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BRISTOL86 said:
chrisb92 said:
I like the direction this thread has taken in that somebody posts a picture and it just gets torn to shreds by the council police!
Attaching an icon to your post - council as f
k! 
kS!I don't know how to upload pictures or do the emojis. Do I win the thread?
chrisb92 said:
BRISTOL86 said:
My Xbox is hidden away discreetly as below
I can't work out if that makes me
- not council at all for taking the effort to hide it
- only half council for having it there at all
Or my personal fear
- extra council for taking a saw to the back of the TV unit so I can have it in the living room in the first place
(Possible bonus points for it being in an OakFurnitureLand cabinet which is on 0% finance?)
I'd say watching Championship football on TV is the biggest council sin there! Closely followed by the speakers either side of the tv.I can't work out if that makes me
- not council at all for taking the effort to hide it
- only half council for having it there at all
Or my personal fear
- extra council for taking a saw to the back of the TV unit so I can have it in the living room in the first place
(Possible bonus points for it being in an OakFurnitureLand cabinet which is on 0% finance?)
Whereas the Championship contains The Least Council Football Club In The World - Fulham. Of course, it's still council by dint of being a football club in the first place, but anyway. I'd say Premier League glory hunting is council - all the Chelsea flags in windows of council estate houses in Reading and other provincial towns attests to that.
SilverSixer said:
chrisb92 said:
BRISTOL86 said:
My Xbox is hidden away discreetly as below
I can't work out if that makes me
- not council at all for taking the effort to hide it
- only half council for having it there at all
Or my personal fear
- extra council for taking a saw to the back of the TV unit so I can have it in the living room in the first place
(Possible bonus points for it being in an OakFurnitureLand cabinet which is on 0% finance?)
I'd say watching Championship football on TV is the biggest council sin there! Closely followed by the speakers either side of the tv.I can't work out if that makes me
- not council at all for taking the effort to hide it
- only half council for having it there at all
Or my personal fear
- extra council for taking a saw to the back of the TV unit so I can have it in the living room in the first place
(Possible bonus points for it being in an OakFurnitureLand cabinet which is on 0% finance?)
Whereas the Championship contains The Least Council Football Club In The World - Fulham. Of course, it's still council by dint of being a football club in the first place, but anyway. I'd say Premier League glory hunting is council - all the Chelsea flags in windows of council estate houses in Reading and other provincial towns attests to that.
ApOrbital said:
chrisb92 said:
ApOrbital said:
Antony Moxey said:
Controversial one maybe: singing football songs at inquests.
Tell that to my mates mum and dads face antony. Internet keyboard warrior is very council.
BRISTOL86 said:
Dr Murdoch said:
+ white cable not hidden
+ white / plastic wall socket
+ Torus skirting board (forgive me if its ogee, i'm not certain from the picture)
Either way, pretty much as caancil as it gets
In my defence, the cable was hidden very shortly after that pic was taken (we'd just moved in), and the sockets and skirting boards were not our choice (though I do actually like the skirting boards!) + white / plastic wall socket
+ Torus skirting board (forgive me if its ogee, i'm not certain from the picture)
Either way, pretty much as caancil as it gets
Also, how can we define 'non-council'???
While we're on houses, red and black interior decorating.
Every room red and black, different sides of the walls in each colour, black leather sofas with red cushions all over them, shiny black trim and electricals everywhere. +10 points if one wall has red and black flowery wallpaper, +50 points if its that fake velvet textured flocked flowery wallpaper. Closely followed by the meaningless 3ft wide calligraphy quotes.
All paid for with some sort of false injury claim.
Every room red and black, different sides of the walls in each colour, black leather sofas with red cushions all over them, shiny black trim and electricals everywhere. +10 points if one wall has red and black flowery wallpaper, +50 points if its that fake velvet textured flocked flowery wallpaper. Closely followed by the meaningless 3ft wide calligraphy quotes.
All paid for with some sort of false injury claim.
BRISTOL86 said:
Dr Murdoch said:
+ white cable not hidden
+ white / plastic wall socket
+ Torus skirting board (forgive me if its ogee, i'm not certain from the picture)
Either way, pretty much as caancil as it gets
In my defence, the cable was hidden very shortly after that pic was taken (we'd just moved in), and the sockets and skirting boards were not our choice (though I do actually like the skirting boards!) + white / plastic wall socket
+ Torus skirting board (forgive me if its ogee, i'm not certain from the picture)
Either way, pretty much as caancil as it gets
Triumph Man said:
BRISTOL86 said:
Dr Murdoch said:
+ white cable not hidden
+ white / plastic wall socket
+ Torus skirting board (forgive me if its ogee, i'm not certain from the picture)
Either way, pretty much as caancil as it gets
In my defence, the cable was hidden very shortly after that pic was taken (we'd just moved in), and the sockets and skirting boards were not our choice (though I do actually like the skirting boards!) + white / plastic wall socket
+ Torus skirting board (forgive me if its ogee, i'm not certain from the picture)
Either way, pretty much as caancil as it gets
plus the set up is on a long flat wall, with cheap torus skirting board. (i.e not deep and scrolled thus showing the age and history of the house)
so it looks like a new build of some sort. So council.
although to be fair my PS3 which hasn't been used as a games machine since 2012 is hooked up to my tv !
amd on another point, singing at football inquests, is council. Even if someone's mates mum friend or whatever is involved.
