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Ok folks, time to move this out of lugnet.lego.direct. :) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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(...) Yes, but you forget you could buy Scotland for the price of a studio flat down here. And that prices in many shops and for many services are much higher (I only have to compare what I pay in the same shop as my family in the west country or (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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(...) No worse than the Governments (of all persuasions) who consider that whatever policies are good for the South-East of England will be appropriate for the whole country. Some examples; <Ben Elton mode> The folk of Shetland pay the same rate of (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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(...) Nearly. You need to separate physical geography from political boundaries Geog: Great Britain is the single large island northwest of France. It is often mistaken as the polical boundary - for example in sports events where a UK team is (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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(...) That's because Brits are a surly lot in general (ducking the flames), while Scottish are only surly once they drink enough (REALLY ducking this time) ;-) (I could throw in some sports references here to really rile everyone up, but I don't (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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(...) I know what you mean. These are all the geographical terms I know of for where I live, and some of their definitions: England: Obvioulsly, just England British Isles: Basicly, all the land we own (not including our commonwealth, but the (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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(...) I would bet that many folks in England, and even more elsewhere could not tell you what England, Great Britain, or the UK actually represent. Geographically or politically speaking. They are all the same place to many people. E.g. You (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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(...) Nope, only that the UK should be described as the UK (it is now) not "England" as it was a few days ago. Even though the error was corrected, I was bemused by the response of LEGO - so I shared it. As for Scotalnd's FIFA ranking (England is (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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(...) Where is Scotland? 22nd according to FIFA rankings. Lets face it, the average .com considers the UK to be the 51st State of the USA. How many corporates dont have a UK web site and just point you their US one on the basis that we speak the (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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