From: Hatunen on
On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:38:31 +0100, "JohnT"
<johntspamnot(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>"Hatunen" <hatunen(a)cox.net> wrote in message
>news:h63fs5lebec306s19ab0rv5gnsqut7rkq6(a)4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:29:16 -0500, erilar
>> <drache(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Is that going to affect travel to Germany in the immediate future?
>>
>> Not if you take take the train.
>>
>
>I think that she lives somewhere remote (Minnesota or Wisconsin?) and train
>services from there to Berlin are not all that frequent.

Train services from Minesota or Wisconsin aren't frequent,
either.

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From: Hatunen on
On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:54:08 +0200, Tom P <werotizy(a)freent.dd>
wrote:
>On the bright side, the German air traffic controllers have announced
>that, in view of the disruption caused by the volcano, they have decided
>to cancel the strike action that was planned for Monday.
>
>A case of every cloud has a silver lining.

So, you think it's better if they strike when air traffic has
returned to normal?


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From: William Black on
Martin wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:35:02 +0100, William Black <william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> Martin wrote:
>>> On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:22:06 +0100, William Black <william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Martin wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:39:35 +0100, William Black <william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Mxsmanic wrote:
>>>>>>> Hatunen writes:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> But the train is still a good idea if the ash stays.
>>>>>>> Trains are a good idea even after the ash leaves.
>>>>>> Not if I want to leave the UK mainland...
>>>>> Channel tunnel?
>>>> Full.
>>> North Sea Ferries?
>> The P&O web site is down because of the weight of traffic. If you want
>> to talk to them it's a 10p a minute phone call.
>
> I have no interest in talking to them I have a season ticket that guarantees me
> a place.

Even if 'bumped' by act of God?

This is P&O we're talking about, an organisation whose contempt for its
customers is exceeded only by their contempt for their own staff.



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William Black

"Any number under six"

The answer given by Englishman Richard Peeke when asked by the Duke of
Medina Sidonia how many Spanish sword and buckler men he could beat
single handed with a quarterstaff.
From: Mxsmanic on
William Black writes:

> Not if I want to leave the UK mainland...

You mean leave the UK for the mainland.
From: Mxsmanic on
Surreyman writes:

> Still can't see a thing above Heathrow 9 a.m. Friday. At only 18,000
> ft. it must be an extraordinarily fine cloud!?

Yes. Pilots have flown into such clouds in the past without seeing them before
doing so.