Bastard earthquake!

[Crasherfromwayback]

More concerning than the damage, is the fact there is a motorcycle in your lounge room.
Where can I find a woman that will allow me to do this?

Lol. There's actually two in there but only the SR fell over. I'm currently single. But I had a GF at the time of purchase...and I've always kept vintage race bikes in my lounge. If the GF at the time was not gonna have it...she would've been an ex anyway. And any potential new GF needs to understand this. Rare vintage race bikes have as much right to live in the lounge as they do!

[eelracing]

lol. The yellow curse eh! Funnily enough...the RM didn't fall over...

She's a keeper.

[BMWST?]

Made me think of the "Green Parrot bar/resturant" up there in Wellington,used to be one of the all time great feeds when one had had a few.

its still there,and you still get a plate of bread and butter to start

[BMWST?]

Lol. There's actually two in there but only the SR fell over. I'm currently single. But I had a GF at the time of purchase...and I've always kept vintage race bikes in my lounge. If the GF at the time was not gonna have it...she would've been an ex anyway. And any potential new GF needs to understand this. Rare vintage race bikes have as much right to live in the lounge as they do!

the tv o bough the other day has a hole att he rear of the base a short plastic strap and two screws to tie the base to the furniture it sits on...be better than nothing/Maybe some big zip ties for the kwaka to the stand?

[blackdog]

the tv o bough the other day has a hole att he rear?

Autocorrect, where are you when I need you?

[Oakie]

Oh, Wellingtonians and those in the general area ... should you get an e-mail called the 'Triangle of Life' about how to survive an earthquake ... please ignore it ... do not pass it on to your friends ... delete the fecker! It's a load of bullshit and has been discredited ... but it keeps on popping up.

[BMWST?]

The only person to get out of CTV building was the one that ran outside, running worked for her.
That said I am still with duck, cover and hold the fuck on.

A bit hard to duck and cover in this quake as I was in the shower during this one, all that glass, no cover (totally), and slippery floor, all I could do was wedge myself in the corner of the solid walls. Still glad I resisted the Mrs idea of going into Welly for our anniversary dinner.

dont forget the ctv building survived the first earthequake just fine...they should never have been allowed to go back.Most reinforced concrete building will survive a decent earthquake.Most will be good onl for demolition.Keep out of stairwells in multistorey buildings as the satirs themseleves will probably part company with the floors,bu t the structure of the stairwells themseleves is very strong ussually.

[Crasherfromwayback]

the tv o bough the other day has a hole att he rear of the base a short plastic strap and two screws to tie the base to the furniture it sits on...be better than nothing/Maybe some big zip ties for the kwaka to the stand?

When I picked them both up last night, I duct taped the TV's base to the cabinet and funnily enough...you guessed it...zip tied the SR to it's stand. Cheers!

[T.W.R]

HAARP's a new one on me. Another one dreamt up by some retarded conspiracy theorist I guess

The EMP thing is similar to the big solar discharges that are capable of frying everything electronic from cellphones and appliances to aircraft control systems. They can also be caused by nuclear weapons which is what the book is based on. Living without most of our current technology is like being put back 150 years but without the lifeskills folk had back then. Good way of severely crippling an enemy state!

HAARP is a fabled US device that is supposed to produce a EMP but the yanks are just as scared of another conspiracy theory of a Korean battleship that is supposed to have a similar system

When the big displays of the southern lights were happening back in the nineties there was plenty of talk and warnings about EMP from solar discharge.

Though the moon is just on its full at present so it could have had a contributing factor in things

One thing with this series of shake-ups is be thankful the epicentres were off shore

[Brian d marge]

We should have a sticky on how to prepare and deal with an earthquake ( also what happens AFTER , stress etc )

Stephen

[F5 Dave]

. . .. If the GF at the time was not gonna have it...she would've been an ex anyway. And any potential new GF needs to understand this. . . .

When my missus moved down from Auckland into the spare room (before she was me missus) she was sharing it with an RS so she has never argued that she didn't know what she was getting into. Although she did eventually drape a throw over it.

[Crasherfromwayback]

When my missus moved down from Auckland into the spare room (before she was me missus) she was sharing it with an RS so she has never argued that she didn't know what she was getting into. Although she did eventually drape a throw over it.

That's the story!

[Drew]

When my missus moved down from Auckland into the spare room (before she was me missus) she was sharing it with an RS so she has never argued that she didn't know what she was getting into. Although she did eventually drape a throw over it.

A proper RS?

Chucking a cover over it should have been a deal breaker, but it should have been in the lounge to begin with, so I guess it balances out.

[240]

Something else which is REAL inportant, but no one seems to mention it is CASH.
My step son was in Chch when the Feb quake hit them.
He had no cell coverage and there was no power at the local stores for 2 days so no eft pos only cash was allowed.
We take it for granted that our cards,cell phones etc work but tell that to your local indian dairy owner when there are cues for food!!!

[98tls]

Consider it fair warning.

I would have thought Christchurch was but no...