Originally posted by LMcD
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The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place
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Originally posted by Old Grumpy View Post... I imagine once one was up in either Oxford* or Cambridge one would have no desire to go up, down or indeed across to the other place!
(always amused by the Cambridge putdown as Oxford being "a light industrial town in the South Midlands")
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Originally posted by vinteuil View PostAnd I assume the same was true for those who attended the Fenland Polytechnic....It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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I believe one comes down from, and goes up to, London. Unfortunately, as Ipswich hasn't got much going for it, one would, in a sense, be coming down from Norwich to Ipswich even though one was heading up to London.
One of the numerous reasons for my decision to stop watching BBC News was that it is increasingly being used to promote other BBC programmes.
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In football at the very least one goes down from Ipswich to Norwich.
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Originally posted by LMcD View Post
Might that be a reference to the Pete Seeger song in which 'they go to the university and they all get put in boxes, little boxes, all the time'.?
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Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
... from London I had to take the down train in order to go up to Oxford. And I assume the same was true for those who attended the Fenland Polytechnic....
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Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
It would be simpler for everyone to use "up" for travelling anywhere north of east to west; "across" for going either east or west; and "down" for anywhere to the south of east-west, surely? This would mean, for example, that travelling on GWR from Paddington to Weston-Super-Mare one would say one was going down to Weston, but if stopping off at Swindon one would be travelling across to Swindon.
That is effectively what I'm driving at...
...though Glaswegians go through to Edinburgh, I believe.Last edited by Old Grumpy; 07-03-24, 18:13.
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Originally posted by Old Grumpy View Post
Hear, Hear!
That is effectively what I'm driving at...
...though Glaswegians go throughto Edinburgh, I believe.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by willietell View Post
I sincerely hope not. Saturday Breakfast has been a no-go area for me for a long time because I struggle to understand what Ms Alker is saying most of the time. So I only listen on Saturdays when someone stands in for her (usually Martin until now). Otherwise the Saturday Breakfast slot is a chance to pull out an LP or CD until Record Review at 9.
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Not sure if we have a specific Sunday Breakfast thread, but just checking the schedule this morning I see that the programme is described as follows:
Classical escape
Breakfast
Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of Sunday morning. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
What are we supposed to be escaping from?
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Originally posted by Pulcinella View PostNot sure if we have a specific Sunday Breakfast thread, but just checking the schedule this morning I see that the programme is described as follows:
Classical escape
Breakfast
Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of Sunday morning. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
What are we supposed to be escaping from?
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Originally posted by Old Grumpy View Post
Perhaps it's a reference to MH escaping...It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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