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Terminator X said:
Axionknight said:
Those old Escorts sounded a bit non standard 
TX.
Blue one is a Mazda RX2 coupe and the red one is an RX3 saloon.
Edited by shakotan on Thursday 23 April 13:26
I had the pleasure of driving through Prestbury last night, then onto a council estate,
a few things i noticed,
(btw i was brought up on one),
Nobody ever treats the garden fences, they are bleached white with the exception of the "NO PARKING" sign hand painted with a three inch brush.
The parks always have a kiddies play area, fenced off, but the local dog manages to get in there and run around with the kids.
In the park will be a gang of kinds and the youngest is crying.
Grass uncut, even the council grass isn't cut, and even though the road is perfectly wide enough, dwellers still insist on parking their American car on the grass verge so as to make a trench in it.
Some people hanging around a shop utterly consumed with their job of hanging around the shop fulltime,
shops include a chippy, a shop that has loads of plastic-ware on display outside the shop.
and of an off license.
a few things i noticed,
(btw i was brought up on one),
Nobody ever treats the garden fences, they are bleached white with the exception of the "NO PARKING" sign hand painted with a three inch brush.
The parks always have a kiddies play area, fenced off, but the local dog manages to get in there and run around with the kids.
In the park will be a gang of kinds and the youngest is crying.
Grass uncut, even the council grass isn't cut, and even though the road is perfectly wide enough, dwellers still insist on parking their American car on the grass verge so as to make a trench in it.
Some people hanging around a shop utterly consumed with their job of hanging around the shop fulltime,
shops include a chippy, a shop that has loads of plastic-ware on display outside the shop.
and of an off license.
^I love a good bucket shop.
These things are a marvel of modern britain. Every area, no matter how prosperous has a shop with a s
t load of buckets outside - like some fabulous polyvinyl migration happens each day before they return to roost.
The daft thing is, i just can't see how they are profitable. Don't get me wrong - i'm not anti bucket - i own 4 myself. However, i average possibly 1 bucket purchase every 2-4 years, and they're about 4 quid. If you take my local bucket shop (Wilmslow), it's catchment area before it hits rival bucket shops (Handforth, Tytherington, Hale Barns and Chelford) is about 20,000 homes.
Based on an expectation of a bucket purhase every 3 years per house, that's a total bucket market of just 27 grand a year - and that's ignoring competition from B+Q, Tesco, and using an old 25l paint tub instead.
Can any PHer explain the great British bucket shop? There must be something in it to justify moving half a tonne of gaudily coloured plastic onto the pavement every day...
These things are a marvel of modern britain. Every area, no matter how prosperous has a shop with a s
t load of buckets outside - like some fabulous polyvinyl migration happens each day before they return to roost.The daft thing is, i just can't see how they are profitable. Don't get me wrong - i'm not anti bucket - i own 4 myself. However, i average possibly 1 bucket purchase every 2-4 years, and they're about 4 quid. If you take my local bucket shop (Wilmslow), it's catchment area before it hits rival bucket shops (Handforth, Tytherington, Hale Barns and Chelford) is about 20,000 homes.
Based on an expectation of a bucket purhase every 3 years per house, that's a total bucket market of just 27 grand a year - and that's ignoring competition from B+Q, Tesco, and using an old 25l paint tub instead.
Can any PHer explain the great British bucket shop? There must be something in it to justify moving half a tonne of gaudily coloured plastic onto the pavement every day...
Some Gump said:
^I love a good bucket shop.
These things are a marvel of modern britain. Every area, no matter how prosperous has a shop with a st load of buckets outside - like some fabulous polyvinyl migration happens each day before they return to roost.
The daft thing is, i just can't see how they are profitable. Don't get me wrong - i'm not anti bucket - i own 4 myself. However, i average possibly 1 bucket purchase every 2-4 years, and they're about 4 quid. If you take my local bucket shop (Wilmslow), it's catchment area before it hits rival bucket shops (Handforth, Tytherington, Hale Barns and Chelford) is about 20,000 homes.
Based on an expectation of a bucket purhase every 3 years per house, that's a total bucket market of just 27 grand a year - and that's ignoring competition from B+Q, Tesco, and using an old 25l paint tub instead.
Can any PHer explain the great British bucket shop? There must be something in it to justify moving half a tonne of gaudily coloured plastic onto the pavement every day...
