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Wolfgang Wildeblood
May 20, 2013, 11:26:29 PM5/20/13
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According to your ABC:-
Key points
Tornado struck on Monday afternoon (local time) at speeds of up to
320kph.
3,000 homes were in the tornado's path, along with an estimated
200,000 people.
200,000/3,000 = 66.7ish
I guess your ABC is counting each trailer park as a single home? Isn't
that borderline racist?
Key points
Tornado struck on Monday afternoon (local time) at speeds of up to
320kph.
3,000 homes were in the tornado's path, along with an estimated
200,000 people.
200,000/3,000 = 66.7ish
I guess your ABC is counting each trailer park as a single home? Isn't
that borderline racist?
Trevor
May 21, 2013, 1:50:57 AM5/21/13
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"Wolfgang Wildeblood" <wolfgangw...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:d55c063f-98e0-4b36...@fz1g2000pbb.googlegroups.com...
> According to your ABC:-
> Key points
> Tornado struck on Monday afternoon (local time) at speeds of up to
> 320kph.
> 3,000 homes were in the tornado's path, along with an estimated
> 200,000 people.
>
> 200,000/3,000 = 66.7ish
>
> I guess your ABC is counting each trailer park as a single home?
And obviously not counting schools, offices, factories etc as homes. Still
> Key points
> Tornado struck on Monday afternoon (local time) at speeds of up to
> 320kph.
> 3,000 homes were in the tornado's path, along with an estimated
> 200,000 people.
>
> 200,000/3,000 = 66.7ish
>
> I guess your ABC is counting each trailer park as a single home?
seems a little high though, but maths is never the media's strong suit after
all.
Trevor.
atec77
May 21, 2013, 4:07:30 AM5/21/13
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your implication is wrong , not all of them lives in trailers
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Wolfgang Wildeblood
May 21, 2013, 4:31:44 AM5/21/13
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And this was a story about one particular impressively large tornado,
so whether 35 million folks live in the path of the whole storm system
or not is irrelevant.
It's more likely the journotainers at your ABC just pulled out their
atlas and looked up how many people lived in the city, and decided the
tornado had afflicted them all. I can't quickly check that because the
name of the city didn't rate as a key point.
But I'm sure a billion dollars or so every year for the ABC is money
well spent.
Wolfgang Wildeblood
May 21, 2013, 4:35:40 AM5/21/13
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On May 21, 1:50 pm, "Trevor" <tre...@home.net> wrote:
> "Wolfgang Wildeblood" <wolfgangwildebl...@gmail.com> wrote in message
In Oklahoma?
> seems a little high though, but maths is never the media's strong suit after
> all.
It's okay, atec has reminded me that not every redneck can afford a
trailer. Too busy wrestlin' 'gators and so forth.
> "Wolfgang Wildeblood" <wolfgangwildebl...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:d55c063f-98e0-4b36...@fz1g2000pbb.googlegroups.com...
>
> > According to your ABC:-
> > Key points
> > Tornado struck on Monday afternoon (local time) at speeds of up to
> > 320kph.
> > 3,000 homes were in the tornado's path, along with an estimated
> > 200,000 people.
>
> > 200,000/3,000 = 66.7ish
>
> > I guess your ABC is counting each trailer park as a single home?
>
> And obviously not counting schools, offices, factories etc.
> news:d55c063f-98e0-4b36...@fz1g2000pbb.googlegroups.com...
>
> > According to your ABC:-
> > Key points
> > Tornado struck on Monday afternoon (local time) at speeds of up to
> > 320kph.
> > 3,000 homes were in the tornado's path, along with an estimated
> > 200,000 people.
>
> > 200,000/3,000 = 66.7ish
>
> > I guess your ABC is counting each trailer park as a single home?
>
In Oklahoma?
> seems a little high though, but maths is never the media's strong suit after
> all.
trailer. Too busy wrestlin' 'gators and so forth.
atec77
May 21, 2013, 4:40:01 AM5/21/13
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On 21/05/2013 6:31 PM, Wolfgang Wildeblood wrote:
> On May 21, 4:07 pm, atec77 <"atec77 "@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> On 21/05/2013 1:26 PM, Wolfgang Wildeblood wrote:> According to your ABC:-
>>
>>> Key points
>>> Tornado struck on Monday afternoon (local time) at speeds of up to
>>> 320kph.
