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By *abio OP Man
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
Thought I'd be first to get it in....
so too anyone who has any irish in them....
Happy St.patricks day... top of the morning to ya.... to be sure to be sure... and mines a pint of guinness!!!
right... off to have a can now before bed... and i'll get up and start again at 8.30.....
yours irishly...
sean (spelt the good irish way!!!) |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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First we drank some whiskey
Then we drank some gin
Then we drank tequila
I think that's what did me in
Then we drank some brandy
And the women had a dance |
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By *abio OP Man
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
well i am going to annoy all the neighbours with every pouges, dubliners and every irish tune I have on my Ipod....
back in 5.... 
just kidding... i know all the words to dicey reilly, fairy tale of new york, dirty old town, the irish rover, fields of athenry, molly mallone and any other irish song they decide to throw at us later!!!!
p.s i'll be the black guy in newcastle city centre in o'neills blooooooted with a guinness hat on!!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Happy Paddy's Day to everyone, but most of all to my lovely wife Siren who is also 40 today!!
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Congratulation to Siren on her 40th.
I know she has a lot to put up with  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"You mean you'll be the ONLY black guy in Newcastle city centre lol.. it is noticeable how few black people there are up here.  "
That's 'cos the Tories closed the pits. |
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"You mean you'll be the ONLY black guy in Newcastle city centre lol.. it is noticeable how few black people there are up here. "
That's 'cos the Tories closed the pits. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"You mean you'll be the ONLY black guy in Newcastle city centre lol.. it is noticeable how few black people there are up here.
That's 'cos the Tories closed the pits."
Rightly so too. Loss making entities that they were. ...and guess what... there are still JOBS up here!! People are actually working!! Can you believe that!!  |
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"You mean you'll be the ONLY black guy in Newcastle city centre lol.. it is noticeable how few black people there are up here.
That's 'cos the Tories closed the pits.
Rightly so too. Loss making entities that they were. ...and guess what... there are still JOBS up here!! People are actually working!! Can you believe that!! "
If things in Japan turn out as it looks as if they might the UK might well find ourselves having to import huge amounts of coal (with all the implications that'll have for the balance of payments) to run coal-fired power stations just to keep the lights on. |
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"You mean you'll be the ONLY black guy in Newcastle city centre lol.. it is noticeable how few black people there are up here.
That's 'cos the Tories closed the pits.
Rightly so too. Loss making entities that they were. ...and guess what... there are still JOBS up here!! People are actually working!! Can you believe that!!
If things in Japan turn out as it looks as if they might the UK might well find ourselves having to import huge amounts of coal (with all the implications that'll have for the balance of payments) to run coal-fired power stations just to keep the lights on."
As with each of these disasters that occur, we as a species learn from it to improve our technology for the future. It doesn't prevent another catastrophe somewhere else, of course, but I'd bet my last pound that Japanese structural engineers have already started planning how to make future nuclear power plants impervious to earthquakes.
We're fortunate over here though as we don't have earthquakes, well nothing big enough to even cause a slight flutter in the trees anyway. |
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We're fortunate over here though as we don't have earthquakes, well nothing big enough to even cause a slight flutter in the trees anyway. "
It wasn't the earthquake which caused the problem - it was the tsunami. We saw the damage the Boxing Day tsunami did, many thousands of miles away from the source, back in 2004.
I happen to believe nuclear power is incredibly safe but that won't stop the scaremongers calling for an end to nuclear power generation in the UK and both Hunterston B and Torness are due to be replaced soon. |
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We're fortunate over here though as we don't have earthquakes, well nothing big enough to even cause a slight flutter in the trees anyway.
It wasn't the earthquake which caused the problem - it was the tsunami. We saw the damage the Boxing Day tsunami did, many thousands of miles away from the source, back in 2004.
I happen to believe nuclear power is incredibly safe but that won't stop the scaremongers calling for an end to nuclear power generation in the UK and both Hunterston B and Torness are due to be replaced soon."
totally agree about the scaremongering.
my ex is a nuc engineer and apparently what is happening in japan is textbook...which is apparently a good thing as they can kind of anticipate each step and adapt accordingly.
would not be possible unless the facility was top notch.
not that there aren't dangers...there are with all kind of fuels. it's about understanding and managing them |
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my ex is a nuc engineer and apparently what is happening in japan is textbook...which is apparently a good thing as they can kind of anticipate each step and adapt accordingly.
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I don't think the textbook said anything about a big f*cking wave knocking out the back-up coolant power supply |
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my ex is a nuc engineer and apparently what is happening in japan is textbook...which is apparently a good thing as they can kind of anticipate each step and adapt accordingly.
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I don't think the textbook said anything about a big f*cking wave knocking out the back-up coolant power supply "
hahaha...think he was referring to the events as they unfold, not the actual cause lol |
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2/3 of the cost of building a nuclear power station is spent of safety. Ok, so nobody can predict the fifth biggest earthquake in recorded history nor the level of damage it would wreak, but it shows they take safety very seriously indeed, and the events in Japan can only lead to safer power stations all over the world once they've learned what happened and how to prevent it in the future. |
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We're fortunate over here though as we don't have earthquakes, well nothing big enough to even cause a slight flutter in the trees anyway.
It wasn't the earthquake which caused the problem - it was the tsunami. We saw the damage the Boxing Day tsunami did, many thousands of miles away from the source, back in 2004.
I happen to believe nuclear power is incredibly safe but that won't stop the scaremongers calling for an end to nuclear power generation in the UK and both Hunterston B and Torness are due to be replaced soon."
Well, technically yes, it was the tsunami, but the earthquake caused the tsunami, and those two things are highly unlikely to ever happen to the UK. I'd say our biggest threat would be from a hurricane like the one we had in '87 or worse. |
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By *abio OP Man
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
"Mine's a pint Fabiooooooooh "
I am already on can number 3 today.... I think i will be ready for my annual appearence on webcam sozzled tonight!!
I was so sozzled last year I fell asleep on cam..... |
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