Ash cloud disruption

[NWpostie]

Good question.

Does SKYNET still run?

I thought Arnie destroyed that in T2

Wait til the iLSM comes online and become self aware, we are really fecked, SKYNET has nothing on it

[Darren Bent]

Could it be the reason our workload is very good this week :) not heavy

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Could it be the reason our workload is very good this week :) not heavy

Its been a busy week for me - no early finishes ever and no lapsing

[music4essex]

I thought It might be light with what is happening with the ash news
no luck it was quite heavy ,

have nice Conservetive election to deliver from Monday

Essex mum

[Wild Rover]

Royal mail freight screwed

[Stormproof]

I thought it was going to be light today but course it were'nt its Saturday I still reckon we will get hammered next week, there must be massive packet backlogs especially from the Channel Islands, all those plants will be dead before they get to us.

[Darren Bent]

There must be a fairly large backlog of stuff waiting in Jersey and Guernsey to come over that has been posted by all the companies over there. DOs will get absolutely hammered once the channel islands stuff makes it into the main network.

They probably use boat / ferry to overcome this.

[Darren Bent]

I wonder what Royal Mail do with the staff who are stuck in Europe, ie stuck in Italy for example. Would they expect us to catch a long slow train to get back asap.

[Stormproof]

I wonder what Royal Mail do with the staff who are stuck in Europe, ie stuck in Italy for example. Would they expect us to catch a long slow train to get back asap.

The guy whos duty I covered for a few days last week is stuck in Rome, no idea when he's going to get back. He text the Ass DOM yesterday morning.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

I wonder what Royal Mail do with the staff who are stuck in Europe, ie stuck in Italy for example. Would they expect us to catch a long slow train to get back asap.

The guy whos duty I covered for a few days last week is stuck in Rome, no idea when he's going to get back. He text the Ass DOM yesterday morning.

We have one due back from the Far East at the end of next week - he may struggle I think.

[Montala]

How will large bulk commercial deliveries from far eastern countries (such as China) be affected?

Do we have an update on this yet please?

[DGP1]

How will large bulk commercial deliveries from far eastern countries (such as China) be affected?

Do we have an update on this yet please?

Are you waiting on your I-clone or other dubious Chinese knock-offs

Seriously though, all flights are not allowed into or out of UK airspace so the only way they can get the items in are to fly them to a country that isin't affected and then overland to the UK. Anything coming in bulk should be OK because they travel by sea and that is unaffected.................at the minute (unless it gets hi-jacked off the coast of Somalia).

[Montala]

Are you waiting on your I-clone or other dubious Chinese knock-offs .

Thanks for your reply!

That was a very astute... and actually perfectly correct, assumption!

Although mine (of course!) is a 'genuine' clone, being supplied directly from the manufacturer's major distributors!

From a purely 'social' aspect, I was also womdering about companies, such as Dell, who manufacture their laptops in China, and then ship them (presumably on an almost daily basis) to the UK, for onward distribution.

[DGP1]

Are you waiting on your I-clone or other dubious Chinese knock-offs .

Thanks for your reply!

That was a very astute... and actually perfectly correct, assumption!

Although mine (of course!) is a 'genuine' clone, being supplied directly from the manufacturer's major distributors!

From a purely 'social' aspect, I was also womdering about companies, such as Dell, who manufacture their laptops in China, and then ship them (presumably on an almost daily basis) to the UK, for onward distribution.

I would assume that all those big companies just ship all their products by sea. I think one of the more important things is what's going to happen to the price of all that exotic fruit that I like. my star fruit and kumquats are really important to me

[Montala]

I would assume that all those big companies just ship all their products by sea. I think one of the more important things is what's going to happen to the price of all that exotic fruit that I like. my star fruit and kumquats are really important to me

Won't they be going a bit soft after spending 3 weeks stuck in the hold of a slow boat to (or in this case from!) China?