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David Flood
SubjectRe: I shit you not - the Royal Train (was Re: Queen mother (of Britain) has died)
FromDavid Flood
Date2002-04-05 20:11 (2002-04-05 19:11)
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FollowupsJette Goldie (2h & 41m) > David Flood

"paulh" <paulh@fahncahn.com>wrote in message news:0vrpau08g73unds5cj8hgten0kq08k9lnr@4ax.com...

paulh
On Thu, 4 Apr 2002 21:31:41 +0100, "David Flood" <NOSPAMmaoltuile@utvinternet.ie>wrote:

David Flood
"Jette Goldie" <jetteREMOVE@blueyonder.co.uk>wrote in message news:VEGq8.2909$Nc3.18249762@news-text.cableinet.net...

Jette Goldie
No Royal train, no Royal plane, yacht sits in Leith as a tourist attraction, no more to sail the waves.

David Flood
And here, ladies and gentlemen, the Royal Train:

http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page407.asp

Jette Goldie
Done away with a few years ago. Not being British you may have missed the news.

David Flood
In that case, someone obviously neglected to update the information on

this

expensive-looking site...

paulh
You can send in an complaint saying they need to update their site so you can win 'discussions' on usenet better...

"Dear Sir" - no, that sounds too respectful...

"A chara" - no, *that's* too intimate, and they'll not appreciate being addressed in a language their ancestors tried to destroy...

Sod it, bad idea :)

D.

(Besides, I think Jette may be mistaken - after all, Britannia is rightly listed as 'decommissioned")