How far...?

This is copied from the YHA website, on the page for Telscombe:

Nearest Youth Hostel:
Alfriston 09 Miles
Brighton mil Miles
Blackboys mil Miles
Truleigh Hill mil Miles

What on earth is 'mil miles'?

--
....universities truly are storehouses of knowledge: students arrive from
school confident that they know very nearly everything, and they leave
years later cerain that they know practically nothing. Where did all
the knowledge go in the meantime? Into the university, of course, where
it is carefully dried and stored.
(Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen)

Fran <arjfatcymoeddorguk@privacy.net>typed

> This is copied from the YHA website, on the page for Telscombe:

> Nearest Youth Hostel:
> Alfriston 09 Miles
> Brighton mil Miles
> Blackboys mil Miles
> Truleigh Hill mil Miles

> What on earth is 'mil miles'?

What they entered instead of '**' and didn't get the tuits to find out
the real values before the press deadline.

I can work distances out if you send me grid references (I'm not a YHA
member), but I specked you can too.

--
Helen D. Vecht: helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk
Edgware.

> member), but I specked you can too.
>
> --
> Helen D. Vecht: helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk
> Edgware.

"Specked" is this a new abbreviation of expect Helen?

Phil.

"Phil Manning" <g1lkj@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1165309995.039791.103290@79g2000cws.googlegro ups.com...
>
>> member), but I specked you can too.
>>
>> --
>> Helen D. Vecht: helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk
>> Edgware.
>
> "Specked" is this a new abbreviation of expect Helen?
>
> Phil.
>
They've descended into sheddie-talk, I fear.... ;-)

Nick

--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

"Phil Manning" <g1lkj@yahoo.co.uk>typed

> > member), but I specked you can too.
> >
> > --
> > Helen D. Vecht: helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk
> > Edgware.

> "Specked" is this a new abbreviation of expect Helen?

> Phil.

Yes. Shedspeak.

I see Fran in uk.rec.sheds every day...

--
Helen D. Vecht: helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk
Edgware.

Helen Deborah Vecht wrote:
> "Phil Manning" <g1lkj@yahoo.co.uk>typed
>
>
>
>>> member), but I specked you can too.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Helen D. Vecht: helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk
>>> Edgware.
>
>> "Specked" is this a new abbreviation of expect Helen?
>
>> Phil.
>
> Yes. Shedspeak.
>
> I see Fran in uk.rec.sheds every day...
>
I don't goov I've ever seen her there.

Mike Jones <admin@127.0.0.1>typed

> Helen Deborah Vecht wrote:
> > "Phil Manning" <g1lkj@yahoo.co.uk>typed
> >
> >
> >
> >>> member), but I specked you can too.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Helen D. Vecht: helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk
> >>> Edgware.
> >
> >> "Specked" is this a new abbreviation of expect Helen?
> >
> >> Phil.
> >
> > Yes. Shedspeak.
> >
> > I see Fran in uk.rec.sheds every day...
> >
> I don't goov I've ever seen her there.

Try ROTting her name. Then read the Brighton thread...

--
Helen D. Vecht: helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk
Edgware.

Helen Deborah Vecht wrote:
> Mike Jones <admin@127.0.0.1>typed
>
>
>> Helen Deborah Vecht wrote:
>>> "Phil Manning" <g1lkj@yahoo.co.uk>typed
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>> member), but I specked you can too.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Helen D. Vecht: helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk
>>>>> Edgware.
>>>> "Specked" is this a new abbreviation of expect Helen?
>>>> Phil.
>>> Yes. Shedspeak.
>>>
>>> I see Fran in uk.rec.sheds every day...
>>>
>> I don't goov I've ever seen her there.
>
> Try ROTting her name. Then read the Brighton thread...
>
Oh, *I* xabj that! I was being pendantic about the name; & ironic, cos I
forget who I am (posting as) sometimes!

