b3ta.com board
You are not logged in. Login or Signup
Home » Messageboard » Message 2057685 (Thread)

# nope, well six, but they'd probably have caught the plague anyway.
in fact it was about 97.5% of BENEFICIAL cos it killed the plague rats and let them sort out the streets.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:42, archived)
# And taught people about fire breaks.
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:44, archived)
# and not to live
in wooden, flammable houses.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:45, archived)
# i thought
they were already known in principle, but never acted upon. certainly the method of dealing with fires at the time was to hastily construct them by demolishing houses around the blaze, but the mayor of the day was reticent to 'cos of the cost
(I helped save b3ta! atomboy, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:46, archived)
# reluctant, not reticent.
that would mean he was the silent, mysterious type towards them, like a building-regulations james dean.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:47, archived)
# You'd have to give him that one
by definition 3.

dictionary.reference.com/search?q=reticent
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:50, archived)
# Although reluctant is better in the sited context.
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:51, archived)
# I think you meant
cited, not sited
/hand-that-feeds-him-biting-pedantry
(I helped save b3ta! atomboy, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:52, archived)
# yeah, but it's reluctant as in personality and being the withdrawn, loner type more than anything else.
and i like the idea of a building-regulations james dean.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:52, archived)
# yes
how very stupid of me
great way of putting it
edit: yay i was not incorrect after all
(I helped save b3ta! atomboy, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:50, archived)
# That's why it's called the great fire...
/coat
(Marky-, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:46, archived)
# wak wak wak waaaak
(I helped save b3ta! atomboy, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:47, archived)
# hehe
(I helped save b3ta! Dogtanian, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:47, archived)
# Er
Six people died in the Great Fire, atch.

Including the maid of the Baker (Mr Farynor) in the house where the fire started - she was too scared to jump from the 1st storey of the house so she wound up burned instead.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:47, archived)
# fat load of good
my history gcse is then.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:48, archived)
# never mind.
You know the difference between "reluctant" and "reticent" - you will go far.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:51, archived)