Hatunen

On Fri, 10 May 2002 22:32:40 +0100, "vince" <[email protected]> wrote:

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    >
    >"R J Carpenter" <[email protected]> wrote > 2) She could have been from:
    >>
    >> Wales, Alaska Wales, North Dakota Wales, Utah Wales, Wisconsin or perhaps Lake
    >> Wales, Florida North Wales, Pennsylvania
    >>
    >> There isn't just __one__ Wales, though Brits may not know of any others
    >
    >
    >Exactly. Why, only the other day, I met a man wearing a schapka with a
    >hammer-and-sickle badge on the front, and when he told me in a thick guttural accent
    >that he was from Moscow, I said "You mean the small village called Moscow (pop 36) ,
    >just south of Glasgow?
    >
    >It never occured to me that there could be a Moscow outside my own country, you
    >see..........

Moscow is in Idaho. For the geographically impaired, Idaho is one of the fifty United
States of America.

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The Oik

"vince" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    >
    >
    > "R J Carpenter" <[email protected]> wrote > 2) She could have been from:
    > >
    > > Wales, Alaska Wales, North Dakota Wales, Utah Wales, Wisconsin or perhaps Lake
    > > Wales, Florida North Wales, Pennsylvania
    > >
    > > There isn't just __one__ Wales, though Brits may not know of any others
    >
    >
    > Exactly. Why, only the other day, I met a man wearing a schapka with a
    > hammer-and-sickle badge on the front, and when he told me in a thick guttural
    > accent that he was from Moscow, I said "You mean the small
village
    > called Moscow (pop 36) , just south of Glasgow?
    >
    > It never occured to me that there could be a Moscow outside my own
country,
    > you see..........
    >
    >
well, if he was nicking stuff from the truck, I guess you could be forgiven for being
confused

George Partlow

Padraig Breathnach <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > [email protected] (George Partlow) wrote:
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    > >If that. Living in Juneau, a port city visited by many cruise ships during the
    > >"season", we have become used to people who apparently aren't even aware that
    > >Alaska is part of the United States. Not all of these folks are Americans, but
    > >many, perhaps most, of them are.
    > >
    > News travels slowly from Alaska. You need to allow at least 50 years for all
    > Americans to learn that Alaska has joined the union.

Apparently you overestimate the velocity of news; although we've only been a state
since 1959, we've been a territory of the USA since 1867. That'll be 135 years this
coming October. One would think that would be long enough, but apparently not.*

George

*BTW the Russian nationalist politician Zhirinovsky says it was all a mistake and
wants us back! (And some of our homegrown "activists" think 1959 was all a mistake,
and want Independence, or so they say: see <http://www.akip.org/>).

Anonymouse

Hi,

I drive a Saturn SWP, which is right hand drive, and while it IS more difficult to
pass trucks (and SUVs) on 2 lane roads it's by no means impossible.

Henry wrote:

    > David Lewis <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >
    >><[email protected]> writes
    >>
    >>>Jonathan Morton <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>>Most people from the UK will tell you it's no problem taking their own car to the
    >>>>mainland on holiday, for example.
    >>>>
    >>>Except perhaps for overtaking? That can be tricky.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>Not at all when you have good wing mirrors.
    >>
    >
    > How the hell are wing mirrors going to help you see around the _left_ side of the
    > lorry in _front_ of you, to know if it's clear to overtake???
    >
    > cheers,
    >
    > Henry

Jill Smith

[email protected] ("Geoff McCaughan") wrote in message
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    > Henry ([email protected]) wrote:
    > > David Lewis <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >
    > > > <[email protected]> writes
    > > > >Jonathan Morton <[email protected]> wrote:
    > > > >
    > > > >> Most people from the UK will tell you it's no problem taking their own car
    > > > >> to the mainland on holiday, for example.
    > > > >
    > > > >Except perhaps for overtaking? That can be tricky.
    > > > >
    > > > Not at all when you have good wing mirrors.
    > >
    > > How the hell are wing mirrors going to help you see around the _left_ side of the
    > > lorry in _front_ of you, to know if it's clear to overtake???
    >
    > Maybe they have forward facing wing mirrors? 8-) 8-)

Believe me, you'll only do it once! I find it hard coming the other way. I'm used to
driving LH cars and driving in the UK causes just as many problems!

Jill

James Silverton

Jill Smith wrote:
    >
    >
    > > > > >
    > > > > >Except perhaps for overtaking? That can be tricky.
    > > > > >
    > > > > Not at all when you have good wing mirrors.
    > > >
    > > > How the hell are wing mirrors going to help you see around the _left_ side of
    > > > the lorry in _front_ of you, to know if it's clear to overtake???
    > >
    > > Maybe they have forward facing wing mirrors? 8-) 8-)
    >
    > Believe me, you'll only do it once!

I suspect that is an accurate prediction; I was always afraid it might be!

Jim.
--
James V. Silverton Potomac, Maryland.

Jonathan Morton

"James Silverton" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > I suspect that is an accurate prediction; I was always afraid it might be!
Yes, it's a bit like "this product is guarateed for life".

Regards

Jonathan