OT: We are safe from earthquake

[SkilletHead2]

Hi Guys!

The earthquake was about 300 miles north of us and we didn't feel it. The town of Kaikoura was pretty much destroyed. 2 dead at last report. It is (was) a beautiful resort town.

Just talked to Skillethead Jr. He wanted to know if this was a scam to scare off Americans from trying to immigrate.

 

[brodo]

Nice to hear you're OK, SH.

 

[FELONIOUSMONK]

How are the critters?

 

[RU4Real]

Thanks for getting back to my earlier inquiry - I know you're a few hundred miles from the epicenter, but 7.8 is a big number.

 

[albanyknight]

I was concerned as well as I wasn't sure how close you were. Glad you and your family are fine.

 

[SkilletHead2]

How are the critters?

Critters are good as well, although they were running around a lot.

 

[FELONIOUSMONK]

Is 7.8 the most powerful jiggle that NZ has experienced since records have been kept.?

 

[RUScrew85]

Hi Guys!

The earthquake was about 300 miles north of us and we didn't feel it. The town of Kaikoura was pretty much destroyed. 2 dead at last report. It is (was) a beautiful resort town.

Just talked to Skillethead Jr. He wanted to know if this was a scam to scare off Americans from trying to immigrate.

I thought you guys had pretty stringent immigration already?

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

That Christchurch quake wasn't all that long ago, was it? is it unusual to have them there this frequently?

 

[PaKnight]

That Christchurch quake wasn't all that long ago, was it? is it unusual to have them there this frequently?

NZ is part of the ring of fire.

 

[colbert17]

Glad you and yours are safe. Just keep singing.

 

[FanuSanu52]

Glad you and yours are safe. Just keep singing.

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Two minutes ... even quicker than I expected.

 

[Kbee3]

Critters are good as well, although they were running around a lot.

Hey, we've got our own earthquake problems here in the USA.
The shock waves are brutal.
You won't believe who is our president-elect.
BTW, how tough is it for one to emigrate there from the USA ?

 

[colbert17]

Hey, we've got our own earthquake problems here in the USA.
The shock waves are brutal.
You won't believe who is our president-elect.
BTW, how tough is it for one to emigrate there from the USA ?

Don't know about NZ but not to difficult to come to Vietnam if you can line up a job first and it's like living in Miami, just way cheaper.

 

[SkilletHead2]

Is 7.8 the most powerful jiggle that NZ has experienced since records have been kept.?

Don't know. But a big factor in how powerfully they are felt is the depth. (I didn't know that before moving down here. The more shallow, the more powerful. Had this one hit near a city, it would have been devastating.

That Christchurch quake wasn't all that long ago, was it? is it unusual to have them there this frequently?

Yeah. Not this big, but small ones are a daily occurrence. But not down here so much. I've felt two since we've moved to NZ (in Dunedin). I was on the 13th floor of a building in Wellington a couple years ago when a moderate one hit. A little bit scary.

Hey, we've got our own earthquake problems here in the USA.
The shock waves are brutal.
You won't believe who is our president-elect.
BTW, how tough is it for one to emigrate there from the USA ?

Was there an election?

Thanks for the kind words and thoughts, guys!

 

[RUaMoose]

Hey, we've got our own earthquake problems here in the USA.
The shock waves are brutal.
You won't believe who is our president-elect.
BTW, how tough is it for one to emigrate there from the USA ?

Let me know when you're going. I volunteer to drive you to the airport free of charge.

 

[OntheBanks]

Hey, we've got our own earthquake problems here in the USA.
The shock waves are brutal.
You won't believe who is our president-elect.
BTW, how tough is it for one to emigrate there from the USA ?

Kbee3, you can read about expatriation taxes here -
https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/expatriation-tax

 

[Kbee3]

Let me know when you're going. I volunteer to drive you to the airport free of charge.

Thanks, but all I want from you is your disdain.
It makes my day.
You have no idea how much I appreciate it. But then the world is full of things of which you have no understanding.
Thanks again.

 

[ruready4somefootball]

You can watch Yankee games on 18 hour delay.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Thanks, but all I want from you is your disdain.
It makes my day.
You have no idea how much I appreciate it. But then the world is full of things of which you have no understanding.
Thanks again.

Where's that famous sense of humor thing the left claims as theirs alone?

 

[FELONIOUSMONK]

Good ol We lost it watching your wife with the UPS driver..

 

[ruready4somefootball]

Good ol We lost it watching your wife with the UPS driver..

Wow, what a jerk off you are. Totally uncalled for.

 

[colbert17]

Why all the nastiness and personal attacks?????
Have we all turned into Harry Reid???

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Wow, what a jerk off you are. Totally uncalled for.

No worries. Hillary lost.. they get a pass on all their boorish behaviors.

#hypocrony!

 

[Kbee3]

Good ol We lost it watching your wife with the UPS driver..

No...it was the FedEx guy.

 

[Kbee3]

Where's that famous sense of humor thing the left claims as theirs alone?

Trump is an idiot....and so are his fans.
I'm actually embarrassed to be an American.
It looks like we may check out Vancouver.

 

[RUaMoose]

Trump is an idiot....and so are his fans.
I'm actually embarrassed to be an American.
It looks like we may check out Vancouver.

Good news. Just don't procrastinate......do it !!!

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Good news. Just don't procrastinate......do it !!!

But.. Canada does not want them...