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On Mon, 2 Aug 2004, Greg Hennessy wrote:

On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 20:29:24 +0100, "Malcolm Knight"
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Chicken. When I worked at London Bridge in 1966 one of my colleagues came in
from Weston-super-mare every day.

When I worked in West London, one of the managers used to drive from
somewhere between Telford and Stafford to Hounslow East daily.

I think that beats the worst i knew - when i worked in Cambridge, there
was a guy in the office who commuted from Ruislip.

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Tom Anderson ) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying :

When I worked in West London, one of the managers used to drive from
somewhere between Telford and Stafford to Hounslow East daily.

I think that beats the worst i knew - when i worked in Cambridge,
there was a guy in the office who commuted from Ruislip.

I did nine months of commuting to Hook daily from one of the villages half-
way between Luton and Hitchin. Fun. Not.
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On 10 Aug 2004 08:43:05 GMT, Adrian
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I think that beats the worst i knew - when i worked in Cambridge,
there was a guy in the office who commuted from Ruislip.

I did nine months of commuting to Hook daily from one of the villages half-
way between Luton and Hitchin. Fun. Not.

Jesus H Christ, that is a commute and a half.


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In article , Greg Hennessy wrote:
On 10 Aug 2004 08:43:05 GMT, Adrian
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I did nine months of commuting to Hook daily from one of the villages half-
way between Luton and Hitchin. Fun. Not.

Jesus H Christ, that is a commute and a half.

My former manager (now moved on to other work in the same office)
commutes from Andover to our office just south of Heathrow.

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On 10 Aug 2004 12:17:10 GMT, Niklas Karlsson wrote:


Jesus H Christ, that is a commute and a half.

My former manager (now moved on to other work in the same office)
commutes from Andover to our office just south of Heathrow.


I couldnt handle that on daily basis.


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In message , Greg Hennessy
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Konnt ihr mich horen?
Konnt ihr mich sehen?
Konnt ihr mich fuhlen?
Ich versteh euch nicht
Anybody translate for me?
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Clive ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying :

Konnt ihr mich horen?
Konnt ihr mich sehen?
Konnt ihr mich fuhlen?
Ich versteh euch nicht

Anybody translate for me?

Bablefish comes up with :-

# Konnt their me horen?
# Konnt their me see?
# Konnt their me fuhlen?
# I do not understand you

Anybody translate for me?
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Adrian wrote:
Clive ) gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying :

Konnt ihr mich horen?
Konnt ihr mich sehen?
Konnt ihr mich fuhlen?
Ich versteh euch nicht

Anybody translate for me?

Bablefish comes up with :-

# Konnt their me horen?
# Konnt their me see?
# Konnt their me fuhlen?
# I do not understand you

Anybody translate for me?

Babelfish has problems at the best of times, but has been totally
defeated by the omision of 5 umlauts. My German grammar is a bit rusty
now, but AFAIK "ihr" and "euch" are the plural familiar forms of "sie"
(you).

Könnt ihr mich hören? = Can you hear me?
Könnt ihr mich sehen? = Can you see me?
Könnt ihr mich fühlen? = Can you feel me?
Ich versteh euch nicht = I do not understand you

I don't understand him either. What's the point of that sig?
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Richard J. wrote in uk.transport.london on Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:21:53
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Könnt ihr mich hören? = Can you hear me?
Könnt ihr mich sehen? = Can you see me?
Könnt ihr mich fühlen? = Can you feel me?
Ich versteh euch nicht = I do not understand you

I don't understand him either. What's the point of that sig?

I'd assumed it was a poor translation of "Tommy", tbh.

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On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 at 00:19:39, Clive
wrote:

In message , Greg Hennessy
writes
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Konnt ihr mich horen?
Konnt ihr mich sehen?
Konnt ihr mich fuhlen?
Ich versteh euch nicht
Anybody translate for me?

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Can you see me?
Can you feel me?
I don't understand you"
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