Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

[Redsgirl]

Talking of life and death, not heard too much about this on the British news channels:

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2013/05/20135101315439989.html

Over 1,000 dead after a building collapses in Bangladesh. Just awful.

Joseph Stalin said "one death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic."

They've just rescued someone from the rubble - 17 days after the building collapsed!

It's amazing how much the human body can endure. Especially if the person has a good level of fitness pre.

Amazing what the body can endure, but can you even begin to imagine what would be going on in her head?
If she got through that ordeal without losing her mind, it really is incredible.

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Talking of life and death, not heard too much about this on the British news channels:

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2013/05/20135101315439989.html

Over 1,000 dead after a building collapses in Bangladesh. Just awful.

Joseph Stalin said "one death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic."

They've just rescued someone from the rubble - 17 days after the building collapsed!

It's amazing how much the human body can endure. Especially if the person has a good level of fitness pre.

Amazing what the body can endure, but can you even begin to imagine what would be going on in her head?
If she got through that ordeal without losing her mind, it really is incredible.

I didn't think about the mental aspect. I imagined that she would be trapped but able to move.

Mentally, I think I would be able to handle that, but being unable to move would drive me doolally.

Surely she would have died of pneumonia if she couldn't move?

[kinboshi]

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2013/05/201351010628397301.html

I'll let someone else state the obvious.

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http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2013/05/201351010628397301.html

I'll let someone else state the obvious.

It's a miracle.

[kinboshi]

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2013/05/201351010628397301.html

I'll let someone else state the obvious.

It's a miracle.

Yes, quite. 

[Laxie]

Ok...who farted?


"WASHINGTON — Worldwide levels of the chief greenhouse gas that causes global warming have hit a milestone, reaching an amount never before encountered by humans, federal scientists said Friday."


http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/for-first-time-in-2-million-years-levels-of-chief-greenhouse-gas-hit-400-parts-per-million/2013/05/10/524e6acc-b9a8-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html

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This just in from our science, nature & phallic buildings correspondent.

Ok...who farted?


"WASHINGTON — Worldwide levels of the chief greenhouse gas that causes global warming have hit a milestone, reaching an amount never before encountered by humans, federal scientists said Friday."


http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/for-first-time-in-2-million-years-levels-of-chief-greenhouse-gas-hit-400-parts-per-million/2013/05/10/524e6acc-b9a8-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html

So if we break the sky and the world goes tits up, won't it just re-generate itself again after a few million years?

I mean, everything has a cycle. I was talking to a geologist the other day and he was telling me that even seemingly permanent things like mountain ranges are constantly being eroded by the weather and re-formed by the movement of tectonic plates.

He said that Dartmoor was a little higher above sea level each year because it was still rebounding after being compressed by the weight of a glacier.

[Laxie]

This just in from our science, nature & phallic buildings correspondent.

Ok...who farted?


"WASHINGTON — Worldwide levels of the chief greenhouse gas that causes global warming have hit a milestone, reaching an amount never before encountered by humans, federal scientists said Friday."


http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/for-first-time-in-2-million-years-levels-of-chief-greenhouse-gas-hit-400-parts-per-million/2013/05/10/524e6acc-b9a8-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html

So if we break the sky and the world goes tits up, won't it just re-generate itself again after a few million years?

I mean, everything has a cycle. I was talking to a geologist the other day and he was telling me that even seemingly permanent things like mountain ranges are constantly being eroded by the weather and re-formed by the movement of tectonic plates.

He said that Dartmoor was a little higher above sea level each year because it was still rebounding after being compressed by the weight of a glacier.

Tis ok.  No need to panic.  Just apply to live on Mars and you're sorted.

http://applicants.mars-one.com/

[hector62]

Morning Mr Red.

Your geologist was either incorrect or you are a little confused, as glaciation never reached further south than Bristol. What he may have said was that Dartmoor is a little lower than before. The reason for this is because the sheer weight of glaciation/snow cover in the north of the UK caused the South West of England to be higher than it should have been. As the snow melted in the north the SW started to sink  back down which caused one of our main geological features, the ria, which are drowned river valleys. Rias are the reason why we have such good natural ports here as we have deep water close to land so the big ships can come in.

If Dartmoor is rising, I am not sure if it is or isn't, what I am sure of is that any rise of it is not due to the retreat of glaciation as that caused us to sink down here.

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Morning Mr Red.

Your geologist was either incorrect or you are a little confused, as glaciation never reached further south than Bristol. What he may have said was that Dartmoor is a little lower than before. The reason for this is because the sheer weight of glaciation/snow cover in the north of the UK caused the South West of England to be higher than it should have been. As the snow melted in the north the SW started to sink  back down which caused one of our main geological features, the ria, which are drowned river valleys. Rias are the reason why we have such good natural ports here as we have deep water close to land so the big ships can come in.

If Dartmoor is rising, I am not sure if it is or isn't, what I am sure of is that any rise of it is not due to the retreat of glaciation as that caused us to sink down here.

Thank you Mr H.

I think it's probably me that's getting confused. I tend to do that.

Would it have been Bodmin?

[Karabiner]

Since all or most excavations are ten feet or so deep in the ground, does this mean that the world is now considerably bigger than it used to be when those things that we excavate were in use?

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Since all or most excavations are ten feet or so deep in the ground, does this mean that the world is now considerably bigger than it used to be when those things that we excavate were in use?

Yes.

[hector62]

No Bodmin is further south than Dartmoor.

Imagine the UK as a plank of wood floating on the water. Place a mole ( representing ice cover ) on the end you have designated Scotland to be. You will see the opposite end ( the SW ) rise up. Remove the mole and you will see the SW sink back down. Then place mole safely back in your garden.

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No Bodmin is further south than Dartmoor.

Imagine the UK as a plank of wood floating on the water. Place a mole ( representing ice cover ) on the end you have designated Scotland to be. You will see the opposite end ( the SW ) rise up. Remove the mole and you will see the SW sink back down. Then place mole safely back in your garden.

Thanks. So basically what he must have said was some bit of the UK that was once under the weight of a glacier is now rising.

PS- He deffo said rebounding.

PPS- Can we put the mole in your garden?

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Finally managed to find an MPV that suited my purpose and my pocket.

It's taken me two days to remove five years worth of crud from the paintwork, but it's really come up nice. I wish I'd taken a 'before' photo now.

Click to see full-size image.

BTW- I bet you can't guess what the best thing for cleaning and restoring faded black plastic trim is?