Re: Warships that blow up and why they fascinate

In article <060320091359132340%alanlothian@xxxxxxx>,
Alan Lothian <see .sig> wrote:
In article <g6l086xa0g.ln2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Robert Breen
<azb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

<snippaggio> >
very, very glad to hear it. Hang on in there, bugger the damned doctors.

Got no criticism of the doctors involved. Damn good and upwards, all
involved (that I still be 'yer[1] is pretty much down to a couple of them
- my GP and the local consultant cardiologist). And besides, I could
never follow your recommendation. Neither of them is remotely my type[2]

best NHS chaps and chapesses v. good indeed. I speak as one recently
gored by a bicycle, but that's another story. Nice piece of needlework,
and that ain't the half of it.

Glad to hear that (the good result, not the goring: untrustworthy things,
bicycles. Need watching).

Such minor points aside, many thanks for the support. Much appreciated,
and I do indeed intend to keep hanging in. Got to meet up with you and
Paul at some point, after all..

You do indeed. Permission to part company not, rpt not, granted.
Resume station. :) we'll have a damned good dinner and you'll just have
to sup up your portable soup and like it. :) :) Oh, all right, Paul
and I will stand you some gruel with a few herbs.

I shall consider myself honoured.

[1] look, I was down in South Wales last week, allright?

I rather like South Wales. Mostly ugly as hell but great people. Salt

And Swansea more than most for both ($DEITY, but it's an example of What
Not To Build On A Beautiful Bay, but the people are great).

of the bleeding earth, mate. Just don't mention the miners' strike,
even after 25 years.

Not the only place that applies. Me from NE England. Friends live up the
Don Valley from Sheffield. Both are places to <think> before mentioning
the strike[1]

North Wales, now, is the opposite. OK, vicious generalization, but this
is UseNet.

Lots of good people up there, but they tend to be a lot more reserved.
Knowing someone from up there to begin with helps a lot.
That's the inland country and the west coast, of course. I'd agree with
you all the way about the north coast.

well, in britspeak the word bugger does not necessarily imply, ah,
well, it just doesn't. Can't do this "gender" stuff, though. Sex is
your chap, always has been, always will be.Buggery be damned.

Well, I thought I'd disambiguate it for the benefit of those who aren't
familiar with these subtlties (Americans and other aliens, I almost
said..). And besides, I couldn't resist the opportunity to lower the tone
a bit. Never can. Must be the company I keep (waves to Sarah H.).

[1] Though I saw a pub is Sheffield offering an "80s nostalgia night",
which rather took me aback. One might assume it involves becoming much
poorer very quickly and then being beaten up by uniformed bouncers, given
that horses probably wouldn't fit in the pub, but I suspect that isn't
what they're trying to convey.

--
Andy Breen ~ Speaking for myself, not the University of Wales
"your suggestion rates at four monkeys for six weeks"
(Peter D. Rieden)

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