In article , (Alan \(in Brussels\)) wrote:

Is it only me who thinks 'High St. Ken' sounds more like the name of a
church ;-)

Just been reading John Simpson's autobiography - he refers to an Iraqi at
a dinner-party seeking to pretend he knows all about England (though he
thinks Suffolk = Sussex). He finally gives the game away with "When all this
is over, I would love to see Edgware Road again. And High Saint Kensington."

--
Peter Beale

On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 00:05:00 +0100, Peter Beale wrote:

In article , (Alan \(in Brussels\)) wrote:

Is it only me who thinks 'High St. Ken' sounds more like the name of a
church ;-)

Just been reading John Simpson's autobiography - he refers to an Iraqi at
a dinner-party seeking to pretend he knows all about England (though he
thinks Suffolk = Sussex).

I doubt the average American, or ecen European, has heard of Suffolk or
Sussex. I'd wager a good number of Brits confuse them.

"Paul Weaver" wrote in message
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I doubt the average American has heard of Suffolk or Sussex.

I suspect the average American has a Suffolk County *and* a Sussex County
within 100 miles of their home.

--
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That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line -
It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes

Paul Weaver:
I doubt the average American has heard of Suffolk or Sussex.

John Rowland:
I suspect the average American has a Suffolk County *and* a Sussex County
within 100 miles of their home.

I was curious enough to look this up. It turns out that there is only
one area in the US that's within 100 miles of both a Suffolk County
(namely the one that forms the eastern half of Long Island) and a
Sussex County (namely the one that forms the northern tip of New Jersey.

The western arc bounding the zone runs more or less through the centers
of Atlantic City NJ, Philadelphia PA, and Allentown PA; it passes
through the Catskills and crosses the Hudson River north of Hudson NY,
and ends near the MA/CT/NY common boundary point. Scranton PA, Wilkes-
Barre PA, and Albany NY are all a bit outside the zone.

The eastern boundary arc is shorter (more of it is at sea), running from
the point mentioned above, more or less though the center of Hartford CT,
and clipping off the east end of Long Island, ending at Southampton NY.

The zone therefore includes the entire metropolitan area of New York City,
half of those of Philadelphia and Hartford, and most of the rest of New
Jersey. Probably about 10-12% of the US population.

(There is one other Suffolk County, which includes the city of Boston,
Massachusetts, but the only places that are within 100 miles of it
and Sussex County NJ are also within the area described above. There
are two other Sussex Counties; one forms the southern 1/3 of Delaware and
the other is in southeastern Virginia, a rural district south of Peters-
burg. Neither of these is near enough to a Suffolk county to matter.)

ObLondon: from Toronto's international airport you can fly nonstop to
either of two different Londons.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "These Millennia are like buses."
--Arwel Parry

My text in this article is in the public domain.

(Mark Brader) wrote in message ...
(There is one other Suffolk County, which includes the city of Boston,
Massachusetts, but the only places that are within 100 miles of it
and Sussex County NJ are also within the area described above. There
are two other Sussex Counties; one forms the southern 1/3 of Delaware and
the other is in southeastern Virginia, a rural district south of Peters-
burg. Neither of these is near enough to a Suffolk county to matter.)

Actually, the 100 mile radius of the Delaware Sussex County does
intersect the 100 mile radius of the Long Island Suffolk County. See

http://gc.kls2.com/cgi-bin/gc?PATH=&...avy&MAP-STYLE=

However, it looks like the only area in which these intersections do
not also intersect the radius of Sussex County, NJ is in the Atlantic
(with possibly a tiny nick of land near Atlantic City)

http://gc.kls2.com/cgi-bin/gc?PATH=&...MAP-STYLE=topo

OK. I'm officially a geek.

ObLT: wasn't it somewhere near there that they dumped the excess NY
subway cars? (Well, OK, that isn't utl but we seem to have been
talking about the subway a lot... )

Paul Weaver wrote to uk.transport.london on Mon, 16 Aug 2004:

On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 00:05:00 +0100, Peter Beale wrote:

Just been reading John Simpson's autobiography - he refers to an Iraqi at
a dinner-party seeking to pretend he knows all about England (though he
thinks Suffolk = Sussex).

I doubt the average American, or ecen European, has heard of Suffolk or
Sussex. I'd wager a good number of Brits confuse them.

We have just had American guests who confused them..... we had planned
to take them to Sussex, but it didn't happen.
--
Annabel - "Mrs Redboots"
(trying out a new .sig to reflect the personality I use in online forums)

In article , Annabel Smyth
writes
I doubt the average American, or ecen European, has heard of Suffolk or
Sussex. I'd wager a good number of Brits confuse them.
We have just had American guests who confused them..... we had planned
to take them to Sussex, but it didn't happen.

Earlier this week I saw a road sign pointing to the Hull-Wakefield steam
train service. Unfortunately I didn't have time to investigate further.

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On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 07:37:33 +0100, "Clive D. W. Feather"
wrote:

Earlier this week I saw a road sign pointing to the Hull-Wakefield steam
train service. Unfortunately I didn't have time to investigate further.

They have a website somewhere. I tried to go there in June, but the
inter-provincial public transport had a lack of integration which .uk
would be proud of, and I missed the train.

--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

In message , Arthur Figgis
] writes

On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 07:37:33 +0100, "Clive D. W. Feather"
wrote:

Earlier this week I saw a road sign pointing to the Hull-Wakefield steam
train service. Unfortunately I didn't have time to investigate further.

They have a website somewhere. I tried to go there in June, but the
inter-provincial public transport had a lack of integration which .uk
would be proud of, and I missed the train.

Are we sure we are not thinking of the famous Canadian Hull-Wakefield
steam service?

http://www.steamtrain.ca/english.asp

--
Paul Terry

SNIP all

Anybody who is still interested in the topic of naming new rail stations
will probably be fascinated by the discussion reported in today's issue of
the "SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER " under the title : "Name that light rail
station":
Sound Transit seeks new ideas for 7 of planned system's stops

By JANE HADLEY, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/transp...transit24.html

Regards,

- Alan (in Brussels - mind the spamtrap)