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28 Apr 2007, 22:27
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Is it me...
or does the newspresenter starting the show with 'a very good evening' when the main story is that there was an earthquake in south Londern and many peoples homes were damaged sound like a subjucation that the absolute least the British people have to worry about is natural disasters? Is that really a 'verry good evening'?
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29 Apr 2007, 00:17
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BlueTuba
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Re: Is it me...
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Originally Posted by All Systems Go
or does the newspresenter starting the show with 'a very good evening' when the main story is that there was an earthquake in south Londern and many peoples homes were damaged sound like a subjucation that the absolute least the British people have to worry about is natural disasters? Is that really a 'verry good evening'?
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Given how newscasters are the bringers of doom to our living room, anything bad is a 'very good evening'
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29 Apr 2007, 01:54
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Re: Is it me...
it wasnt exactly the most damaging earthquake in the world
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29 Apr 2007, 01:59
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Re: Is it me...
Considering how much death and destruction ususally goes on around the world, a small earthquake which didnt kill anyone should, i suppose, be considered good news.
Interestingly enough, there was a small earthquake in australia overnight too apparently, so perhaps there is some conspiracy amongst the earth-gods! o_O
Dont fret about it - after all, its just the news and most of what actually goes on isnt reported. And newspresenters are people too, they get bored talking about the same crap day in and day out.
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29 Apr 2007, 09:37
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Re: Is it me...
There was an earthquake in south London?
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29 Apr 2007, 10:21
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Re: Is it me...
folkestone
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30 Apr 2007, 01:57
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Re: Is it me...
How on earth is Folkstone in London?
The bloody place is in ****ing Kent.
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30 Apr 2007, 02:18
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Re: Is it me...
Isn't most of South East London in Kent too ?
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30 Apr 2007, 02:40
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Re: Is it me...
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Originally Posted by Hicks
Isn't most of South East London in Kent too ?
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no, its in South East London.
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30 Apr 2007, 03:59
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Re: Is it me...
Incase anyone outside britain escaped the absolute enormity of what happened; there was a 4.3 earth tremor in one town in the lower eastern bit of britain.
It was headline news
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30 Apr 2007, 04:31
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Re: Is it me...
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Originally Posted by milo
Incase anyone outside britain escaped the absolute enormity of what happened; there was a 4.3 earth tremor in one town in the lower eastern bit of britain.
It was headline news
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For a country that doesn't lie on any major fault lines, and very rarely has things like this happen, 4.3 is pretty big
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30 Apr 2007, 06:20
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Re: Is it me...
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Originally Posted by Hicks
Isn't most of South East London in Kent too ?
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Bromley and Bexley were transferred from Kent to London (in terms of political adminstration) in the 60's. Parts of Bromley at least still have non-London post-codes though (BRxx or TNxx) yet most of the borough has London phone codes (except the south/eastern edges where are 01689 or 01322 I believe). A lot of the inhabitants of Bromley still refer to Bromley as Kent out of snobbery, but that's a historical remnant which might fade in time.
Towards the end of the 1800's I think Kent still included places like Lewisham - but I don't think anyone would seriously suggest these places are still part of Kent now in any meaningful sense.
In terms of distances, Orpington (the south-eastern edge of Bromley) is still closer to Camden, Hillingdon or even Watford than it is to Folkestone. Folkestone (where the tremor happened) is at least fifty miles from the edge of London as far I can tell.
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30 Apr 2007, 09:14
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Re: Is it me...
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Originally Posted by Hicks
Isn't most of South East London in Kent too ?
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Not any more!
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30 Apr 2007, 09:14
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Re: Is it me...
if Folkestone can be considered as being in London, then Birmingham can too.
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30 Apr 2007, 09:58
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Re: Is it me...
there's a massive fire in Manchester at the moment which is headline news.
Someone might have even died!
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30 Apr 2007, 09:59
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Re: Is it me...
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Originally Posted by Ste
there's a massive fire in Manchester at the moment which is headline news.
Someone might have even died!
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No one cares about Manchester though.
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30 Apr 2007, 17:40
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Re: Is it me...
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Originally Posted by Ste
there's a massive fire in Manchester at the moment which is headline news.
Someone might have even died!
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There were two in London in a space of days last week.
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