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From: mgi@ccr-p6.ccr.jussieu.fr (Marc GIRONDOT p75783)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,soc.culture.french
Subject: Re: Does Prince Philip have a French Mistress?
Date: 22 Aug 92 18:08:05 GMT
Organization: Universites P. & M. Curie / D. Diderot

In article <BtC0K4.6nt@newcastle.ac.uk> w.p.coyne@newcastle.ac.uk writes:
>I have been told that some French newspapers have revealed that Prince
>Philip has a French mistress who he regularly spends time with.  This 
>has been known for quite a while in France but the UK press refuses 
>to report it.
>
>If it really was reported in French papers was it just junk news 
>(ie made-up just to fill pages).

Et meme si c'etait vrai... ca le regarde, non?
Putative translation...
And even if it is right... it is him interest not yours
                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                            La c'est un peu aleatoire... desole

Marc
From: erck03@castle.ed.ac.uk (John Wexler)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: How to see London in twelve hours
Date: 14 Aug 92 08:24:57 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University Computing Service

Following the recent discussion about using a stopover in London, when I
recommended walking through the city, I got an enquiry by mail and tried to
reply.  My answer was repeatedly bounced, so I am posting it here in the
hope that (a) Anuradha will see it, and (b) it has some general interest
for others.

Date: Tue, 11 Aug 92 09:53:48
From: J Wexler <erck03>
Subject: Re: London in 12 hrs.
To: Anuradha Ramaswami <ar1f+@edu.cmu.andrew>


Unfortunately I cannot give you reliable information on the prices of tours
and so forth, as I am not based in London these days.  Bus tours start at
various places - all the information will be available at Heathrow.  The
last time I took one was a few years ago, to show my children the sights,
and we started from Victoria station.  At that time they did not offer the
option of dropping off the bus and restarting, but I would be surprised if
they have not now begun to allow it - it is becoming quite common in
Britain.  

Another way to spend an hour or so very pleasantly is to take a boat from
Westminster to Greenwich.  You get a commentary on the sights.  You can
visit the maritime museum in what was originally a royal palace, or see the
Greenwich meridian at the old observatory, or go over the Cutty Sark, the
fastest of the old China tea clippers.  

One warning, though, for your parents: don't try to do too much.  I would
allow almost four hours for either of the suggested excursions, an hour and
a half for sitting down and eating, two hours each way for travel to and
from Heathrow, an hour and a half between landing and leaving the airport,
and getting back to Heathrow an hour and a half before their flight out. 
Somebody fit and confident can do it all in VERY much less, of course, but
the stress and exhaustion of rushing about in a strange city, getting lost,
having to find food and toilets, handling strange money and avoiding
getting cheated, worrying about missing the flight ...  all that might ruin
the day for your parents.  If they have twelve hours, they can do it all in
a calm relaxed way and then sleep on the plane.  If they have much less
than that, they should aim to see less.  

I wouldn't recommend Mme Tussaud's - but it's just a matter of taste.  It
is a good high-quality display, and full of interest, but it might be
anywhere in the world.  If you want the flavour of London, step into the
British Museum and look around (don't stop to inspect the exhibits in
detail, or you will never tear yourself away), and go to Covent Garden to
see the street performers.

I have just realized that I don't know which London museums now charge for
admission.  (Museums in Edinburgh are still free, and I never think of
paying.)  All the same, half an hour in the British Museum would still cost
less than Mme Tussaud's.

    John Wexler
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: sushil@plato..acs.umbc.edu (S K. Madhogarhia)
Subject: Anyone from KCL or know!
Organization: University of Maryland Baltimore County
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 00:53:48 GMT

hi
Is someone there from KCL, london. I like to get in touch with someone from engineering. If possible from electrical.
thanks
sushil
sushil@amgen.com
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: chem91@Rosie.UH.EDU ("Bill Harrison (713)-743-2789")
Subject: Re: K Registrations?
Reply-To: chem91@Rosie.UH.EDU
Organization: University of Houston
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 20:08:07 GMT

In article <l8o1vdINNiqr@news.bbn.com>, clements@bbn.com (Bob Clements) writes:
>On my recent visit, I saw an article in the paper that "K"
>registrations (for motor vehicles) were about to begin.
>
[stuff deleted]
>Now, my question is "In what order do they assign registrations?
>and/or is there some geographic or other structure to the numbers?"
>I would have expected to see "K 123 AAA"  or some such, so soon
>after they started the series.
>
>Bob Clements, K1BC, clements@bbn.com
-----------------------------
BriTrivia # 2...

Bob -- yes they do have a regional basis, although it's more complicated
in the computerized age that it used to be...

The "K" in K 495 PHD refers to the year of registration (presumably 1992),
and you go back letter-by-letter/year-by-year; J = 1991, (I not used), 
H = 1990, and so on... Some letters, like "I", "Q", "Z" have special or
regional significance. 

