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    From geopelia@3:770/3 to All on Thursday, December 08, 2016 18:50:22
    The earthquake proof desk is a good idea. In the war in London we had a
    rather similar but larger table shelter.
    If the house was destroyed by bombing, it was supposed to be strong enough
    to protect the occupants underneath.
    Would work for anything but a direct hit with the bombs of those days, for
    the usual two story brick suburban home.

    The only problem was the ends of bolts on top of the table. A trap for soup plates!
    But there don't seem to be any on this new desk.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Pooh@3:770/3 to geopelia on Thursday, December 08, 2016 22:14:46
    On 8/12/2016 6:50 p.m., geopelia wrote:
    The earthquake proof desk is a good idea. In the war in London we had a rather similar but larger table shelter.
    If the house was destroyed by bombing, it was supposed to be strong
    enough to protect the occupants underneath.
    Would work for anything but a direct hit with the bombs of those days,
    for the usual two story brick suburban home.

    The only problem was the ends of bolts on top of the table. A trap for
    soup plates!
    But there don't seem to be any on this new desk.

    An amazing piece of engineering.

    Pooh

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Gordon@3:770/3 to Pooh on Friday, December 09, 2016 04:49:07
    On 2016-12-08, Pooh <rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 8/12/2016 6:50 p.m., geopelia wrote:
    The earthquake proof desk is a good idea. In the war in London we had a
    rather similar but larger table shelter.
    If the house was destroyed by bombing, it was supposed to be strong
    enough to protect the occupants underneath.
    Would work for anything but a direct hit with the bombs of those days,
    for the usual two story brick suburban home.

    The only problem was the ends of bolts on top of the table. A trap for
    soup plates!
    But there don't seem to be any on this new desk.

    An amazing piece of engineering.

    The real "amazing" engineering is the building standing up in a way which allows the people to get out. Or in the case of lifelines, still
    functioning.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3)
  • From geopelia@3:770/3 to Pooh on Saturday, December 10, 2016 15:32:40
    "Gordon" wrote in message news:eaure3F22dnU1@mid.individual.net...

    On 2016-12-08, Pooh <rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 8/12/2016 6:50 p.m., geopelia wrote:
    The earthquake proof desk is a good idea. In the war in London we had a
    rather similar but larger table shelter.
    If the house was destroyed by bombing, it was supposed to be strong
    enough to protect the occupants underneath.
    Would work for anything but a direct hit with the bombs of those days,
    for the usual two story brick suburban home.

    The only problem was the ends of bolts on top of the table. A trap for
    soup plates!
    But there don't seem to be any on this new desk.

    An amazing piece of engineering.

    The real "amazing" engineering is the building standing up in a way which allows the people to get out. Or in the case of lifelines, still
    functioning.

    ..........

    The place to shelter in an emergency was under the wooden stairs. There was usually a cupboard there, and a good chance that the stairs would make
    enough of a space to remain intact.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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