From: Hatunen on
On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:27:57 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com>
wrote:

>Hatunen writes:
>
>> When I said pretty much the same thing you took me to task about
>> how even a little bit of ash would endanger the engines.
>
>The threshold of safety is extremely low.

REally. That sounds rather authortitative. Have you a criterion,
such as particles per cubic meter? Does it take into account
particle size or composition? Where might we look this up on the
Web?

>In general, flying through the ash
>plume of any volcano is dangerous. Plumes are different from residual ash
>evenly distributed around the planet.

Well, gee.....

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From: Hatunen on
On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:09:15 +0200, Martin <me(a)address.invalid>
wrote:

>On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:27:02 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Martin writes:
>>
>>> KLM is only a logo. KLM is 100% owned by Air France.
>>
>>So?
>
>So call it Air France.

And British Airways should call Iberia "British Airways". Or is
it the other way around?

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From: Hatunen on
On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:12:20 +0200, Martin <me(a)address.invalid>
wrote:

>On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:28:37 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Martin writes:
>>
>>> It is a real shame that you discovered this so late in your life.
>>
>>I've known it all my life, so it's not a discovery.
>
>You haven't managed not to snip relevant context after all these years of
>posting to news groups.
>
>So why didn't you stay in the USA?

He prefers to pontficate on the evolving culture in the USA from
a safe distance rather than through personal experience.

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From: Hatunen on
On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:13:08 +0100, William Black
<william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

>Mike wrote:
>> On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:25:26 +0100, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne,
>> _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>
>>>> The world may discover that a lot of things really don't absolutely have to be
>>>> transported by air.
>>> A lot of things don't absolutely have to be transported at all. Indeed,
>>> none of us absolutely have to travel at all. None of us absolutely have
>>> to post to usenet groups either. Any other fascinating nuggets of wisdom
>>> while you're channelling?
>>
>> ships are a good alternative to flying,
>
>Let we know how to book one going to India some time will you.
>
>I actually looked last year and in theory you can book a berth on a
>container ship, but you can't find anyone who can book one for you...

http://travltips.com/
http://www.freightertrips.com/bookings/index.html

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From: Giovanni Drogo on
>> & what my wife wants to know is "how will Obama go to Poland for the
>> funeral?"
>
> He didn't.

Neither Berlusconi did. However he flew Rome to Milan for the Furniture
Exhibition. Had to ask whether state flights were not covered by the air
traffic closure (the conclusion was that since they are operated by Air
Force pilots they are allowed).

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