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Xanadu

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Anyone else see the mysterious island of Xanadu on the Metservice homepage? It's about where the Chathams would be.
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Yeah i was just about to come on here and say that myself! Weird, when you click on it it takes u back to google or out of the metservice site. Weird...
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Its a song from 1968 by Dave dee dozy micky and tich and by Olivia Newton John in 1980 :lol:
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Its a song from 1968 by Dave dee dozy micky and tich
Not me - I was only just born then! :lol:
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MarkThomas wrote:Yeah i was just about to come on here and say that myself! Weird, when you click on it it takes u back to google or out of the metservice site. Weird...
It asks for a password for me, and it says to go to facebook to get it. Hmmmm interesting, LOL
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Its now sitting off the coast of Fiordland and says Xanadu Playstation WHAT :lol: :lol: , thats the funniest thing ive seen on MS.
Could there be a hacker into thier site perhaps, even so they must know thier way around to be able to create an island and plonk it next to New Zealand.
Initially i thought it was a temparory name for the Chamatms while they got the weather station data up and running.
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Jasestorm wrote: Could there be a hacker into thier site perhaps
That's what I am thinking of now.
Update it seems we have some Javascript hacking going on......
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Jasestorm wrote: Initially i thought it was a temparory name for the Chamatms while they got the weather station data up and running.

Where are the Chamatms? :? o_O

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Sorry John i meant Chatam islands.
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It may be one of those floating Mid ocean rubbish islands blown off course
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Jasestorm wrote:Sorry John i meant Chatam islands.
You mean Chatham, Jase :smile: :rolleyes:

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Its to do with a comp being run by playstation for the launch of a new game, they are having a treasure hunt online from 9am tomorow, dunno why its on there now.
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I was just imagining it as some imaginary island. Presumably with a cool, stormy climate thanks to its location.
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