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February 17, 2018 at 2:44 pm #16895
PlaneMan
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Anybody else feel the earthquake?

My whole house ‘jumped’, my mug of tea spilt itself and a load of car alarms were triggered.
February 17, 2018 at 2:52 pm #16897
Richard
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@sawboman
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Not here, unless it caused by me rolling over on the sofa.
February 17, 2018 at 3:30 pm #16899
RSB
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@bdthree
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Armageddon for the welsh or Planeman as cracked the beers open early ? Or got him self a new woman and the earthed moved. Hopefully Yorkshire will get one, I feel left out. Had one in the middle of the night about 9 year ago that shuck me out of bed.

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February 17, 2018 at 3:36 pm #16900
Boris
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Underneath Neath ?

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February 17, 2018 at 3:53 pm #16903
PlaneMan
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No ? here, driving later. And my box of craft beers just arrived. ?

It apparently was in a place called Cwmllynfell, not to far from Neath.
February 17, 2018 at 5:19 pm #16908
Bob Williams
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Any old mining around there Nolan? Wales has always been mined, even before the Romans arrived. Copper, Tin, Lead, Silver and of course coal. Not to mention Slate, although most of that is up north of course.

The place is a honeycomb!

EDIT: BBC noticed it: http://tinyurl.com/ybrhztb6

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February 17, 2018 at 5:27 pm #16912
Richard
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I see that there was an earthquake earlier today, I guess we generally have little shakes here, in the middle east there were some bigger sheiks, but I had to go to Japan for really big shakes when the floor would ripple for perhaps half a minute. I would put it down to last night’s beer only to look up in the office and see everyone under their desks hissing at me to take cover.
February 17, 2018 at 6:06 pm #16913
PlaneMan
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Bob, apparently there is a open cast mine there.

I’m well aware of the mining history of Wales, spent some holidays gold and silver mining
February 17, 2018 at 6:09 pm #16914
Jukebox
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Yes – felt it here (Solihull). Very slight though.
February 17, 2018 at 6:42 pm #16915
blacklion1725
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PM I got those craft beers today as well……not good for me.

The IPA, Lager and Pale Ale are drinkable but wouldn’t buy again – the porter I found disgusting and went down the plug hole. I don’t mind porter and stout but this one was vile for me (chocolate – no!!)

On the plus side the boss likes the glasses, and I quite liked the ring-pull that takes the whole top off the can so you can sip it like a glass (I remember Asahi Japanese beer used to be like that)
February 17, 2018 at 6:57 pm #16916
PlaneMan
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Finished my driving duties so just sampling a Porter now. I find it quite nice, even though I don’t eat chocolate (or any sweets for that matter) and haven’t done for years. It was a staple part of my diet when I started work full time at 15, at least 4 bars a day.

The glasses are lovely and the way the cans open is brilliant.
February 17, 2018 at 7:03 pm #16917
blacklion1725
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Fair enough – shame youre not local else you could have had my other 4 cans of it! I like all this beer revival and all that but some things go too far for me….this collection probably falls in that category (citrus, mango, chocolate…not for me I’m afraid). the Adnams on the other hand – absolute winner – loved them all.
February 17, 2018 at 7:44 pm #16919
Dave Rice
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4.4 apparently. Very slight here, more a noise than feeling of movement.

TBH I thought it was related to the work we’re having done in the kitchen until daughter whats app’d me from Bangor to ask if I’d noticed anything.

The give away should have been the sight of loads of Oxfam workers screwing anything in sight outside. ?
February 17, 2018 at 8:32 pm #16921
Tippon
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It was strange here. Nothing at all for us, but Facebook was full of local friends asking what had happened. Some of them are only a few streets away too.
February 17, 2018 at 9:40 pm #16924
Bob Williams
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@bullstuff2
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Dave Rice wrote:

4.4 apparently. Very slight here, more a noise than feeling of movement. TBH I thought it was related to the work we’re having done in the kitchen until daughter whats app’d me from Bangor to ask if I’d noticed anything. The give away should have been the sight of loads of Oxfam workers screwing anything in sight outside.

– Most definitely empowers local women …

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February 19, 2018 at 1:12 pm #16975
The Duke
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@sgb101
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I never felt a thing! The last one about ten years ago opened a slight crack I’m my original 100 plus year old living room covings. It was filled and painted so ill check them out when I next go in there. It isnt often mind. I was pushed out years ago.
February 19, 2018 at 2:22 pm #16977
johnbarry
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It seems Wales felt the brunt of it.

Jukebox if you felt it in Solhull, you were lucky, not a million miles away and I didn’t feel it.

Maybe I was driving over a speed hump at the time.

Cheers
John
February 19, 2018 at 2:43 pm #16980
The Duke
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The epicentre I think was my fecking lounge !

I don’t know how the didn’t notice this happening (see link, as I don’t know how this forum handles down sampling)

https://photos.app.goo.gl/tph9LrEv7vORItzx2

The bath room is just as bad, but just your bog standard covings I installed and I don’t want you seeing my cobwebs lol.

Builders are renovating the old good shed at the top of my road. I wonder if I could blame them ???
February 19, 2018 at 3:00 pm #16983
RSB
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@bdthree
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That’s the same design as mine and mine is cracked, can I come and calve some out of your to replace mine 🙂

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February 19, 2018 at 3:23 pm #16988
Richard
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@sawboman
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Likewise, for style and style of cracks. They used to be in every one of the examples but we recently had some filled and painted to make the others look worse.
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