Mike Jones <admin@127.0.0.1>typed

> Helen Deborah Vecht wrote:
> > Mike Jones <admin@127.0.0.1>typed
> >
> >
> >> Helen Deborah Vecht wrote:
> >>> "Phil Manning" <g1lkj@yahoo.co.uk>typed
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> member), but I specked you can too.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Helen D. Vecht: helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk
> >>>>> Edgware.
> >>>> "Specked" is this a new abbreviation of expect Helen?
> >>>> Phil.
> >>> Yes. Shedspeak.
> >>>
> >>> I see Fran in uk.rec.sheds every day...
> >>>
> >> I don't goov I've ever seen her there.
> >
> > Try ROTting her name. Then read the Brighton thread...
> >
> Oh, *I* xabj that! I was being pendantic about the name; & ironic, cos I
> forget who I am (posting as) sometimes!

I thought you did. I think I know most of your pseudonyms...

--
Helen D. Vecht: helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk
Edgware.

Helen Deborah Vecht said...
> Fran <arjfatcymoeddorguk@privacy.net>typed
>
>
> > This is copied from the YHA website, on the page for Telscombe:
>
> > Nearest Youth Hostel:
> > Alfriston 09 Miles
> > Brighton mil Miles
> > Blackboys mil Miles
> > Truleigh Hill mil Miles
>
> > What on earth is 'mil miles'?
>
> What they entered instead of '**' and didn't get the tuits to find out
> the real values before the press deadline.

Press deadline? On a website??

> I can work distances out if you send me grid references (I'm not a YHA
> member), but I specked you can too.
>
I can work it out and may even do so should I ever need to know the
answers. Catharine, my 16 yr old lass, was trying to work out whether
she'd be better off staying at Telscombe instead of Brighton. She's
'done' Brighton, but more to the point she intends to visit a friend (of
her age, i.e. 16) whose mummy distrusts Brighton (the town not the
hostel) to the point of not allowing her offspring to go next nor nigh
the place even in broad daylight on a Saturday morning. They live in
the Lewes area. Catharine likes the look of Telscombe, but of course
being 16 she doesn't drive. She also prefers big towns and cities to
the countryside. She is, in short, a teenager of the female persuasion.

--
....universities truly are storehouses of knowledge: students arrive from
school confident that they know very nearly everything, and they leave
years later cerain that they know practically nothing. Where did all
the knowledge go in the meantime? Into the university, of course, where
it is carefully dried and stored.
(Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen)

Phil Manning said...
>
> > member), but I specked you can too.
> >
>
> "Specked" is this a new abbreviation of expect Helen?
>
Hardly 'new'...

--
To reply see 'from' in headers; lose the domain, and insert dots and @
where common sense dictates.

Mike Jones said...
> Helen Deborah Vecht wrote:
> > "Phil Manning" <g1lkj@yahoo.co.uk>typed
> >
> >
> >
> >>> member), but I specked you can too.
> >>>
> >
> >> "Specked" is this a new abbreviation of expect Helen?
> >
> >> Phil.
> >
> > Yes. Shedspeak.
> >
> > I see Fran in uk.rec.sheds every day...
> >
> I don't goov I've ever seen her there.
>
Then you've not been paying attention. Heavens above Mike, I've even
met you twice in RL!

--
....universities truly are storehouses of knowledge: students arrive from
school confident that they know very nearly everything, and they leave
years later cerain that they know practically nothing. Where did all
the knowledge go in the meantime? Into the university, of course, where
it is carefully dried and stored.
(Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen)

Helen Deborah Vecht said...
> > Oh, *I* xabj that! I was being pendantic about the name; & ironic, cos I
> > forget who I am (posting as) sometimes!
>
> I thought you did. I think I know most of your pseudonyms...
>
I just check the email addy when a new persona turns up.

