Meaningless product descriptions

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GregP Nov 2023 9:10am, 25 Nov 2023 149,277 posts	0 GregP I know when I'm speaking to people from far away I just say I live "Near London" but that's hardly the same thing? I've never told anyone I live "Near Hertfordshire".
um Nov 2023 10:21am, 25 Nov 2023 7,937 posts	0 um Just to be clear, my house is in Wiltshire. It is 'near' the Hampshire/Wiltshire border signs. (well, a couple of miles) But it's not Georgian. Or a manor. I wonder if I should describe it a 'a house near Hampshire' ?
Velociraptor Nov 2023 10:45am, 25 Nov 2023 66,470 posts	0 Velociraptor Most people can place my house better from "near the Lake District" than from any more accurate descriptor.
Sigh Nov 2023 11:51am, 25 Nov 2023 23,655 posts	0 Sigh We occasionally encounter problems: "Stone? Where's that?" "It's north of Stafford and south of Stoke?" "Where?" "About 40 miles North of Birmingham" "Oh"
fetcheveryone Nov 2023 2:41pm, 25 Nov 2023 29,898 posts	0 fetcheveryone Lol from me here in my house near Northamptonshire.
GordonG Nov 2023 3:55pm, 25 Nov 2023 10,126 posts	0 GordonG Hi from a house nearish Dartford Bridge, which is around the 3 o'clock mark on the M25
McGoohan Nov 2023 4:30pm, 25 Nov 2023 53,383 posts	0 McGoohan Hello from a house that's convenient for connections to London and Gatwick airport
quimby Nov 2023 8:15pm, 25 Nov 2023 6,344 posts	0 quimby I've given many people a hard stare after they asked "Where's Stafford?" and I answer "It's in Staffordshire" and they still look blank.
Nicholls595 Nov 2023 8:41pm, 25 Nov 2023 31,129 posts	0 Nicholls595 I've given many people a hard stare after they asked "Where's Stafford?" and I answer "It's in Staffordshire" and they still look blank. To be fair, Stafford took some getting to last week. We went past somewhere called Barton in the Beans!
Steve NordRunner Nov 2023 8:59pm, 25 Nov 2023 3,696 posts	0 Steve NordRunner Hi from a large peninsula just off Shetland.