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austinsmirk said:
You and yr family are precisely the decent people social housing should be for. ( I've worked in the sector for 25 yrs and have spent 15 years on the disabled side pioneering exactly what yr mum has/ needs. )
Ie Provision of good affordable housing for those less fortunate. Not the provision of housing for fat tracksuit wearing benefit dependant riffraff to just breed within.
As a society there should be a safety net for those who need it.
Not a circus tent to contain those who make it a lifestyle choice.
Well said sirIe Provision of good affordable housing for those less fortunate. Not the provision of housing for fat tracksuit wearing benefit dependant riffraff to just breed within.
As a society there should be a safety net for those who need it.
Not a circus tent to contain those who make it a lifestyle choice.
A dog on what appears to be a solid metal link lead to a choker collar. They seem unable to fathom that if you take said dog to a training class, you won't be constantly choking the poor thing.
Tattoo in the space between the thumb and index finger.
Missing teeth.
Tattoo in the space between the thumb and index finger.
Missing teeth.
Edited by AndrewIC on Monday 9th March 23:00
princealbert23 said:
austinsmirk said:
You and yr family are precisely the decent people social housing should be for. ( I've worked in the sector for 25 yrs and have spent 15 years on the disabled side pioneering exactly what yr mum has/ needs. )
Ie Provision of good affordable housing for those less fortunate. Not the provision of housing for fat tracksuit wearing benefit dependant riffraff to just breed within.
As a society there should be a safety net for those who need it.
Not a circus tent to contain those who make it a lifestyle choice.
Well said sirIe Provision of good affordable housing for those less fortunate. Not the provision of housing for fat tracksuit wearing benefit dependant riffraff to just breed within.
As a society there should be a safety net for those who need it.
Not a circus tent to contain those who make it a lifestyle choice.
Not sure if "Lounge" is council. It's certainly lower class climbing up the oadderr wanting to appear posh and failing.
In the 1970s when I was a small kid we lived in some relatively new houses in a Cul-de-sac. You'd often hear the aspirational wives of Ford Granada driving Hubbies referring to their "lounge"
Our house had a "living room" and I was told I would find a lounge in a hotel or airport.
It's stayed with me.
A few years ago I sold a house and specifically told the estate agent to refer to the living room when writing up the blurb. She said potential buyers expected the word "lounge" I told her the house was not for sale to people who referred to the living room by any other term.
I got in trouble from my wife for that. She said I was being a superior snobbish t
t. I was. I am. The house sold within a day or two to a nice middle class couple.
So Nerrrr. Stick your lounge and settee where the sun don't shine!
In the 1970s when I was a small kid we lived in some relatively new houses in a Cul-de-sac. You'd often hear the aspirational wives of Ford Granada driving Hubbies referring to their "lounge"
Our house had a "living room" and I was told I would find a lounge in a hotel or airport.
It's stayed with me.
A few years ago I sold a house and specifically told the estate agent to refer to the living room when writing up the blurb. She said potential buyers expected the word "lounge" I told her the house was not for sale to people who referred to the living room by any other term.
I got in trouble from my wife for that. She said I was being a superior snobbish t
t. I was. I am. The house sold within a day or two to a nice middle class couple. So Nerrrr. Stick your lounge and settee where the sun don't shine!
Edited by wildcat45 on Thursday 5th March 11:20
wildcat45 said:
Not sure if "Lounge" is council. It's certainly lower class climbing up the oadderr wanting to appear posh and failing.
In the 1970s when I was a small kid we lived in some relatively new houses in a Cul-de-sac. You'd often hear the aspirational wives of Ford Granada driving Hubbies referring to their "lounge"
Out house had a "living room" and I was told I would find a lounge in a hotel or airport.
It's stayed with me.
A few years ago I sold a house and specifically told the estate agent to refer to the living room when writing up the blurb. She said potential buyers expected the word "lounge" I told her the house was not for sale to people who referred to the living room by any other term.
I got in trouble from my wife for that. She said I was being a superior snobbish tt. I was. I am. The house sold within a day or two to a nice middle class couple.
So Nerrrr. Stick your lounge and settee where the sun don't shine!
