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"Martin" wrote in message ... On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:14:01 +0100, The Reids wrote: Following up to Martin Plenty of Brits and Germans keep their boats in NL and commute to use them. if a Brit has his boat in Holland and he wants to commute, isn't the boat parked on the wrong side of the channel? :-) Holland is only 3.5 hours by ferry from Harwich and 50 minutes by air from UK. Lots of people spend longer than that commuting in UK. There was a woman who lectured Economics in R'dam who used to commute from London and I worked for somebody who lectured twice a week in Paris and commuted there. In my younger days I used, very often, to go to the Netherlands and back for a day's business. On one memorable day I had a breakfast meeting in Amsterdam, a lunch meeting in Brussels, an evening meeting in Aachen, Germany and still returned home. Currency and linguistics had got a bit juggled, though! Surreyman |
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On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:03:58 GMT, a.spencer3 wrote:
"Martin" wrote in message ... On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:14:01 +0100, The Reids wrote: Following up to Martin Plenty of Brits and Germans keep their boats in NL and commute to use them. if a Brit has his boat in Holland and he wants to commute, isn't the boat parked on the wrong side of the channel? :-) Holland is only 3.5 hours by ferry from Harwich and 50 minutes by air from UK. Lots of people spend longer than that commuting in UK. There was a woman who lectured Economics in R'dam who used to commute from London and I worked for somebody who lectured twice a week in Paris and commuted there. In my younger days I used, very often, to go to the Netherlands and back for a day's business. On one memorable day I had a breakfast meeting in Amsterdam, a lunch meeting in Brussels, an evening meeting in Aachen, Germany and still returned home. Currency and linguistics had got a bit juggled, though! Surreyman I bet you were ****ed by the end of it all ? -- Tim C. |
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"Tim Challenger" wrote in message news:1125039217.a24b2577c7880235acede33c26f8487b@t eranews... On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:03:58 GMT, a.spencer3 wrote: "Martin" wrote in message ... On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:14:01 +0100, The Reids wrote: Following up to Martin Plenty of Brits and Germans keep their boats in NL and commute to use them. if a Brit has his boat in Holland and he wants to commute, isn't the boat parked on the wrong side of the channel? :-) Holland is only 3.5 hours by ferry from Harwich and 50 minutes by air from UK. Lots of people spend longer than that commuting in UK. There was a woman who lectured Economics in R'dam who used to commute from London and I worked for somebody who lectured twice a week in Paris and commuted there. In my younger days I used, very often, to go to the Netherlands and back for a day's business. On one memorable day I had a breakfast meeting in Amsterdam, a lunch meeting in Brussels, an evening meeting in Aachen, Germany and still returned home. Currency and linguistics had got a bit juggled, though! Surreyman I bet you were ****ed by the end of it all ? -- ****ed off, certainly! It was my only visit to Aachen and I vowed to go back - some 40 years ago now! Surreyman |
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"Martin" wrote in message ... On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 08:42:45 GMT, "a.spencer3" wrote: "Tim Challenger" wrote in message news:1125039217.a24b2577c7880235acede33c26f8487b@ teranews... On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:03:58 GMT, a.spencer3 wrote: "Martin" wrote in message ... On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:14:01 +0100, The Reids wrote: Following up to Martin Plenty of Brits and Germans keep their boats in NL and commute to use them. if a Brit has his boat in Holland and he wants to commute, isn't the boat parked on the wrong side of the channel? :-) Holland is only 3.5 hours by ferry from Harwich and 50 minutes by air from UK. Lots of people spend longer than that commuting in UK. There was a woman who lectured Economics in R'dam who used to commute from London and I worked for somebody who lectured twice a week in Paris and commuted there. In my younger days I used, very often, to go to the Netherlands and back for a day's business. On one memorable day I had a breakfast meeting in Amsterdam, a lunch meeting in Brussels, an evening meeting in Aachen, Germany and still returned home. Currency and linguistics had got a bit juggled, though! Surreyman I bet you were ****ed by the end of it all ? -- ****ed off, certainly! It was my only visit to Aachen and I vowed to go back - some 40 years ago now! You can get cheap package trips to the Aachen Christmas Market from UK. The Christmas Market is crap, but the cathedral is worth a visit. And I'd go back to the restaurant (if still there) right by the cathedral. Very 'Bavarian'. But a steak that was split horizontally several times, with a 'sandwich' filling between each split - eggs, mushrooms, anchovies, etc., then sealed. Absolutely splendid and have never seen it elsewhere since. Surreyman |
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a.spencer3 wrote:
[] And I'd go back to the restaurant (if still there) right by the cathedral. Very 'Bavarian'. But a steak that was split horizontally several times, with a 'sandwich' filling between each split - eggs, mushrooms, anchovies, etc., then sealed. Absolutely splendid and have never seen it elsewhere since. Anything with anchovies is divine. My mouth is watering, and it isn't lunchtime yet! -- David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk photos at http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer |
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wrote in message oups.com... we used to watch Rab C Nesbitt with the sub-titles on I tried this once. It didn't help. I still couldn't understand a single word of it. tim |
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