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Stanley I guess the reward is in the doing of it

4,523 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#773939
Was meant to fly to Sydney this arfternoon to catch a flight to Amsterdam tomorrow for a 3 1/2 week European holiday....but now that I've just finished cancelling everything, I'll be back at work tomorrow instead........😬

dangerous 23 Windows of Awesome

5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#773943
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh well, back to the volksies.
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ryana89 Officially Full-On Dubber

315 posts · joined Sep 2009 ·

#773944
Bah!!!👎

Oh well its much warmer over here anyway!
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Stanley I guess the reward is in the doing of it

4,523 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#773946
yep...carby turned up today. Be down on the weekend

Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds

2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#773958
And the Iceland volcano is only a tiny eruption by historical standards.

Just as well Mt Tombora erupted in 1815, and not 2010. It was the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history, many thousand times greater than the current Iceland volcano. Tambora (on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, only a few thousand km from Australia) ejected an estimated 160 cubic kilometres of material and caused a global climate change - 1816 was the 'year without a summer'. Ash hung in the air, all over the world, for more than a year.

It killed 70,000 people in 1815 so goodness only knows how many would die if it exploded like that again now. Plus all world air travel would be impossible for more than a year !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Tambora

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#773963
Stanley wrote:Was meant to fly to Sydney this afternoon to catch a flight to Amsterdam tomorrow for a 3 1/2 week European holiday....
but now that I've just finished cancelling everything,
I'll be back at work tomorrow instead........😬
Yes.. Bad Luck...

There is a volcano on Vanuatu {I think] that is also erupting a bit of lava and smoke...

and not forgetting New Guinea a few years ago when Rabaul

disappeared.... [East New Britain]

It was reported that the Capital City of Iceland which I cannot spell lol... but know how to say it..lol "Ret-U-Vic" lol

its airport was open as the ash is blowing towards Europe.... lol

You could have went to Iceland... and went by boat to Sweden or Denmark... lol...

LEE
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colonel mustard Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,829 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·

#773983
Phil74Camper wrote:And the Iceland volcano is only a tiny eruption by historical standards.

Just as well Mt Tombora erupted in 1815, and not 2010. It was the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history, many thousand times greater than the current Iceland volcano. Tambora (on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, only a few thousand km from Australia) ejected an estimated 160 cubic kilometres of material and caused a global climate change - 1816 was the 'year without a summer'. Ash hung in the air, all over the world, for more than a year.

It killed 70,000 people in 1815 so goodness only knows how many would die if it exploded like that again now. Plus all world air travel would be impossible for more than a year !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Tambora

now thats some interesting history!

amazeer Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,029 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#774025
Imagine how much money you could make if you owned a coach over there.

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#774076
I just came back from the UK in time not good to have to change yr holiday plans
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true


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Stanley I guess the reward is in the doing of it

4,523 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#774079
Well here I sit in my office when I should be sitting on a plane bound for Korea....🙁

I look at it as a small hicup. There are plenty of people in far worse situations than us. I'm just glad we had travel insurance.

cam070 Custom Title Time!

1,332 posts · joined Jul 2009 ·

#774103
Maybe you are lucky not to be strnded over there!

1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#774114
Hi

Bad luck with the travel plans.

I heard someone on the radio say the day how much cleaner the air will be now that planes aren't flying, what about the crap that the volcano just spewed out?

Steve

mactaylor Custom Title Time!

1,005 posts · joined Aug 2007 ·

#774156
few grand spare now to put the SC on the mouse!
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grumble Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,672 posts · joined Jun 2008 ·

#774162
1303Steve wrote:I heard someone on the radio say the day how much cleaner the air will be now that planes aren't flying, what about the crap that the volcano just spewed out?

Steve
So much for the crap that motor cars were causing global warming and melting the ice cap.What about the bloody volcanoes Mr Rudd?We spent hundreds of thousands of dollars for this bunch of whackers to go to Copenhagen to fix the problems and spend our dollars .
My little rant.🥲

annosL Officially Full-On Dubber

378 posts · joined Dec 2008 ·

#774221
.....an air-cooled horses

Stanley I guess the reward is in the doing of it

4,523 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#774231
and long haul piston engine aircraft that have an air cleaner

jjwebb123 Wolfsburg Wizard

617 posts · joined Aug 2009 ·

#774270
Phil74Camper wrote:And the Iceland volcano is only a tiny eruption by historical standards.