Have some damn dignity.
Oh sorry Liverpudlians: full council from birth.
so it looks like a new build of some sort. So council.
although to be fair my PS3 which hasn't been used as a games machine since 2012 is hooked up to my tv !
amd on another point, singing at football inquests, is council. Even if someone's mates mum friend or whatever is involved.
Have some damn dignity.
Oh sorry Liverpudlians: full council from birth.
Bluedot said:
chrisb92 said:
I like the direction this thread has taken in that somebody posts a picture and it just gets torn to shreds by the council police!
I wonder if there is anyone brave/daft enough to post a pic of their TV/media setup and defy anyone to find anything council about it... 
Let me introduce myself; a few pages back I posted a few pics and to jog your memories let me show you the majestic beer fridge and tumble drier lean-to I erected onto the side of the house. At the time the beer fridge and the contents thereof was discussed so no need to go back into that again unless of you all want to.
Now that the introductions are out of the way, onto the subject of AV systems. But before we do, I fully admit and know already that I'm a bit council. What I'm striving for is to lift myself away from that and there is no finer place on the internet than this thread on Piston Heads to do that.
Anyway, about ten years I ago I was quite fed up having to suffer compromises in terms of my then current AV setup so I drew up some plans, by hand, submitted them, had them passed and then built a rather large extension on the back of the house. The extension is what you see in the pics below housing my current AV setup.
The extension is as you would expect externally quite a simple rectangular structure, which, if you squint your eyes looks a bit like I've parked a large static caravan on the back of the house. This effect was intended as it is like living in a holiday home all the time.
As part of my design of the extension, it was all centered around me, me, me and me. As with the beer fridge enclosure I did think about the Wife and gave over part of it to a new kitchen with the old kitchen becoming what is now a dining room (is that breaking the council chains or what, a dining room?).
So here it is from the sitting position (on the DFS sofa).
A slightly closer one and yes white switches on the wall.
And back from the kitchen area. The bulk of the kitchen is behind but I cunningly sited the hob in line with the screen so I can watch telly whilst doing the occasional stir fry. The problem here is that the rear surround speakers are in front of the stir-frying position so the sound isn't as good as it could be. Thankfully though a stir-fry only takes a few minutes to do. I couldn't incorporate full 5.1 into the kitchen as it would have meant speakers intead of cupboards, the Wife won that arguement.
From the pics above my own council check list is as follows;
1, Ikea furniture
2, DFS sofas
2, Really old pictures of my kids
3, A bit of dust!
4, Bluray disc case, it is the new starwars one though.
5, Toy American wrestling wrestling ring on top of the right hand shelving unit next to the broken epson wireless printer, useless thing that was right from the start.
6, The AV receiver is silver, it did match other old and now replaced components.
7, Non matching chopping boards, blame the Wife for that though.
The un-council things as I see them are;
1, For the room as a whole the screen is too small, it is only a 42".
2, The screen is not jauntily stuck right up on the wall at high level so as to give anyone viewing a stiff neck. I really do not understand why people choose to mount their screens at high level, but that's just me, a bit council. Despite having a dining room it is easier to watch telly with your dinner on your lap if it isn't right up in the air.
[edit]
Nearly forgot. Here is a picture of a magpie with a ciggy out the front of a council house (not mine just a random pic I saw today I thought you'd all like).
Edited by colin_p on Wednesday 27th April 16:04
colin_p said:
You called....
Let me introduce myself; a few pages back I posted a few pics and to jog your memories let me show you the majestic beer fridge and tumble drier lean-to I erected onto the side of the house. At the time the beer fridge and the contents thereof was discussed so no need to go back into that again unless of you all want to.
Now that the introductions are out of the way, onto the subject of AV systems. But before we do, I fully admit and know already that I'm a bit council. What I'm striving for is to lift myself away from that and there is no finer place on the internet than this thread on Piston Heads to do that.
Anyway, about ten years I ago I was quite fed up having to suffer compromises in terms of my then current AV setup so I drew up some plans, by hand, submitted them, had them passed and then built a rather large extension on the back of the house. The extension is what you see in the pics below housing my current AV setup.
