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Who knows. I've actually been responsible for a travellers site ( under the umbrella of all the stuff you get to manage )
Travellers tend to be static on such sites but yr right there's always horses about. Tell you what it takes some balls to walk into a travellers site and be faced up by everyone. But they're alright once they realise yr there to help or deal with something.
Utter utter utter out and out criminals though. Just way way way harder than any trash on a housing estate or wanna be Afro carribean or Asian gangster.
Family connections are tight and that builds strong bonds.
Travellers tend to be static on such sites but yr right there's always horses about. Tell you what it takes some balls to walk into a travellers site and be faced up by everyone. But they're alright once they realise yr there to help or deal with something.
Utter utter utter out and out criminals though. Just way way way harder than any trash on a housing estate or wanna be Afro carribean or Asian gangster.
Family connections are tight and that builds strong bonds.
austinsmirk said:
Who knows. I've actually been responsible for a travellers site ( under the umbrella of all the stuff you get to manage )
ITravellers tend to be static on such sites but yr right there's always horses about. Tell you what it takes some balls to walk into a travellers site and be faced up by everyone. But they're alright once they realise yr there to help or deal with something.
Utter utter utter out and out criminals though. Just way way way harder than any trash on a housing estate or wanna be Afro carribean or Asian gangster.
Family connections are tight and that builds strong bonds.
I used to look after one just off the M4...after a couple of false starts I found it easier to go thereITravellers tend to be static on such sites but yr right there's always horses about. Tell you what it takes some balls to walk into a travellers site and be faced up by everyone. But they're alright once they realise yr there to help or deal with something.
Utter utter utter out and out criminals though. Just way way way harder than any trash on a housing estate or wanna be Afro carribean or Asian gangster.
Family connections are tight and that builds strong bonds.
single handed and carry out what ever repairs needed.The trick is to find the head of the family and square
it with him... learn a few words (it's never a caravan always a trailer), give massive respect,and never ever
look or speak to the females,also don't comment or make remarks about ANYTHING you see.I figured being a singleton I was less of a perceived threat than the usual mod handed approach.
Oh.. and come time sheet time at the end of the week it was always time taken x 3....sod the SOR's (Austinsmirk will know what that means)
Issi said:
Skii said:
if it hasn't already been mentioned
"Ninja Warrior"
I don't think that you've understood what' this thread is about."Ninja Warrior"
How can watching a Japanese game show be council?
Oh my apologies it has Japanese origins.
Carry on.
Johnnytheboy said:
Anyone that uses the phrase "jog on."
I think it has its origins in the military. One of the many terms that leaked into general use.Talking of which, the military ranking system, especially when it comes to married quarters accommodation.
No fault of those in the system but some of the accommodation they dish out can be very council - even officers' accommodation. Some of the "patches" look like proper run down local authority estates (minus the graffiti and mess)
CATD8H said:
austinsmirk said:
Who knows. I've actually been responsible for a travellers site ( under the umbrella of all the stuff you get to manage )
ITravellers tend to be static on such sites but yr right there's always horses about. Tell you what it takes some balls to walk into a travellers site and be faced up by everyone. But they're alright once they realise yr there to help or deal with something.
Utter utter utter out and out criminals though. Just way way way harder than any trash on a housing estate or wanna be Afro carribean or Asian gangster.
Family connections are tight and that builds strong bonds.
I used to look after one just off the M4...after a couple of false starts I found it easier to go thereITravellers tend to be static on such sites but yr right there's always horses about. Tell you what it takes some balls to walk into a travellers site and be faced up by everyone. But they're alright once they realise yr there to help or deal with something.
Utter utter utter out and out criminals though. Just way way way harder than any trash on a housing estate or wanna be Afro carribean or Asian gangster.
Family connections are tight and that builds strong bonds.
single handed and carry out what ever repairs needed.The trick is to find the head of the family and square
it with him... learn a few words (it's never a caravan always a trailer), give massive respect,and never ever
look or speak to the females,also don't comment or make remarks about ANYTHING you see.I figured being a singleton I was less of a perceived threat than the usual mod handed approach.
Oh.. and come time sheet time at the end of the week it was always time taken x 3....sod the SOR's (Austinsmirk will know what that means)
I spotted the classic one yesterday coming out the supermarket.
She was 25+ stone on a mobility scooter holding a white staffy on a lead. Shopping hanging off the front and rear. Scraggly obviously dyed black hair and smoking some odd looking rollup.
He was a scrawny rat and looked like something from texas chainsaw massacre and so damn ugly you could not tell if it was a mask or not. He was wearing the classic blue tracksuit with trainers that needed sunglasses to take in the full effect of the whiteness. And to top it all he was about 10 paces behind.
I did have a camera with me but I expect a smack in the mouth would have been on offer.
She was 25+ stone on a mobility scooter holding a white staffy on a lead. Shopping hanging off the front and rear. Scraggly obviously dyed black hair and smoking some odd looking rollup.
He was a scrawny rat and looked like something from texas chainsaw massacre and so damn ugly you could not tell if it was a mask or not. He was wearing the classic blue tracksuit with trainers that needed sunglasses to take in the full effect of the whiteness. And to top it all he was about 10 paces behind.
I did have a camera with me but I expect a smack in the mouth would have been on offer.
cootuk said:
No,council types don't breastfeed,as they get free powdered milk tokens,and can als pass the bottle to the older brother or sister to feed the brat while they go to the pub.How about women in football shirts?
Dog Star said:
Bullett said:
Any form of sporting clothing when not doing sport.
I dunno - my missus used to wear her aerobics kit when not doing aerobics - lycra shorts with one of those thong swimsuit things over the top. It didn't look remotely council to me. 
OpulentBob said:
Dog Star said:
Bullett said:
Any form of sporting clothing when not doing sport.
I dunno - my missus used to wear her aerobics kit when not doing aerobics - lycra shorts with one of those thong swimsuit things over the top. It didn't look remotely council to me. 
Vigils.
As in when a neighbour dies, and all the local families gather outside the deceased's house for no apparent reason, other than that's what they think they're supposed to do. It goes without saying that many of them couldn't abide the deceased or had stolen from their house.
Ditto "collection funds" when someone's child dies. WTF is the money going to achieve? Piss up at the funeral?
As in when a neighbour dies, and all the local families gather outside the deceased's house for no apparent reason, other than that's what they think they're supposed to do. It goes without saying that many of them couldn't abide the deceased or had stolen from their house.
Ditto "collection funds" when someone's child dies. WTF is the money going to achieve? Piss up at the funeral?
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