Re: Scotland on Sunday: Secret talks on London bullet train

On 03 Jun 2008 20:36:22 GMT, Mister Niceguy <me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>B <blimpie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
>news:85233d0f-872c-4423-8cff-4208c6007351@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
>
>> On Jun 3, 9:25 pm, Mister Niceguy <m...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> Joe Curry <e...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>>> innews:aoqa44tkqrj73na2mqvecpta9ls 
>> g914a9l@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>
>>> > On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 12:19:13 +0100, Jim Mason
>>> > <jim.ma...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>> >>> From December 2008, 1 train will do the Euston - Glasgow trip in
>>> >>> 4 hours 10 minutes, stopping at Preston only.
>>>
>>> >>I assume that will be timed to arrive at Euston to allow a large
>>> >>part of 
>> 
>>> >>the day in London?
>>>
>>> > Still trying to figure why Preston? Crew change perhaps?
>>>
>>> Probably.  That's usually where Scotts accents are replaced by
>>> Brummie accents when I go down on that line.  Also allows for
>>> connections to the 
>> 
>>> big NW cities.
>> 
>> Scotts. Is that ****ridge oats or what?
>
>I thought that was Scots?
>
****age Oats are "Scott's".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott's_****age_Oats

What is "Scotland the".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_the_What%3F

HTH ;-)