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March 17th 07, 07:33 PM
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"Michael Hoffman" wrote in message ... Tom Anderson wrote: On Fri, 16 Mar 2007, Richard J. wrote: Why do we have to use a nasty acronym like CTRL-DS? Anglostar!  -- Michael Hoffman The abbreviation used in-house is 'RDO' (Reserved[?] Domestic Operator) Brian |
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March 20th 07, 05:27 PM
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On Sat, 17 Mar 2007, BH Williams wrote:
"Michael Hoffman" wrote in message ... Tom Anderson wrote: On Fri, 16 Mar 2007, Richard J. wrote: Why do we have to use a nasty acronym like CTRL-DS? Anglostar! The abbreviation used in-house is 'RDO' (Reserved[?] Domestic Operator) Oh good grief. The only problem i can see with the 'Anglostar' name is if services are run up north - i really can't see the Scots being happy with that one! tom -- Destroy - kill all hippies. |
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March 22nd 07, 12:12 PM
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Tom Anderson wrote:
The only problem i can see with the 'Anglostar' name is if services are run up north - i really can't see the Scots being happy with that one! We need a British version of "Bullet Train". How about "Knife Train"? |
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March 22nd 07, 12:41 PM
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In ,
John Rowland typed: Tom Anderson wrote: The only problem i can see with the 'Anglostar' name is if services are run up north - i really can't see the Scots being happy with that one! We need a British version of "Bullet Train". How about "Knife Train"? Isn't a Javelin just a very long knife? -- Bob |
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March 22nd 07, 01:21 PM
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:41:25 GMT, "Bob Wood"
wrote: In , John Rowland typed: Tom Anderson wrote: The only problem i can see with the 'Anglostar' name is if services are run up north - i really can't see the Scots being happy with that one! We need a British version of "Bullet Train". How about "Knife Train"? Isn't a Javelin just a very long knife? Try slicing something with a javelin. |
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March 22nd 07, 03:27 PM
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"Bob Wood" wrote in message ... We need a British version of "Bullet Train". How about "Knife Train"? Isn't a Javelin just a very long knife? More a kind of dart - and someone else already used that for a form of transport. -- Tim "I do not approve of the words that came out of my mouth" - Jade Goody |
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March 22nd 07, 02:07 PM
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John Rowland wrote:
Tom Anderson wrote: The only problem i can see with the 'Anglostar' name is if services are run up north - i really can't see the Scots being happy with that one! We need a British version of "Bullet Train". How about "Knife Train"? "Master Cutler"? -- Bruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney www.stronsay.co.uk/claremont |
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March 22nd 07, 03:15 PM
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, John Rowland wrote:
Tom Anderson wrote: The only problem i can see with the 'Anglostar' name is if services are run up north - i really can't see the Scots being happy with that one! We need a British version of "Bullet Train". How about "Knife Train"? Cosh train? Since we're moving away from Waterloo, perhaps we could stick two fingers up at the French by calling it the Arrow Train instead  .tom -- Everything that has transpired has done so according to my design. |
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March 22nd 07, 04:10 PM
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:15:51 +0000, Tom Anderson
wrote: On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, John Rowland wrote: Tom Anderson wrote: The only problem i can see with the 'Anglostar' name is if services are run up north - i really can't see the Scots being happy with that one! We need a British version of "Bullet Train". How about "Knife Train"? Cosh train? Since we're moving away from Waterloo, perhaps we could stick two fingers up at the French by calling it the Arrow Train instead .We've already had the "Golden Arrow". How about "The Longbow" instead? :-) -- What New Labour are in favour of is commerce. Privatise the economy, nationalise the people. |
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March 22nd 07, 06:59 PM
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:10:27 +0000, Mike Roebuck
wrote: On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:15:51 +0000, Tom Anderson wrote: On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, John Rowland wrote: Tom Anderson wrote: The only problem i can see with the 'Anglostar' name is if services are run up north - i really can't see the Scots being happy with that one! We need a British version of "Bullet Train". How about "Knife Train"? Cosh train? Since we're moving away from Waterloo, perhaps we could stick two fingers up at the French by calling it the Arrow Train instead .We've already had the "Golden Arrow". How about "The Longbow" instead? :-) No, that's what you use to send it out of the station. I suppose "Golden Bolt" could be misunderstood. |
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