>>> 3,000 homes were in the tornado's path, along with an estimated
>>> 200,000 people.
>>
>>> 200,000/3,000 = 66.7ish
>>
>>> I guess your ABC is counting each trailer park as a single home? Isn't
>>> that borderline racist?
>>
>> with 35 million people in the projected path of these storms obviously
>> your implication is wrong , not all of them lives in trailers
>
> Homeless people don't count.
they were not before the storms though , I see a theme here from you
> On May 21, 4:07 pm, atec77 <"atec77 "@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> On 21/05/2013 1:26 PM, Wolfgang Wildeblood wrote:> According to your ABC:-
>>
>>> Key points
>>> Tornado struck on Monday afternoon (local time) at speeds of up to
>>> 320kph.
>>> 3,000 homes were in the tornado's path, along with an estimated
>>> 200,000 people.
>>
>>> 200,000/3,000 = 66.7ish
>>
>>> I guess your ABC is counting each trailer park as a single home? Isn't
>>> that borderline racist?
>>
>> with 35 million people in the projected path of these storms obviously
>> your implication is wrong , not all of them lives in trailers
>
> Homeless people don't count.
>
> And this was a story about one particular impressively large tornado,
> so whether 35 million folks live in the path of the whole storm system
> or not is irrelevant.
completly relevent and the reason it's mentioned
> And this was a story about one particular impressively large tornado,
> so whether 35 million folks live in the path of the whole storm system
> or not is irrelevant.
>
> It's more likely the journotainers at your ABC just pulled out their
> atlas and looked up how many people lived in the city, and decided the
> tornado had afflicted them all. I can't quickly check that because the
> name of the city didn't rate as a key point.
So you are clueless as usual
> It's more likely the journotainers at your ABC just pulled out their
> atlas and looked up how many people lived in the city, and decided the
> tornado had afflicted them all. I can't quickly check that because the
> name of the city didn't rate as a key point.
>
> But I'm sure a billion dollars or so every year for the ABC is money
> well spent.
>
you support the homosexual mafia at the abc ?
> But I'm sure a billion dollars or so every year for the ABC is money
> well spent.
>
explains a lot
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Brad
May 21, 2013, 8:49:43 AM5/21/13
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You are so full of shit Wolf. You are so keen to put the boot into the ABC about faulty numbers, you are ready to misrepresent them massively yourself. It weakens your argument when the lie is so obvious.
When the news reports 3600 homes and 200,000 people affected, it does not say they are occupants of those homes. The medical centre and hospital destroyed affected thousands of people, without any of the occupants being residents of those buildings. The schools destroyed affected thousands of kids ( the school district has 20,000 students) and only a small percentage would have been from the path of the tornado. The rest are from adjoining areas.
But for gods sake, what ever you do, don't let the facts get in the way of a good rant. In that area you are no better than the journalists you seek to criticize.
When the news reports 3600 homes and 200,000 people affected, it does not say they are occupants of those homes. The medical centre and hospital destroyed affected thousands of people, without any of the occupants being residents of those buildings. The schools destroyed affected thousands of kids ( the school district has 20,000 students) and only a small percentage would have been from the path of the tornado. The rest are from adjoining areas.
But for gods sake, what ever you do, don't let the facts get in the way of a good rant. In that area you are no better than the journalists you seek to criticize.
Wolfgang Wildeblood
May 21, 2013, 9:56:41 AM5/21/13
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misunderstanding, I think. When I posted, I hadn't seen the news
reports on TV, it was still mid-afternoon in this part of the world.
The ABC website was the first I'd heard of it. And you owe me
an(other) apology. How dare you say I misrepresented them and call me
a liar. I quoted the ABC verbatim:
Key points
Tornado struck on Monday afternoon (local time) at speeds of up to
320kph.
3,000 homes were in the tornado's path, along with an estimated
200,000 people.
points" - I would never use such a phrase. My complaint isn't about
faulty arithmetic, it's that the journotainers have dispensed with
paragraphs and are now serving up "journalism" in bullet-point lists.
