In article <[email hidden]>, AndyP <[email hidden]> writes
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"W. D. Grey" <[email hidden]> wrote
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What on earth have you got against MRT ??
I don't like the way they call themselves MRT. Given that there aren't any Mountains in this country and Rescue is a bit strong a word for helping someone who's scared of a bit of mist or has twisted their ankle and can't hack a little bit of pain I think a better title would be Small Hill Assistance Team.... SHAT.
Careful that doesn't take the adventure out of computing.
should add to the pleasure of photography. Hopefully. -- Mike Reid Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" <-- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap
I don't like the way they call themselves MRT. Given that there aren't any Mountains in this country and Rescue is a bit strong a word for helping someone who's scared of a bit of mist or has twisted their ankle and can't hack a little bit of pain I think a better title would be Small Hill Assistance Team.... SHAT.
Sorry, "Assistance" was the best I could do. If you can think of an appropriate word beginning with the letter "i" you're a better man than me.
stick with "mountain" because mountains are rocky steep hills, plenty of them in UK although most of us call them hills. stick with "rescue" because they rescue or find lost people on a fairly regular basis. -- Mike Reid Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" <-- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap
"The Reid" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Following up to AndyP
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Sorry, "Assistance" was the best I could do. If you can think of an appropriate word beginning with the letter "i" you're a better man than
me.
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stick with "mountain" because mountains are rocky steep hills, plenty of them in UK although most of us call them hills. stick with "rescue" because they rescue or find lost people on a fairly regular basis.
Oh well, I guess I 'cod' always join in with endlessly repeated fish jokes if people around here are too lazy to try and think up amusing acronyms.
stick with "mountain" because mountains are rocky steep hills, plenty of them in UK although most of us call them hills. stick with "rescue" because they rescue or find lost people on a fairly regular basis.
My post about the MRT wasn't meant to be taken at all seriously but seeing as I've never joined in any "What is a mountain" type thread before.... I do think of mountains as things far bigger than anything this country has to offer. Things with permanent snow, things you need ropes and serious gear for, things you can't get up in a less than a day unless you're superhuman, things I could never get up myself. (Whatever the dictionary says).
My post about the MRT wasn't meant to be taken at all seriously but seeing as I've never joined in any "What is a mountain" type thread before.... I do think of mountains as things far bigger than anything this country has to offer. Things with permanent snow, things you need ropes and serious gear for, things you can't get up in a less than a day unless you're superhuman, things I could never get up myself. (Whatever the dictionary says).
I don't relate the word mountain to my ability to climb it, I relate it to its physical characteristics, there are hills in the alps at 8000 ft and mountains at 2000ft here. A lot of has to do with age and erosion. Steepness being as important as size. The Black Cuillin are not hills. -- Mike Reid Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" <-- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap
Why not find out a bit more about MRT and think again.
You could at least have joined in the game and suggested Hill Emergency Rescue Operation if you don't like my own acronym ideas. MRT is hardly snappy and needs updating.
You could at least have joined in the game and suggested Hill Emergency Rescue Operation if you don't like my own acronym ideas. MRT is hardly snappy and needs updating.
Maybe I still need to point out that I was merely referring to the word MRT in that last sentence and it was in no way intended as a slur on the good people of the organisation in question.
