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Subject: Re: A not-so-happy return to the Med Posted on: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:26:50 +0200

On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:04:53 +0200, B Vaughan wrote:

>On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:36:01 +0200, Martin wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:28:52 +0200, B Vaughan wrote:
>>
>>>Some day I'll write a travel piece about how quaint and charming
>>>London was in the old days, before central heating.
>>
>>How long will you have to wait? :-)
>
>There's already enough central heating to have ruined that lovely
>romantic smog and virtually eliminated the quaint chilblains.

Smog ended around 50 years ago. Central heating is much more recent.

>
> Actually, I never saw London until 1986, but I've heard stories.

You missed the Smog by about 30 years.
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Martin