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BillBlank

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« on: July 07, 2005, 12:46:38 AM »
Weird way to start the day, I go to bed happy in the knowledge that lots of my money was going to be pissed down the drain for the sake of sports that I detest thatks to Chirac being rude (an arrogant S.O.B who happens to be french, what an unusual combination). This morning I wake up to multiple explosions on the london tube network, cause unknown.  If that had been yesterday then no olympics for us.

I would get you a link but all the news sites, bbc etc, are just timing out on me due to traffic.

Whoops just got skynews loaded and a bus has gone up as well. Off to ring my sister and check she's ok, you'd like her guys, owns a 74 camaro with a small block 350 in it and loves sharp pointy things and stuff that goes boom. Masters in space sciences too. If her hubby wasn't such a cool guy I'd auction her on the internet Smiley.

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1188265,00.html
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« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2005, 02:39:58 AM »
The explosions are the French getting back for losing out on the Olympics.
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« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2005, 04:30:23 AM »

Couldn't have anything to do with the G8, could it?
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« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2005, 05:09:26 AM »
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« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2005, 06:08:23 AM »
Glad you're OK. Any more news?
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« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2005, 07:13:13 AM »
FWIW folks, if you can't get in touch with loved ones in London, you might try text messaging from a cellphone.  A radio show caller this morning mentioned that she couldn't call her friends there, but could send them a text message from her cellphone to theirs.  Worth a try if you can't complete a voice call...

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« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2005, 08:41:39 AM »
Yeah, mobile networks were apparently rammed this morning. Can't handle the volume of a New Year's Eve or a terrorist atrocity.

If it's got anything to do with the G8, and I'd reckon it has, it's not likely to be the guys causing the riots the other day.
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« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2005, 09:32:49 AM »
Cui bono?

Blair's popularity sagging.

Controversial new ID law being proposed.
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« Reply #8 on: July 08, 2005, 08:46:25 AM »
Gee, the bastards bombed the closest major city to the G8.  And the site of the 2012 Olympics.  What a surprise.
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