Blather, Waffle and Poppycock!

[Last Hussar]

So great gig last night, Blues club at Tring cricket ground.
1 shandy and 3 non alcoholic beers.
Total cost £450...

[Last Hussar]

That includes the £100 joining the AA (cars, not booze)
£150 "oh you want to join NOW, at 145 in the morning? When you are on the hard shoulder?" Payment
£180 for 2 tyres this morning.

[fsn]

Wow!

[d_Guy]

Why is there a "Near East" but no "Near West" (that I know of)?

We have an "Up North" "Down South" "Out West" but a "Down East" (which should be "In East" to improve the symmetry)?

Our "Mid West" is much more north than west and is almost entirely east of the Mississippi River.

You are where you were born even if you can't speak the language or find it on a map. Possibly it is where you were conceived but you might not be privy to that information. Using the last, I'm from Connecticut (and no, I do not speak the language but know it is "In East").

£90 for a tyre ys not too awful.

[fsn]

Why is there a "Near East" but no "Near West" (that I know of)?
Maybe there is in ... say ... Turkey or one of the Stans. Here in the UK, there is nothing west of us bar a big, cold ocean.

We have an "Up North" "Down South" "Out West" but a "Down East" (which should be "In East" to improve the symmetry)?
Your "Out West" is more of a cultural than a geographic description; stetsons, cow herding, random gun deaths, etc. It's not actually what's in the West, it's somewhere John Wayne would fit in. I suspect few would include Alsaka as being "Out West".

(We don't have an "Out West" here ... we say "Wales".)   

[steve_holmes_11]

That includes the £100 joining the AA (cars, not booze)
£150 "oh you want to join NOW, at 145 in the morning? When you are on the hard shoulder?" Payment
£180 for 2 tyres this morning.

I can see why you've got the blues.


"2 Tyres this mornin'" (Dah daaah da dum).

[Raider4]

£150 "oh you want to join NOW, at 145 in the morning? When you are on the hard shoulder?" Payment

Slightly surprised they covered your "pre-existing condition" as it were. Insurance usually doesn't. 

[Ithoriel]

Slightly surprised they covered your "pre-existing condition" as it were. Insurance usually doesn't.

In my experience all of the roadside assistance services are happy to let you join any time. Even when broken down at the side of the road .... for a little extra.

[d_Guy]

Why is there a "Near East" but no "Near West" (that I know of)?
Maybe there is in ... say ... Turkey or one of the Stans. Here in the UK, there is nothing west of us bar a big, cold ocean.

Well, there is Ireland (see below)

We also have the "Far West" which dips its toes in the Pacific. Interestingly the "Far East" is west of our "Far West" - I think this has been covered by others in this thread, however.

(We don't have an "Out West" here ... we say "Wales".)    [/color]

Which, naturally, makes Ireland your "Far West".

[fsn]

Well, there is Ireland (see below)

Which, naturally, makes Ireland your "Far West".

Where?

[paulr]

We also have the "Far West" which dips its toes in the Pacific. Interestingly the "Far East" is west of our "Far West" - I think this has been covered by others in this thread, however.
Which, naturally, makes Ireland your "Far West".

An Australian Defense Minister (in)famously pointed out that Indonesia may be in the Far East to a lot of countries but to Australia it was the Near North

[d_Guy]

Where?

Wolf?

[d_Guy]

An Australian Defense Minister (in)famously pointed out that Indonesia may be in the Far East to a lot of countries but to Australia it was the Near North

You mean your West Island, certainly.
Sorry gentlemen, really beginning to perseverate.

[T13A]

Hi

When I lived in Fulham, London, going 'Up West' meant going to London's 'West End' even though technically it was ENE from Fulham. Go figure.

Cheers Paul

[Orcs]

So great gig last night, Blues club at Tring cricket ground.
1 shandy and 3 non alcoholic beers.
Total cost £450...

Ouch!