take time to listen to this in view of todays closing of uk airspace
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 2130688048#
every cloud has a silver lining
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when all is said and done - there is more said than done.
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further to above - not many people know the origins of mayday
It derives from the French venez m'aider, meaning 'come to my aid'/"come [to] help me." It is used to signal a life-threatening emergency by many groups, such as police forces, pilots, the fire brigade, and transportation organizations. The call is always given three times in a row ("Mayday Mayday Mayday") to prevent mistaking it for some similar-sounding phrase under noisy conditions, and to distinguish an actual mayday call from a message about a mayday call.The Mayday callsign was originated in 1923 by Frederick Stanley Mockford a senior radio officer at Croydon Airport in London, Mockford was asked to think of a word that would indicate distress and would easily be understood by all pilots and ground staff in an emergency. Since much of the traffic at the time was between Croydon and Le Bourget Airport in Paris, he proposed the word "Mayday" from the French m'aider.
It derives from the French venez m'aider, meaning 'come to my aid'/"come [to] help me." It is used to signal a life-threatening emergency by many groups, such as police forces, pilots, the fire brigade, and transportation organizations. The call is always given three times in a row ("Mayday Mayday Mayday") to prevent mistaking it for some similar-sounding phrase under noisy conditions, and to distinguish an actual mayday call from a message about a mayday call.The Mayday callsign was originated in 1923 by Frederick Stanley Mockford a senior radio officer at Croydon Airport in London, Mockford was asked to think of a word that would indicate distress and would easily be understood by all pilots and ground staff in an emergency. Since much of the traffic at the time was between Croydon and Le Bourget Airport in Paris, he proposed the word "Mayday" from the French m'aider.
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I heard on the news that 160,000 people were stranded at Heathrow yesterday. This, they said, didn’t include those poor folks in Amsterdam, Brussels, or Paris.
Can you see anything in the skies, yourself, or is the ash too high to notice?
How about your sunsets? Are they more dramatic?
Can you see anything in the skies, yourself, or is the ash too high to notice?
How about your sunsets? Are they more dramatic?
Don't take life so serious, son, it ain't nohow permanent! – Porky Pine
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well, being a bit of a 'snapper' am hoping for some nice sunsets ! nothing last night and so far - looks normal tonight. Maybe its a ploy by GB to keep those with a bit o money out of the country til after the erection .
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It took me a second or two to realize when you said, “GB” that you were talking about Mr. Brown rather than George Bush.
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yes - sorry about that - forgot you have had your own GB problems in the past - if fact you have had two GB problems (i include wubble u as well )
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