a bit council

[Fane]

bristolracer said:

On the back of the wash and get dressed to take your kids to school we now have

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-35...

This got missed in "Chester Drawsgate". The mind really does boggle sometimes.

[Jabosoc]

colonel c said:

What's the difference between queuing for a new cost effective supermarket to open or queuing to pay well over the odds for the latest iPhone incarnation?

Nothing. Both are council.

[Adenauer]

shakotan said:

Aldi - Not council
Queuing to wait for a shop to open - council

Yes but, queuing to wait for the pub to open isn't council though is it, is it?

[ALBA MELV]

Leaving dog st on pavements
Letting Rex the (insert council dog breed here) st on a pavement and then not picking it up

[Pintofbest]

V8mate said:

Yep. Manual work isn't intrinsically council.

I didn't read it as that - the council element was from doing the work 'on the road outside your house', nothing wrong with working on the drive. Unless you never finish it, leave it under a blue tarpaulin/leave to go green with moss/rusty etc.

[nicanary]

Adenauer said:

shakotan said:

Aldi - Not council
Queuing to wait for a shop to open - council

Yes but, queuing to wait for the pub to open isn't council though is it, is it?

Anyone who lives in a seaside resort will have seen this. They get chucked out of the B & B at 9.30am and go straight to the pub and wait for the doors to open. The women are the worst - they wait with barely disguised desperation, puffing away on a chain of fags. Kids running around, screaming. Kids get a packet of crisps and a fizzy drink whilst they wait for opening time.

[bristolracer]

Pintofbest said:

Unless you never finish it, leave it under a blue tarpaulin/leave to go green with moss/rusty etc.

Yes but this then becomes a source of entertainment for us "PH private" types as his "Mrs" will force him to sell it as he has too many projects on the go.
It then appears on Ebay in an advert full of capital letters with such cliches as- rare dont see many of these,no messers,explaining how the "breaks" need attention and it wont take anything to get an MOT on it. Aircon needs a re-gas of course.
If we are very lucky we get a picture with the aforementioned "Mrs" to either drool over as she looks "dirty" or be scathing as she is a "dog"

[Adenauer]

nicanary said:

Adenauer said:

shakotan said:

Aldi - Not council
Queuing to wait for a shop to open - council

Yes but, queuing to wait for the pub to open isn't council though is it, is it?

Anyone who lives in a seaside resort will have seen this. They get chucked out of the B & B at 9.30am and go straight to the pub and wait for the doors to open. The women are the worst - they wait with barely disguised desperation, puffing away on a chain of fags. Kids running around, screaming. Kids get a packet of crisps and a fizzy drink whilst they wait for opening time.

Okay, but, queuing to wait for the pub to open if you don't live by the seaside isn't council though is it, is it?

[Zoon]

ALBA MELV said:

Leaving dog st on pavements
Letting Rex the (insert council dog breed here) st on a pavement and then not picking it up

Almost as annoying, picking dog st up in a bag then hanging it on a tree?
Why does this appear to be the latest fad with dog owners?

[colonel c]

Zoon said:

ALBA MELV said:

Leaving dog st on pavements
Letting Rex the (insert council dog breed here) st on a pavement and then not picking it up

Almost as annoying, picking dog st up in a bag then hanging it on a tree?
Why does this appear to be the latest fad with dog owners?

They try to kid themselves that they will collect it on the way back. Not usually the council types that do this. More your all fur and no knickers type of character.

[Devil2575]

Adenauer said:

shakotan said:

Aldi - Not council
Queuing to wait for a shop to open - council

Yes but, queuing to wait for the pub to open isn't council though is it, is it?

No, that just means you're thirsty

[Devil2575]

Pintofbest said:

V8mate said:

Yep. Manual work isn't intrinsically council.

I didn't read it as that - the council element was from doing the work 'on the road outside your house', nothing wrong with working on the drive. Unless you never finish it, leave it under a blue tarpaulin/leave to go green with moss/rusty etc.

Nothing council about working on your car on the road if that is where it broke down...

[V8mate]

Devil2575 said:

Pintofbest said:

V8mate said:

Yep. Manual work isn't intrinsically council.

I didn't read it as that - the council element was from doing the work 'on the road outside your house', nothing wrong with working on the drive. Unless you never finish it, leave it under a blue tarpaulin/leave to go green with moss/rusty etc.

Nothing council about working on your car on the road if that is where it broke down...

Hmmn. Having a car which breaks down is a bit council though...

[Ganglandboss]

V8mate said:

Devil2575 said:

Pintofbest said:

V8mate said:

Yep. Manual work isn't intrinsically council.

I didn't read it as that - the council element was from doing the work 'on the road outside your house', nothing wrong with working on the drive. Unless you never finish it, leave it under a blue tarpaulin/leave to go green with moss/rusty etc.

Nothing council about working on your car on the road if that is where it broke down...

Hmmn. Having a car which breaks down is a bit council though...

Careful there are a lot of TVR owners on here who may take offence at being called 'council'!

[Goaty Bill 2]

colonel c said:

I think with Aldi and others it depends on location and management. The two Aldi stores that are closeted to me are very different in atmosphere. One feels downbeat, tent to be untidy and the clientele sullen and subdued. The other one feels light and breezy. The staff appear to be reasonably happy in their work. Customers also tend to be good natured and easy going. One is situated amongst a large area of council/social housing. The other the local housing is less dense and more of a mixed nature.

I would agree, having frequented more than one Lidl / Aldi over time.

colonel c said:

What's the difference between queuing for a new cost effective supermarket to open or queuing to pay well over the odds for the latest iPhone incarnation?

For me, no difference, because there isn't a snowball's chance in Hell of me ever doing either.

[Goaty Bill 2]

With apologies for peeking, but...

Ganglandboss said:

Careful there are a lot of TVR owners on here who may take offence at being called 'council'!

This from a Lotus owner?

[Devil2575]

V8mate said:

Devil2575 said:

Pintofbest said:

V8mate said:

Yep. Manual work isn't intrinsically council.

I didn't read it as that - the council element was from doing the work 'on the road outside your house', nothing wrong with working on the drive. Unless you never finish it, leave it under a blue tarpaulin/leave to go green with moss/rusty etc.

Nothing council about working on your car on the road if that is where it broke down...

Hmmn. Having a car which breaks down is a bit council though...

Ah yes, because expensive cars are known to be relaible

Range Rovers are the last word in reliability...

[kowalski655]

As well as

[schmunk]

The list of locations chosen for grassroots "Out if Europe" campaign meetings.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Edited by schmunk on Friday 19th February 08:54

[BigBen]

Europa1 said:

Actually, come to think of it, just the Grafton Centre in Cambridge.

I like the Grafton Centre as it provides a handy bit of social apartheid and therefore a valuable service to the city.