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One of the reasons that particular event was so devastating was the lack of adequate warning systems in place across many coastal regions impacted in the Indian Ocean. Last night's earthquake occurred on the Kamchatka Peninsula which is on the Pacific ring of fire and subduction zones are prone to these immensely powerful megathrust earthquakes which can generate tsunamis. There are so many variables that can govern the severity of the latter ranging from the the amount of water displaced, the depth of the water at the source, and the local morphology/topography and bathymetry of the coastlines that are hit so it remains to be seen. A 1.2m wave has been reported off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii.

I recall our conversations last year on the whisky thread, so I feel somewhat complicit in this. Remember though, the joy of scotch is to savour - enjoy the nose and the after taste. It doesn't need to be to excess because that becomes a blur. Remember the Glenfiddich 15 I bought last Christmas? I still have half a bottle remaining. I've always regarded scotch as a winter luxury. I greatly enjoy walking the dog for miles over frosty fields and then stopping in at the local for a pint of stout and a cheeky dram of smokey/peaty Laphroaig. I have just come out of a very brutal consultation/redundancy process at work and I'm grateful to say that I survived it and am still in a job. Had a few pints the other night culminating in the top shelf and thought of you whilst supping the exquisite Glenlivet 12. I try to avoid drinking at home as much as possible because its so easy for it to become habitual and an evening ritual.

I's simply not in her nature. If someone broke in, she'd roll over and expect them to tickle her tummy and give her a treat.

Mine does - about twice a year, if that, as opposed to seventy times a minute incessantly, every day, every hour. That was my only caveat. If you can endure that, then a cavapoo is an otherwise lovely, loyal and loving dog. King Charles Spaniels are adorable and a great beginner dogs. You asked for an opinion and I would suggest that would be a preferable choice.

A sensible choice for a first dog, intelligent and relatively easy to train. Their coats need regular grooming and my cousin's suffers from acute separation anxiety but I think that's because of the very strong bond that they form with their owner. That said so do Ridgebacks, and they don't seem to be similarly affected. Personally, I would avoid since they are incessant barkers. Someone two doors away from me has one and it's so bad it does it when an aeroplane passes overhead at 7,000ft. But then I've never seen the attraction of small growly yappy dogs myself.

Just posted something identical in the 'What are you listening to' thread'. RIP Ozzy RIP Randy. Oz always had great guitarists: Randy Rhoads, Brad Gillis, Jake E Lee, Zakk Wylde.

Finally reunited.

I was just about to type this. Lammie Robertson, Brian Carey or Josh Low - every appearance they made.

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Recently when Wymsey suddenly disappeared it took also took only 8 minutes for any of us to notice given the frequency of his posts.

And that is infinite. As counterintuitive as it sounds, because this operates on a universal scale the Earth's gravity actually stretches over a distance of 4.5-billion light years. The force of gravity, regardless of how weak it becomes, is never zero for any object with mass.

And to continue to pedantry, the geocorona actually extends up to 391,464 miles away from the planet which is equivalent to 50 times the diameter of the Earth and nearly twice the distance to the Moon. So even beyond low Earth orbit, to further split hairs, no one has actually ventured beyond the Earth's atmosphere. Of course, in respect of the Apollo astronauts or future manned landings on the lunar surface, this equates to about 0.2 atoms per cubic centimetre. On Earth, we would simply call that a vacuum because that's essentially what it is.

The accepted terminology is the 'Laschamp Event' derived from geomagnetic anomalies found in larva flows in France. The name "Adams event" is amusingly derived from Douglas Adams, and "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," - the number "42" being the answer to life, the universe, and everything. The event's timing, was supposedly 42,000 years ago....except it wasn't - it began 41,000 years ago. There is disagreement on this, but as I understood it the Earth's magnetic field during the 250 year reversal declined to a minimum of 5% of its current strength, and was at about 25% of its current strength when fully reversed. There is no causal link between the Laschamp event and population bottlenecks of many species, and the relatively minor radioisotopic changes during the event, have cast significant doubt concerning its impact on global environmental changes. Looks like this was a hastily assembled and rather misleading meme created for and plucked off social media.

'She came in through the bathroom window'. You can see 'The fool on the hill' in the background top right.

It was never a conspiracy theory though.

The Robins or the owners of the property?

I noticed today that some robins have inadvisably built a nest in a nearby balcony/roof terrace drain. Unfortunately, you can't really make it out in this picture...

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As Scott Manley points out in this video, I think it's due to the imperative of shedding weight and mass compromising structural integrity. Like he says, and to invoke the old engineer's adage, ' "Any idiot can build a bridge that stands, but it takes an engineer to build a bridge that barely stands."