The gradual slide off-topic in the 'banned' thread (and some interesting stuff about autism)

Indeed I don’t, @raymondkefford. I live in the “soft underbelly of England”, aka Kent. But I understand your point about Yorkshire. The handful of Yorkshire men and women who I’ve met over the years have certainly not been shy about speaking their minds!

In an early stage of my working life in England, I had a boss who hailed from that part of the world. He and I got on extremely well because I appreciated his directness, and he mine (the rest of his staff didn’t agree!) I once said to him, “I find you more like a fellow ex-colonial than a true-blue Englishman”. To which he replied, “I don’t know whether to take that as a compliment or an insult!”

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