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From: Silk on 21 Apr 2010 16:22
On 21/04/2010 20:41, Bod wrote:
> Silk wrote:
>> On 21/04/2010 12:58, Bod wrote:
>>> Thought I'd share these beautiful and informative pics with everyone:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/more_from_eyjafjallajokull.html
>>
>> Iceland is one of the most stunningly beautiful places on Planet Earth.
> >
> >
>
> Yup.
>
> It's a bit greyish at the moment though.

The volcano doesn't cover the whole island.
From: Bod on 21 Apr 2010 16:36
Silk wrote:
> On 21/04/2010 20:41, Bod wrote:
>> Silk wrote:
>>> On 21/04/2010 12:58, Bod wrote:
>>>> Thought I'd share these beautiful and informative pics with everyone:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/more_from_eyjafjallajokull.html
>>>>
>>>
>>> Iceland is one of the most stunningly beautiful places on Planet Earth.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Yup.
>>
>> It's a bit greyish at the moment though.
>
> The volcano doesn't cover the whole island.
>
>

Yes I know, but quite a few farmers fields are covered in it, quite
thick, as well.

Bod
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 21 Apr 2010 19:12
On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:34:15 +0100, Silk <me(a)privacy.net> wrote:

>Iceland is one of the most stunningly beautiful places on Planet Earth.

fantastic place, must go again with 4x4
--
Mike. .. .
Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: Halmyre on 24 Apr 2010 07:06
In article <n5qdnV7688VoBUzWnZ2dnUVZ7vWdnZ2d(a)bt.com>, brimstone(a)hotmail.com says...
>
>
> "Halmyre" <no.spam(a)this.address> wrote in message
> news:MPG.263ba136e20d52b398a2d4(a)news.eternal-september.org...
> > In article <vNGdnavMOtFFF0zWnZ2dnUVZ8qudnZ2d(a)bt.com>,
> > brimstone(a)hotmail.com says...
> >>
> >>
> >> "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:83df2lFop4U10(a)mid.individual.net...
> >> > "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like
> >> > they were saying:
> >> >
> >> >> Britain built its empire with wind power.
> >> >
> >> > That poor James Watt. Wasted his time completely, and added nothing to
> >> > the world...
> >>
> >> Indeed, the Greeks, the Romans, Newcomen, Cugnot, Trevithick and Brunel
> >> all
> >> did much more. Watt merely tinkered with someone else's design while
> >> Boulton
> >> did the marketing and selling.
> >>
> > No one ever (or rarely) comes up with anything absolutely new. Brunel, for
> > example,
> > didn't invent bridges, railways or ships.
> >
> I thought Brunel invented the screw propeller. It appears he didn't so he
> can be removed from my list.
>

I checked it as well! Steamships, iron-hulled ships, screw propellors - none invented by
Brunel. Doesn't take away that the man was a brilliant engineer, however.

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