Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: English humor : translation for American readers :-)
Posted by
James Owens
on 2000-10-11 09:33:06 UTC
Hi Ken,
Sheffield made steel and stainless steel and was/is the heart of the knife
making business. The rest is about right. Londoners think the North begins
at Watford while us true Northerners say it doesn't start till Knutsford.
Terry
> Terry's reference to the "proverbial pot" comes from "didn't haveYour geography is a little off, the mills were more my part of the country.
> a pot to piss in" and the "things have changed - at least down south"
> is a dig at Ian being in Sheffield (an old mill town).
Sheffield made steel and stainless steel and was/is the heart of the knife
making business. The rest is about right. Londoners think the North begins
at Watford while us true Northerners say it doesn't start till Knutsford.
Terry
Discussion Thread
Ken Jenkins
2000-10-11 08:07:32 UTC
Re: English humor : translation for American readers :-)
James Owens
2000-10-11 09:33:06 UTC
Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: English humor : translation for American readers :-)
catboat15@a...
2000-10-11 13:29:18 UTC
Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: English humor : translation for American readers :-)
Ian Wright
2000-10-11 15:57:54 UTC
Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: English humor : translation for American readers :-)