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"E27002" wrote in message
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On Oct 29, 11:55 am, David Jackson wrote:
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from Bruce contains these words:

What food does it serve? Balti? Tandoori? Pizza and Pasta?
It seems odd that there should be such a thing as a "British
Restaurant" when British cuisine has largely vanished.

http://www.jrfielding.com/live/views...StoryIndex=288


When I was living in New York in 1991/2 I used the following establishment
on about 1 out of every 6 Sundays to get a fix of home cuisine:

http://www.teaandsympathynewyork.com/home.php

Nearby is

http://www.myersofkeswick.com/

With the odd wedge of (unpasteurised) Colston Bassett Stilton and other
European cheeses from

http://www.deandeluca.com/Default.aspx [1]

+ visitors from the UK wedging their baggage allowance with Heinz Baked
Beans one could just about survive.

D A Stocks

[1] it looks like Dean & Deluca might have given up on British cheeses - I
wonder why?

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In article
,
(E27002) wrote:

Hadn't really seen anything elsewhere, but, I do not follow every
thread. If it can be done extending the W&C may make more sense that
the westward Northern Line extension discussed here recently.

Not in operating terms.

A frequent tube service continuing to, and replacing, Vauxhall
station, and both Battersea stations (at a new central location
convenient for the new US embassy), would be useful and free up the SW
mainline approach to Waterloo.

Maybe.

It could continue to Wimbledon by surfacing before Clapham junction and
using the outside pair to reach Putney, and then on to Wimbledon by
sharing the District tracks.

Gibber! What would that do to Windsor lines capacity?

--
Colin Rosenstiel

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In article id,
(Dr J R Stockton) wrote:

In uk.transport.london message ,
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:39:52, Bill Borland posted:

I do wish he'd said "British restaurant", not "British Restaurant".
Horrible memories of 1939-1945.

I think at least one may have been still running in the early/mid
sixties. The Councillor's family may remember. It was probably near
the middle of

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&so...q=cambridge&sl
l=51.407017,-0.260955&sspn=0.008486,0.015256&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear= Cambridge,+U
nited+Kingdom&ll=52.205401,0.121434&spn=0.002084,0 .005858&z=18&layer=c&cbll
=52.205452,0.121306&panoid=PnmB3cj0TCP3vyjL76Mfsg &cbp=12,187.87,,0,7.47

Not sure how we got onto the late lamented Cambridge Civic Restaurant (as
it was when I knew it) in this thread. It was indeed on that corner. I
only ever eat there once, when in Cambridge for my interview in 1967.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

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"David A Stocks" writes:
[1] it looks like Dean & Deluca might have given up on British cheeses -
I wonder why?

Well, given the small selection on that web site, it's probably only a
fraction of what they actually sell in the stores.

[It seems very unlikely they wouldn't carry at least Stilton and some
English Cheddar, given how famous they are.]

-Miles

--
"I distrust a research person who is always obviously busy on a task."
--Robert Frosch, VP, GM Research

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On Oct 29, 7:34*am, "Recliner" wrote:
"Tim Fenton" wrote in message







"Recliner" wrote in message
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London tends to be less attractive than Edinburgh, Los Angeles, or
Omaha. *But, you needn't be concerned; you have plenty of folks
waiting in trucks at Calais. *I am sure they will be able to install
and maintain software at your companies, financial institutions,
etc.

That sort of work for British companies is now normally done in
Mumbai or Bangalore. *They're a lot cheaper than Edinburgh, Los
Angeles, or Omaha.

Last year, I was doing an assignment with a large services company
which is, as they say, headquartered in the USA.

They had identified a number of low (or lower) cost locations, some
of which were *inside* the US. From memory, the Carolinas was one -
not all of the country is prosperous.

I suspect Omaha isn't exactly bank breakingly expensive either.

Probably not, even though Warren Buffet, one of the world's richest men
lives there.

For one year I worked in Omaha doing a major reconfiguration of an
accounting package. I found a very inexpensive apartment ten minutes
walk from my client's campus.

My rate was slightly lower than my previous assignment which had been
in the San Francisco Bay area. However, because my costs were much
lower it was an entirely more profitable venture.

Moreover, the folks living in Douglas County, Nebraska where, by and
large, very friendly. The work environment was more than pleasant.
An unexpected bonus was a British Restaurant in nearby Belleview, NE.

Omaha is also home of the headquarters of the Union Pacific
Railroad. The town has much of railway interest. It is also Gerald
Ford’s birthplace.


My goodness: how did you "trip" over that gem?!

