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SD - 28 Sep 2008 02:03 GMT

680 miles up through France in glorious sunshine, mile after mile of
wonderful empty autoroute.

Off the ferry, the M20 is down to two lanes, it's cold, dark, foggy,
the road surface is shite, the traffic is all over the shop, and
there's a 30 minute queue to get through the blackwall tunnel cos some
bloke's changing a lightbulb, or similar.

Lovely.

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Pip - 28 Sep 2008 02:07 GMT

>680 miles up through France in glorious sunshine, mile after mile of
>wonderful empty autoroute.

That's because none of the Froggies can afford the juice to travel.

>Off the ferry, the M20 is down to two lanes, it's cold, dark, foggy,
>the road surface is shite, the traffic is all over the shop, and
>there's a 30 minute queue to get through the blackwall tunnel cos some
>bloke's changing a lightbulb, or similar.

Yeah, and?

>Lovely.

Nice to have you back, NT.

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eric the brave - 28 Sep 2008 09:33 GMT

> 680 miles up through France in glorious sunshine, mile after mile of
> wonderful empty autoroute.
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>
> Lovely.

They reckon that the SE of England is now one of the most over populated
parts of Europe.

England is already one of the most densely populated countries in the
world, let alone in Europe. It has nearly twice the population density
of Germany, four times that of France and 12 times that of the USA.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/05/06/dl0602.xml

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Muck - 28 Sep 2008 10:25 GMT

> They reckon that the SE of England is now one of the most over populated
> parts of Europe.
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>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/05/06/dl0602.xml

It'll get worse, unless you're lucky enough to be able to move to a less
populated part of the globe.

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Champ - 30 Sep 2008 18:23 GMT

>They reckon that the SE of England is now one of the most over populated
>parts of Europe.

"People all move somewhere with jobs and money" shock. Seen how
crowded New York, Tokyo, London, etc are?

>England is already one of the most densely populated countries in the
>world, let alone in Europe. It has nearly twice the population density
>of Germany, four times that of France and 12 times that of the USA.

But less than that of Holland and Belgium, for instance.

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Wicked Uncle Nigel - 30 Sep 2008 21:12 GMT

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ
<neal@champ.org.uk> typed

>>England is already one of the most densely populated countries in the
>>world, let alone in Europe. It has nearly twice the population density
>>of Germany, four times that of France and 12 times that of the USA.
>
>But less than that of Holland and Belgium, for instance.

No longer the case, I'm afraid.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7618994.stm

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dog - 29 Sep 2008 13:48 GMT

> 680 miles up through France in glorious sunshine, mile after mile of
> wonderful empty autoroute.
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> Lovely.

btdt

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