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[jadesfire]

There's lightning here. And thunder. Really, really loud thunder.

Like. Really loud thunder.

And did I mention I'm more scared of thunder even than I am of needles?

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*hides under blankie*

Comments

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Murray will protect you!!!

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

I is brave I wills hold your hand. Here have a bear and some ear plugs... They are orange and green swirly marbly things - if nothing else the colour scheme should distract you.

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

OH good idea *rushes off* back in a tick!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Murray is intrigued and pulls out some chocolate to eat while he waits.

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

It may take longer than I feared, the machine I need is still booting up :S

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Any excuse to eat chocolate is a good one....

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

::piles on some more stuffed animals::

(These are the times when cats are brilliant - they are unfazed and will curl up under the blanket with you and purr)

[morgynleri]

*offers her storm-bear and a blanket fort*

Thunder is very scary. *nods*

[miss-zedem.livejournal.com]

*offers you dining table to hide under* That's what my nan used to do when we had thunder storms...

*pets*

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

Chew slowly OR urm -- eat more...

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

yummmmm more.....

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

(http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d57/mad_jaks/Large%20Images/?action=view&current=SUperMurray.png)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

Also comes in a handy pocket sized edition
(http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d57/mad_jaks/Large%20Images/?action=view&current=Totherescue.png)

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

I have been meaning to icon that advert for ages! So long in fact the box had auto deleted the clip I had to find and re-record it :D

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I lovers it! what's it an advert for?

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Eeee!! So perfect!!!

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

The Abbey Building Society - Do you have Building societies over there? They're like banks just- different.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I don't think we do. Or at least it's like something different.

oooh, found Abbey Building Society via google. Yay for Murray being their hero!

[takes-a-fairy.livejournal.com]

*hugs you*
I can sympathise, but not relate, as I have many friends who are nervous about thunder and lightening.

I happen to enjoy both lightening and thunder and have been outside when a storm's going on. I live in the lightening capital of the U.S....sunny south florida. My pine tree in the front yard was struck down by a lightening bolt several years ago, but somehow I am still not afraid of it.

I 'DO' however, respect lightening and don't act foolishly concerning it. If you really need a safe place to be during lightening it's in your car because the rubber tires will ground the electricity and it won't shock you. *be safe*

[stackcats.livejournal.com]

Eeek! *Builds a blanket and cushion fort for you*

I'm not surprised, actually, the way the weather's been lately.

[miss-zedem.livejournal.com]

*butts in*

Building Societies are unique to the UK, afaik. They're based on a mutual ownership foundation, in which the company isn't privately owned by shareholders (like a bank), but rather each customer 'owns' a share of the company. A board of directors looks after the company, but they're there to speak on behalf of the customers, not on behalf of private investors. When a decision affecting the company has to be made - say for example if the Building Society wants to sell off part of the business - the question has to be voted on by the customers.

Traditionally, because they're less dependent on things like the state of the stock market, Building Societies have been seen as more secure places to invest, and they've always been able to offer higher rates of credit interest. But as the UK population gradually burdened itself with more and more debt, Building Societies have found themselves unable to compete with banks - people wanted loans, not investments, and the Building Societies couldn't offer the same sorts of debit interest rates that banks could. So one by one they've been floating on the stock exchange, until there are now only a few Building Societies left. It's quite sad to watch them all fold, really, although it's been happening since the early 1990s.

[/random UK banking and finance infodump]

And yes, Abbey is one of the few remaining, and they have cool adverts :D

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

That sounds sort of like credit unions here.

[miss-zedem.livejournal.com]

*nods* It's a similar idea - they started out in the same way I think, just groups of workers banding together to offer one another a place to save.

[pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com]

*brings a blanket and cushion to dive in with Jades*

Last time we had thunder and lightning, the evening ended with the top of a tree stuck through the house. I've been rather nervous about storms since then.

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

*clings to Nationwide*

[obsessed1o1.livejournal.com]

Ha! A strike of lightening hit my car and set the alarm off! Freaked. Me. Out!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*dies* Just when I'd filled all my icon slots, too...

Thank you!

*goes to delete spare icons*

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*g* I survived, just. The scary bit was when the windows rattled...

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*nods* A cat is a great comfort in times of crisis :) I had to settle for a stuffed tiger, but he did quite well.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Blanket forts are a necessity when there's thunder. Thanks :)

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*g* We have a fold-out table, so there's no room to get under it. *crawls under yours* Good plan :)

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

There are no words for the awesomeness of this.

*is speechless*

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Heh, we don't get really scary storms over here - I'm just a wimp ;) I quite like lightning, it's the thunder when the window rattles and you can *feel* the pressure wave that freaks me out.

Thanks, though :)

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

It's so weird! But I should have known it was coming - we had that weird light thing, where the sky is full of black clouds but the light is bright and yellow. That usually means thunder is on the way....

*pulls blanket over head*

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

We have lots of huge trees outside our flat, but hopefully they'd fall in the river rather than on us.

I still think under a blanket is the best place to be during these things. You're welcome any time :)

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

WOAH. I think I'd freak out too! Is the car okay?

[obsessed1o1.livejournal.com]

Ha! Yeah it's fine i think......

funny thing is...i'd been wondering what the alarm on it sounded becuase it's a new car only a few days ago..

Now i know.....

Its really annoying! ha!

[itsarift-thing.livejournal.com]

Shucks ma'am, t'weren't nuthin'

Rattling windows *does* sound scary. Do you have a nice sunny day now, just like it didn't happen at all?

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Yup, pretty much - it's sunny here although still rather chilly. The icons are all kinds of wonderful as well. Definitely going in my file for when I next have a shift round :D

[itsarift-thing.livejournal.com]

Good :D My dog has been sunbathing this morning, but it was a touch too chilly for me to sit on my mother's patio with and drink my mid-morning cuppa.

Like I told Donut I have been meaning to icon that ad' for ages her 'Murray will protect you' comment was the ideal spur.

[takes-a-fairy.livejournal.com]

*hugs you again*

*when the window rattles and you can *feel* the pressure wave*
LOL! That's one of the things I like about thunder.

Prolly why I like the base on my music cranked too. hee