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Eddie

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  1. Eddie

    Nigel Clough

    I've seen enough players injure themselves during goal celebrations, so I don't think toning them down is necessarily a bad thing.
  2. At a fraction above absolute zero, coolness will not be an issue.
  3. The definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result. I'm not sure what the definition for doing the 'over and over bit, getting the same result, changing it and getting a far better result and then reverting back to the original method with the original result is.
  4. Pants pulled down? Sounds like Eton. I wonder which Cabinet minister he is?
  5. There are a few webcams currently focused on the area, but until something pops, there is nothing to see. When it does, scientists will most definitely install cameras in great viewing positions. Volcanism is a major tourist attraction for Iceland. It's also the reason why the country is completely self-sufficient in renewable energy (30% geothermal, 70% hydro-electric). YouTube will carry many feeds - there are also many linked from the Iceland Met Office and the Live From Iceland website. https://livefromiceland.is/
  6. When it pops elsewhere in the dyke basically - and that could be miles from where the current earthquake swarm is located. Magma tends to find the weakest point (a fault usually). Alternatively, it could be a 'failed eruption' and the quakes just fade away to nothing, only to start elsewhere. There are approximately 30 active volcanic systems (and between 130 and 150 volcanoes, active or inactive) in Iceland - the island was formed because it sits upon a volcanic 'hot spot' on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (the position where the North American and Eurasian plates are moving away from each other). Until a couple of years ago, there had been no eruptions in Reykjanes for centuries - then Fagradalsfjall blew its nose. At the time, the Icelandic Met Office said that it could mark the start of many decades of unrest - and that unrest has already manifested itself in three minor eruptions, all in different spots in the area, over the last two years.
  7. Although the quakes are subsiding in intensity, this may not necessarily be a good sign. All of the Reykjanes eruptions in the current cycle (3 in the last couple of years) have followed a similar pattern - massive earthquake swarms with loads of 3+ magnitude as the deeper rocks are forced apart and the dyke forms, then a sustained drop in intensity and magnitude as the pressure drops and the magma starts to fill the newly-formed dyke. Then, the pressure rises again which triggers another burst of earthquake activity. Eventually something snaps - or the eruption fails. This cycle of Reykjanes eruptions can go on for a century or two - and then the area goes quiet for a millennium. The current cycle has only just begun. Nothing can stop it - it is the very mechanism which formed Iceland in the first place (the separation of the North Atlantic and Eurasian plates along the line known as the 'Mid-Atlantic Ridge'.
  8. Just need to find a Hector as a foil to Collins's O'Hare. He was brilliant today.
  9. I love reading the match thread after the event. Well played - gave me a chuckle.
  10. Just make a donation instead. https://www.britishlegion.org.uk/
  11. El Camino - A Breaking Bad Movie Thoroughly enjoyed it - although I guess if you haven't seen the TV series, it might be a little too fragmented and interspersed with flashbacks to really work as a feature film.
  12. Something else from Liverpool that can't get a job then.
  13. Grindavik now being evacuated. Even a 'small' eruption (say less than 0.1 Km3) would be utterly devastating if it pops under the town. Also, there's a small chance of 'Bye bye Blue Lagoon'.
  14. Putting a bit of meat on the bones, the following two diagrams give a representation of strength and position of recent quakes (source - Icelandic Met Office). In the first diagram, the location of each quake is marked on the map. A star indicates greater than or equal to 3. The second diagram gives a clearer idea of the magnitude and frequency of the quakes... I don't think I've ever seen so many 3's in such a short space of time.
  15. "This blue dye is woad. Britons cover themselves in it when they go to war. This glyphosate. It is a weapon of moss destruction." See? It worked 2000 years ago.
  16. Sorry, mate. Your sarcasm detector's on the blink.
  17. The site (VC) is a mine of information. Contributors are volcanologists, geologists, physicists (both professional and amateur) and just enthusiastic volcano lovers.
  18. Your sexuality is your business. What is this - a dating site?
  19. Powell: "This is a prefabricated building. It could be used to manufacture WMD. This is a railway line. It could be used to transport WMD. This is a person in a lab coat. He could be a WMD scientist." Bush (and Blair and the rest of them) : "Yep. Totally convincing. FIRE!!!!!""
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