--
....universities truly are storehouses of knowledge: students arrive from
school confident that they know very nearly everything, and they leave
years later cerain that they know practically nothing. Where did all
the knowledge go in the meantime? Into the university, of course, where
it is carefully dried and stored.
(Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen)

Nick Pedley said...
>
> "Phil Manning" <g1lkj@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1165309995.039791.103290@79g2000cws.googlegro ups.com...
> >
> >> member), but I specked you can too.
> >>
> >
> > "Specked" is this a new abbreviation of expect Helen?
> >
> > Phil.
> >
> They've descended into sheddie-talk, I fear.... ;-)
>
Well you know what they say - if you can't beat 'em... A warm welcome,
a PP and a BA awaits all comers.

--
....universities truly are storehouses of knowledge: students arrive from
school confident that they know very nearly everything, and they leave
years later cerain that they know practically nothing. Where did all
the knowledge go in the meantime? Into the university, of course, where
it is carefully dried and stored.
(Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen)

"Fran" <arjfatcymoeddorguk@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.1fdea98e3f7cebed98c380@news.individual.ne t...
> This is copied from the YHA website, on the page for Telscombe:
>
> Nearest Youth Hostel:
> Alfriston 09 Miles
> Brighton mil Miles
> Blackboys mil Miles
> Truleigh Hill mil Miles
>
> What on earth is 'mil miles'?

If you had the 2005/2006 YHA guide, you would find the following:-

Nearest other hostels

Brighton 10 miles
Alfreston 11 miles
Blackboys 17 miles

So there!

Alan

>
> --
> ...universities truly are storehouses of knowledge: students arrive from
> school confident that they know very nearly everything, and they leave
> years later cerain that they know practically nothing. Where did all
> the knowledge go in the meantime? Into the university, of course, where
> it is carefully dried and stored.
> (Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen)

Fran wrote:
> Helen Deborah Vecht said...
>> Fran <arjfatcymoeddorguk@privacy.net>typed
>>
>>
>>> This is copied from the YHA website, on the page for Telscombe:
>>> Nearest Youth Hostel:
>>> Alfriston 09 Miles
>>> Brighton mil Miles
>>> Blackboys mil Miles
>>> Truleigh Hill mil Miles
>>> What on earth is 'mil miles'?
>> What they entered instead of '**' and didn't get the tuits to find out
>> the real values before the press deadline.
>
> Press deadline? On a website??
>
>> I can work distances out if you send me grid references (I'm not a YHA
>> member), but I specked you can too.
>>
> I can work it out and may even do so should I ever need to know the
> answers. Catharine, my 16 yr old lass, was trying to work out whether
> she'd be better off staying at Telscombe instead of Brighton. She's
> 'done' Brighton, but more to the point she intends to visit a friend (of
> her age, i.e. 16) whose mummy distrusts Brighton (the town not the
> hostel) to the point of not allowing her offspring to go next nor nigh
> the place even in broad daylight on a Saturday morning. They live in
> the Lewes area. Catharine likes the look of Telscombe, but of course
> being 16 she doesn't drive. She also prefers big towns and cities to
> the countryside. She is, in short, a teenager of the female persuasion.
>
Telscombe is a lovely house, and you can just about see how it would
have been a beautiful rustic setting before all the hedges were grubbed
up. It's maybe a dozen houses and the hostel. I think there's a postbox.
It's a taxi ride away to anywhere, or a bit of a slog if carrying a lot
of luggage, either back to the Lewes road, or footpath over the downs to
Peacehaven & the coast road. I've no idea how good the Public Transport
is in the area; but I'd imagine it to be much less frequent than
Brighton to Lewes.

