Christchurch earthquakes

**dangerous** · 2nd January 2012, 11:21

Originally Posted by orangeback

great when you have a 55kg dog get high strung about them and end up on the bed all night. as well as the kid comes trundling down yabbering away. = fack all sleep

using the time to finally secure TV's to wall after loosing 4 now

sounds like the dog needs a diet, shit a grogie from a mutt like that must weigh a easy 5kg on its own

Both boys as usual slept through em all again, bar the 5 oclocker which is when they wake anyways

Cant believe theres still people not scuring TV's, wall units and bikes after more than 2yrs of this.

Originally Posted by far queue

I’ve just finished reading a book about a kiwi soldiers experiences during the war, and in it he mentioned a big earthquake in the North Island with lots of aftershocks just like ours, so I had a hunt around and found this article. It sounds remarkably like our ones, particularly the number of aftershocks over a long period and the frequent big ones doing more damage. So I guess what we're putting up with isn't all that abnormal after all, and all will be fine in time.

A Night of Terror - The 1942 Earthquake

So its us whities fault huh? "Major earthquakes have been a prominent feature of living in Wairarapa for almost as long as pakeha has lived in the area. The first whalers and sealers were upset by earthquakes in the early 1840s, and the first farmers on the plains were rocked by the major 1848 shake."
Nothings new we live on a serious fault, called New Zealand.

**onearmedbandit** · 2nd January 2012, 11:55

Originally Posted by dangerous

Cant believe theres still people not scuring TV's, wall units and bikes after more than 2yrs of this.

Think last nights quake might've knocked you on the head mate. More than 2yrs?

**Hopeful Bastard** · 2nd January 2012, 12:13

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

Think last nights quake might've knocked you on the head mate. More than 2yrs?

Well it did start in 2010.... And its now 2012. So he is kinda right..

Although, ya really need to wait till 4th Sep to call it 2 years...

**Grumph** · 2nd January 2012, 12:25

Originally Posted by orangeback

using the time to finally secure TV's to wall after loosing 4 now

Jeez, even the elderly auntie mentioned in my last posts is clued up enough to leave a chair in front of her TV....at age 88

**MIXONE** · 2nd January 2012, 12:36

My wife and two boys are still in Chchur.Can't wait for them to come back home safely.

**Brian d marge** · 2nd January 2012, 14:01

Sorry about that, we had a shake yesterday. I was bottling beer and told the man upstairs that if any beer was spilt I would not be happy
he must have had a few quakes left over...sorry bout that
might start using plastic bottle from now on...
stephen

**dangerous** · 2nd January 2012, 15:32

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

Think last nights quake might've knocked you on the head mate. More than 2yrs?

ahhh lets call it old age, or the ginger is melting in, or as posted below, err now above, fark man quakes in 2010, 2011 and now 2012, it sure fells like 2 years worth.

**orangeback** · 2nd January 2012, 16:50

Originally Posted by dangerous

sounds like the dog needs a diet, shit a grogie from a mutt like that must weigh a easy 5kg on its own

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55 k is good, my mate got one at 90 and another at 103
as for the TV well they are fucked anyway from earlier quakes.

**Oakie** · 2nd January 2012, 18:20

The TV is about the only major thing here I haven't made earthquake-safe. Reason being that I made the cabinet for it myself and for those frequent times when you have to move it to get at cabling, I put little wheels under it so it's easy to move. Now when we get an earthquake, the cabinet moves and the TV stays stable on top of it. Complete 'unintended consequence' but it works a treat.

**dangerous** · 2nd January 2012, 18:36

Originally Posted by orangeback

55 k is good, my mate got one at 90 and another at 103
as for the TV well they are fucked anyway from earlier quakes.

Ya shitting me? 90 and 100kg... no way man.
LilM's Mastiff was a big piece a lard at 50kg, bout the same as her, but a 100

Had a cat at work today break anothers fema, tossed him 3 times, then again Carn the wee puss weighs near 300kg

Now I have to modifie a den on my day off to suit the one that came out 2nd best.

**98tls** · 2nd January 2012, 18:42

Originally Posted by dangerous

Ya shitting me? 90 and 100kg... no way man.
LilM's Mastiff was a big piece a lard at 50kg, bout the same as her, but a 100

Had a cat at work today break anothers fema, tossed him 3 times, then again Carn the wee puss weighs near 300kg

Now I have to modifie a den on my day off to suit the one that came out 2nd best.

Had a mate and his mrs call in today with a 20 week old Bernese mountain dog,farkin thing still had puppy fur but was the size of my 18 month old Border Collie,said the thing shits like a horse already.

**jasonu** · 2nd January 2012, 18:43

Originally Posted by Oakie

The TV is about the only major thing here I haven't made earthquake-safe. Reason being that I made the cabinet for it myself and for those frequent times when you have to move it to get at cabling, I put little wheels under it so it's easy to move. Now when we get an earthquake, the cabinet moves and the TV stays stable on top of it. Complete 'unintended consequence' but it works a treat.

Patent it and sell 'em on tardeme.

**98tls** · 2nd January 2012, 18:44

Originally Posted by orangeback

55 k is good, my mate got one at 90 and another at 103
as for the TV well they are fucked anyway from earlier quakes.

You gotta be kidding,90/103...cant be so,surely.

**onearmedbandit** · 2nd January 2012, 19:02

http://www.worldslargestdog1.com/

Current record holder is an English Mastiff at 127kg. Heaviest was Zorba, again an English Mastiff at 156kg. 8ft from head to tail and 37" tall at the shoulder.