Travelling in Scotland and England

Re: Travelling in Scotland and England

Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:

> On Thu, 8 May 2008 08:19:45 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
> >Mike.... <mikeysclothing@freedomnames.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> Following up to d4g4h4@yahoo.co.ukDavid Horne, _the_ chancellor
> >>
> >> >> Really? Your expereince of the Lake district you quoted was highly
> >> >limited.
> >> >
> >> > It was still countryside, and we enjoyed ourselves. I don't see the
> >> > problem.
> >>
> >> of course you enjoyed yourself, the *point* was you are not an expert on
> >> landscape beauty based on a stroll up a small hill just outside a tourist
> >> honeypot hill lovers avoid like the plaque .
> >
> >Even bigger yawn. What a sad twat you make yourself out to be.
> >
> ><plonk>
>
> <plonk> I don't believe it!

I'm just not worthy to be in the same room as professional countryside
visitors.

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Re: Travelling in Scotland and England

Following up to d4g4h4@yahoo.co.ukDavid Horne, _the_ chancellor

> not worthy to be in the same room as professional countryside
> visitors.

you not worthy to make some of the comments you do re car use in the
countryside
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Re: Travelling in Scotland and England

Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:

> On Thu, 8 May 2008 08:57:47 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
> chancellor (*)) wrote:
[]
> >I'm just not worthy to be in the same room as professional countryside
> >visitors.
>
> Yesterday, I noticed yet another housing estate being built on what was bulb
> fields in the heart of the tulip tourist area. There will soon be nothing left
> for the amateurs.

No problem- NL is such a spacious sparsely populated country! :)

> I also noticed the tourist pillocks who drive through the
> narrow winding lanes ignoring speed limits. Top Gear has a lot to answer for.

Did you read about Clarkeson posting his bank details in a newspaper
column, and then someone ripping him off by setting up a direct debit on
it?

Hilarious! :)

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onus is on them to show that there is anything there to talk about.
Otherwise they should just shut up about it." -Richard Dawkins

Re: Travelling in Scotland and England

Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:

> On Fri, 9 May 2008 12:53:06 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
> >Tim C. <timchallenger@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 8 May 2008 07:58:05 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.ukDavid Horne, _the_
> >> chancellor wrote:
> >>
> >> > And being disturbed by another driver tanking it past you. Yup.
> >>
> >> The motoring equivalent of the twat sitting next to you in the train with
> >> his/her PC/MAC beeping all the bloody time. or the tss tsst tss of music
> >> from walkman headphones.
> >
> >The quiet coaches here are generally fine. I usually sit in them.
>
> Nothing is perfect :)

One problem is that a lot of newer headsets are very leaky- particularly
the ones with apple ipods I've noticed. Of course, if someone's
headphone noise bothers you, it's likely it's far too loud- a lot of
people listen to their music at dangerously loud levels- and given how
loud it can be, I think it's a fair assumption that many of them have
already damaged their hearing.

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(email address on website) "If people think God is interesting, the
onus is on them to show that there is anything there to talk about.
Otherwise they should just shut up about it." -Richard Dawkins

Re: Travelling in Scotland and England

On Fri, 9 May 2008 15:23:15 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.ukDavid Horne, _the_
chancellor wrote:

> One problem is that a lot of newer headsets are very leaky- particularly
> the ones with apple ipods I've noticed.

Newer? They've always been like that.

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Tim C.

Re: Travelling in Scotland and England

Tim C. <timchallenger@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> On Fri, 9 May 2008 15:23:15 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.ukDavid Horne, _the_
> chancellor wrote:
>
> > One problem is that a lot of newer headsets are very leaky- particularly
> > the ones with apple ipods I've noticed.
>
> Newer? They've always been like that.

No they haven't.

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onus is on them to show that there is anything there to talk about.
Otherwise they should just shut up about it." -Richard Dawkins

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On Tue, 13 May 2008 10:48:19 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.ukDavid Horne, _the_
chancellor wrote:

> Tim C. <timchallenger@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 9 May 2008 15:23:15 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.ukDavid Horne, _the_
>> chancellor wrote:
>>
>>> One problem is that a lot of newer headsets are very leaky- particularly
>>> the ones with apple ipods I've noticed.
>>
>> Newer? They've always been like that.
>
> No they haven't.

<deep breath> yes they have!
--
Tim C.