The "495" is simply a number; they run from 1 thru' 999

The "PHD" does, or did have regional significance. I don't know where PHD
comes from, but the last two letters, e.g. "HD", signify the region/city/
county of registration. In general there's no correspondence between
name/first letter of city and its registration code(s). For example, my
old home town, Bournemouth (South coast of England) had "RU" and "EL" as
its identifiers, among others. Nowadys, the regions are larger, and 
assigned from a central computer, I believe.

That first, year-of-registration, letter has considerable snob value with 
some people.

Happy driving,
Bill

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From: sp@mirabeau.osf.fr (Simon Patience)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,rec.arts.tv.uk,rec.arts.drwho,alt.tv.prisoner
Subject: Re: Americanising of the UK, Now: British TV in North America
Date: 17 Aug 92 09:41:04 GMT
Reply-To: sp@mirabeau.osf.fr (Simon Patience)
Organization: OSF Research Institute

In article <BsxDEB.5F@scd.hp.com>, apm@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Andrew Merritt)
writes:
> yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dave Shariff Yadallee) writes:
> : 
> : Wtih this thread about "Americanization" of the Britannia, I must
rebuff this.
> : 
> : It seems to me that it is equal.  British shows like "Doctor Who", "The
> : Avengers", "Blake's 7", "Monty Python", "Fawlty Towers", "Butterflies", and
> : other shows, "The Secret Agent", and "The Prisoner" included, I say that
> : the USA is being "Britonized".
> 
> If you look at the viewing figures, I think you will find that more British
> people watch more American programmes than vice versa.

Well that isn't a very interesting statistic. Try looking at the
proportion of programs made in the UK/US vs the proportion shown on the
TV (either in the UK or US). I have no idea what the figures are but I
bet they would be more meaningful.

Simon.

  Simon Patience
  Open Software Foundation			Phone: +33-76-63-48-72
  Research Institute				FAX:   +33-76-51-05-32
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,soc.culture.greek,soc.culture.yugoslavia,soc.culture.turkish,soc.culture.europe,soc.culture.jewish
From: dj@ssd.kodak.com (Dave Jones)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,soc.culture.usa
Subject: Re: Prince Edward - is he a well-known homosexual?
Date: 21 Aug 92 14:26:09 GMT
Article-I.D.: pixel.1992Aug21.142609.1357
Organization: :noitazinagrO

In article <BtC1q3.8uE@newcastle.ac.uk> w.p.coyne@newcastle.ac.uk writes:
>
>  Is it true that some American newspapers have reported widely accepted 
>stories about Prince Edward being homosexual?  It would seem unlikely
>that the UK papers would voluntarily refrain from publishing such a 
>story.

It looks like this:
Princess Margaret has marital strife and makes headlines.
Princess Anne has marital strife and makes headlines
Princess Diana goes nuts being married to the Last Goon Fan of All and
makes headlines.
Fergie objects to the randiness of Andy and makes headlines.


Do you see a pattern?  Gossip and trash reporting are principally
about the female halves of the royal pairs.  You won't see comments
about the cut of Charles' suit or whether Andy pads his codpiece, but
you'll always know what colour hankie Di blows her nose into.  Last time
I checked, Edward was not of the female persuasion, and is therefore of
no interest.  Expect this to change only if he goes off to Switzerland
one day and comes back with a new set of tools.



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Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: sp@mirabeau.osf.fr (Simon Patience)
Subject: Re: royal family
Reply-To: sp@mirabeau.osf.fr (Simon Patience)
Organization: OSF Research Institute
Distribution: soc
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 12:05:35 GMT

In article <1992Aug18.095125.6987@cs.hw.ac.uk>, neilp@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil
Postlethwaite) writes:
> >1. Those of us fortunate enough to live under a constitutional monarchy, 
> >as we do in Canada, are protected from the situation in the United States 
> >where a president is both political leader and head of state. We are much 
> >freer here to relate to our prime minister as a politician who is 
> >accountable to us as our elected representative. 
> 
> I'm not really sure what this has to do with much.
> 
> Consider France. Seperate PM and Pres.

Not a good example. The president of France is still a political figure
and has a lot more power than the prime minister (and in fact has the
power to hire and fire the PM).

Simon.

