On 2008-06-26, Peter <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Unfortunately, to get an M registration you need to either live there
>
> [ EGNS 261200Z 261321 23020KT 9999 FEW010 BKN030 TEMPO 1317 5000 RA
> BKN008= ]
I'd like to point out our summer so far has been significantly better
than the southern half of England, and this week has been the only wet
one in June (I ride my bike every day to work so I notice when it's wet
more than others). Our winter weather is significantly warmer than most
of the UK - I actually grow palm trees here (my medeterranean fan palm is
flowering at the moment). We also lack a lot of things that the UK has.
We don't have road rage. A traffic jam is any time you see a dozen cars
in a line. We have three breweries. Supermarkets haven't destroyed our
local shops (I have two butchers within walking distance selling beef
every bit as good as the best steaks I ever had living in Texas). All
the positives weigh the negative of a few more mm of rain per year a
hundred times over.
But then again, I probably shouldn't mention these things or we'll have
half of England wanting to move in. On second thoughts, please keep
spreading the myth that it rains all the time, the wind seldom falls
below 40 knots and we only eat kippers!
Incidentally, Ronaldsway gives a pretty false picture of our weather,
it's subject to frequent fog that most of the rest of the island does
not suffer from. They put the air****t in a pretty silly place, quite
honestly, they should have used Jurby for the commercial air****t.
Due to the geography, quite often there's four different weather
types simultaneously at any one time.
> What is an MHK?
Member of the House of Keys (member of parliament).
As for 'EU pass****t holders', the Isle of Man is not part of the EU.
Unless these EU regulations are going to affect EU citizens perhaps
living in the United States or other non EU state, I don't see how it's
going to affect Manx based pilots.
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From the sunny Isle of Man.
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