From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V6 #225 Reply-To: alloy@smoe.org Sender: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "alloy-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. alloy-digest Sunday, August 26 2001 Volume 06 : Number 225 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Alloy: (music) Radio Caroline reference [Chris Good Subject: Re: Alloy: (music) Radio Caroline reference Robin Thurlow wrote: > > I thought this was a strange coincidence, having just read Chris' post > about Radio Caroline. A music label whose list I subscribe to has sent > out notice of special deals just for today... one of them was: Looks interesting. Couldn't get the Real files to work though. I've passed it on to Mike. He used to work there so any other questions I'm sure he'd have an answer. - -- 'til the next time, Chris (Room 1 - Blue Hotel) - --- Blue Hotel's HOME on the Web - http://www.bluehotel.co.uk News - Reviews - Discography - Biography - Pix - Lyrics - Links - more ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 18:39:02 +0100 From: Slarvibarglhee Subject: Re: Alloy: OT: Survival Under Atomic Attack/Survival on the road Following on from our recent posts about underground Britain, I thought you might be interested to know that I was inside a secret nuclear bunker in Scotland a mere two days ago..... only it's not secret anymore, of course. I'll explain. My wife Lyn and I, and two friends, Gordon and Sue, took a mid week break in Scotland this week. We drove up to Stirling on Monday with no particular plan other than to visit places of interest. On Tuesday it was overcast and threatening rain, so we looked for somewhere indoors we could visit. We found that there was a whiskey distillery not too far away, so we spent an entertaining hour there. As with virtually all visitor attractions in Scotland, they had a rack full of leaflets about other attractions, and one which caught my eye was 'Scotland's Secret Bunker.' Again, this was not too far away from our basecamp, so we filed it away for consideration later in the week. We went on to Perth, had a wander around, then went to the cinema as the weather was still showery. We wanted to see 'Cats and Dogs,' but we'd missed the start and didn't want to wait for the next showing, so saw 'Planet of the Apes' instead. Wednesday was a fine day, so we went to Loch Lomond for a stroll along the shore, then a drive around the Trossachs and had food at a country inn. Thursday was our last day, and we had nothing particular planned, so decided to visit the Bunker then drive home via the Forth Bridge. The bunker's a bit like the one in 'The Andromeda Strain,' in that it's just a farm house on the surface, but when you go down to the cellar there's a tunnel that goes down to the bunker. You can see more details at www.secretbunker.co.uk It was still secret until the end of the Cold War and was opened up to the public around 1994, I think. It was originally used as an RAF radar station, then by the Civil Defence Force, and finally would have been the seat of Government for Scotland if nuclear war had ever broken out. There are only two floors, each with about 30 rooms, but most of them are still set up as they would have been during one of its previous incarnations. There are two cinemas and a theatre, as well as ops rooms for the various factions who'd have worked there. They show a couple of those public information films about how to build your shelter out of a couple of doors and some sandbags, as well as how to choose the best location for the shelter and how to reinforce your house. It's laughable really, but they were very serious about it. They also show 'The War Game,' a film made about what it would really be like for the population if the bomb dropped. Very depressing viewing. It's VERY erie and I think if I'd had the choice of going down there for a few months/years and then coming out when the fall out had died down, or frying quickly, I'd opt for the latter. On an entirely different subject, we were driving south on the M74 after visiting the bunker, and were involved in a crash which left my friend's car wrecked. I was driving at the time and we were in the outside lane, passing some slower traffic, (it was only two lanes at that point) at about 70mph when an Austrian articulated truck pulled out just before wed passed it. It hit the rear passenger side corner of our car and spun us into the crash barrier. We bounced off it, spun 180 degrees and shot across both lanes, ending up crashing into the barrier on the hard shoulder. No one was badly hurt, though Lyn has some bruising from her seat belt, and Sue has some whiplash. All the right side of the car is caved in and it's definitely not repairable. Should be an interesting one for the insurers to sort out. Luckily the Austrian driver had the correct insurance documentation and admitted liability, plus we have an independent witness who saw the whole thing and confirmed it was his fault, so were hoping it wont be too difficult to deal with. Gordon was very philosophical about it, considering hed only had the car 3 months. I'm just thankful nothing else hit us and we were all able to walk away from it. With that kind of luck maybe I'll win the Lottery tonight. Slarv ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 17:00:16 -0400 From: Merujo Subject: Re: Alloy: OT: Survival Under Atomic Attack/Survival on theroad Slarvibarglhee wrote: > On an entirely different subject, we were driving south on the M74 after > visiting the bunker, and were involved in a crash which left my friend's car > wrecked. Omigosh - I'm so glad no one was seriously hurt! You should definitely play the lottery, Slarv!! Someone was watching out for you folks, big time. Hoping the next week is most uneventful for you, Melissa (who's planning on winning tonight's $280 million Powerball, of course!) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 17:05:16 EDT From: CJMark@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: OT: Survival Under Atomic Attack/Survival on the road Hey Slarv! Very glad to hear you were all okay after the accident!!!! What a wild and serious wreck! I hope it doesn't give you more pain down the road.. no pun intended! The visit to Scotland sounds great.. one day I need to do that.. Definitely play the lottery! Ciao for now.. Mark ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 22:42:25 -0400 From: "Robin Thurlow" Subject: Re: Alloy: OT: Survival Under Atomic Attack/Survival on the road I'm so thankful everyone was okay after that horrible crash and spinout. Sorry to hear about it happening at all though. I hope you're all feeling better soon. My own life was saved by a seatbelt once, in a very bad crash when I was young. The bruising/whiplash from being snapped backward may hurt afterward (and in fact, be sure Lyn drinks plenty of water and takes some slow, relaxing walks to help her bruising heal) but seatbelts really are life-savers. You should definitely come over here and play Powerball, Slarv. The $280 million jackpot is hard to resist making a try for, though I haven't had the opportunity to join in. Best of luck on this, Melissa! Of course, you'll have to fly us all to DC for a night out, *when* you win... :) xxxxx Robin T ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V6 #225 ***************************