??!! |
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[spapad] Thursday, September 02, 2010 5:25:44 PM | |
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Is summer ever really over where you live though? Does it snow there? or even frost? I suppose you get some almost frozen days.  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Thursday, September 02, 2010 2:16:24 PM) |  | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Yeah, summer will be "officially" over here around the end of September. Don't think it'll really end until mid-October.  |  | Becks wrote: | | Ah was the first day of spring here on september 1! Bye bye winter! Although you wouldn't think it with the crazy weather lol. |  | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Happy first day of September, ladies and gents!!
Summer is almost over. Have any of you gotten your last rose yet?  |
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[spapad] Thursday, September 02, 2010 5:23:59 PM | |
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As weird as the weather has been, I could see that happening. lol [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Budred from Thursday, September 02, 2010 6:20:14 AM) |  | Budred wrote: | | "Probably tomorrow."  |  | spapad wrote: | | HA!! The way the weather has been this year, I expect it to go from Damn inferno hot, to snow in a day............just don't know when that day will come. It's still hot here and still way too warm overnight, so this year is truly unpredictable. |  | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Happy first day of September, ladies and gents!!
Summer is almost over. Have any of you gotten your last rose yet?  |
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[Vaillant 3.0] Thursday, September 02, 2010 2:16:24 PM | |
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Yeah, summer will be "officially" over here around the end of September. Don't think it'll really end until mid-October.  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Wednesday, September 01, 2010 10:47:03 PM) |  | Becks wrote: | | Ah was the first day of spring here on september 1! Bye bye winter! Although you wouldn't think it with the crazy weather lol. |  | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Happy first day of September, ladies and gents!!
Summer is almost over. Have any of you gotten your last rose yet?  |
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[Budred] Thursday, September 02, 2010 6:20:14 AM | |
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"Probably tomorrow."  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by spapad from Wednesday, September 01, 2010 8:33:19 PM) |  | spapad wrote: | | HA!! The way the weather has been this year, I expect it to go from Damn inferno hot, to snow in a day............just don't know when that day will come. It's still hot here and still way too warm overnight, so this year is truly unpredictable. |  | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Happy first day of September, ladies and gents!!
Summer is almost over. Have any of you gotten your last rose yet?  |
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[Becks] Wednesday, September 01, 2010 10:47:03 PM | |
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Ah was the first day of spring here on september 1! Bye bye winter! Although you wouldn't think it with the crazy weather lol. [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Wednesday, September 01, 2010 7:00:02 PM) |  | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Happy first day of September, ladies and gents!!
Summer is almost over. Have any of you gotten your last rose yet?  |
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