I can’t believe that people didn’t know about this
It was a huge large story that went on for years.
I don’t think you could engineer a tornado/water spout but it’s definitely a good example of the universe playing tricks - it was close to a miracle that he wasn’t jailed for a very long time.
They were a very funny bunch though - we used to call him the Emperor Ming.
Posted By: camcan on August 20th 2024 at 08:46:55
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- Well this is weird (General Chat) - jamesward, Aug 20, 08:39:49
- That's a very spooky coincidence. Like a plot line from Final Destination! (n/m) (General Chat) - col canary, Aug 20, 10:29:14
- I can’t believe that people didn’t know about this (General Chat) - camcan, Aug 20, 08:46:55
- I'd never heard of him, and I was in Cambridge (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 20, 09:11:55
- Mind you, I guess he was just one of many in Cambridge at that time (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 20, 09:12:36
- He was in SJIC (General Chat) - camcan, Aug 20, 09:27:35
- Ah yes, rings a bell now. Used to pass SJIC on my way to work from Milton (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 20, 11:32:10
- What puzzles me though, is how he got involved with ASLEF (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 20, 12:01:09
- Ah yes, rings a bell now. Used to pass SJIC on my way to work from Milton (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 20, 11:32:10
- He was in SJIC (General Chat) - camcan, Aug 20, 09:27:35
- Mind you, I guess he was just one of many in Cambridge at that time (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 20, 09:12:36
- Free thinkers will surely blame it on weather engineering (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Aug 20, 09:03:09
- Yep called it (General Chat) - SCC 28, Aug 20, 09:14:08
- interesting they have buried the torpedo story in all the media (General Chat) - Tombs, Aug 20, 09:30:38
- VMT! Hewlett Packard shirley have a few company submarines... (General Chat) - Pixelman, Aug 20, 11:09:59
- When you said "free thinkers", did you mean fucking loonies? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 20, 09:17:43
- I did (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Aug 20, 09:24:14
- Does anything, anywhere ever happen that these (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 20, 09:40:25
- On the other hand (General Chat) - camcan, Aug 20, 09:26:35
- Wasn’t forecast apparently (General Chat) - SCC 28, Aug 20, 09:36:45
- I didn’t realise you could move the jet stream (General Chat) - jamesward, Aug 20, 09:39:27
- That's old hat. I can remember when I was a kid in the 50's, (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 20, 09:57:31
- Yep sort it out Starmer (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Aug 20, 09:41:34
- I didn’t realise you could move the jet stream (General Chat) - jamesward, Aug 20, 09:39:27
- Wasn’t forecast apparently (General Chat) - SCC 28, Aug 20, 09:36:45
- I did (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Aug 20, 09:24:14
- Yeah, if I wanted to kill someone that's definitely how I'd do it (General Chat) - Bertie Russell, Aug 20, 09:17:18
- interesting they have buried the torpedo story in all the media (General Chat) - Tombs, Aug 20, 09:30:38
- Could a 50m mast somehow attract a water spout? (n/m) (General Chat) - MonkeyPuzzle, Aug 20, 09:05:53
- Yep called it (General Chat) - SCC 28, Aug 20, 09:14:08
- I remember reading about it a while ago (General Chat) - jamesward, Aug 20, 08:53:22
- And one of the finance team was found guilty (General Chat) - camcan, Aug 20, 09:28:55
- I'd never heard of him, and I was in Cambridge (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 20, 09:11:55
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