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What's also rather worrying is there are absolutely no health warning on the news about this. It's all about those deserted and how much money is being lost. Mrs Hobie mentioned earlier that there is some of this fine rock on the ground in the south west. If it's on the ground it must be in my lungs. I'm actually quite sick right now with what feels like man flu but my throat is extremely sore. Ok, this could be a coincidence but some advice would be helpful but there's none at all. What goes up must come down so to speak.

A guy living in the shadow of Chaiten volcano (which is still erupting btw, nearly two years later without a break) said raw onion was the only thing they found that relieved the congestion/abrasion/pain up the nose from volcanic ash. Main thing is keeping the damn stuff out of the house. In Iceland they tape up their windows. Might be a bit excessive as it is bound to clear up in a day or two if it hasn't already. Good luck!

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Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 1:54pm
MrsHobieJoe wrote: Could be tonsillitus although asthma sufferers are being recommended to stay indoors if dust is settling. I don't have any tonsils

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Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 1:54pm
pdhski wrote: wot? It's what us Brits say when a man has a heavy cold, sort of mickey take. When women have a cold they say they have a cold, when men have a cold they say they have flu, hence manflu.

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Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 1:15pm

geordiezimmerman wrote:

Could be tonsillitus although asthma sufferers are being recommended to stay indoors if dust is settling.

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Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 12:50pm
pdhski wrote: wot? As opposed to WOman flu.

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Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 12:25pm
geordiezimmerman wrote: I'm actually quite sick right now with what feels like man flu but my throat is extremely sore. Ok, this could be a coincidence but some advice would be helpful but there's none at all. What goes up must come down so to speak. wot?

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Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 12:17pm

mzpro5 wrote:

I've been thinking about what would happen if this ash cloud was over North America. At least Europe has a decent rail system and though it is really crowded right now at least there is an alternative to get around.

If this happened in the US we'd be SOL. Travel of any distance in this country is primarily by air. We essentially have no passenger rail system.

Guess Greyhound would get very busy.

Road trips would increase.

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Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 12:16pm
samiyam wrote: Well... after Dr. Seth Brundle finishes perfecting the teleporter, then travel will be totally updated. Be aware of the fly!

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Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 12:12pm

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hi!

I hope market economies are as flexible and resilient as we think they are. Times like this make me wonder though how dependent we have become on a few key supplies to keep the whole thing going. This was really a minor event. As an eruption it is interesting but it is also the kind of thing you can expect to happen somewhere in the world two to three times every decade. What's going to happen if we got struck with a truly large eruption?

Global cooling?
Poor Al Gore will be out of a job. {#Mrgreen}

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Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 11:43am

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Today I received e-mail offers for this week and last hours of cheap flights to London and Amsterdam 25/35 €. ¡No y no! I do not be seduced me one week at the Barajas T4 {#Snooty}

I just got an email from aer lingus for a special 100 discount - I checked the fare and it was 1300 - exactly 100 more than the typical I can get through the usual internet agents. Last year the same flight was 500. I wonder how much the air fares will go up now because of the money they're losing.

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Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 11:16am
Today I received e-mail offers for this week and last hours of cheap flights to London and Amsterdam 25/35 €. ¡No y no! I do not be seduced me one week at the Barajas T4

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Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 10:53am

geordiezimmerman wrote:

Sucks for sure. I read it is the glass that is the big problem. It turns molten inside the jet turbo engines and gums them up. Your must be breathing that...That sucks...Get a mask. {#Cheers}

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Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 9:16am
JrzyTmata wrote: the good news is that it will kill all the slugs in the garden. this is how Iceland will get out of it's financial crisis... bag that stuff up and sell it!

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Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 8:56am
hippiechick wrote: "Ash" is a bit of a misnomer. It is really ground rock. That's why it's so abrasive and bad to be breathing. the good news is that it will kill all the slugs in the garden.

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Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 8:54am
hobiejoe wrote: Been a light coating of incredibly fine ash here in the SW for the last few days - very abrasive stuff, I can quite understand the flight ban. "Ash" is a bit of a misnomer. It is really ground rock. That's why it's so abrasive and bad to be breathing.

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Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 8:50am
hobiejoe wrote: Been a light coating of incredibly fine ash here in the SW for the last few days - very abrasive stuff, I can quite understand the flight ban. Stock up on air filters for the car!

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