Alan Holmes wrote:
> "Fran" <arjfatcymoeddorguk@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1fdea98e3f7cebed98c380@news.individual.ne t...
>> This is copied from the YHA website, on the page for Telscombe:
>>
>> Nearest Youth Hostel:
>> Alfriston 09 Miles

<snip>

> Alfreston 11 miles

Not as far if you use the new footpath bypass. :-)

--
Brian

On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 17:36:33 GMT, Helen Deborah Vecht wrote:

>> Oh, *I* xabj that! I was being pendantic about the name; & ironic, cos I
>> forget who I am (posting as) sometimes!
>
> I thought you did. I think I know most of your pseudonyms...

anorak! :-)
--
Peter.
If you can do it today, you didn't put off enough yesterday.

Peter <giraffenos.pam@homecall.co.uk>typed

> anorak! :-)

You've turned up in the Hostel, LP?

I wooden bother; thry're all closing...

--
Helen D. Vecht: helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk
Edgware.

On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:43:00 GMT, Helen Deborah Vecht wrote:

> Peter <giraffenos.pam@homecall.co.uk>typed
>
>> anorak! :-)
>
> You've turned up in the Hostel, LP?
>
> I wooden bother; thry're all closing...

and I'm a life member - when the last YH closes...! :-(
--
Peter.
If you can do it today, you didn't put off enough yesterday.

Peter <giraffenos.pam@homecall.co.uk>typed

> On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:43:00 GMT, Helen Deborah Vecht wrote:

> > Peter <giraffenos.pam@homecall.co.uk>typed
> >
> >> anorak! :-)
> >
> > You've turned up in the Hostel, LP?
> >
> > I wooden bother; thry're all closing...

> and I'm a life member - when the last YH closes...! :-(

Aaah... The YHA Life Sentence, almost comparable to that issued by Karrimor...

Is there a 'support' newsgroup for unfortunates like you?

--
Helen D. Vecht: helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk
Edgware.

Helen Deborah Vecht formulated on Monday :
> Peter <giraffenos.pam@homecall.co.uk>typed
>
>
>> On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:43:00 GMT, Helen Deborah Vecht wrote:
>
>>> Peter <giraffenos.pam@homecall.co.uk>typed
>>>
>>>> anorak! :-)
>>>
>>> You've turned up in the Hostel, LP?
>>>
>>> I wooden bother; thry're all closing...
>
>> and I'm a life member - when the last YH closes...! :-(
>
> Aaah... The YHA Life Sentence, almost comparable to that issued by
> Karrimor...
>
> Is there a 'support' newsgroup for unfortunates like you?

CAMRA

	#1
Fran	How far...? This is copied from the YHA website, on the page for Telscombe: Nearest Youth Hostel: Alfriston 09 Miles Brighton mil Miles Blackboys mil Miles Truleigh Hill mil Miles What on earth is 'mil miles'? -- ....universities truly are storehouses of knowledge: students arrive from school confident that they know very nearly everything, and they leave years later cerain that they know practically nothing. Where did all the knowledge go in the meantime? Into the university, of course, where it is carefully dried and stored. (Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen)

	#2
Helen Deborah Vecht	Re: How far...? Fran <arjfatcymoeddorguk@privacy.net>typed > This is copied from the YHA website, on the page for Telscombe: > Nearest Youth Hostel: > Alfriston 09 Miles > Brighton mil Miles > Blackboys mil Miles > Truleigh Hill mil Miles > What on earth is 'mil miles'? What they entered instead of '**' and didn't get the tuits to find out the real values before the press deadline. I can work distances out if you send me grid references (I'm not a YHA member), but I specked you can too. -- Helen D. Vecht: helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk Edgware.

	#3
Phil Manning	Re: How far...? > member), but I specked you can too. > > -- > Helen D. Vecht: helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk > Edgware. "Specked" is this a new abbreviation of expect Helen? Phil.