Just as well Mt Tombora erupted in 1815, and not 2010. It was the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history, many thousand times greater than the current Iceland volcano. Tambora (on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, only a few thousand km from Australia) ejected an estimated 160 cubic kilometres of material and caused a global climate change - 1816 was the 'year without a summer'. Ash hung in the air, all over the world, for more than a year.

It killed 70,000 people in 1815 so goodness only knows how many would die if it exploded like that again now. Plus all world air travel would be impossible for more than a year !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Tambora
well done phil,i knew about that.i think it is around that same time that meteor showers increases substantially.i remember reading about it somewhere.

yeh i didnt realize how much of an affect that volcano would have on flights.I ordered some parts from England and i got an email saying apparently they are now delayed.😂
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2,534 posts · joined Mar 2007 ·

#774419
68AutoBug wrote:
Stanley wrote:Was meant to fly to Sydney this afternoon to catch a flight to Amsterdam tomorrow for a 3 1/2 week European holiday....
but now that I've just finished cancelling everything,
I'll be back at work tomorrow instead........😬
Yes.. Bad Luck...

There is a volcano on Vanuatu {I think] that is also erupting a bit of lava and smoke...

and not forgetting New Guinea a few years ago when Rabaul

disappeared.... [East New Britain]

It was reported that the Capital City of Iceland which I cannot spell lol... but know how to say it..lol "Ret-U-Vic" lol

its airport was open as the ash is blowing towards Europe.... lol

You could have went to Iceland... and went by boat to Sweden or Denmark... lol...

LEE
Volcano in Vanuatu Lee is Mt Yasur on the island of Tanna. My last trip there in 06 I did the trip to the top of the volcano rim and stayed from late afternoon till night. It was awesome with a few small eruptions spitting lava out into the air. We were on the up wind side of the crater so the lava and smoke was going away from us!! Mother nature's awesme power at it's very best!! It's the closest you can get to an active volcano anywhere in the world. Definately will do it again.

Bad luck on the holiday front Stanley. Why were we going to Amsterdam anway?? Very seedy I hear on those parts!! I thought a holiday in the US with empty bags would have been better!! Bring home some goodies for ol' Franky!!
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Stanley I guess the reward is in the doing of it

4,523 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#774450
They have awesome cookies apparently.

Travelling from Amsterdam down to Rome with a Eurail pass. Wifes dad was from Amsterdam.

Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds

2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#774452
Yes the Tanna Is volcano is amazing. I went past it late at night on a cruise ship years ago - you could see an eerie red glow off the distance, miles away. There are a few other interesting continually active volcanoes around the world, such as Etna in Sicily, Kilauea in Hawaii, Erebus in Antarctica, White Island, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu in NZ, and Anak Krakatau in Indonesia. Mt St Helens is still active! Australia is the only continent with no active volcanoes, although Mt Gambier did erupt just 4500 years ago and could be considered dormant. Mt Gower on Lord Howe Island erupted just 3200 years ago, while Heard Island (Big Ben, Australia's tallest mountain) is active now. NSW's mosr recent active volcano was Mt Conobolas near Orange, just 13 million years ago.

Meteor showers are very interesting and can be spectacular to watch, but they're nothing to do with volcanoes. They are the Earth moving through the dust and grit-filled orbits of dead comets in deep space.

The airlines are being very cautious, and rightly so, about flying in volcanic ash conditions. The ash over Europe is very thin and spread out now, more like a haze than a cloud, and it will blow away in good time. The fear comes from the British Airways Flight 9 747 that flew into a fresh, thick volcanic cloud over Indonesia in 1982. The ash was dry, so it didn't show up on the weather radar. It sand-blasted the cockpit windows opaque, and all four engines failed! Yet the crew glided the dead jumbo out of the cloud, restarted the damaged engines and landed safely. It makes spectacular reading. How good were those pilots!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_9

Stanley I guess the reward is in the doing of it

4,523 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#774454
How good are Boeing aircraft

penguin ackkkkkk thhhhhpt!

3,383 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#774680
Dunno


how good are they? We fly Airbus, Lockheed and De Havilland over here :P
Seriously Stan, bummer about that - got a bug you can work on instead if you want to fill in your time 😀
'Ah, whatever................'

Matt Ryan Fahrvergnugen

890 posts · joined Jan 2006 ·

#774778
They should have got Richard Branson to do the first test flights over the affected areas to see if the aircraft could handle the ash.


Then....... If it all went pear shaped...........

At least they could say they sacrificed a virgin to the volcano!



Regards,

Matt.


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