Volcanic ash cloud on its way - Page 5

SPUGGIE J · 17-04-2010, 21:08

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Originally Posted by garinda

This'll be good practice for when the oils runs out.

Bye bye Bulgaria, hello Blackburn on Shank's pony.

Blackburn the new Blackpool then G?

shillelagh · 17-04-2010, 22:22

as anyone else thought of this ... food from around the world is flown into the UK and europe .. thats how we get our strawberries, bananas, coffee, tea, etc so if theres been no flights since thursday and none likely tomorrow either .. whats that going to do to our food .. is it going to be a fight in tesco for the last banana ..

cashman · 17-04-2010, 22:35

How did they get it here before planes?

shillelagh · 17-04-2010, 22:36

and just the prices will go up because some of the stuff may have died and gone to fruit heaven .. and so the sellers cant sell it .. will have to get the cost of growing it back on the other stuff that has ripened later .. in otherwords this is going to cost us ..

MargaretR · 17-04-2010, 22:37

Bananas come by boat

....some exotic fruit and veg will be in short supply.

We survived without those exotics during the 40s and 50s.
Lack of spanish strawberries is not life threatening

steeljack · 17-04-2010, 23:03

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Originally Posted by cashman

How did they get it here before planes?

FFyfes (sp?) used to have a big depot on Preston Docks back in the days when it was a port , kids on our street never went short after my Dad had been on a run there with his lorry .

SPUGGIE J · 17-04-2010, 23:13

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

Bananas come by boat

....some exotic fruit and veg will be in short supply.

We survived without those exotics during the 40s and 50s.
Lack of spanish strawberries is not life threatening

Tell that to the tennis fans ifit drags on and our crop is crap.

garinda · 17-04-2010, 23:55

I think this is divine retribution from the Icelandic/Norse Gods.

Angered, after Kerry Katona was dropped from showing her prawn ring to prime time TV audiences.

garinda · 18-04-2010, 00:00

'Supermarkets said the supply of some goods, including green beans, mangetout, sugar snap peas and some exotic fruit, is being affected.'
Volcanic ash cloud hits exams, exotic foods and surgery -Times Online

cashman · 18-04-2010, 00:03

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Originally Posted by garinda

'Supermarkets said the supply of some goods, including green beans, mangetout, sugar snap peas and some exotic fruit, is being affected.'
Volcanic ash cloud hits exams, exotic foods and surgery -Times Online

Thats fine wi me, just so long as the spuds are yon, be beggared bout me chips.

MargaretR · 18-04-2010, 00:04

This dust cloud might have a silver lining - will teach people to eat seasonal and local

cashman · 18-04-2010, 00:05

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

This dust cloud might have a silver lining - will teach people to eat seasonal and local

As this ash is now dropping on the U.K. the swines will probably put price of them up n cry shortage.

MargaretR · 18-04-2010, 00:09

Well I have warned you a few times to stock up on non perishable food.
..... and I still haven't located a retailer of dried egg yet

PS -all it needs is for Yellowstone to blow and we go hungry good style

SPUGGIE J · 18-04-2010, 08:00

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

Well I have warned you a few times to stock up on non perishable food.
..... and I still haven't located a retailer of dried egg yet

PS -all it needs is for Yellowstone to blow and we go hungry good style

You watch the docudrama on it then?

garinda · 18-04-2010, 08:05

How an Icelandic volcano helped spark the French Revolution.
'Just over 200 years ago an Icelandic volcano erupted with catastrophic consequences for weather, agriculture and transport across the northern hemisphere – and helped trigger the French revolution.'
How an Icelandic volcano helped spark the French Revolution | World news | The Guardian