What made you smile today? Part III
Apr 17th 2010, 1:36 pm
#33
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
I know it is a disaster for many, certainly for the UK and the northern countries...but I had to smile a bit when listening to the news- giving all the Volcano updates; planes grounded, flights cancelled all over Europe, hundreds of thousands of people in limbo, buisness folks in panic etc, they went on to drop in that the last time the volcano erupted was 190 years ago-and it didn't stop for 2 years!
Full stop.
No "what if scenerio" no nothing. Kinda left me scratching my head.
What the hell WILL they do?
Full stop.
No "what if scenerio" no nothing. Kinda left me scratching my head.
What the hell WILL they do?
Apr 17th 2010, 2:10 pm
#34
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by ironporer
No "what if scenerio" no nothing. Kinda left me scratching my head.
What the hell WILL they do?
What the hell WILL they do?
Package deals using flights where the routes are still open, e.g. DFW-MAD, then trains/Eurostar (or, possibly, limos or RVs for posh folk).
Apr 17th 2010, 2:50 pm
#35
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by chartreuse
Ships - we managed transatlantic travel for a long time before aeroplanes.
The scheduling of air flights will be the problem; if they can not rely on being able to fly x% of the time, those airplanes will be allocated to other slots. Sounds like it may be great for Spain, High speed rail, Ferrys etc but imagine having to go from NY-Mad, then get on a train to London, Olso or Copenhagen- a total PITA. Not to mention the financial well being of BA, Luftansa, KAL etc. Poor Richard Branson might even go broke!
Apr 17th 2010, 2:54 pm
#36
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by ironporer
I know it is a disaster for many, certainly for the UK and the northern countries...but I had to smile a bit when listening to the news- giving all the Volcano updates; planes grounded, flights cancelled all over Europe, hundreds of thousands of people in limbo, buisness folks in panic etc, they went on to drop in that the last time the volcano erupted was 190 years ago-and it didn't stop for 2 years!
Full stop.
No "what if scenerio" no nothing. Kinda left me scratching my head.
What the hell WILL they do?
Full stop.
No "what if scenerio" no nothing. Kinda left me scratching my head.
What the hell WILL they do?
Apr 17th 2010, 3:14 pm
#37
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Location: Richmond Hill, GA USA
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
They are saying it could go on erupting like this for months...and now there's its larger sister that could also erupt.
Apr 17th 2010, 3:52 pm
#39
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
They are saying it could go on erupting like this for months...and now there's its larger sister that could also erupt.
Originally Posted by cindyabs
If the cloud is heading for Norway et al and that's an area that doesn't see loads and loads of sun and this could go on and on...........
Apr 17th 2010, 3:59 pm
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by AmerLisa
Ok girls! Where's your smiley faces? This is the "What Made You Smile Today" thread, afterall!
THE END IS NIGH!!!!!
Apr 17th 2010, 4:05 pm
#41
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by chartreuse
Too late for that. Europe covered by a cloud of volcanic ash.. Darkness falls... Glaciers descending...
THE END IS NIGH!!!!!
THE END IS NIGH!!!!!
No smiling necessary! 
Apr 17th 2010, 4:25 pm
#42
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by AmerLisa
Ok girls! Where's your smiley faces? This is the "What Made You Smile Today" thread, afterall!
Apr 17th 2010, 4:29 pm
#43
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by cindyabs
best I can manage is a grimace.......... hurricance season supposed to be a bad one too.........
I can only smile on this one.
Apr 17th 2010, 4:45 pm
#45
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by cindyabs
Okay, okay. 
DH got a call to report Monday for his physical (read drug test) for his new job. So looks like we're getting closer to a starting date!
DH got a call to report Monday for his physical (read drug test) for his new job. So looks like we're getting closer to a starting date!
Edit to add: I didn't know he had got a new job, but congratulations!