English abbreviated into 140 characters "or less" (they mean or fewer,
of course), so that it can be easily "re-purposed" from their web site
to their twitter feed.
Stuff that. Now I've seen the video I can see it's a serious news
story because it's a serious tragedy. From their tweet stream of
unconsciousness, devoid of context, I couldn't tell whether it was
another Cyclone Katrina or just a filler piece on a slow news day.
For just 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 cents a day and/or a billion bucks a year,
we deserve better than bullet-lists of "talking points".
Brad
May 21, 2013, 9:14:15 PM5/21/13
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On Tuesday, May 21, 2013 11:56:41 PM UTC+10, Wolfgang Wildeblood wrote:
> On May 21, 8:49 pm, Brad <bradvk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > You are so full of shit Wolf. You are so keen to put the boot into the ABC about faulty numbers, you are ready to misrepresent them massively yourself. It weakens your argument when the lie is so obvious.
>
> >
>
> > When the news reports 3600 homes and 200,000 people affected, it does not say they are occupants of those homes. The medical centre and hospital destroyed affected thousands of people, without any of the occupants being residents of those buildings. The schools destroyed affected thousands of kids ( the school district has 20,000 students) and only a small percentage would have been from the path of the tornado. The rest are from adjoining areas.
>
> >
>
> > But for gods sake, what ever you do, don't let the facts get in the way of a good rant. In that area you are no better than the journalists you seek to criticize.
>
>
>
> Brad, you misunderstand me. You're having another time zone
>
> misunderstanding, I think.
I am having no difficulty with time zones. I was in Texas and OK timezones last week. I am an hour ahead of them this week. I am still conducting business back home. I know what time it is.
> On May 21, 8:49 pm, Brad <bradvk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > You are so full of shit Wolf. You are so keen to put the boot into the ABC about faulty numbers, you are ready to misrepresent them massively yourself. It weakens your argument when the lie is so obvious.
>
> >
>
> > When the news reports 3600 homes and 200,000 people affected, it does not say they are occupants of those homes. The medical centre and hospital destroyed affected thousands of people, without any of the occupants being residents of those buildings. The schools destroyed affected thousands of kids ( the school district has 20,000 students) and only a small percentage would have been from the path of the tornado. The rest are from adjoining areas.
>
> >
>
> > But for gods sake, what ever you do, don't let the facts get in the way of a good rant. In that area you are no better than the journalists you seek to criticize.
>
>
>
> Brad, you misunderstand me. You're having another time zone
>
> misunderstanding, I think.
>When I posted, I hadn't seen the news
>
> reports on TV, it was still mid-afternoon in this part of the world.
>
> The ABC website was the first I'd heard of it. And you owe me
>
> an(other) apology. How dare you say I misrepresented them and call me
>
> a liar. I quoted the ABC verbatim:
>
>
>
> Key points
>
> Tornado struck on Monday afternoon (local time) at speeds of up to
>
> 320kph.
>
> 3,000 homes were in the tornado's path, along with an estimated
>
> 200,000 people.
>
>
>
> That's exactly what it said. It wasn't my interpretation of the "key
>
> points" - I would never use such a phrase.
My complaint isn't about
>
> faulty arithmetic,
" I guess your ABC is counting each trailer park as a single home? Isn't
that borderline racist? "
it's that the journotainers have dispensed with
>
> paragraphs and are now serving up "journalism" in bullet-point lists.
>
> English abbreviated into 140 characters "or less" (they mean or fewer,
>
> of course), so that it can be easily "re-purposed" from their web site
>
> to their twitter feed.
That was not what you said in the original post. You accused them of inaccuracy and now have twisted your reasons to defend your position.
>
> paragraphs and are now serving up "journalism" in bullet-point lists.
>
> English abbreviated into 140 characters "or less" (they mean or fewer,
>
> of course), so that it can be easily "re-purposed" from their web site
>
> to their twitter feed.
Whatever the purpose of the bullet points, if that is all the information they had to hand, then those headlines are all they could accurately report.