	#4
Nick Pedley	Re: How far...? "Phil Manning" <g1lkj@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:1165309995.039791.103290@79g2000cws.googlegro ups.com... > >> member), but I specked you can too. >> >> -- >> Helen D. Vecht: helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk >> Edgware. > > "Specked" is this a new abbreviation of expect Helen? > > Phil. > They've descended into sheddie-talk, I fear.... ;-) Nick -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

	#6
Mike Jones	Re: How far...? Helen Deborah Vecht wrote: > "Phil Manning" <g1lkj@yahoo.co.uk>typed > > > >>> member), but I specked you can too. >>> >>> -- >>> Helen D. Vecht: helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk >>> Edgware. > >> "Specked" is this a new abbreviation of expect Helen? > >> Phil. > > Yes. Shedspeak. > > I see Fran in uk.rec.sheds every day... > I don't goov I've ever seen her there.

	#7
Helen Deborah Vecht	Re: How far...? Mike Jones <admin@127.0.0.1>typed > Helen Deborah Vecht wrote: > > "Phil Manning" <g1lkj@yahoo.co.uk>typed > > > > > > > >>> member), but I specked you can too. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Helen D. Vecht: helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk > >>> Edgware. > > > >> "Specked" is this a new abbreviation of expect Helen? > > > >> Phil. > > > > Yes. Shedspeak. > > > > I see Fran in uk.rec.sheds every day... > > > I don't goov I've ever seen her there. Try ROTting her name. Then read the Brighton thread... -- Helen D. Vecht: helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk Edgware.

	#11
Fran	Re: How far...? Phil Manning said... > > > member), but I specked you can too. > > > > "Specked" is this a new abbreviation of expect Helen? > Hardly 'new'... -- To reply see 'from' in headers; lose the domain, and insert dots and @ where common sense dictates.

	#12
Fran	Re: How far...? Mike Jones said... > Helen Deborah Vecht wrote: > > "Phil Manning" <g1lkj@yahoo.co.uk>typed > > > > > > > >>> member), but I specked you can too. > >>> > > > >> "Specked" is this a new abbreviation of expect Helen? > > > >> Phil. > > > > Yes. Shedspeak. > > > > I see Fran in uk.rec.sheds every day... > > > I don't goov I've ever seen her there. > Then you've not been paying attention. Heavens above Mike, I've even met you twice in RL! -- ....universities truly are storehouses of knowledge: students arrive from school confident that they know very nearly everything, and they leave years later cerain that they know practically nothing. Where did all the knowledge go in the meantime? Into the university, of course, where it is carefully dried and stored. (Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen)

	#14
Fran	Re: How far...? Nick Pedley said... > > "Phil Manning" <g1lkj@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message > news:1165309995.039791.103290@79g2000cws.googlegro ups.com... > > > >> member), but I specked you can too. > >> > > > > "Specked" is this a new abbreviation of expect Helen? > > > > Phil. > > > They've descended into sheddie-talk, I fear.... ;-) > Well you know what they say - if you can't beat 'em... A warm welcome, a PP and a BA awaits all comers. -- ....universities truly are storehouses of knowledge: students arrive from school confident that they know very nearly everything, and they leave years later cerain that they know practically nothing. Where did all the knowledge go in the meantime? Into the university, of course, where it is carefully dried and stored. (Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen)

	#15
Alan Holmes	Re: How far...? "Fran" <arjfatcymoeddorguk@privacy.net> wrote in message news:MPG.1fdea98e3f7cebed98c380@news.individual.ne t... > This is copied from the YHA website, on the page for Telscombe: > > Nearest Youth Hostel: > Alfriston 09 Miles > Brighton mil Miles > Blackboys mil Miles > Truleigh Hill mil Miles > > What on earth is 'mil miles'? If you had the 2005/2006 YHA guide, you would find the following:- Nearest other hostels Brighton 10 miles Alfreston 11 miles Blackboys 17 miles So there! Alan > > -- > ...universities truly are storehouses of knowledge: students arrive from > school confident that they know very nearly everything, and they leave > years later cerain that they know practically nothing. Where did all > the knowledge go in the meantime? Into the university, of course, where > it is carefully dried and stored. > (Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen)

