Re: Seattle's Burning

1999-12-05 Thread Ian Collier
On Wed, Dec 01, 1999 at 03:20:57PM -, Justin Skists wrote: > *chuckles* > It must be spoof. I haven't heard of this "union". Then again, things > seem to grow out of the ground very quickly around here. I had it wrong. It should have been: Remarkably there's no record of New York ever havin

Re: Seattle's Burning

1999-12-01 Thread PGLOVER43
In a message dated 01/12/99 12:42:55 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Mind you, looking at that map... am I the only one worried about the fact that this "Bomb" was found so close to my apartment? I mean, what if they work out it was me?... :) >> Did this bomb have a Gloucester

Re: Seattle's Burning

1999-12-01 Thread David L
- Original Message - From: Simon Cooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: samusers Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 11:41 AM Subject: Seattle's Burning > Last time I saw anything quite as.. well.. disturbing as this was when I saw > the after-effects of the IRA bomb in Manc

RE: Seattle's Burning

1999-12-01 Thread Justin Skists
o: 'sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no' > Subject: Re: Seattle's Burning > > On Wed, Dec 01, 1999 at 01:33:53PM -, Justin Skists wrote: > > But at least New York doesn't have concrete cows and topless female > > barbers!! (Actually, the probably do have the latter)

Re: Seattle's Burning

1999-12-01 Thread Ian Collier
On Wed, Dec 01, 1999 at 01:33:53PM -, Justin Skists wrote: > But at least New York doesn't have concrete cows and topless female > barbers!! (Actually, the probably do have the latter) "... the citizens of Milton Keynes were delighted to receive a gift of a large statue representing justic

RE: Seattle's Burning

1999-12-01 Thread Justin Skists
sday, December 01, 1999 1:20 PM > To: 'sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no' > Subject: Re: Seattle's Burning > > On Wed, Dec 01, 1999 at 01:07:11PM -, Justin Skists wrote: > > Funnily enough, I read somewhere that MK has been used in films to > > portray US c

Re: Seattle's Burning

1999-12-01 Thread Ian Collier
On Wed, Dec 01, 1999 at 01:07:11PM -, Justin Skists wrote: > Funnily enough, I read somewhere that MK has been used in films to > portray US city sets. Put a few american cars on the roads, add a > few american mailboxes... and CMK is America... You presumably didn't hear ISIHAC last week. ".

RE: Seattle's Burning

1999-12-01 Thread Justin Skists
OK then... Only CMK (Central Milton Keynes - the city centre) looks like a small version of an American city, then... The rest of our Grid system is slightly different in that our estates (equiv. to a village) are seperated by high-speed criss-cross dual (and single, unfortunately) carriage ways..

Re: Seattle's Burning

1999-12-01 Thread Simon Cooke
Oh wow.. someone just drove a bus into my apartment building. (Only kidding) Mind you, looking at that map... am I the only one worried about the fact that this "Bomb" was found so close to my apartment? I mean, what if they work out it was me?... :) Simon ps. For anyone out there reading my emai

Re: Seattle's Burning

1999-12-01 Thread Gavin Smith
Simon Cooke wrote: > > Ok... the map should be up at: > > http://home.earthlink.net/~simoncooke/MapImage.gif > > Also... (listening to a police scanner) apparently, someone's just stolen > two buses. > > Oh dear. > > Simon Hey, this sounds just like Belfast in Summer! You should see the amoun

Re: Seattle's Burning

1999-12-01 Thread Simon Cooke
Ok... the map should be up at: http://home.earthlink.net/~simoncooke/MapImage.gif Also... (listening to a police scanner) apparently, someone's just stolen two buses. Oh dear. Simon

Re: Seattle's Burning

1999-12-01 Thread Nick Humphries
From: Ian Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Oh... didn't see this > >On Wed, Dec 01, 1999 at 11:57:08AM -, Nick Humphries wrote: >> (who works in the City and saw the j18 stuff first-hand. > >J18? I don't remember you at the committee meetings. > >Oh. You probably didn't mean the ITIC J18 standar

Re: Seattle's Burning

1999-12-01 Thread Ian Collier
Oh... didn't see this On Wed, Dec 01, 1999 at 11:57:08AM -, Nick Humphries wrote: > (who works in the City and saw the j18 stuff first-hand. J18? I don't remember you at the committee meetings. Oh. You probably didn't mean the ITIC J18 standard, did you... imc

Re: Seattle's Burning

1999-12-01 Thread Ian Collier
On Wed, Dec 01, 1999 at 11:57:08AM -, Nick Humphries wrote: > American cities are rather well designed. The roads are > configured in a grid formation, and one "block" would be one "square" on that > grid. Try an old city, such as Boston. Your typical American city is only we

Re: Seattle's Burning

1999-12-01 Thread Simon Cooke
> Whoa!!! > > I forgot you were living there... Oh yeah :) > Cheers for the news - and stay out of trouble!! :) No problem :) It'll be interesting to see what happens tomorrow... > I take it that you're not one of the ringleaders. :) After all, aren't all > these protests supposed to be organis

RE: Seattle's Burning

1999-12-01 Thread Justin Skists
December 01, 1999 11:57 AM > To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no > Subject: Re: Seattle's Burning > > Not speaking for Simon (and not necessarily about Seattle, either... [so > why am > I responding?!]) American cities are rather well designed. The roads are > configured in

RE: Seattle's Burning

1999-12-01 Thread Dan Dooré
> Your roving reporter, on the scene :) (literally - my > apartment is approx. 3 blocks from the Convention Center). Whoa! I was watching the news last night and they showed the police truncheoning a bloke against an armoured car - nasty stuff mate, take it easy Si. We have an office in Seatt

Re: Seattle's Burning

1999-12-01 Thread Nick Humphries
ned around Euston station.) -Original Message- From: Justin Skists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no' Date: 01 December 1999 11:47 Subject: RE: Seattle's Burning >Whoa!!! > >I forgot you were living there... > >Cheers for the news - and sta

RE: Seattle's Burning

1999-12-01 Thread Justin Skists
t;? > -Original Message- > From: Simon Cooke [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 11:42 AM > To: samusers > Subject: Seattle's Burning > > Your roving reporter, on the scene :) (literally - my apartment is approx. > 3 > blocks from > the Convention Center). >

Seattle's Burning

1999-12-01 Thread Simon Cooke
Your roving reporter, on the scene :) (literally - my apartment is approx. 3 blocks from the Convention Center). As I sit here in my apartment, I can hear the occasional police siren, but things have pretty much quietened down now. It's eerie. It's something that you never expect to see happen in