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| posted on 11/12/05 at 09:46 PM |
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Originally posted by chris.russell
I was having a drink in my work shops at work when the lights, windows and the overhead crane all moved! and I'm in Didcot! though it was
something out on the plant tripping until I turned the telly on to hear the news.
With your Siemens GTs mate, I wouldn't be at all suprised Shoulda got GE frame 9E's mate, they're old but they're good
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steve_gus
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| posted on 12/12/05 at 01:09 PM |
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well, i didnt hear it, but i was at chester  on a weekend break
Drive past there every three weeks - glad this wasnt a weekend to visit the parents!
Im wondering how many people DID actually hear it from very far off - someone said on a tv interview that it sounded like a door slamming 100 odd
miles away... just might have been a door slamming! I read reports on the BBC that it was heard on the continent.
thing is, sound travels at 600 odd miles an hour. An explosion at 6.03 would have been heard 15-20 mins or so later on the continent and someone fifty
miles away would have heard it about 5 mins later...
atb
steve
[Edited on 12/12/05 by steve_gus]
http://www.locostbuilder.co.uk
Just knock off the 's'!
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r3nuf
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| posted on 12/12/05 at 04:57 PM |
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My company has just completed a demolition contract there (last week), for Texaco.
Bet they wish they hadn't paid us all that money now!
Glad we had finished and demobilised, cos they normally blame us demolition contractors for everything.
We did remove quite a bit of asbestos prior to demolition though, so i am glad that has gone, and there is a little less in the atmosphere.
Cheers
Gary
Drive Fast....Brake Late....Take Chances
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 13/12/05 at 06:22 PM |
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at last its out,big cheer for the firemen that did it,biggest fire in europe since ww2.
my company is trying to get a contract checking the polution aspect of the site,that will be fun,up to my knees in oily sludge and not being able to
have a cig all day 
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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Fozzie
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| posted on 13/12/05 at 07:03 PM |
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Brilliant news that it has finaly been put out!
Although the cr*p in the skies is still overhead (here anyway)...
Fozzie
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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donut
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| posted on 13/12/05 at 07:13 PM |
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Apparently it's not that harmfull, unless your very young, old or asthmatic................... or if you smoke 
I think they're more worried about the foam in the water supply. Anyhoo good news it's out.
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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Fozzie
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| posted on 13/12/05 at 07:40 PM |
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Currently suffering from brochitis at the mo, Andy....been on the medication for nearly a week...soon be finished!
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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Simon
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| posted on 13/12/05 at 08:28 PM |
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So the government wants us all to drive economical (low co2 emitting) vehicles!!!
I reckon that single pop has done more environmental damage in a couple of days than the UK car pop will in a couple of years.
ATB
Simon
[Edited on 13/12/05 by Simon]
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JoelP
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| posted on 13/12/05 at 08:30 PM |
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60 odd million litres of fuel and a mountain of plastics etc... in reality, cars and planes in the UK probably use that much every week or two
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 13/12/05 at 10:02 PM |
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I heard a quote the other day,
A jumbo jet uses more fuel from standing still on the runway to being 10' off the runway, than any driver will use in their entire lifetime, I
didnt believe it until I started working it out
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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JoelP
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| posted on 13/12/05 at 10:41 PM |
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thats why i try to avoid foreign holidays mark, not because im scared of flying
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