You are Hyacinth Bucket AICMFPIn the 1970s when I was a small kid we lived in some relatively new houses in a Cul-de-sac. You'd often hear the aspirational wives of Ford Granada driving Hubbies referring to their "lounge"
Out house had a "living room" and I was told I would find a lounge in a hotel or airport.
It's stayed with me.
A few years ago I sold a house and specifically told the estate agent to refer to the living room when writing up the blurb. She said potential buyers expected the word "lounge" I told her the house was not for sale to people who referred to the living room by any other term.
I got in trouble from my wife for that. She said I was being a superior snobbish t
t. I was. I am. The house sold within a day or two to a nice middle class couple. So Nerrrr. Stick your lounge and settee where the sun don't shine!
AndrewIC said:
A dog on what appears to be a solid metal link lead to a chocker collar. They seem unable to fathom that if you take said dog to a training class, you won't be constantly chocking the poor thing.
Tattoo in the space between the thumb and index finger.
Missing teeth.
It's "choke", "choker" and "choking".Tattoo in the space between the thumb and index finger.
Missing teeth.
"Chocks" are wedge-shaped things used to stop wheels rolling - as in "chocks away" when a WW2 aircraft scrambled for take-off.
J4CKO said:
WD39 said:
williamp said:
IroningMan said:
Pistonheads is self-evidently a bit council - it has a 'lounge' - so we're all guilty by association.
lounge is OK. "front room" is not. This is a lounge, afterall...
This 'Lounge' is on the original Pan Am B747 flights to London from New York. This would be 1969/1970.
It is on the 'upper deck', the short bubble in the fuselage stretching back from the flight deck.
I worked for BOAC(!) as cabin crew and we were a little late joining the race accross the Atlantic with our own 747's.
When we did our lounges were 'sheer luxury'. Relaxa chairs, a pair of love seats, banquettes, and a bar.It was very popular with passengers, first class only of course.
I worked up there many times and it was always a pleasurable experience.
It was definately NOT council.
Edited by WD39 on Wednesday 4th March 18:49
Of course the first class passengers were truly 'first class', unlike in later years when FC travellers arrived in shorts and flip flops,tee shirts and ripped jeans.
Now that may be described as truly 'council'.
Bluebarge said:
AndrewIC said:
A dog on what appears to be a solid metal link lead to a chocker collar. They seem unable to fathom that if you take said dog to a training class, you won't be constantly chocking the poor thing.
Tattoo in the space between the thumb and index finger.
Missing teeth.
It's "choke", "choker" and "choking".Tattoo in the space between the thumb and index finger.
Missing teeth.
"Chocks" are wedge-shaped things used to stop wheels rolling - as in "chocks away" when a WW2 aircraft scrambled for take-off.
J4CKO said:
I have a bit of a thing for air travel back then, it just seems so properly glamorous, can imagine all the rich people and celebs dressed in Kaftans and stuff, smoking and drinking whilst sat on seats of various browns and oranges, now it just seems so commonplace and sterile.
Completely with you here... air travel is nowadays just grim and to be avoided.Munter said:
If your Out house has a living room. Well. That's very posh. Though having an Out house to start with...that's slum never mind council!
No you read it right. No spelling mistake. :-) Depends how you define out house. Ours was a 3 bed cottage we let an estate worker use until he died of overwork. Being compassionate we allowed his widow and kids to stay there until the day of the funeral even kindly moving their posessions onto the front lawn during the service, to save them the trouble.
Adenauer said:
SilverSixer said:
Orange coloured cheddar.
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Saddle bum said:
Yertis said:
Johnnytheboy said:
On an related note, anyone wearing a waxed leather hat like this in my area of Dorset/Somerset...
...might as well wear a sign saying "I've moved here from London"
I wear one of these excellent and practical hats, am Dorset born and bred and now live in Somerset. So such a sign would be incorrect. ...might as well wear a sign saying "I've moved here from London"
wildcat45 said:
Munter said:
If your Out house has a living room. Well. That's very posh. Though having an Out house to start with...that's slum never mind council!
No you read it right. No spelling mistake. :-) Depends how you define out house. Ours was a 3 bed cottage we let an estate worker use until he died of overwork. Being compassionate we allowed his widow and kids to stay there until the day of the funeral even kindly moving their posessions onto the front lawn during the service, to save them the trouble.
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