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150,000 Confirmed Dead (December 2004)

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SN
Snu
timmy posted:
Quote:
Kay Burley's in Sri Lanka


Yey! Hopefully she'll stay there for the rest of time...!


As usual, very constructive.

Well done, you win Post of the year!

Rolling Eyes
NE
North East
James Hall posted:
North East posted:
Cat mentioned audience figures available on 'Gateway'
what is this?


The BBC's intranet service. Don't bother searching for it.... you won't find it.


Thanks for the info.
and yeah i wont bother- because i know what an intranet is!
IT
I T V 1
Ive heard somewhere that someone said this was God that caused this because there were too many people on Earth, what do you think about this statement? Although I dont believe in this, I still find it interesting. What are others thoughts on this? I know slightly off topic, but thought I should mention it. Its easy for me to say there isnt a god, but then why are we here? Where did we come from, and where did anything cease to exist?
FE
fernando
indeed; if you believe in God or fate or something.
Certainly seems a logical although very severe way to wipe people out. Having said that., there's presumably no 'nice' way to do it.
FE
fernando
Thanks to Sky (and others) for yet again helping me out with visual cues for complex issues:

"Now here's our report about the search for survivors:

lower-frame caption: "Search for survivors"

Thanks. Wouldn't have understood otherwise.

What's that? ... They only put those captions on to create an even further heightened sense of drama and demonstrate which fonts they can manipulate? Oh right, I see.
AN
Ant
Just heard an advert on the radio for people to donate to the DEC.
PE
Pete Founding member
GJ05 posted:
where does this money come from?? i thought that the british goverment had money problems like most contries in the world. is there a special fund that the public should know about??


On the subject of people God should remove from the world....
IT
I T V 1
Hymagumba posted:
GJ05 posted:
where does this money come from?? i thought that the british goverment had money problems like most contries in the world. is there a special fund that the public should know about??


On the subject of people God should remove from the world....


They are safe though, they pay themseleves extremely silly amounts of money every year, and all they do is make us pay more. But it wont be them who will have to worry for the future, regardless if they a portrayed as cr*p by the media. I would like the know the amount of money the government take from us every year, in which they spend on themselves, including wages, travel costs, holiday costs, home cost etc. Although would I want to know?!?!
NR
News room
RE TONIGHT'S BBC NEWS AT 22.15

Piss poor of the Huw Edwards to tell us that Andrew Harding had JUST SENT his report, when in fact it was the same report shown on the SIX, exactly the same in fact!! And then to run exactly the same interview he conducted on the SIX with Harding, saying "A short time ago I spoke to......" Come on Huw, and the BBC, not good enough!
LO
Londoner
There is going to be a Real Story special with Jeremy Bowen on 6 January
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds17988.html
MO
Moz
Totally off track but I watched a bit of the 6 online again tonight and it's not the same as was broadcast. The item on the transport website that was broadcast was a shortened version compared to the online version.
SE
Square Eyes Founding member
Whilst we're busy going off topic, why is there no News in the schedule after the 5.30pm bulletin on BBC One tomorrow ? Well, not in my listings anyway.

Can't say I'm that bothered myself but for some this is surely an outrage.

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