On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 09:05:12 +0100, "Mike" wrote:

"JennyC" wrote in message
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Just down the road from you - Barendrecht.

given she is 6m below sea level shouldn't that be 'up the road' ;-))
Jim Webster

'Down' in this instance means South of me :~))
Jenny


"Up" North "Down" South. A return journey 'home' for us is always quicker
because it is 'downhill'.

I have to attend a Funeral "Up North" in Birmingham tomorrow. It will take
longer to get there and use more petrol as it is "Up"

;-))

Mike


Convention in the past was always "up" to the larger city or Capital.
Although "north" does seem to be more up than south.




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All truth passes through three stages:
First, it is ridiculed;
Second, it is violently opposed; and
Third, it is accepted as self-evident.
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