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[joggerjayne]

Here is the news.

In a move that has been expected for some time, the Ordnance Survey announced today the formal abolition of latitude and longitude for all UK locations.

Instead, each location will be given an MFB rating. The new MFB (Miles From Brighton) scale was welcomed, particularly by school children, and by people in Brighton.

Greenwich, as the home of Zero Degrees, the Greenwich Meridian, has been replaced by Brighton, which is the home of Zero MFB.

So, for instance:

Ditchling has a ranking of 9 MFB.
Eastbourne has a ranking of 22 MFB.
London has a ranking of 53 MFB.

For all locations Norh of London, a different scale will apply. This is the SUNS (Somewhere Up Near Scotland) scale.

All locations qualifying for a SUNS ranking will be treated equally.

This was Kate Adie
For ITN News
In Peterborough SUNS ...

... which is ...

................ somewhere up near Scotland

[dustypuss]

jj i think your getting your pussies mixed up dustypuss lives in york

[joggerjayne]

Oh, sorry dusty (stares at label of wine bottle, like they do in the movies)

Lakitu ... Aberdeen??? ... O M G

[Lakitu]

LOL, why OMG?

[ChuckFickens]

hmmmm, I would seem to be 84MFB (as the crow flies, 110 by road)

[ChuckFickens]

OH and hi lakitu, any news?...

also you would be between 440MFB - 450MFB as the crow flies

[Lakitu]

They've been sent home - see my thread for an update LOL

I looked up the route planner on theaa.com and they said whatever I posted from my city centre to her city centre.....

[cazzz1975]

Im confused jayne, I was always brought up to believe there was brighton and the rest of it was called scotland or near scotland...

[joggerjayne]

Cazzz ... YES !! That's exactly how it is. There's ...

South coast.

Southern home counties (quite big).

South London (right over the far side of the southern home counties)

North London (hard to get to)

Beyond that (heading for Scotland.

And then... Laki.


O M G

Laki, do you have polar bears where you live?

[Lakitu]

LOL, nope but I wish we did

[joggerjayne]

They bite !

[cazzz1975]

wow does london have its own name now !!? :O

[Lakitu]

Do they? How do you know?

[joggerjayne]

Because ... they just do !

[Lakitu]

LOL! Well, in that case, I'll leave them where they are then!