Out of Station == out of town

[nq:1]Does the phrase `out of station' mean `out of town'? I didn't find any reference of the phrase in either ... wrong, I ignored it. But earlier today, I again found it so used in an article published in a magazine.[/nq]
It is not a usage with which I am familiar. However it suggests to me "being away from one's normal place of work".
This relates to the meaning of

station

[nq:1]Does the phrase `out of station' mean `out of town'? I didn't find any reference of the phrase in either ... wrong, I ignored it. But earlier today, I again found it so used in an article published in a magazine.[/nq]
I would expect "station" to refer to something like a depot or branch office, perhaps in a foreign country or remote territory, rather than the town in which it's located.

[nq:1]Does the phrase `out of station' mean `out of town'? I didn't find any reference of the phrase in either ... wrong, I ignored it. But earlier today, I again found it so used in an article published in a magazine.[/nq]
Is your friend a diplomat perhaps? I think diplomats "sent to lie abroad" use the word "station" to refer to the place they are posted/stationed at.
Gary

[nq:2]Does the phrase `out of station' mean `out of town'? ... it so used in an article published in a magazine.[/nq]
[nq:1]I would expect "station" to refer to something like a depot or branch office, perhaps in a foreign country or remote territory, rather than the town in which it's located. Is that a possible reading in the contexts where you encountered the phrase?[/nq]
I don't think

[nq:2]Does the phrase `out of station' mean `out of town'? ... it so used in an article published in a magazine.[/nq]
[nq:1]It is not a usage with which I am familiar. However it suggests to me "being away from one's normal ... stand; a post: a sentry station. b. An area where a person is assigned to work. ... From:

[nq:2]It is not a usage with which I am familiar. ... a person is assigned to work. ... From: [/nq]
[nq:1]Yes. But I'm quite sure that the contexts in which I have heard and read the phrase indicated the physical absence of the person from her home-town.[/nq]
It seems likely that some people have widened the usage of the phrase. Perhaps "out of station" sounds more formal and grander tha

[nq:2]It is not a usage with which I am familiar. ... a person is assigned to work. ... From: [/nq]
[nq:1]Yes. But I'm quite sure that the contexts in which I have heard and read the phrase indicated the physical absence of the person from her home-town.[/nq]
Maybe she was stationed in her home-town, so she left her station and town at the same time.
The military is always stationing

[nq:2]I would expect "station" to refer to something like a ... possible reading in the contexts where you encountered the phrase?[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't think so. The part of the article in which I recently encountered the use of the phrase `out ... be able to go to any branch and get a replacement card or, better still, request one on the phone.[/nq]
I just requested one on the phone. I thin

[nq:1]I think diplomats "sent to lie abroad" use the word[/nq]
(A typo, I'm sure, but ...)
The old adage has it that a diplomat is someone whose job is to go overseas to lie for their country, while a politician is someone whose job is to lie at home (but not in The House ... except in Teflon Tony's case).
Cheers,
Daniel.

[nq:2]I think diplomats "sent to lie abroad" use the word[/nq]
[nq:1](A typo, I'm sure, but ...)[/nq]
I see no typo.
[nq:1]The old adage has it that a diplomat is someone whose job is to go overseas to lie for their country,[/nq]
The adage, as was once explained to me, is deliberately ambiguous: lie as in sleep (i.e. dwell), versus lie as in being "economical with the truth".
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