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Crossflow Kid said:
SeeFive said:
Crossflow Kid said:
Give it a rest will you?
Well done for succeeding in bland middle class middle management middle of the road mediocrity and then kidding yourself it's worth somehow cherishing.
You're blown away by Basingstoke then have the audacity to call other people dull? Has it actually occurred to you that all this "great place to bring up kids and have back-slapping BBQs with my carbon-copy neighbours before visiting Ikea" is precisely the kind of benign dreary b
ks so indicative of a life half-lived that makes the place so awful?
Wow. Enjoy the fake skydiving.
Lots of really angry stuff, a lot of which was wrong and really quite rude.Well done for succeeding in bland middle class middle management middle of the road mediocrity and then kidding yourself it's worth somehow cherishing.
You're blown away by Basingstoke then have the audacity to call other people dull? Has it actually occurred to you that all this "great place to bring up kids and have back-slapping BBQs with my carbon-copy neighbours before visiting Ikea" is precisely the kind of benign dreary b
ks so indicative of a life half-lived that makes the place so awful?Wow. Enjoy the fake skydiving.
Edited by Crossflow Kid on Friday 29th August 23:24
A few points for you to ponder:
Don't whine about people getting personal after you've already broken the seal by referring to them as Kevin and Perry, and suggesting their home is stuffed with pizza boxes and infested by rats.
I never said my life was "grey", I said the town is. And it is.
Me? Not well travelled? Not seen the real s
t holes of the world? Oh dear, you're so very wide of the mark on that one it's actually funny. Trying exploring the local area a little more towards Alton and there's a very big clue.Things you can see elsewhere...Just off the top of my head....a view of the Brecon Beacons. Will that do?
And just to put you straight, I do get out and about in the surrounding area. You appear to have leapt somewhat rapidly to the conclusion that "not liking Basingstoke" equates to "sitting at home with the curtains drawn".....and you call me narrow minded?!
The surrounding area is good but that's NOT Basingstoke is it? The town itself is very average, as others have said. It's just mediocre. An ice rink.....wow. No other town in the UK has one of them, has it? All of the things you say make Basingstoke special are in pretty much every other town in the UK. Making the most of somewhere isn't a function of where you live, it's a function of how you live.
Yet you appear to positively revel in all the franchised Anytown fluff. Good for you. It's just not for me, nor many other people.
Next you'll be saying Basingstoke is home to the tallest building between London and New York.;)
Edited by Crossflow Kid on Saturday 30th August 11:23
Yes I went over the top in response and I apologise for that. Wildcat45 is right. If you think my passion is high for this place, you are lucky my missus is not posting!!
I just cannot understand how anyone can say that this town, surrounding area and connections to other places is so bad compared to others. Boringstoke, Basigrad (actually I tend to use that one too
) etc, it really is not accurate. Sure, it is not the prettiest in places, but many towns with such modern facilities aren't pretty. I tend to find the more picturesque a place is, the less variety there is in the facilities available - not all but in many places.My anger in the last post was not really driven by the insults to me, but more my friends who are good people and far from a carbon copy of me or each other. Perish the thought
. The rat thing was a poor attempt at humour on you "smelling a rat"... not to be taken literally.Everyone has different requirements from life. A view of the Brecon Beacons is great for a short while, but a bit of a bugger when you want a multiplex cinema for the kids, or a game of golf, or need to buy a cooker etc. you would probably need to travel to a larger town, and maybe another one if you wanted to go skating or fake parachuting afterwards... You see what I mean?
IMO, compared to many other places I have travelled or lived previously, there is so much to do here. I cannot agree that the mix of facilities are available in many other towns I visit. Picturesque? Sure, if I walk towards town it gets a bit erm... different in terms of view, but if I walk south or south west, the countryside is actually quite nice. The view from my drum isn't too bad either, we are on top of a hill. And even the view towards town and beyond is fairly green.
I probably will be leaving this place one day to live in a warmer climate, but am glad that I managed to spend the time here raising my family. It seems to have done them some good at least.
Enjoy the weekend and the weather. No hard feelings.
SeeFive said:
Enjoy the weekend and the weather.
I will. I'm in the Alps......where you said you'd be.And I can't quite believe you missed this nugget:
Crossflow Kid said:
Basingstoke is home to the tallest building between London and New York.;)
True dat.Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 30th August 14:25
VR6T Gar said:
Not enough positivity in this thread.
Exeter- the only city I would ever want to live in.
Lived there whilst at university and would say it is lovely but feels quite small as a young person. If I remain in Britain in retirement I should imagine it'll be in the Devon/Cornwall direction. Beautiful part of the world.Exeter- the only city I would ever want to live in.
My current location would just have a sign saying nothing to see here. Wider area being Southampton which is a synonym for keep moving, don't stop.
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