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Mar: I dropped it more to gage the reaction than anything else. Invariably one or two purists will become unhinged and even threaten to ban me for such unweblike conduct

But now that my location appears in the block to the left, "onshore" should present no further problems

Nor "offshore," which means anywhere but onshore




Hmmm... ok, 'cept "onshore" and "offshore" seem to me to be much too subjective to be of any use as geographical locators. For me, for instance, "onshore" will always mean where I am at the mo', as opposed to the Canary or Balearic Islands, Ceuta or Melilla; but then again, I dare say Isla Graciosa is "offshore" for the inhabitants of Lanzarote...

...and so on, and on, and on... we're all, fortunately, in different parts of the world!