  Simon Patience
  Open Software Foundation			Phone: +33-76-63-48-72
  Research Institute				FAX:   +33-76-51-05-32
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: sushilm@amgen.com (Sushil Madhogarhia)
Subject: someone at KCL
Organization: AMGEN Inc., 1000 Oaks CA
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 22:27:30 GMT

HI:
I am looking for email address of someone in engineering
at Kings college london. Is there anyone on the net.  Could 
anyone help me with this.
Thanks in advance
sushil
sushilm@amgen.com



Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,rec.arts.tv.uk,rec.arts.drwho,alt.tv.prisoner
From: ggg9y@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (Garth G. Groff)
Subject: Re: Americanising of the UK, Now: British TV in North America
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 12:08:28 GMT

BRITISH TV IN AMERICA

I can cite one excample contrary to your claim that no 
British TV appears on commercial American stations:
the Benny Hill Show.  Not that this says anything good
about the level of American taste....
~S
--
Garth (Haridas) Groff
"Not yet famous author"
ggg9y@poe.acc.virginia.EDU         Chant "Govinda Bohlo Hare"
From: Michael.Wheeley@mixcom.mixcom.com (Michael.Wheeley)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Car Registrations Question
Date: 19 Aug 92 02:59:21 GMT
Article-I.D.: mixcom.1992Aug19.025921.2536
Organization: Milwaukee Internet Xchange BBS, Milwaukee, WI U.S.A.


Firstly thank-you to Clive Feather for taking the time to type out the full
list of registration areas. I can remember collecting areas when I was
a kid to tick off in my 'I-Spy Car Registrations'. 

Two questions,
Does anyone know what will happen after the current series of year letters
runs out? The last time they had a competition for a new method.

Also I noted in the above article the mention of 'Q'-plates. I've bought
a convertible Mustang-GT [plate Wisconsin MRW1] which I'm intending to
bring to the UK when I stop working over here. What plate will I get??
Will it be a Q-plate or will I be able to get a 1990 plate [this is the year
of the car]. It would be nice if I could keep MRW1 but somehow I don't think
fits into DVLC sequence.

Michael.

michael.wheeley@mixcom.mixcom.com
Milwaukee. Wisconsin. (where's the bubbler)
Brit's across America.
-- 
Michael.Wheeley@mixcom.mixcom.com
Milwaukee Wisconsin. (Where's The Bubbler??)
Brit's across America.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: cooper@cos.com (Gary Cooper)
Subject: Re: New World beer (was Re: Americanising of the UK)
Organization: Corporation for Open Systems
Distribution: usa  
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 15:22:26 GMT

>>Most people I know who care about this subject tend to put Budweiser
>>(USA) bottom of this list. No flavour and if you actually manage to
>>down enough to get drunk it gives one of the worst, toxic feeling
>>type of hangovers. I believe it's the most popular beer in the US.

Yes - and Michael Jackson is the most popular singer.  I don't think
that a popularity contest can be equated to quality anywhere in the
world :>

There are some VERY nice beers made in the US, you just have to know
where to look for them (If it's on TV, it's probably horse-piss)
-- 
Gary Cooper (not the dead one)    personal responses - cooper@cos.com
* * * * * * *  Standard Disclaimers Apply, Of Course * * * * * * * * *
      "The Vice-Presidency is not worth a pitcher of warm spit."
			- Vice-President John Nance Garner -
From: finlay_j@spcvxb.spc.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Need a Room in London?
Date: 20 Aug 92 05:04:21 GMT
Organization: St. Peter's College, US

Looking for an apartment in London? My sister is totally desperate
to rent this one out (if she can't she faces a mortgage
payment plus rent of her own apartment). The flat is a two
bedroom with all mod cons and a washing machine in New Cross.
It has a parking space and a backgarden. The rent is 550 pounds
sterling a month--which between two people might seem manageable.
Truthfully, the area is not quality--what might be described in the
U.S. as an "ethnically diverse environment"--but the apartment is
a good one. If you're interested contact my sister, Aoibhinn
Finlay (that's Ee-ving on the first name, she's Irish) at
071-4028731 as soon as possible.

Sorry for posting to this newsgroup, but you never know if
info of this kind mightn't be useful to someone. I figured,
what the hell.

				Jeff Finlay
				St. Peter's College

	"I stand by all my misstatements"
			--Vice President Dan Quayle
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: snuffy@zelator.in-berlin.de (Ronald_J. Bartle)
Subject: Re: Heads and Stamps
Organization: Puplic-Access-Xenix-System
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 92 02:38:36 GMT

In <3803@keele.keele.ac.uk> cla04@seq1.keele.ac.uk (A.T. Fear) writes:

>I've just been sending out some letters and it struck me that the
>Queen's head on commemorative stamps is still the same as it was 20
>years ago, i.e. two portraits behind the current coins. Even diminutive
>stamps are one portrait behind. Any one suggestions as to why?

>Andy

Vanity of Vanities - All is Vanity!!!

(We all get older donm't we!)


