WHAT HAPPENED

[Grier]

Not saying my answer was terrorists in 1967 but in response to your clue. I did add if the '67 event had anything to do with the Suez Canal.

Hot..,. .. very hot ..

I think it had and it was neither a terrorist attack nor a disaster but an political decision, the closure of the Suez Canal in 1967 for eight years.

Perfect!
it was the start of the closure of the Suez canal in 1967! .....


Craig and Thomas,
I call that a draw so please decide who's next between yourselves.

My eldest brother nearly went broke because of the Suez canal crisis.

Cheers, Terry

PS: Good idea Craig about a birthday list of dates by private message for our friendly far flung fellowship.

 

[Jessica 🤗]

Hi Jessica, very nice to see you back.

I'm in the busy lane currently helping organise a very recently close friend's funeral, house, ... his sister from Tasmania stays with me on and off as needed and it's full on work.

Here's an easy one in the interim,


What big "nautical transport/financial/ international political" calamity happened in 1967?

It's almost happening again today. ⛴

Nice to see you back too Terry
I've been so busy with work, sometimes wish I could retire early.

 

[Richie]

PS: Good idea Craig about a birthday list of dates by private message for our friendly far flung fellowship.

Yes it was. I have now put all our birth dates in my profile.

 

[Richie]

I will leave it open for Jessica.

If she finds time. Meanwhile just to keep the thread flowing another easy one from me.

1906.

 

[Jessica 🤗]

If she finds time. Meanwhile just to keep the thread flowing another easy one from me.

1906.

I have to work Richie, I need the money for winter fuel

 

[Grier]

I have to work Richie, I need the money for winter fuel

Crikey Jessica, that's a heavy toil on you.

Warm regards,

 

[Grier]

Where abouts did it happen Craig?

Was it political and/or Military?

Was it Scientific or Medical?

 

[Richie]

Where abouts did it happen Craig?

Was it political and/or Military?

Was it Scientific or Medical?

The US.
None of above.

 

[Richie]

I have to work Richie, I need the money for winter fuel

Understood Jessica. You are quite a gal. Come on when you can as you know we all miss you when you are absent from our little circle..

 

[looker-on]

The US.
None of above.

Was it natural?

 

[Richie]

Was it natural?

Yes.

 

[Grier]

Was it a natural disaster?

Was it the big earthquake in San Francisco?

 

[Jessica 🤗]

Understood Jessica. You are quite a gal. Come on when you can as you know we all miss you when you are absent from our little circle..

Because I'm earning just above the threshold I am not entitled to government help for winter fuel, it's annoying as those that sit back on benefits get everything handed to them on a plate.

 

[Richie]

Was it a natural disaster?

Was it the big earthquake in San Francisco?

BINGO

 

[Grier]

BINGO

Thanks Craig, that was a non googled lucky guess. I remembered seeing black and white old photos of the aftermath. It looked dreadful. It's a big earthquake region next to the San Andreas fault line i think.Tectonic plates colliding.

Unless Jessica has time to have a go, or Thomas, I'd be happy to do one but I'm still busy helping Steve's Tassie sister organise it all like legalities, cleaning, sorting, slide show, constant phone calls, ...and the Wake afterwards .... The theme is sad to mellow to mostly jovial with lots of Monty Python songs .... Steve insisted to his sister he wanted to be buried by women only, I jokingly suggested Valkyries' costumes. 13 hand maidens of Odin to take him to Valhalla?

 

[Richie]

I will have another go with Thomas to take the next.

AD 43.

 

[Grier]

Did it involve Romans like Julius Caesar invading Britain?

 

[Jessica 🤗]

Crikey Jessica, that's a heavy toil on you.

Warm regards,

Here's another one, our fridge has packed in and the food inside is ruined

 

[Richie]

Did it involve Romans like Julius Caesar invading Britain?

It did indeed. Well deducted.

 

[Richie]

Yours Thomas.