I can't think of seeing one round these parts so perhaps the local catchment area based business is augmented by a significantly larger internet based bucket business, the shop merely providing a shop front for those who like to handle their buckets prior to purchase. These things are a marvel of modern britain. Every area, no matter how prosperous has a shop with a s
t load of buckets outside - like some fabulous polyvinyl migration happens each day before they return to roost.The daft thing is, i just can't see how they are profitable. Don't get me wrong - i'm not anti bucket - i own 4 myself. However, i average possibly 1 bucket purchase every 2-4 years, and they're about 4 quid. If you take my local bucket shop (Wilmslow), it's catchment area before it hits rival bucket shops (Handforth, Tytherington, Hale Barns and Chelford) is about 20,000 homes.
Based on an expectation of a bucket purhase every 3 years per house, that's a total bucket market of just 27 grand a year - and that's ignoring competition from B+Q, Tesco, and using an old 25l paint tub instead.
Can any PHer explain the great British bucket shop? There must be something in it to justify moving half a tonne of gaudily coloured plastic onto the pavement every day...
JCB123 said:
I saw trampolines mentioned earlier - trampolines are OK, but Council trampolines are always in their front gardens?!
Reminds me, I was driving through Sunbury, saw a couple of kids bouncing on a trampoline on a first floor flat roof terrace aboce a shop, whilst waiting at a set of traffic lights.In order to protect their offspring, the parents had zip tied two sections of that 6' sectional wire fence normally seen around building sites to the railing.
Classy.
shakotan said:
Reminds me, I was driving through Sunbury, saw a couple of kids bouncing on a trampoline on a first floor flat roof terrace aboce a shop...
Classy.
That also reminds me - Pubs with a flat roof.Classy.
We've probably had that one already, but extra 'council' points for the number of alsatians up there and Union Jacks for no apparent reason other than decoration.
Some Gump said:
^I love a good bucket shop.
You'd love this one then! I used to go past it every day....https://www.google.com/maps/@53.598902,-2.270314,3...
Steamer said:
That also reminds me - Pubs with a flat roof.
We've probably had that one already, but extra 'council' points for the number of alsatians up there and Union Jacks for no apparent reason other than decoration.
We've had flat roofs on council estate pubs - but good call on the alsations!We've probably had that one already, but extra 'council' points for the number of alsatians up there and Union Jacks for no apparent reason other than decoration.
Being hit by a train when not legitimately engaged in trackside work and when not where you should be - ie on a platform or an open level crossing.
Pal of mine was running a skanky bar maid. We were having a beer at the pub where she worked so he could chat her up etc.
She took a 'phone call and looked shocked.
(The following should be read in a Geordie accent.)
"Oooo Noooo Micky's been hit by a Metroo!*)
I responded that was terrible news asking if he was an engineering worker or something. Her response:
"Noooo he's only fawateen. He was probably on the rob for cables." "Eee the Metroo dryva shudder been looking where he was gannen" "Tha coppaz should arrest that bastad."
I believe that she relied on the local authority to source her accomodation. I don't know what happened to Micky. My mate shagged her in my bed when I mistakenly lent him the house when I was away on business. Yes I know Geordie is automatically council.
Pal of mine was running a skanky bar maid. We were having a beer at the pub where she worked so he could chat her up etc.
She took a 'phone call and looked shocked.
(The following should be read in a Geordie accent.)
"Oooo Noooo Micky's been hit by a Metroo!*)
I responded that was terrible news asking if he was an engineering worker or something. Her response:
"Noooo he's only fawateen. He was probably on the rob for cables." "Eee the Metroo dryva shudder been looking where he was gannen" "Tha coppaz should arrest that bastad."
I believe that she relied on the local authority to source her accomodation. I don't know what happened to Micky. My mate shagged her in my bed when I mistakenly lent him the house when I was away on business. Yes I know Geordie is automatically council.
- The Metro is a light rail rapid transit system on Tyneside and Wearside. I once got told off by a PR woman for Newcastle Council for describing the system to a foreign journalist as an electrically-powered st transporter that moves scum between council estates. I am a snob.
Dog Star said:
Some Gump said:
^I love a good bucket shop.
You'd love this one then! I used to go past it every day....https://www.google.com/maps/@53.598902,-2.270314,3...
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