User:HO 87

HO 87
HO 87 is an ex-pat Cornishman, me 'ansom, residing offshore with a particular interest in investigative journalism, the law, politics, computing and, occasionally, cider. I only drink Spingo on high days and holidays. If then.

Father was a tinminer (before he joined the Navy), grandfather was a tinminer in Pool, as was great-grandfather, as was great-great-grandfather. Mother's side hail originally from the far end of Penwith (St Just) but moved around a fair bit, via such places as Morvah, Zennor, Hayle, and Breage but never succeeding in getting any further north-east than Illogan. Grandmother never left the county.

You know you're Cornish when:


 * "Where's it to?" is a perfectly reasonable question.
 * You can describe everything as being 'ansom.
 * "Hello my lover" is how you greet everyone.
 * It's "dreckly" not "directly".
 * Everyone else is "Up country".
 * There is never any mobile phone coverage unless you stand on your roof.
 * Your mobile phone recognises "wasson".
 * You understand the locals.
 * You avoid Camborne at all costs.
 * You have arguments about which company makes the best pasties.
 * Being stuck behind a herd of cows is a plausible excuse for being late to work.
 * The old man who plays the mandolin in Truro is a legend.
 * You always bump into someone you know when out and about.
 * Seagulls should not be fed.
 * You argue over which beach to go to.
 * There's never any real news in Cornwall.
 * Village gossip spreads quickly.
 * Cornwall is always going to be better than Devon.
 * You dread "potato season".
 * You miss the sea more than your parents.

Articles Written

 * Arthur & Another v Anker & Another
 * Vine v London Borough of Waltham Forest

Articles Contributed To

 * Hampshire Constabulary
 * Devon & Cornwall Police
 * Avon & Somerset Constabulary
 * Garda Síochána
 * Special Constabulary
 * Isle of Wight Festival 1970
 * British Parking Association


 * Lists of earthquakes
 * The Romsey School
 * Nestle
 * Galderma
 * World Trade Center (Helsinki)
 * Donoghue v Stevenson
 * Julian Destoop

Other Things
Countries that have had to put up with me from time to time



Together with the unflagged Republic of Whangamomona