Hello & I'm visiting the UK from the US....

[Amy]

Okay! Yeah I asked 'cause I saw a flight for $450 round trip to Dublin come through...but it ended up being a "before taxes and fees" price which afterwards put it over $1000 which is so weird but whateverrrrrrrr.

So far best deal is flying dtw to lhr $817 total cost. But that's still to steep until I make cash to pay that flight cost I can't commit.

 

[Peter Burgess]

Nor will we pick on you for your incompetent spelling of "Aluminium"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium

The earliest citation given in the Oxford English Dictionary for any word used as a name for this element is alumium, which British chemist and inventor Humphry Davy employed in 1808 for the metal he was trying to isolate electrolytically from the mineral alumina.

and

Davy settled on aluminum by the time he published his 1812 book Chemical Philosophy :tease:

Although at this point in time, IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) while originally officially adopting Aluminium as the spelling when they were formed, as during the time of discovery of Aluminium were lots of other "ium" elements which they wished to stick with,  with the "ium" ending is the one that caught on. However now both spellings are recognized to be legitimate by the IUPAC.

/chemistry nerd

Basically, being schooled in the use of Aluminum it is my standard way of spelling and saying it. However, if I see it written Aluminium I will use the other pronounciation.

A great YouTube channel...... Check out the answer to the question about this element's name from an American student to the dear professor.
Questions for The Professor - Periodic Table of Videos

 

[Les W]

A great YouTube channel...... Check out the answer to the question about this element's name from an American student to the dear professor.

:tease: :tease:

 

[Amy]

I do love the periodic table videos =)

And no lucksies. Flight prices dropped to $650-$700 (woot!) but alas I am still fund-less for that.

My latest idea if I can get funds saved is a "birthday present to myself" and come over in December. Who knows there.

I will be represented at Hidden Earth though as Dennis is being amazingly awesome and kind and taking artwork and photos for me! =)

And hey if it isn't too much trouble and someone wants to skype me from HE so I can see you all and maybe see what it's like some (c'mon they have skype for Android phones...I know some of you have that!) that would be PURE AWESOME. I'm amysrabbitranch on skype.

 

[graham]

c'mon they have skype for Android phones...I know some of you have that!

Maybe they do, but I believe most providers do not allow it to be installed, 'cos it screws up their revenue.

 

[RobinGriffiths]

but I believe most providers do not allow it to be installed

It's available for Android with t-mobile carrier. Can't see how carrier could block installing it anyway. They might be able to block 3G traffic once it's installed possibly, but wouldn't that be against net neutrality where all traffic is treated equally ?

 

[Amy]

...my phone came with Skype pre-installed!