Re: Travelling in Scotland and England

Tim C. <timchallenger@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> On Tue, 13 May 2008 10:48:19 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.ukDavid Horne, _the_
> chancellor wrote:
>
> > Tim C. <timchallenger@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 9 May 2008 15:23:15 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.ukDavid Horne, _the_
> >> chancellor wrote:
> >>
> >>> One problem is that a lot of newer headsets are very leaky- particularly
> >>> the ones with apple ipods I've noticed.
> >>
> >> Newer? They've always been like that.
> >
> > No they haven't.
>
> <deep breath> yes they have!

They certainly haven't. Headsets I (and others) had in the 80s didn't
leak as much as they do now. There's been a definite problem in more
recent years, with things like the ipod headsets as one example.

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(email address on website) "If people think God is interesting, the
onus is on them to show that there is anything there to talk about.
Otherwise they should just shut up about it." -Richard Dawkins

Re: Travelling in Scotland and England

On Tue, 13 May 2008 11:02:42 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.ukDavid Horne, _the_
chancellor wrote:

> They certainly haven't. Headsets I (and others) had in the 80s didn't
> leak as much as they do now. There's been a definite problem in more
> recent years, with things like the ipod headsets as one example.

I'm not convinced. I think there's just more of them around.
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Tim C.

Re: Travelling in Scotland and England

Tim C. <timchallenger@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> On Tue, 13 May 2008 11:02:42 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.ukDavid Horne, _the_
> chancellor wrote:
>
> > They certainly haven't. Headsets I (and others) had in the 80s didn't
> > leak as much as they do now. There's been a definite problem in more
> > recent years, with things like the ipod headsets as one example.
>
> I'm not convinced.

The leaky ipod headsets have been mentioned in various reviews I've read
of them, and there were obviously none of them around a decade ago.

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(*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate -www .davidhorne,net
(email address on website) "If people think God is interesting, the
onus is on them to show that there is anything there to talk about.
Otherwise they should just shut up about it." -Richard Dawkins

Re: Travelling in Scotland and England

On May 9, 10:23 am, d4g...@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, the chancellor
(*)) wrote:
> Martin <m...@address.invalid> wrote:
> > On Fri, 9 May 2008 12:53:06 +0100, d4g...@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, the
> > chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
> > >Tim C. <timchallen...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > >> On Thu, 8 May 2008 07:58:05 +0100, d4g...@yahoo.co.ukDavid Horne, the
> > >> chancellor wrote:
>
> > >> > And being disturbed by another driver tanking it past you. Yup.
>
> > >> The motoring equivalent of the twat sitting next to you in the train with
> > >> his/her PC/MAC beeping all the bloody time. or the tss tsst tss of music
> > >> from walkman headphones.
>
> > >The quiet coaches here are generally fine. I usually sit in them.
>
> > Nothing is perfect :)
>
> One problem is that a lot of newer headsets are very leaky- particularly
> the ones with apple ipods I've noticed. Of course, if someone's
> headphone noise bothers you, it's likely it's far too loud- a lot of
> people listen to their music at dangerously loud levels- and given how
> loud it can be, I think it's a fair assumption that many of them have
> already damaged their hearing.

Unfortunately, they're not going deaf fast enough for others to learn
from it.

Re: Travelling in Scotland and England

Keith Anderson <keefy@privacy,net > wrote:

> On Fri, 9 May 2008 12:53:06 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne,
> _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
> >Tim C. <timchallenger@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 8 May 2008 07:58:05 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.ukDavid Horne, _the_
> >> chancellor wrote:
> >>
> >> > And being disturbed by another driver tanking it past you. Yup.
> >>
> >> The motoring equivalent of the twat sitting next to you in the train with
> >> his/her PC/MAC beeping all the bloody time. or the tss tsst tss of music
> >> from walkman headphones.
> >
> >The quiet coaches here are generally fine. I usually sit in them.
>
> One amongst many plus point about living in Germany is mobile phone
> etiquette. Every now and again there are the shouters**, but by and
> large people seem far more considerate in terms of phone use in public
> places. I noticed the difference on a trip to the UK late March/early
> April this year - back to the Land of the Loud-Mouthed.

You're probably right but people being loud with mobile phones here is
not as bad on trains (in regular 'non quiet coaches) as it used to be.

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(email address on website) "If people think God is interesting, the
onus is on them to show that there is anything there to talk about.
Otherwise they should just shut up about it." -Richard Dawkins