The breakup of the UK inevitable

[JohntheBike]

My bad. You can teach a cretin! Well done, JTB!

yes, I'm trying to avoid criticisms from the pedants, but it's not easy. It seems my own personal experiences seem to be dismissed by those who haven't experienced or observed what I have and depend on information published by others.

but as Wiki puts it, the ROI representatives in the EU parliament have the name Eire/Ireland on their nameplate. Whilst I would expect that those from Northern Ireland have the name UK (not GB) on their nameplates.

[DoctorStrangelove]

looks like there were at least 2 in Wales, Llanelli and Briton Ferry.

Duport Steel bought The Albion, Briton Ferry Steel, in 1956.

Here's some pictures thereof:

ALBION STEEL WORKS, BRITON FERRY | Coflein

My father worked in the marshalling yard as a demurrage clerk which must have come as a shock to a man who'd spent his life in radio and tv retail.

[Old Greg]

yes, I'm trying to avoid criticisms from the pedants, but it's not easy. It seems my own personal experiences seem to be dismissed by those who haven't experienced or observed what I have and depend on information published by others.

but as Wiki puts it, the ROI representatives in the EU parliament have the name Eire/Ireland on their nameplate. Whilst I would expect that those from Northern Ireland have the name UK (not GB) on their nameplates.

As I have said before: Éire is the Irish language term and Ireland the English language term. As there are two official languages in Ireland, the nameplate uses both terms. Within an English language sentence, the correct term is Ireland. I presume you don't use the term Italia in an English sentence when you mean Italy.

[WTFH]

"There’s relatively few countries that drive on the left, most are former British Empire colonies, and Japan"

there's also India, don't forget.

I didn't, it's clear your observation skills are lacking.

So in population terms the imbalance is far less.

Yes, or to put it the correct way - making the UK drive on the right does not mean everywhere drives on the right, so your idea that a US owned company would suggest it was a great concept is, well, flawed.

Note that Eire, whilst still driving on the left, have now adopted speed limits and distances in kilometres.

The north east corner of Eire still uses miles on the road signs, even though the children have been educated in the metric system for 40+ years.

[Old Greg]

I didn't, it's clear your observation skills are lacking.



Yes, or to put it the correct way - making the UK drive on the right does not mean everywhere drives on the right, so your idea that a US owned company would suggest it was a great concept is, well, flawed.




The north east corner of Eire still uses miles on the road signs, even though the children have been educated in the metric system for 40+ years.

And I can just see the mountains of that corner of Éire under the red sky at nearly 11 o'clock. Very lovely it looks too.

[JohntheBike]

As I have said before: Éire is the Irish language term and Ireland the English language term. As there are two official languages in Ireland, the nameplate uses both terms. Within an English language sentence, the correct term is Ireland. I presume you don't use the term Italia in an English sentence when you mean Italy.

note that the acute accent above the E is dropped on the EU nameplates. However, I'll try to condition myself to using the term ROI, so there is no confusion.

[JohntheBike]

I didn't, it's clear your observation skills are lacking.



Yes, or to put it the correct way - making the UK drive on the right does not mean everywhere drives on the right, so your idea that a US owned company would suggest it was a great concept is, well, flawed.




The north east corner of Eire still uses miles on the road signs, even though the children have been educated in the metric system for 40+ years.

"I didn't, it's clear your observation skills are lacking"

clearly, although somehow, India has never registered in my mind in the same way as perhaps Bermuda etc might

"Yes, or to put it the correct way - making the UK drive on the right does not mean everywhere drives on the right, so your idea that a US owned company would suggest it was a great concept is, well, flawed"

Now where did I mention that it was the Ford company which said that? This was a reference to conversations with individuals working at Ford and in no way referred to Ford policy.

"The north east corner of Eire still uses miles on the road signs, even though the children have been educated in the metric system for 40+ years"

tut tut, you've broken Old Greg's golden rule, and others, that you cannot refer to the ROI as Eire.

Old Greg and others comment please"

[JohntheBike]

And I can just see the mountains of that corner of Éire under the red sky at nearly 11 o'clock. Very lovely it looks too.

yes, the West of the island of Ireland sees sunset later than most parts of the British Isles. Because of the hills where I live it's 21:00 on the longest day, whereas when I was in a relatively flat part of Cornwall last year on the longest day, it was approx. 22:00

and don't refer to the ROI as Eire. Old Greg will be annoyed.

[JohntheBike]

I didn't, it's clear your observation skills are lacking.



Yes, or to put it the correct way - making the UK drive on the right does not mean everywhere drives on the right, so your idea that a US owned company would suggest it was a great concept is, well, flawed.




The north east corner of Eire still uses miles on the road signs, even though the children have been educated in the metric system for 40+ years.

"The north east corner of Eire still uses miles on the road signs"

mmm, when I drove into the ROI from Strabane, the signs were in KPH.

[JohntheBike]

Duport Steel bought The Albion, Briton Ferry Steel, in 1956.

Here's some pictures thereof:

ALBION STEEL WORKS, BRITON FERRY | Coflein

My father worked in the marshalling yard as a demurrage clerk which must have come as a shock to a man who'd spent his life in radio and tv retail.

mmm, can't see the blast furnace on the photos that I remember being there. I didn't know what it was when I was a child, but recognise it now as such.