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Skriven 2011-03-30 16:19:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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 GJ> There was a report from passengers in a plane that was landing at
 GJ> Christchurch right at the time the quake hit.  After a rather bumpy
 GJ> landing, as it taxied up to the terminal passengers were amazed to see
 GJ> windows popping out of the building, and the place in a rather
 GJ> disorganised state.

Only once was I even vaguely threatened by an earthquake - I was
in Taipei, and something in the 7 range happened a few dozen
miles northeast (underwater I presume). I was at the Hilton at
the time and slept through it, though others said they felt
something. In Boston I actually felt a 4 that had its epicenter
in southern New Hampshire. We had children's toys stored on a
high shelf of a bookcase, and they started clacking together,
and the ones that made noise started making noise, and it was
all over in maybe 10-15 seconds, but it was a bit of a long
quarter minute, as we didn't know whether something bigger
would come along, which it didn't. Good thing, as the house
in which we rented a floor was rickety and ramshackle and
wouldn't need much encouragement to fall down. Eventually, some
years after we left, it burned down, I'm told.

 ML> Unharmed is good. I wonder what I'd think after losing
 ML> bunches of stuff - would I be filled with gratitude for
 ML> being preserved, or would I mourn car, briefcase, credit
 ML> cards, and so on.
 GJ> With so many other people killed, the survivors were not worried much
 GJ> about material objects.

Yet there are looters whenever disaster strikes, and did you
see the photo of the emergency landing where some guy goes
down the slide with his briefcase? I can't find it right now,
but it's a Southwest flight in Houston in 2009. Oh, you can
get it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuGp8NrUHJc - the
briefcase guy, who gets all the Internet derision, appears
around 3:55 in (actually the briefcase shows up at 3:50) -
that's the famous part; as it turns out, many people took
stuff from briefcases to purses to overcoats, which you can
see on this, a longer uncut version of what I'd seen before.

 GJ> http://www.showusyourlongdrop.co.nz/
 GJ> Kiwis have an interesting sense of humour.

Frankly, I was expecting better of them.


Rice with Almonds and Raisins
cat: starch
yield: 1 batch

Rice (depends on the amount your family eats)
4 Tb raisins
1 carrot
70 g almonds, lightly toasted/baked
4 Tb light olive oil
1/2 lemon, juice of
1 Tb chopped mint

Cook the rice, then fluff the grains up so that
they become slightly drier.

Dice the carrot into small pieces.

Add some oil to a pot large enough to fit all the
rice and fry the almonds and carrots for 2-3 min.
Add the rice to the pot and fry them together for
another 4-5 min then add the raisins and give the
whole mixture a stir.

Whisk together the olive oil, lemon juice and mint
(I didn't have mint >.<) and stir into the rice
before serving.

- If you don't like sour food much, skip the lemon
juice and just go with the olive oil and mint. This
dish tasted slightly kooky (I don't actually know
what this means, but it seems to fit :P) so if you're
slightly hesitant, you don't have to try it ;D

Goodnight! (:

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