Why does it need a kitchen?

"Slough" is a ten-stanza poem by Sir John Betjeman, first published in the 1937 collection Continual Dew. I don't know why it needs a kitcheh, its already got air-conditioned, bright canteens.

Apparently, the traffic light system in Slough was the first in the known universe to be computer controlled.

Or something like that.

If you drove around at exactly the maximum speed limit of 30mph, every set of traffic lights you arrived at would be at green.

I went there once back in the 80's on a visit to the Karnehm & Hillman factory to purchase some billiard cues.

It has to be said, the cues were more impressive than the traffic lights.

I have a couple of cues from there...

While were on the subject..  Was the War Chest first discovered in Worcester?

I could need a slough.... where can I find info about what it's used for????



Not to mention - what it is...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x1knZBDEQM

That's very interesting.

I found this on the Merriam online dictionary thingy:
 
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¹slough

noun \ˈslü, ˈslau̇; in the US (exc New England) ˈslü is usual for sense 1 with those to whom the sense is familiar; British usually ˈslau̇ for both senses\




Definition of SLOUGH

1
a : a place of deep mud or mire
b also slew or slue \ˈslü\ (1) : swamp (2) : an inlet on a river; also : backwater (3) : a creek in a marsh or tide flat

2
: a state of moral degradation or spiritual dejection
— sloughy \-ē\ adjective

Origin of SLOUGH

Middle English sloughe, slo, from Old English slōh; akin to Middle High German slouche ditch First Known Use: before 12th century

Other Ecology Terms

Malthusian, anthropogenic, biomass, carbon footprint, crepuscular, niche, sere, symbiosis, taiga, tundra

Rhymes with SLOUGH

blue, boo, brew, chew, clew, clue, coo, coup, crew, cue, dew, do, doux, due, ewe, few, flu, flue, fou, glue, gnu, goo, hew, hue, Jew, Koo, lieu, loo, mew, moo, moue, mu, new, nu, ooh, pew, phew, pooh, q, queue, roux, rue, screw, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skew, slew, slue, smew, sou, sous, spew, sprue, stew, strew, sue, Sue, thew, through, to, too, true, two, u, view, whew, who, woo, xu, yew, you, zoo [-]hide
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blue, boo, brew, chew, clew, clue, coo, coup, crew, cue, dew, do, doux, due, ewe, few, flu, flue, fou, glue, gnu, goo, hew, hue, Jew, Koo,... [+]more

²slough

verb
Definition of SLOUGH

transitive verb
: to engulf in a slough

intransitive verb
: to plod through or as if through mud : slog

First Known Use of SLOUGH

1846

Rhymes with SLOUGH

bluff, buff, chough, chuff, cuff, duff, fluff, gruff, guff, huff, luff, muff, puff, rough, ruff, scruff, scuff, snuff, sough, stuff, tough, tuff

³slough

noun \ˈsləf\
Definition of SLOUGH

1
: the cast-off skin of a snake

2
: a mass of dead tissue separating from an ulcer

3
: something that may be shed or cast off

Variants of SLOUGH

slough also sluff

Origin of SLOUGH

Middle English slughe; akin to Middle High German slūch snakeskin First Known Use: 14th century

⁴slough

verb \ˈsləf\
Definition of SLOUGH

intransitive verb
1
a : to become shed or cast off
b : to cast off one's skin
c : to separate in the form of dead tissue from living tissue

2
: to crumble slowly and fall away

transitive verb
1
: to cast off

2
a : to get rid of or discard as irksome, objectionable, or disadvantageous —usually used with off
b : to dispose of (a losing card in bridge) by discarding

Variants of SLOUGH

slough also sluff

First Known Use of SLOUGH

1720

Slough

geographical name \ˈslau̇\
Definition of SLOUGH

town SE cen England in Berkshire pop 98,600



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The relevance to kitchens are very obvious to me.

from: http://www.everglades.org/habitats/

Slough A slough is a low-lying area of land that channels water through the    Everglades. These marshy rivers are relatively deep and remain flooded almost year-round.  Though they are the main avenue of waterflow, the current remains leisurely, moving about 100 feet (30 meters) per day. Dotted with tree-islands, the vast Everglades landscape channels life-giving waters from Lake Okeechobee southward. Everglades National Park contains two distinct sloughs. On the west is the larger Shark River Slough, also known as the “River of Grass.” The smaller, narrower Taylor Slough lies to the east of Shark River Slough. Both sloughs discharge into Florida Bay. A series of other sloughs that flow through the Big Cypress Swamp supply freshwater to western Florida Bay and the Ten Thousand Islands.More pictures and further description

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from: http://www.everglades.org/habitats/

Slough

A slough is a low-lying area of land that channels water through the    Everglades. These marshy rivers are relatively deep and remain flooded almost year-round.  Though they are the main avenue of waterflow, the current remains leisurely, moving about 100 feet (30 meters) per day. Dotted with tree-islands, the vast Everglades landscape channels life-giving waters from Lake Okeechobee southward. Everglades National Park contains two distinct sloughs. On the west is the larger Shark River Slough, also known as the “River of Grass.” The smaller, narrower Taylor Slough lies to the east of Shark River Slough. Both sloughs discharge into Florida Bay. A series of other sloughs that flow through the Big Cypress Swamp supply freshwater to western Florida Bay and the Ten Thousand Islands.More pictures and further description

Well that looks a whole lot nicer that this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aerial_View_of_Slough_Trading_Estate.JPG