	#16
Mike Jones	Re: How far...? Fran wrote: > Helen Deborah Vecht said... >> Fran <arjfatcymoeddorguk@privacy.net>typed >> >> >>> This is copied from the YHA website, on the page for Telscombe: >>> Nearest Youth Hostel: >>> Alfriston 09 Miles >>> Brighton mil Miles >>> Blackboys mil Miles >>> Truleigh Hill mil Miles >>> What on earth is 'mil miles'? >> What they entered instead of '**' and didn't get the tuits to find out >> the real values before the press deadline. > > Press deadline? On a website?? > >> I can work distances out if you send me grid references (I'm not a YHA >> member), but I specked you can too. >> > I can work it out and may even do so should I ever need to know the > answers. Catharine, my 16 yr old lass, was trying to work out whether > she'd be better off staying at Telscombe instead of Brighton. She's > 'done' Brighton, but more to the point she intends to visit a friend (of > her age, i.e. 16) whose mummy distrusts Brighton (the town not the > hostel) to the point of not allowing her offspring to go next nor nigh > the place even in broad daylight on a Saturday morning. They live in > the Lewes area. Catharine likes the look of Telscombe, but of course > being 16 she doesn't drive. She also prefers big towns and cities to > the countryside. She is, in short, a teenager of the female persuasion. > Telscombe is a lovely house, and you can just about see how it would have been a beautiful rustic setting before all the hedges were grubbed up. It's maybe a dozen houses and the hostel. I think there's a postbox. It's a taxi ride away to anywhere, or a bit of a slog if carrying a lot of luggage, either back to the Lewes road, or footpath over the downs to Peacehaven & the coast road. I've no idea how good the Public Transport is in the area; but I'd imagine it to be much less frequent than Brighton to Lewes.

	#17
BrianW	Re: How far...? Alan Holmes wrote: > "Fran" <arjfatcymoeddorguk@privacy.net> wrote in message > news:MPG.1fdea98e3f7cebed98c380@news.individual.ne t... >> This is copied from the YHA website, on the page for Telscombe: >> >> Nearest Youth Hostel: >> Alfriston 09 Miles <snip> > Alfreston 11 miles Not as far if you use the new footpath bypass. :-) -- Brian

	#18
Peter	Re: How far...? On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 17:36:33 GMT, Helen Deborah Vecht wrote: >> Oh, I xabj that! I was being pendantic about the name; & ironic, cos I >> forget who I am (posting as) sometimes! > > I thought you did. I think I know most of your pseudonyms... anorak! :-) -- Peter. If you can do it today, you didn't put off enough yesterday.

	#19
Helen Deborah Vecht	Re: How far...? Peter <giraffenos.pam@homecall.co.uk>typed > anorak! :-) You've turned up in the Hostel, LP? I wooden bother; thry're all closing... -- Helen D. Vecht: helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk Edgware.

	#20
Peter	Re: How far...? On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:43:00 GMT, Helen Deborah Vecht wrote: > Peter <giraffenos.pam@homecall.co.uk>typed > >> anorak! :-) > > You've turned up in the Hostel, LP? > > I wooden bother; thry're all closing... and I'm a life member - when the last YH closes...! :-( -- Peter. If you can do it today, you didn't put off enough yesterday.

	#22
giraffe	Re: How far...? Helen Deborah Vecht formulated on Monday : > Peter <giraffenos.pam@homecall.co.uk>typed > > >> On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:43:00 GMT, Helen Deborah Vecht wrote: > >>> Peter <giraffenos.pam@homecall.co.uk>typed >>> >>>> anorak! :-) >>> >>> You've turned up in the Hostel, LP? >>> >>> I wooden bother; thry're all closing... > >> and I'm a life member - when the last YH closes...! :-( > > Aaah... The YHA Life Sentence, almost comparable to that issued by > Karrimor... > > Is there a 'support' newsgroup for unfortunates like you? CAMRA