The extension is as you would expect externally quite a simple rectangular structure, which, if you squint your eyes looks a bit like I've parked a large static caravan on the back of the house. This effect was intended as it is like living in a holiday home all the time.
As part of my design of the extension, it was all centered around me, me, me and me. As with the beer fridge enclosure I did think about the Wife and gave over part of it to a new kitchen with the old kitchen becoming what is now a dining room (is that breaking the council chains or what, a dining room?).
So here it is from the sitting position (on the DFS sofa).
A slightly closer one and yes white switches on the wall.
And back from the kitchen area. The bulk of the kitchen is behind but I cunningly sited the hob in line with the screen so I can watch telly whilst doing the occasional stir fry. The problem here is that the rear surround speakers are in front of the stir-frying position so the sound isn't as good as it could be. Thankfully though a stir-fry only takes a few minutes to do. I couldn't incorporate full 5.1 into the kitchen as it would have meant speakers intead of cupboards, the Wife won that arguement.
From the pics above my own council check list is as follows;
1, Ikea furniture
2, DFS sofas
2, Really old pictures of my kids
3, A bit of dust!
4, Bluray disc case, it is the new starwars one though.
5, Toy American wrestling wrestling ring on top of the right hand shelving unit next to the broken epson wireless printer, useless thing that was right from the start.
6, The AV receiver is silver, it did match other old and now replaced components.
7, Non matching chopping boards, blame the Wife for that though.
The un-council things as I see them are;
1, For the room as a whole the screen is too small, it is only a 42".
2, The screen is not jauntily stuck right up on the wall at high level so as to give anyone viewing a stiff neck. I really do not understand why people choose to mount their screens at high level, but that's just me, a bit council. Despite having a dining room it is easier to watch telly with your dinner on your lap if it isn't right up in the air.
[edit]
Nearly forgot. Here is a picture of a magpie with a ciggy out the front of a council house (not mine just a random pic I saw today I thought you'd all like).
Chopping boards with writing on are a bit council too! Let me introduce myself; a few pages back I posted a few pics and to jog your memories let me show you the majestic beer fridge and tumble drier lean-to I erected onto the side of the house. At the time the beer fridge and the contents thereof was discussed so no need to go back into that again unless of you all want to.
Now that the introductions are out of the way, onto the subject of AV systems. But before we do, I fully admit and know already that I'm a bit council. What I'm striving for is to lift myself away from that and there is no finer place on the internet than this thread on Piston Heads to do that.
Anyway, about ten years I ago I was quite fed up having to suffer compromises in terms of my then current AV setup so I drew up some plans, by hand, submitted them, had them passed and then built a rather large extension on the back of the house. The extension is what you see in the pics below housing my current AV setup.
The extension is as you would expect externally quite a simple rectangular structure, which, if you squint your eyes looks a bit like I've parked a large static caravan on the back of the house. This effect was intended as it is like living in a holiday home all the time.
As part of my design of the extension, it was all centered around me, me, me and me. As with the beer fridge enclosure I did think about the Wife and gave over part of it to a new kitchen with the old kitchen becoming what is now a dining room (is that breaking the council chains or what, a dining room?).
So here it is from the sitting position (on the DFS sofa).
A slightly closer one and yes white switches on the wall.
And back from the kitchen area. The bulk of the kitchen is behind but I cunningly sited the hob in line with the screen so I can watch telly whilst doing the occasional stir fry. The problem here is that the rear surround speakers are in front of the stir-frying position so the sound isn't as good as it could be. Thankfully though a stir-fry only takes a few minutes to do. I couldn't incorporate full 5.1 into the kitchen as it would have meant speakers intead of cupboards, the Wife won that arguement.
From the pics above my own council check list is as follows;
1, Ikea furniture
2, DFS sofas
2, Really old pictures of my kids
3, A bit of dust!
4, Bluray disc case, it is the new starwars one though.
5, Toy American wrestling wrestling ring on top of the right hand shelving unit next to the broken epson wireless printer, useless thing that was right from the start.
6, The AV receiver is silver, it did match other old and now replaced components.
7, Non matching chopping boards, blame the Wife for that though.
The un-council things as I see them are;
1, For the room as a whole the screen is too small, it is only a 42".
2, The screen is not jauntily stuck right up on the wall at high level so as to give anyone viewing a stiff neck. I really do not understand why people choose to mount their screens at high level, but that's just me, a bit council. Despite having a dining room it is easier to watch telly with your dinner on your lap if it isn't right up in the air.
[edit]
Nearly forgot. Here is a picture of a magpie with a ciggy out the front of a council house (not mine just a random pic I saw today I thought you'd all like).
Edited by colin_p on Wednesday 27th April 16:04
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