>
>
>
> Stuff that. Now I've seen the video I can see it's a serious news
>
> story because it's a serious tragedy. From their tweet stream of
>
> unconsciousness, devoid of context, I couldn't tell whether it was
>
> another Cyclone Katrina or just a filler piece on a slow news day.
>
>
> For just 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 cents a day and/or a billion bucks a year,
>
> we deserve better than bullet-lists of "talking points".
Instead you would prefer the usual journalist fare of three facts and 500 words of partial truths wrapped around them. We've seen that sort of work from Coach. I'd prefer my ABC to report what they know and not make up stories to pad it out.
> For just 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 cents a day and/or a billion bucks a year,
>
> we deserve better than bullet-lists of "talking points".
And now that you've been caught misrepresenting the facts you continue your attack on them. If anyone deserves an apology, it is the ABC.
Kelpie
May 22, 2013, 4:27:24 AM5/22/13
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Wolfgang Wildeblood
May 22, 2013, 3:11:23 PM5/22/13
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On May 22, 9:14 am, Brad <bradvk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> And now that you've been caught misrepresenting the facts you continue your attack on them. If anyone deserves an apology, it is the ABC.
They can have it, if I can have my 12 cents a day back.
> And now that you've been caught misrepresenting the facts you continue your attack on them. If anyone deserves an apology, it is the ABC.
Coach
May 22, 2013, 5:42:41 PM5/22/13
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you just criticising for the sake of it again?
atec77
May 22, 2013, 5:48:43 PM5/22/13
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so how about you hold your breath in protest for 20 minuets or so
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Coach
May 22, 2013, 5:51:20 PM5/22/13
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to kill themselves? I suppose you think your "X-No-Archive: Yes"
disclaimer will save you, right?
BDK
May 22, 2013, 6:18:26 PM5/22/13
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In article <8dd0eb61-2a6f-429a-abcc-a0bdf6daf803
@pd6g2000pbc.googlegroups.com>, suv...@yahoo.fr says...
It's not really possible for someone to hold their breath till they die.
When you hold it long enough, you pass out, and start breathing again.
I learned this when I was about 5, after a friend tried it when his mom
wouldn't take him to a neary carnival. He got to the slightly purple
stage before he gave up.
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@pd6g2000pbc.googlegroups.com>, suv...@yahoo.fr says...
When you hold it long enough, you pass out, and start breathing again.
I learned this when I was about 5, after a friend tried it when his mom
wouldn't take him to a neary carnival. He got to the slightly purple
stage before he gave up.
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Coach
May 22, 2013, 6:25:36 PM5/22/13
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aerosol cans of butane gas ($2.20 at Bunnings) and then hold your
breath and put your head into a bucket of water. You pass out within
seconds and drown completely painlessly.
atec77
May 22, 2013, 6:38:36 PM5/22/13
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On 23/05/2013 8:18 AM, BDK wrote:
> feck off idiot
> feck off idiot
Coach
May 22, 2013, 6:41:47 PM5/22/13
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On May 23, 8:38 am, atec77 <"atec77 "@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On 23/05/2013 8:18 AM, BDK wrote:
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> > feck off idiot
Best.Comeback.Ever
> On 23/05/2013 8:18 AM, BDK wrote:
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> > feck off idiot
Wolfgang Wildeblood
May 22, 2013, 9:49:36 PM5/22/13
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Wolfgang Wildeblood
May 22, 2013, 9:52:24 PM5/22/13
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but doesn't leave unsightly purple bruises, is one of the most
important parenting skills.
Wolfgang Wildeblood
May 22, 2013, 9:55:29 PM5/22/13
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atec77
May 22, 2013, 10:55:44 PM5/22/13
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Wolfgang Wildeblood
May 22, 2013, 11:02:41 PM5/22/13
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BDK
May 23, 2013, 9:55:34 AM5/23/13
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In article <e15e0ef2-e92b-4c1e-828d-845f85ef5ba6
@ve4g2000pbb.googlegroups.com>, suv...@yahoo.fr says...
Hardly the same thing.
@ve4g2000pbb.googlegroups.com>, suv...@yahoo.fr says...
Dechucka
May 23, 2013, 8:06:17 PM5/23/13
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