GeologyRocks

Hi John,

Sounds like a good read. I think it was Simon Winchester who wrote the bok about William Smith. I found the language in that a little pompous, but still enjoyed it. Thanks for the review

Here's a link to Amazon if people like the sound of the book:

Jon

You're right Jon - 'The Map That Changed the World'.

Perhaps, with his style of writing 'pompous' is more apt than 'old fashioned'

Sounds really good, I think that one might have to go on "the list"

I don't need to read it. I saw "Krakatoa, East of Java" when I was 17 so I know everything there is to know about the subject. Go on, ask me a question...

Gus

Gus

In which direction must you travel to get to Krakatoa from Java?

Oi! He didn't really mean it! UNFAIR! UNFAIR! You can't expect him to remember that far back.

It's actually west of Java, but the film makers decided it would sound more exotic if they put "East" in the title. This is apparently true. Artistic license, or something. Anyway, the film was sh**e.

Gus

Where does shale come in to it?

Must be the shale produced by the volcano - under artist licence of course

Correct. The actual word was shale, not shite.

Gus

You're wriggling Gus - we know what you meant! :shock:

Wow, must have been some explosion to have propelled a whole mountain from one side of Java to the other.

I think the point is that.... first there is a mountain, then there is no mountain... ----- cue for a song perhaps???
Krakatau disappeared in fragments - 6 cubic miles of dust and rubble.
I don't think we should placer too much creedance on Gus's East of Java. (I do hear he gets lost on field trips!)

All right. Look, I didn't name the film "Krakawhatsit East of Thingy". I know which side of Java the remains of it are. I wish it hadn't exploded in the first place, then all this confusion wouldn't have arisen.

Gus

Are you really really really sorry Gus? Well, alright then - shall we forgive him folks?

I wouldn't if I was you, John. Like I can't forgive you for some of those horrendous emails you keep sending me

Gus

I'm sorry. Do they offend your delicate tastes? You want me to stop? Just hope they give you a larffff.
Hey its about time you sent some back!

Don't stop John. Some are very amusing. Emphasis on word "some" though. Can't send any back at the moment as:
a) Nobody else sends them to me so I can't forward them
and
b) I haven't got hours to waste trawling the internet for laffs.

Cheers

Gus

And c)

What's this got to do with "Krakatoa, Somewhere In The General Vicinity of Java".

Gus

So you don't like my silly e-mails Gus? You are close to being off my Christmas card list!

and

d) some of us aren't up at 5 o'clock in the morning!!!!

Gus

Why? :?

'Cos, being a Brian Blessed look-alike, I'm an ugly sod and need as much beauty sleep as I can get. Even then it's only partially successful.

Krakawheat, East of my Larder.

Gus

Just because I choose to write and send at 5 a.m doesn't mean you have to get up and read themat 5 a.m. They don't ave 'sell by dates'. So just to show there are no hard feelings - and to show how versitile I am I decided to send this one at midnight.

That's cleared up a mystery. I thought that posts disappeared after a few minutes so I've spent the last three years permanently hooked up to my PC, suffering from caffeine overload for nothing. And I might send back the Getyourcomputerriggedtoyouralarmclock (TM) that the guy in the dodgy suit sold me. Oh, I feel so daft for having been led up the garden path like that. :?

Gus

Oi! The bloke in the dodgy suit was me!

Well that explains everything. Thanks for the confession John.

"Krakatoenail, Northeast of Newquay". I'm just running titles of potential films around in my head. Lost the plot big-time now.

Gus

Are you looking for a star for this new film? I move a mean hammer. Perhaps I can be the bloke at the biginning but this time it a geo hammer and a sediment sieve!

John, if I ever get around to making a film about volcanoes I'll make certain you are the star. You won't need to act, maybe explode now and again.

Gus

I do that all the time! Few rumbles then blow my top. Been practicing for years. Victor Meldrew is a rank hammerchewer beside me!!!!