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Say good-bye to Wales

Wales sinks into Irish Sea on EU map.
afp/eu britain wales offbeat 041005171153
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[nq:1]Wales sinks into Irish Sea on EU map. tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041005/od afp/eu britain wales offbeat 041005171153[/nq] Wishful thinking, I call that. Mark Barratt

  • [nq:1]Wales sinks into Irish Sea on EU map.
  • tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041005/od afp/eu britain wales offbeat 041005171153[/nq] Wishful thinking, I call that.
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[nq:1]Wales sinks into Irish Sea on EU map. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041005/od afp/eu britain wales offbeat 041005171153[/nq]
Wishful thinking, I call that.

Mark Barratt
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[nq:2]Wales sinks into Irish Sea on EU map. afp/eu britain wales offbeat 041005171153[/nq]
[nq:1]Wishful thinking, I call that.[/nq]
I thought the post was referring to this weekend's World Cup qualifier.

Mike M
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[nq:2]Wales sinks into Irish Sea on EU map. afp/eu britain wales offbeat 041005171153[/nq]
[nq:1]Wishful thinking, I call that.[/nq]
I wonder if the sea has reached Matti's garden yet.

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Robin Bignall
Hertfordshire
England
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[nq:2]Wishful thinking, I call that.[/nq]
[nq:1]I wonder if the sea has reached Matti's garden yet.[/nq]
I checked up on the likelihood of that just this morning, in fact, using the new "flood map" at:
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/
I'm separated from the sea by only four miles of coastal mars
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[nq:2]Wishful thinking, I call that.[/nq]
[nq:1]I thought the post was referring to this weekend's World Cup qualifier.[/nq]
I thought it was about the ultimate success of Greenpeace.
dg (domain=ccwebster)
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[nq:1]I checked up on the likelihood of that just this morning, in fact, using the new "flood map" at: http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/[/nq]
I couldn't get that to work in either Opera 6 or Internet Explorer 5. Not for Shropshire, anyway. 'Internal Java Errors' or something. (The Countryside Agency's right-
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[nq:1]Da cael ynys mewn mor mawr, as the poet said less nicely precisely. http://www.cec.org.uk/wales/enlarge.htm (Actually, she probably meant to say 'Da cael mor mewn ynys mawr'.[/nq]
You mean like "Straw drowns clutching men"?
Mike.
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[nq:2]Da cael ynys mewn mor mawr, as the poet said ... probably meant to say 'Da cael mor mewn ynys mawr'.[/nq]
[nq:1]You mean like "Straw drowns clutching men"?[/nq]
Come on! Did you read it? Wales is going to lose a lot of money because of Enlargement and all the EC's office in Wales can offer is a poem about how the world is a big handkerchief and if we do enough needlework we can all s
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[nq:2]I checked up on the likelihood of that just this morning, in fact, using the new "flood map" at: http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/[/nq]
[nq:1]I couldn't get that to work in either Opera 6 or Internet Explorer 5. Not for Shropshire, anyway. 'Internal Java ... mapping page for Shropshire doesn't work eit
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[nq:2]You mean like "Straw drowns clutching men"?[/nq]
[nq:1]Come on! Did you read it?[/nq]
Of course I didn't read it! But, having now done so, I still think my instincts were sound when I coined the above new proverbial saying for the benefit of English-only readers*. Somebody has to pay for all those nice new low-wage oops, sorry! flexible work-force economies out east to jump on the gr

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