The Oxford Dictionary* concurs with Chambers that jetsam is washed up on shore but in any case I am minded to prefer Chambers and the OED as definitive over the unreferenced views of dkahn400 (sorry d, nothing personal)
Tony
* Jetsam, n, Goods thrown overboard from a ship to lighten it & washed ashore.
;-)
Personally I'm minded to prefer the definition of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency:
Since we are talking about English usage here I think my OED trumps your MCA. As we all know, definitions for official purposes can be somewhat different to their usage in normal language. For example I doubt most of us would accept the UCI definition as defining what a bicycle is or is not in preference to the OED.
Oh, and no helmet. Although a knee guard of some sort might have been handy.
Heheheh, we often wear shin pads and knee guards (with a helmet) when off-roading, and they _really do_ work.
Get well soon.
-- Paul ... http://www.4x4prejudice.org/index.php (8(!) Homer Rules ... 😉 "A [censored] is a [censored], no matter what mode of transport they're using."
Since we are talking about English usage here I think my OED trumps your MCA.
I bet Padders is sorry now that he fell off.
Don't you just love thread drift (wood) .. 😉
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Steve Peake <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]:
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That would be the Thames footpath 😉, only a few sections are actually cycle path. The real cycle path is teddington lock across the park, which is about 2 miles shorter than the river to where your going.
Of course you could call it towpath.
Really? Oops :p
I know it's quicker through the park, but it isn't quite as much fun. Although I must admit to liking the traffic free return journey after work.
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I would be more worried by what Thames water puts in the river.
A good point, there's been a lot of nasty overflow in the not so distant past.
