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What is going to go wrong?; Too cheery for Arabs right now.
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vvhatsthatonyourback	Jan 22 2016, 12:29 PM Post #61
wild eyed Posts: 1,441 Group: Members Member #131 Joined: January 27, 2014	Cobardon Jan 22 2016, 10:34 AM Ok, to explain: It's made of igneous (volcanic) rock but isn't a volcano, i.e. it has never been capable of putting lava out through the earth's crust. It's an igneous intrusion, created from volcanic activity but the lava never got through the crust, rather hardening underground. As the softer rock around it was eroded after the ice age the harder rock of the Law was left behind to form a hill. There was lots of volcanic activity in the area and there were several active volcanoes millions of years ago, but the Law was not one of those volcanoes itself. Without explaining the basics of geology in a rather dull lecture fashion that you could get on pretty much any website about the subject I can't really put it better than that. Yeh, but it looks like a volcano, and it pretty much was a volcano, what wit all that lava and stuff. So, a volcano. The Law is, basically, a volcano.



Naebody	Jan 22 2016, 12:43 PM Post #62
Twat Posts: 5,210 Group: Members Member #20 Joined: September 13, 2010	So it's a volcano. Cool. Thanks.



Conan the Destroyer	Jan 22 2016, 01:26 PM Post #63
I prefer it when we're pish Posts: 3,265 Group: Members Member #6 Joined: September 10, 2010	A volcano eh? Who knew.



yasser	Jan 22 2016, 02:10 PM Post #64
Ivan Golac Posts: 1,250 Group: Members Member #31 Joined: November 15, 2010	Well my Primary 4 classroom had a perfect view of the Law (or La, old Scots for hill) and Mrs Smith our teacher said it used to be a volcano so I've always believed it was. The old Law tunnel used to come out on a bit of ground next to my granda's allotment.



reekie	Jan 22 2016, 02:46 PM Post #65
lum raker Posts: 3,201 Group: Members Member #22 Joined: September 16, 2010	yasser Jan 22 2016, 02:10 PM Well my Primary 4 classroom had a perfect view of the Law (or La, old Scots for hill) and Mrs Smith our teacher said it used to be a volcano so I've always believed it was. The old Law tunnel used to come out on a bit of ground next to my granda's allotment. Old Law tunnel? What's this now?



Micky	Jan 22 2016, 04:49 PM Post #66
Gordon Chisholm Posts: 948 Group: Members Member #4 Joined: September 10, 2010	yasser Jan 22 2016, 02:10 PM Well my Primary 4 classroom had a perfect view of the Law (or La, old Scots for hill) and Mrs Smith our teacher said it used to be a volcano so I've always believed it was. The old Law tunnel used to come out on a bit of ground next to my granda's allotment. Wow, and here was me thinking you could remember the Law when it was a volcano, yas



yasser	Jan 22 2016, 08:12 PM Post #67
Ivan Golac Posts: 1,250 Group: Members Member #31 Joined: November 15, 2010	reekie Jan 22 2016, 02:46 PM yasser Jan 22 2016, 02:10 PM Well my Primary 4 classroom had a perfect view of the Law (or La, old Scots for hill) and Mrs Smith our teacher said it used to be a volcano so I've always believed it was. The old Law tunnel used to come out on a bit of ground next to my granda's allotment. Old Law tunnel? What's this now? Google the dundee newtyle railway you'll find there's a railway tunnel under the Law. When I was a kid you could still walk through it but I was too wee and too scared. The south end was set up as an air raid shelter in 1940 but never used. Both ends are now blocked but there's still a manhole entrance that allows access



yasser	Jan 22 2016, 08:14 PM Post #68
Ivan Golac Posts: 1,250 Group: Members Member #31 Joined: November 15, 2010	Micky Jan 22 2016, 04:49 PM yasser Jan 22 2016, 02:10 PM Well my Primary 4 classroom had a perfect view of the Law (or La, old Scots for hill) and Mrs Smith our teacher said it used to be a volcano so I've always believed it was. The old Law tunnel used to come out on a bit of ground next to my granda's allotment. Wow, and here was me thinking you could remember the Law when it was a volcano, yas Just a tad before my time Mick.



Naebody	Jan 22 2016, 08:21 PM Post #69
Twat Posts: 5,210 Group: Members Member #20 Joined: September 13, 2010	But isn't it dangerous to put a tunnel through a volcano? Assuming it is a volcano that is. Does anyone know?



Tom_Boland	Jan 22 2016, 08:56 PM Post #70
Ivan Golac Posts: 1,055 Group: Members Member #93 Joined: May 1, 2013	yasser Jan 22 2016, 08:12 PM reekie Jan 22 2016, 02:46 PM yasser Jan 22 2016, 02:10 PM Well my Primary 4 classroom had a perfect view of the Law (or La, old Scots for hill) and Mrs Smith our teacher said it used to be a volcano so I've always believed it was. The old Law tunnel used to come out on a bit of ground next to my granda's allotment. Old Law tunnel? What's this now? Google the dundee newtyle railway you'll find there's a railway tunnel under the Law. When I was a kid you could still walk through it but I was too wee and too scared. The south end was set up as an air raid shelter in 1940 but never used. Both ends are now blocked but there's still a manhole entrance that allows access I bide only a few yards from the Law Tunnel south entrance. It's still there. It's in the corner of the back garden of one of my neighbours house. It's now got a locked metal gate at the entrance, and as part of the feus of owning his house, he has to allow Scottish Water access thru his garden to the entrance so they can check it twice a year minimum. The Tunnel is prone to leaks. It's doesnae help when there's a Water Tower right above the Tunnel on the East slope of the Law.



zico	Jan 22 2016, 09:01 PM Post #71
Ivan Golac Posts: 1,127 Group: Members Member #60 Joined: December 26, 2011	Naebody Jan 22 2016, 08:21 PM But isn't it dangerous to put a tunnel through a volcano? Assuming it is a volcano that is. Does anyone know? Believe it to be the volcanic plug of a long dormant volcano



reekie	Jan 22 2016, 09:22 PM Post #72
lum raker Posts: 3,201 Group: Members Member #22 Joined: September 16, 2010	Thanks to both Yasser and Tom for the enlightenment. And Zico for the immaculate timing. (not an easy thing online...)



Cobardon	Jan 22 2016, 10:20 PM Post #73
Uncle Smurf Posts: 1,768 Group: Members Member #16 Joined: September 12, 2010	Ah, you have to laugh. This trying to educate people is often a tough gig. Anyway, by this time tomorrow night we'll know whether our season is still capable of erupting or just an igneous intrusion.



Tom_Boland	Jan 23 2016, 08:26 AM Post #74
Ivan Golac Posts: 1,055 Group: Members Member #93 Joined: May 1, 2013	If we don't win, they'll be plenty foaming lava at the mouth, and sparks will be flying.



vvhatsthatonyourback	Jan 23 2016, 11:34 AM Post #75
wild eyed Posts: 1,441 Group: Members Member #131 Joined: January 27, 2014	Cobardon Jan 22 2016, 10:20 PM Ah, you have to laugh. This trying to educate people is often a tough gig. I know. Despite the Law looking like a volcano, behaving like a volcano, being made of volcano and being known to be a volcano by everyone, some people cling to the belief that it isn't a volcano. They need to move on and get over their obsession.


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