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scrubbedexpat097

Aug 23rd 2011 10:09 am

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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 9577981)

Not TMI - we all enjoy a good shite.

That'll be where the relief comes from no doubt.

Sometimes they are few and far between:o Hoping surgery has just sorted that though:fingerscrossed:

Leslie

Aug 23rd 2011 10:21 am

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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 9577952)

Apparently they were hurting his back :blink:

WTF? :blink:

SultanOfSwing

Aug 23rd 2011 10:23 am

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Originally Posted by Leslie (Post 9578023)

WTF? :blink:

I was paraphrasing but it was something like that.

Leslie

Aug 23rd 2011 10:24 am

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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 9578026)

I was paraphrasing but it was something like that.

Is this normal? :confused:

SultanOfSwing

Aug 23rd 2011 10:29 am

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Originally Posted by Leslie (Post 9578032)

Is this normal? :confused:

I imagine constipation would have to come into play. We really should stop talking shit though . . .

bevinva

Aug 23rd 2011 10:37 am

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Originally Posted by Sugarmooma (Post 9577889)

I think you will find the culprit, it was NO earthquake. Yesterday Dakota said he had a "two flusher" in the What made you smile thread. I imagine the force of that finally hit DC today.:ohmy:

My husband was on the toilet.:rofl::rofl:

scrubbedexpat097

Aug 23rd 2011 11:23 am

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Originally Posted by bevinva (Post 9578053)

My husband was on the toilet.:rofl::rofl:

I knew there was a perfectly good explanation:thumbsup:

Bluegrass Lass

Aug 23rd 2011 11:25 am

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Originally Posted by bevinva (Post 9578053)

My husband was on the toilet.:rofl::rofl:

LMAO! I can't imagine sitting on the can, and then the house starts creaking and groaning around you! I guess that would scare the shite right out of ya! :rofl: I guess Mother Nature was lending him a helping hand to finish the job.

S Folinsky

Aug 23rd 2011 12:49 pm

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Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 9577783)

And has this happened in California it would barely make the news...;)

Depends on where it was. The magnitude scale is logrithmic. Also, the distance form the temblor counts for a lot. Northridge was close in and had an unusual amount of vertical displacement.

Based upon experience, a "normal" 5.8 would cause one to pause, take a deep breath and then let it out when the shaking stops in in pretty short order. Northridge woke out of a sound sleep and then just kept on going, and going and going -- longest 30 seconds of my life.

Another thing to remember, construction in California has seismicity in mind. I know that when I have traveled on the East Coast I have felt a sense of nervousness because the structures were obviously not built with earthquakes in mind.

Those of you who felt it, pun intended, but you will feel shook up for a while. That is normal and will subside.

scotia123

Aug 23rd 2011 2:52 pm

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I was laying on a lounger at the beach in Virginia Beach and thought I had imagined the damn things had moved!!!!

S Folinsky

Aug 23rd 2011 2:59 pm

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Originally Posted by scotia123 (Post 9578368)

I was laying on a lounger at the beach in Virginia Beach and thought I had imagined the damn things had moved!!!!

Were you tossed out of the lounger? Or did you just feel it move?

A good friend's mother is from Chile. During the last Earthquake, the relatives posted "we're OK" messages to FaceBook when the I-Phones were working.

tonrob

Aug 23rd 2011 3:11 pm

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I was sat in a meeting room in a hotel in Simsbury, CT. The chandaliers wobbled slightly. I felt underwhelmed.

Jerseygirl

Aug 23rd 2011 3:41 pm

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I wonder if the earth will move for me tonight? :D

tonrob

Aug 23rd 2011 4:01 pm

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Originally Posted by Jerseygirl (Post 9578429)

I wonder if the earth will move for me tonight? :D

Are you in Simsbury?

Jerseygirl

Aug 23rd 2011 4:08 pm

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Originally Posted by tonrob (Post 9578449)

Are you in Simsbury?

I could be...

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