David Cantrell wrote on 18 August 2009 11:41:23 ...
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 05:49:18PM +0000, Richard J. wrote:
David Cantrell wrote on 17 August 2009 12:28:33 ...
I'd like to invite you to go to Google Maps, find Beulah Road in
Thornton Heath (postcode CR7 8JH), take a screenshot, and then using the
graphics package of your choice, mark where the fences are. Cos I live
there, and I'm buggered if I can spot them.
Huh? I put that postcode into Google Maps and clicked on Street View
for the location. It shows a house (51 Beulah Road) with a wooden fence
in front of it.

You are aware that a postcode covers more than one property, right?

Yes, of course. I got the impression from your post that the whole
road, or at least the bit in that postcode, had no fences, as in "I'm
buggered if I can spot *them*".

Not all of them have fences or walls. Plenty of people there can walk from their front door to the middle of the road without climbing over a wall or fence, and without going through a gateway.

In that case, the road is fenced by your front door and the front wall
of your house.

fenced: closed or separated with *or as if with* a fence (Collins
dictionary)

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Richard J.
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