On 08/10/2021 16:52, YTC#1 wrote:
>
> How about the East/West divide?
>
> The Pennines is too logical a thing to use.

I live on it. When I moved to Tamworth in 1980, I got my gas from West
Midlands Gas and my electricity from East Midlands Electricity (and my
water from South Staffs, so just lacking a North something).

On Friday, 8 October 2021 at 16:45:47 UTC+1, Salad Dodger wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 15:18:55 +0100, "ChrisND @UKRM"
> <chr...@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> >Maybe we could draw a UKRM border map?
> A4 from Avonmouth into London, then the A13 coming out the other side.

M4 surely?

On 09/10/2021 01:47, Mike Fleming wrote:
> On 08/10/2021 16:52, YTC#1 wrote:
>>
>> How about the East/West divide?
>>
>> The Pennines is too logical a thing to use.
>
> I live on it. When I moved to Tamworth in 1980, I got my gas from West
> Midlands Gas and my electricity from East Midlands Electricity (and my
> water from South Staffs, so just lacking a North something).
>
Wind?

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On Sat, 9 Oct 2021 00:32:16 -0700 (PDT), Stephen Packer
<stephen.packer@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Friday, 8 October 2021 at 16:45:47 UTC+1, Salad Dodger wrote:
>> On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 15:18:55 +0100, "ChrisND @UKRM"
>> <chr...@privacy.net> wrote:
>>
>> >Maybe we could draw a UKRM border map?
>> A4 from Avonmouth into London, then the A13 coming out the other side.
>
>M4 surely?

That would let some Welshies in.

I can be swayed to swapping for the A3.
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On Saturday, 9 October 2021 at 12:15:10 UTC+1, Salad Dodger wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Oct 2021 00:32:16 -0700 (PDT), Stephen Packer
> <stephen...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >On Friday, 8 October 2021 at 16:45:47 UTC+1, Salad Dodger wrote:
> >> On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 15:18:55 +0100, "ChrisND @UKRM"
> >> <chr...@privacy.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Maybe we could draw a UKRM border map?
> >> A4 from Avonmouth into London, then the A13 coming out the other side.
> >
> >M4 surely?
> That would let some Welshies in.

M4 from Avonmouth works as well for that purpose?

> I can be swayed to swapping for the A3.

Crazy talk. That describes less than 10% of the UK land area and more than
80% of the economy.

On Friday, October 8, 2021 at 4:55:28 PM UTC-4, Salad Dodger wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 18:45:04 -0000 (UTC), c...@nospam.com wrote:
>
> >YTC#1 <bdpo...@ytc1-removespam.co.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >> How about the East/West divide?
> >>
> >> The Pennines is too logical a thing to use.
> >
> >Anything east of Swindon and south of Watford Gap has always
> >been bad news in my opinion.
> Leamington Spa?
> Stratford-upon-Avon?

Bold to cancel Oxford AND Cambridge. I understand some around here hate one or other...

On Sat, 9 Oct 2021 01:44:57 +0100, Mike Fleming <mike@tauzero.co.uk>
wrote:

>As everyone knows, Balham is the Gateway to the South.

Heh, that brings back memories. "On my porch I carve the little holes
in the top of toothbrushes."

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On Fri, 08 Oct 2021 16:45:45 +0100, Salad Dodger
<salad.dodger@idnet.com> wrote:

>On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 15:18:55 +0100, "ChrisND @UKRM"
><chrisnd@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>>Maybe we could draw a UKRM border map?

>A4 from Avonmouth into London, then the A13 coming out the other side.

LOL

My personal contribution to this is: Severn to the Wash
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On Sat, 9 Oct 2021 01:44:57 +0100, Mike Fleming <mike@tauzero.co.uk>
wrote:

>As everyone knows, Balham is the Gateway to the South.

<applause>
--
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neal at champ dot org dot uk

I don't know, but I been told
You never slow down, you never grow old

Champ wrote:

> My personal contribution to this is: Severn to the Wash

Severn to Humber for me

On 09/10/2021 16:54, Colin Irvine wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Oct 2021 01:44:57 +0100, Mike Fleming <mike@tauzero.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> As everyone knows, Balham is the Gateway to the South.
>
> Heh, that brings back memories. "On my porch I carve the little holes
> in the top of toothbrushes."

"This is a manual job. That means I do it once a year".

On Sun, 10 Oct 2021 17:06:22 +0100, Champ <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote:

>On Fri, 08 Oct 2021 16:45:45 +0100, Salad Dodger
><salad.dodger@idnet.com> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 15:18:55 +0100, "ChrisND @UKRM"
>><chrisnd@privacy.net> wrote:
>>
>>>Maybe we could draw a UKRM border map?
>
>>A4 from Avonmouth into London, then the A13 coming out the other side.
>
>LOL

It does lead to the slight awkwardness of having

Marble Arch, Royal London Hospital, Covent Garden all in the North.
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On 10/10/2021 19:25, Salad Dodger wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Oct 2021 17:06:22 +0100, Champ <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 08 Oct 2021 16:45:45 +0100, Salad Dodger
>> <salad.dodger@idnet.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 15:18:55 +0100, "ChrisND @UKRM"
>>> <chrisnd@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Maybe we could draw a UKRM border map?
>>
>>> A4 from Avonmouth into London, then the A13 coming out the other side.
>>
>> LOL
>
> It does lead to the slight awkwardness of having
>
> Marble Arch, Royal London Hospital, Covent Garden all in the North.
>
Yes, it would have helped I suppose if we had each stated *which* border
we were talking about for each suggestion?
Mind you, having Marble Arch, Royal London Hospital, Covent Garden even
in the midlands would be stretching it! - unless I suppose one lived on
the south coast?

