Re: [time-nuts] Earthquake meets time ball

2011-02-25 Thread Steve Rooke
down there mate. Rob -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Steve Rooke Sent: 24 February 2011 10:13 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Earthquake meets time ball Many

Re: [time-nuts] Earthquake meets time ball

2011-02-24 Thread Steve Rooke
Shame that the rest of Lyttleton is wrecked! And I survived this one too, just about, almost had a desktop PC hit me in the head but I had the presence of mind to knock it away with my hands. It's pretty grim here but time still goes on. All the best everyone, Steve in Quakechurch On

Re: [time-nuts] Earthquake meets time ball

2011-02-24 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message AANLkTi=6V+Gwa_o-Z9YXkar5TKzPvGoQc9tLTkOOQ=y...@mail.gmail.com, Stev e Rooke writes: Keep smiling Steve, and let us know if we can do anything for you. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 p...@freebsd.org | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer |

Re: [time-nuts] Earthquake meets time ball

2011-02-24 Thread Steve Rooke
Many thanks, I appreciate your kind thoughts. If your any good at fixing power, water, sewerage and can get the ADSL up on my newly re-connected phone line, as dial-up is really boring, I'd welcome that with open arms. I do have a petrol generator now but getting it was a real bun-fight and I was

Re: [time-nuts] Earthquake meets time ball

2011-02-24 Thread EWKehren
Steve Living in South Florida and have had two Hurricane eyes actually going over my house I feel with you. Only difference, we have a warning and if so choose, can get out of the way. Bert Kehren Miami In a message dated 2/24/2011 5:12:52 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, sar10...@gmail.com

Re: [time-nuts] Earthquake meets time ball

2011-02-24 Thread Dave Brown
Damn quakes - yet again - I am faced with having to repair the pendulum on my No. 36 clock. And I had only got it running again for a couple of weeks after fixing the damage from the September quake! Not all bad I guess- at least the rack mounted gear keeps going as long as the batteries hold

Re: [time-nuts] Earthquake meets time ball

2011-02-24 Thread Rob Kimberley
time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Earthquake meets time ball Many thanks, I appreciate your kind thoughts. If your any good at fixing power, water, sewerage and can get the ADSL up on my newly re-connected phone line, as dial-up is really boring, I'd welcome that with open arms

[time-nuts] Earthquake meets time ball

2011-02-23 Thread Murray Greenman
Hi, You may recall we discussed here some time back about how time was disseminated in days gone past, and mentioned Time Balls at various locations from Greenwich onward. I'd forgotten that there was (and still is) one at Lyttleton, NZ, right at the epicentre of the big earthquake. This