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On Oct 30, 1:37*am, "Recliner" wrote:
"Nobody" wrote in message



"E27002" wrote in message

On Oct 27, 3:37 pm, "Chris Read" wrote:

That sort of work for British companies is now normally done in
Mumbai or Bangalore. *They're a lot cheaper than Edinburgh, Los
Angeles, or Omaha.

grin and OT: but if you're gonna write "Mumbai" for Bombay, please
be consistent and use "Bengaluru" for Bangalore...

Yes, I did think of that, but felt that the former had caught on a lot
more than the latter. *The latter is also not as cheap as it used to be..

According to the Board of Control for Cricket in India, the Karnataka
State Cricket Association play cricket at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium,
Bangalore. I think until the Indians start using Bengaluru there
should be no compulsion on the rest of the world.

John

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Tom Barry wrote:
Martin Edwards wrote:


grin and OT: but if you're gonna write "Mumbai" for Bombay, please
be consistent and use "Bengaluru" for Bangalore...

Or "Chennai" for "Madras". This could get complicated.


I work with a bloke from Madras, and he's very annoyed about the whole
Chennai thing, which he sees as a vain politician jumping on a
bandwagon. According to him it makes about as much sense as renaming
London, 'Kensington'.

Tom

Thanks for that. I am endlessly fascinated by the subcon. George
Harrison was responsible.

--
As through this world I've rambled, I've met plenty of funny men,
Some rob you with a sixgun, some with a fountain pen.

Woody Guthrie

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On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:49:47 +0900, Miles Bader wrote:

[It seems very unlikely they wouldn't carry at least Stilton and some
English Cheddar, given how famous they are.]


They are perhaps more likely to sell Canadian and/or Israeli Cheddar.

;-)

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"E27002" wrote in message
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On Oct 29, 1:49 pm, David Jackson wrote:
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from E27002 contains these words:

http://www.jrfielding.com/live/views...StoryIndex=288

Thanks for the link. It's about time that USians had "proper" food
available. The bloke who trims the remains of my hair has relatives in
Transpondia, and he seems to spend his whole holiday over there in the
kitchen, cooking enough real food to fill their freezer so that they'll
be OK until his next visit.

Fortunately World Market now stocks a number of useful British items.
So I needn't forgo PG Tips, or Typhoo. I can make birds custard for
my American apple pie. Branston Pickle is available to give my salads
a slight UK touch. Walker Shortbread and McVities Biscuits Biscuits
(now there is an ambiguous word) are occasional treats.

When I first worked in the US in 1982 I would go crazy for a cup of
real tea. Eventually I would have family members send it over.



On a par with Earl's Court Aussies and Vegemite (axle grease to the average
Yank).

Managed to survive 10 years without it. Sainsbury's Yeast Extract was pretty
darn close. :)

DW downunder

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"EE507" wrote in message
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On Oct 26, 9:17 pm, (Neil Williams)
wrote:
On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:09:06 -0700 (PDT), TheOneKEA

wrote:
There is also the fact that the WLL is still a good cross-London link
between the former Southern Region and the former Western and London
Midland (:P) Regions. Just because there's no XC link right now
doesn't mean that a new service, serving Shepherd's Bush, won't be
eventually restored.

Even now, the link from MKC to Clapham Jn and beyond is *very* heavily
used. While there would be an issue with making the LO service 8
cars, the Southern one could easily be made so given a few units, had
the short-sighted decision to build a 4-car platform at Imperial Wharf
not been made.

The real issue is platforms 16 and 17 at CLJ. SDO can't be used with
the sort of loadings these trains experience, but straightening and
lengthening the platforms won't happen any time soon.

That said, given that said service is mainly about linking the WCML to
the SWML, it could I suppose be extended to 8 then not stop at
Imperial Wharf. How long is the platform at Shepherd's Bush?

4! Same at West Brompton. I think the assumption has been made that
CLJ 16 and 17 will never be sorted out, so why bother when LOROL will
be a 4-car max railway forever more?

I suppose Platform 17 at Clapham is also short, but if that was a
problem it could terminate there and use 2 or a reinstated 1 instead.
Or is 16 long enough, if a crossover was to be installed?

Cross-Clapham traffic is heavy and interchange facilities on those
platforms are grossly inadequate. If the infrastructure is ever
modified to allow 8-car trains, it could then be sensible to run them
south of East Croydon once again.

In the short term I would prefer 2 tph of ECR-WFJ rather than 1 of ECR-
MKC, although the benefits would be greater if VT bothered to stop
more than 1 tph at WFJ.



Sorry Old Chap, did ask that when you introduce a TLA into a post for the
1st that you spell it out. I can guess from context that ECR is East
Croydon, and MKC is Milton Keynes Central. I think WFJ is Watford Junction,
which would suit the context. Could you pls confirm.

DW downunder