Context is everything.
Again.

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On Sun, 10 Oct 2021 19:25:29 +0100, Salad Dodger
<salad.dodger@idnet.com> wrote:

>>>>Maybe we could draw a UKRM border map?

>>>A4 from Avonmouth into London, then the A13 coming out the other side.

>>LOL

>It does lead to the slight awkwardness of having
>
>Marble Arch, Royal London Hospital, Covent Garden all in the North.

We need a scotsman [1] to join in now with a wry laugh

[1] or woman
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neal at champ dot org dot uk

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You never slow down, you never grow old

On 11/10/2021 13:11, Champ wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Oct 2021 19:25:29 +0100, Salad Dodger
> <salad.dodger@idnet.com> wrote:
>
>>>>> Maybe we could draw a UKRM border map?
>
>>>> A4 from Avonmouth into London, then the A13 coming out the other side.
>
>>> LOL
>
>> It does lead to the slight awkwardness of having
>>
>> Marble Arch, Royal London Hospital, Covent Garden all in the North.
>
> We need a scotsman [1] to join in now with a wry laugh
>
> [1] or woman

By adoption rather than birth, but there's that view of scexit that says
the border should be the m25...

On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:11:40 +0100, Champ <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote:

>We need a scotsman [1]
>
>[1] or woman

Thank you Stan.
--
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On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 16:52:09 +0200, Ace <Ace@ch.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:11:40 +0100, Champ <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>
>
>>We need a scotsman [1]
>>
>>[1] or woman

>Thank you Stan.

:-)

It's symbolic of his fight against oppression
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neal at champ dot org dot uk

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You never slow down, you never grow old

On 11/10/2021 13:11, Champ wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Oct 2021 19:25:29 +0100, Salad Dodger
> <salad.dodger@idnet.com> wrote:
>
>>>>> Maybe we could draw a UKRM border map?
>
>>>> A4 from Avonmouth into London, then the A13 coming out the other side.
>
>>> LOL
>
>> It does lead to the slight awkwardness of having
>>
>> Marble Arch, Royal London Hospital, Covent Garden all in the North.
>
> We need a scotsman [1] to join in now with a wry laugh
>
> [1] or woman
>

A Scottish person.
A Scott.

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On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 16:54:16 +0100, Champ <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote:

>On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 16:52:09 +0200, Ace <Ace@ch.com> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:11:40 +0100, Champ <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>We need a scotsman [1]
>>>
>>>[1] or woman
>
>>Thank you Stan.
>
>:-)
>
>It's symbolic of his fight against oppression

struggle

--
Ace
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In article <gbaolg94ji5rbf8i6mh2oq2tpejllkn7bg@4ax.com>,
neal@champ.org.uk says...
>
> I need to pay more attention to the lives of others

Great film!

Mark D wrote:

> > I need to pay more attention to the lives of others
>
> Great film!

I had an East German girlfriend, who I was still in contact with until
recently, who loathed that film.

She had suffered quite badly at the hands of state security (her career
had been destroyed in the 80s and her current mental health was not
great). She felt it was utterly unrealistic, "no member of state
security would have a conscience".

In her view a more representative film was "Barbara"
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2178941/

She looked a bit like Barbara too.

--
Simon

On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 16:58:22 +0100, YTC#1
<bdporter@ytc1-removespam.co.uk> wrote:

>> We need a scotsman [1] to join in now with a wry laugh
>>
>> [1] or woman

>A Scottish person.
>A Scott.

Only one "t" in "scot", I think you'll find
--
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neal at champ dot org dot uk

I don't know, but I been told
You never slow down, you never grow old

On 12/10/2021 13:54, Champ wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 16:58:22 +0100, YTC#1
> <bdporter@ytc1-removespam.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>> We need a scotsman [1] to join in now with a wry laugh
>>>
>>> [1] or woman
>
>> A Scottish person.
>> A Scott.
>
> Only one "t" in "scot", I think you'll find
>
Indeed!
Unless of course your surname is "OfTheAntarctic"?

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On Tuesday, October 12, 2021 at 2:18:51 PM UTC+1, ChrisND @UKRM wrote:
> On 12/10/2021 13:54, Champ wrote:
> > On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 16:58:22 +0100, YTC#1
> > <bdpo...@ytc1-removespam.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >>> We need a scotsman [1] to join in now with a wry laugh
> >>>
> >>> [1] or woman
> >
> >> A Scottish person.
> >> A Scott.
> >
> > Only one "t" in "scot", I think you'll find
> >
> Indeed!
> Unless of course your surname is "OfTheAntarctic"?

Or indeed "OfTheArseAntic", if you're of a certain vintage. The
good old days of "Vote Liberal, or we'll shoot your dog".

--
WUN

On 12/10/2021 13:54, Champ wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 16:58:22 +0100, YTC#1
> <bdporter@ytc1-removespam.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>> We need a scotsman [1] to join in now with a wry laugh
>>>
>>> [1] or woman
>
>> A Scottish person.
>> A Scott.
>
> Only one "t" in "scot", I think you'll find
>

I was playing more on the man/woman thing, but point taken.

I must have porridge on the brain.

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