Wifes Hoilday canciled by Volcano

[971wright]

Hi Guys The wife was supposed to fly out last Thursday with Grandkids and Daughter ,She got to Manchester airport only to be told she cant go so after waiting there for 4 hours she came home .The honey do list is getting longer now (I could have had 2 weeks playing with the tanks)shes walking round like a bear with a sore arse,they said she could fly tommorrow but that looks unlikly now so she as decided that she want to redecorate now (bummer)trying to talk her out of it .

regards pete

[[ICE]monkey]

thats bad news about your wife not getting her holiday , BUT even worse to hear youve lost your two weeks tank time
as for redecorating instead

[nickmow]

I feel for you brother, it's just not fair.

[tankmad]

what are you worried about just let her decorate and you can play with your tanks
Stevie

[littletankman]

Hi My mum and dad were ment to fly out to Malta on Saturday same thing bluminh volcano !

[Miggers]

what are you worried about just let her decorate and you can play with your tanks
Stevie

You mustn't be married Stevie(lucky you?),it just dunna work like that does it Pete.
I hate decorating and DIY in general with a vengeance.
Whoever invented B&Q,Focus et al needs to be shot out of hand for foisting such
misery on thousands of blokes when wives get bright ideas.

Mark

[wibblywobbly]

Dunno about the rest of you, but the sky has been clear, blue and cloud free for 4 days and nights here. Thats the first time it has been like that for about 6 years...and this is April? No sign of any volcanic ash in these parts or even normal clouds apart from today?

And just to cheer you up, seeing as mainstream news is as usual reporting Gladys Clutterbuck and her knitting pattern collection....:

The last time Eyjafjallajokull had an episode was in 1821, pouring tonnes of ash containing toxic fluoride gas into the atmosphere. It lasted not 24 hours, but until 1823, causing the deaths of many cattle and sheep through fluor poisoning. Eyjafjallajokull has had four eruptions in the last thousand years: in 920, 1612, 1821-1823 and now in 2010. All of the previous eruptions were precursors to more massive activity from the neighbouring Katla volcano but as yet geologists have not registered any seismic activity.

The last time Eyjafjallajökull erupted, the outpouring of toxic ash went on (intermittently) for around two years. If after 3 days European airspace is closed down (Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine have closed their airspace totally; Belarus, Croatia, France, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Serbia, Spain, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey have severe restrictions, some almost total), let us imagine what can happen if this goes on for a couple of months. Or if the wind changes and blows it south-west across Canada and the USA.

Then what happens when Katla blows?

It is a question of going to bed on Wednesday night, waking up on Thursday morning and finding oneself in a different world.

Economic impact

In the first 24 hours after the eruptions on April 13 and 14 (when the crater blew through 200 metres of compacted ice), 29,000 flights from and to Europe were cancelled. Saturday added a further 16,000 (out of 22,000), as the plume rises eleven kilometres in height and contains particles of glass, sand and rock which would tear an aircraft’s engine to shreds. The impact on an industry already reeling from the collapse of the economic and banking system is some 200 million USD per day. With the situation at Eyjafjallajökull worsening, the situation in the skies cannot be expected to improve.

The last time this volcano erupted in 1821-1823, sheep and cows on its slopes were killed by toxic fluoride gas which also affects horses and humans. Easily absorbed through the skin or eyes, a quantity as small as 28 mg per kilo of body mass is fatal.

Anyone seen any dinosaurs lately??

[BREL]

Parts for a project delaid due to the volcano GRRRRRR

[971wright]

Hi Guys It had to happen the day she was due to fly(she has been planning the hoilday for 18 months),It could have been the day after then maybe I would have had time to finish may tanks ,then she could have been stuck in America (nice long holiday)if she had been stuck there.She is at the travel agents now trying to sort out when they can go,better not be the weekend of the Muckelbough meeting.

regards pete


Sorry about the parts delay Brel

[BREL]

Parts for a project delaid due to the volcano GRRRRRR

just checked the parcelforce web site with the tracking number and some of the parts are in the UK