Justin Palmer(justin@briareos.demon.co.uk) added

> > <Large Snip>
> >> 	Now, enough about trains (unless they're the transforming 
> robot >> kind, of course), we now return you to our regular 
> scheduled umaa.
> > 
> > Trains? Who's talking about trains?  (says he having just booked 
> > annual leave
> > for the dates of both the WSR steam galas. ^_^ )
> >  
> 	Its always somewhat embarrassing for me that people expect me to 
> know something about trains... ^_^

Occupational hazard. ^_^
 
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> >> 	Okay. I can see Mr. GU-11 is going to be busy this year. ^_^
> > 
> > Curiously, if you enter GU-11 into Google you get all sorts of 
> > things about Aldershot. ^_^
> 
> 	I think it was one of the firing test ranges. ^_^

Ah, so that's where the name originated, Alder-Shot.  ^_^


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   Peter Boulter  wrote:
> Justin Palmer(justin@briareos.demon.co.uk) added

> > > <Large Snip>

> > > Curiously, if you enter GU-11 into Google you get all sorts of 
> > > things about Aldershot. ^_^

Yes, it's a Guildford-based postcode there...

> > 	I think it was one of the firing test ranges. ^_^

> Ah, so that's where the name originated, Alder-Shot.  ^_^

Similarly Bagshot, where there's a famous firing range.

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Peter Boulter wrote:
> Justin Palmer(justin@briareos.demon.co.uk) added
> 
>>> <Large Snip>
>>>> 	Now, enough about trains (unless they're the transforming 
>> robot >> kind, of course), we now return you to our regular 
>> scheduled umaa.
>>> Trains? Who's talking about trains?  (says he having just booked 
>>> annual leave
>>> for the dates of both the WSR steam galas. ^_^ )
>>>  
>> 	Its always somewhat embarrassing for me that people expect me to 
>> know something about trains... ^_^
> 
> Occupational hazard. ^_^
>  
	Well, this is why they give us the desks with lots of room to hide 
under. ^_^

> <snip>
> 
>>>> 	Okay. I can see Mr. GU-11 is going to be busy this year. ^_^
>>> Curiously, if you enter GU-11 into Google you get all sorts of 
>>> things about Aldershot. ^_^
>> 	I think it was one of the firing test ranges. ^_^
> 
> Ah, so that's where the name originated, Alder-Shot.  ^_^
> 
	Its more like "Althatsleft" now... ^_^


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