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Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,rec.arts.tv.uk,rec.arts.drwho,alt.tv.prisoner
From: feld@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Michael Feld)
Subject: Re: Badges
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 16:21:07 GMT

In article <1992Aug23.041149.1825@news2.cis.umn.edu> donnell@manowar.micro.umn.edu (Your Heinous) writes:
>One thing that I have noticed in many re-viewings of The Prisoner, is that
>occasionally a character is wearing a Negative White-on-Black badge. No
>explanation is ever given, and the Characters do not appear related.
>Several can be found in photos in "The Prisoner Companion". Seems that
>more females than males wear them, but they both do. 
>     Any ideas/explanations/Guesses Welcome! Thanks
><Sorry if this was debated already. I am also new here...>
>
>					--Judex--
>
>


The non-badge-wearers thereby indicate their subscription to the code
of the outlaws of _Treasure of Sierra Madre_ fame.
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: sushilm@amgen.com (Sushil Madhogarhia)
Subject: Re: Champion Beer Of Britain 1992
Organization: AMGEN Inc., 1000 Oaks CA
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 22:21:35 GMT

HI:
I am looking for email address of MOBIL in london. Could 
anyone help me with this.
Thanks in advance
sushil
sushilm@amgen.com
From: yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dave Shariff Yadallee)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: Manifesto: New Hope for Unitied Britonnic Nations (DSY)
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 92 05:31:16 MDT
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #2, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Where have I seen you before?

arf@otter.hpl.hp.com (Andrew Farmer) writes:

-
-
-    I think it's time to unravel the mystery of David Yadallee. Is he real?

  You make it sound like a mystery.  I think therefore I am.

-  Why are his posts always written in a strange form of pigeon English that
-  only a computer could generate?

 Well, this is the result of regionalized education.

-  Why are all his postings from different
-  accounts?

Ever heard of backing up?

-  Why does he think Dr. Who is an important part of the poilitcal
-  process in the UK?

    Excuse me, I never said that! All I said was CULTURE is a victim of the
CURRENT political protset.

-  Why is he the only foaming royalist under the age of
-  105?

   Don't tell me that Britain is beginning to lose the essence of its
fundamental essence.  :-(((

-  Why, when I visited Edmonton, Alberta recently didn't I hear
-  strange stories from the "kids" on the "street" about this crazed
-  Brit with a Union Jack the size of Yorkshire tatooed onto his
-  forehead?

 Don't tell me punk culture has gotten big in Edmonton, AB.. Youth here are
usually gun waving militants of a Reaganistic era.

-
-       The people of Britain shoudl be told!

  Sounds like Republican-style misinformation.
-
-       arf

   grin.

Dave Shariff Yadallee
yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca, userLIBE@mts.ucs.ualberta.ca
God Save the Queen, God Bless us All!
cowboy (n): A 20th Century extension of  the neanderthal caveman.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,rec.arts.tv.uk,rec.arts.drwho,alt.tv.prisoner
From: chem91@Rosie.UH.EDU ("Bill Harrison (713)-743-2789")
Subject: Re: Americanising of the UK, Now: British TV in North America
Reply-To: chem91@Rosie.UH.EDU
Organization: University of Houston
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 14:43:04 GMT

In article <BsxDEB.5F@scd.hp.com>, apm@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Andrew Merritt) writes:
>yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dave Shariff Yadallee) writes:
>: 
[stuff deleted] 

>This may be something to do with the fact that Dr. Who has not been shown on
>British TV for a number of years, whereas I believe it is still showing on US
>television.  Also, don't forget that people who post on Net News are not
>typical of the viewing populations of either country.
>
>----
>Andrew 

-----------

That's right: every Saturday morning in Southern California, public (non-
commercial) TV shows vintage Dr Who shows from the Jon Pertwee (sp?) era
in their entirity -- that's right, a 2-hour non-stop showing. Not so 
long ago there was a classic episode about undersea monsters invading a sea-
fort near Portsmouth, aided by the evil Master. The Master's "sinister"
means of transport (on land): a Renault 6 with the doors removed...
I think the credits at the end indicated a 1973 production date.

Those were the days...

Bill


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From: dj@ssd.kodak.com (Dave Jones)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: What happened to punch magazine?
Date: 18 Aug 92 13:16:24 GMT
Organization: :noitazinagrO

In article <1992Aug18.025231.16030@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> cushion@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Megan S McCormick) writes:
>I used to have a subscription to Punch. which I let expire due to general
>poverty.  At about that time (Jan. of '92?)  I heard that the magazine had
>actually ceased publishing.  This would have been a shame; is the rumor
>true, or am I just trying to make myself feel better that I didn't
>resubscribe?  This is my first post, so I suppose replies can be e-mailed to
>me unless people feel like discussing it.
>
>			Thanks 
>					megan
>
>cushion@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu.

Punch went out of business in April.  The owners evidently felt it
wasn't selling enough ad space for Chivas Regal and BMWs.  

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