Radical
Originally Posted by Jim2
cheers mate
to re-affirm. I just called vodaone. basically the phone systems are overloaded. Ive been trying to call my mum for an hour now (call .... error. hangup... call. repeat) just keep trying guys if your trying to get through. ive had 4 types of different errors so far. ive called near 120 times or so
I only posted this because of the global economic crisis
Hardcore Biker
If you have details on the Hotel they are staying I could try from here .
PM me with details if you wish.
London is a big place and it's the CBD that's been effected and again only the underground and a few squares. I'd say they'd probably be in bed sleeping after a long flight.
The same goes for any other Kiwibiker members trying to contact friends or family in london.
I'd rather be thinking
Thanks for the offer. I don't know where they were staying - it was only for one night then they are getting a hire car to drive to Cambridge. I don't know whether they would have had to use the tube to get to the hire car place.
Age is too high a price to pay for maturity
One hell of a ride.
My initial reaction too - Trouble is - that's exactly the way the sick fucks that do this shit want you to react. That or cower in terror. Either way can't beat them because they are so fucked up and irrational by any values we can imagine.They've fucked around with my motherland I am fucking pissed, if they do here, I'm gonna be very, very fucking dicked off.
It brings tears to my eyes.
sorry about the language
-Indy
I don't what the answer is, but spoiling for a fight I suspect is not it. Assuming it's Al Queda - Martyrdom is the gateway to heaven for them. My son says nuke 'em, I say what about the millions of cool ones?
Ghost Lemeur - have you been sniffing glue?
Hardcore Biker
Chances are they are driving to Cambridge and aren't haven't herd about London. Perhaps you could contact your mums travel company , from there you'll get the name of the car rental company who will be avaible to confirm the car has been picked up. If I can help from here , please let me know.
Slower than Ixion
Don't worry guys they'll catch the French bastards responsible (we all know it's retaliation over loosing Olympics).
BTW Big Brother's on 2.
Not many George Carlin fans in here is there?
To explain my original posts a bit clearer. As I was going to pull it after a pm conversation with Frosty but as it's been quoted so much there's no point.
The laughter was at the fact that TV dictates something is news and the world follows. I'm against what happened as much as I'm against the attrocities that are happening in the Congo, and Uzbekistan, and Brazil, and dozens of other countries on a daily basis. But if it's not a western country, general population don't give a shit.
Everyone is someone's mother/father/son/daughter/friend/. Everyone is a beautiful individual who only exists for a brief period of time.
What makes one group of lives worth more than another just because of the city they're able to live in?
Humans will always be human, neither perfect nor evil, just human. Tis what makes them so interesting. Capable of both.
Sorry to those of you who were offended, as I agreed with Frosty's pm that I could have left my post for a few days till you had all had a chance to find out about loved ones, and could have then worded it better. My goal was to get people thinking, and I failed by timing and wording all I achieved was getting people defensive.
My Bad.
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Well the phone network will automatically be scaled back - they do that to allow for 111 calls to get thru. Doesnt help when 20million people in and around london all try and use their phones at the same time. They'll come back to service overnight.
From what I can see from the news and comparing it to my old London IRA days, the appropriate services have done their job effectively and all is now ok or settling down.
The only seem to be small bombs, not like bishops gate of old. I'd expect maybe 40 odd causualties max (bugger), so at least not a major incident like the US.
Currently docklands railway, underground and zone 1 buses are suspended - so dont bother trying those out.
The heathrow express is going from paddington only.
THe main sites affected are:
aldgate,
woburn [tavistock] place (bus),
edgeware
kings cross
As far as I can see, all the bombs (except the bus) were on the circle line.
Over 200,000 people travel this line every day, so the likley hood of someone you know being on it, in location to the bombs is very very small. Most likely you'll be hearing stories of frustration as people get disrupted.
So best thing to do is what we used to do, chill and go have a beer until everyone whos supposed to gets in contact.
The contents of this post are my opinion and may not be subjected to any form of reality
It means I'm not an authority or a teacher, and may not have any experience so take things with a pinch of salt (a.k.a bullshit) rather than fact
One hell of a ride.
>>Not many George Carlin fans in here is there?
yes - but I didn't get it.
>>But if it's not a western country, general population don't give a shit.
Not everyone on KB has family and friends or cultural ties in Uzbekistan.
Natural blonde
Just seen Tony Blair giving a statement while all the other leaders stood behind him. Well, I assume they were real but they looked like a bunch of waxworks. George looked particularly vacuous, but I suppose he didn't have an autocue in front of him.
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Slower than Ixion
My comment on Mayhem gore etc, was a not very well done reference to comments George made during a performance around the time of the first Gulf War. Pointing out humans love of viewing others carnage misery etc.
I expect no one here has ties to Uzbekistan. It doesn't help that the atrocities are being commited by a US approved tyrant. Does that make the lives of those being tortured and killed less important?
WOW, spot the racist. Bet you'd love to see them brutally killed? That makes you a better more civilised person of higher morals than them how?
Hayden - Evidence that even the mediocre can achieve great things.
((U+C+I) x (10-S))/20 x A x 1/(1-sin(F/10))
Highway Biker
Latest news here is that they shot a suicide bomber at Canary Wharf.
Think that's it from this end as we are about to go. All tunnels closed so going to have to sort out an alternative route.
And it's raining...
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You know its racism that causes terrorism.
The contents of this post are my opinion and may not be subjected to any form of reality
It means I'm not an authority or a teacher, and may not have any experience so take things with a pinch of salt (a.k.a bullshit) rather than fact
Slower than Ixion
[Kelso]
BURN
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Lovely comeback.
Hayden - Evidence that even the mediocre can achieve great things.
((U+C+I) x (10-S))/20 x A x 1/(1-sin(F/10))
Hardcore Biker
What a terrible attack...
Hope none of the us have families who are affected by this attack.
" If you even dream of beating me, you better wake up and apologise... "
"I done wrassled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale, Only last week I murdered a rock, Injured a stone, hospitalized a brick, I’m so mean I make medicine sick."
The not so placid...
those terrorists are a bunch of fucking assholes... they should go and crawl back into thier caves and then I hope they cave in on them
I've called my sister and she is ok... still havn't heard back from mates that live over there
Hopefully no-one here has family/friends affected by this
I'm not a complete idiot... some pieces are missing
mucho papoosa bueno no panocha
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