A bit council Vol 2

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austinsmirk

5,597 posts

122 months

Thursday 16th March 2017
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Must admit, with reference to the Scots names: “Adorabelle” is complete genius.
Obviously awful, but genius too.
Its up there with my current favourite: Jazzmin. (or Jizzmin to her mates)
Some of the comments were:
My mate is called Galbraith, it was the only place his mother could get tic
What's wrong with being named after Scottish weather Rain, Windy, or for the more exotic Blowing a Gale?

Anyway, having just landed back at my offices at 2.23 pm (the time is very relevant)
I have just passed 2 tenants leaving our reception. Young ladies wearing pyjamas, dressing gowns and some version of Ugg boots.

What is the world coming too ?
(NB they were really tidy: I’m wondering if they were gypsies ?)

andymc

7,334 posts

206 months

Thursday 16th March 2017
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yup its their culture they claim

schmunk

4,399 posts

124 months

Thursday 16th March 2017
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austinsmirk said:
Must admit, with reference to the Scots names: “Adorabelle” is complete genius.
Obviously awful, but genius too.
One might charitably suggest that the parents are fans of Terry Pratchett, albeit I would hope that fans of Terry Pratchett would not be so crass...

opieoilman

4,408 posts

235 months

Thursday 16th March 2017
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ColdoRS said:
laugh

This is PH, we all live in the pretend posh bits!

It is close to the student bedsit land, in fact, the house opposite is is a 5 bed student let. I'd have uni students next door over dolites any day of the week though! Slim chance of them being dodgy or abusive, of course they party a bit and come in late making more noise than they should but I've been the student making the noise so I'm not one to get wound up about that. Touch wood it's not often.

As for St James' Park, we're not that close but I can hear it in the background if I'm outside on a Saturday afternoon, I like it, bit of a buzz - reminds me I'm in the mix, city living etc etc, that's what we moved here for, rather than Heavitree or Pinhoe. We also lived in Kenn for a year, loved that but just a bit quiet for us.
When I was at the uni, we had a house in Brook Green Terrace. I was pretty much next to St James' Park and there was a pub on the corner (Brook Green inn). There were a lot of students around there, except our street was full of older people, other than us and one other student house. It was nice, but I left there in 2000, so things might have changed, but looks the same on google https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.7298767,-3.52327...

Antony Moxey

8,014 posts

218 months

Thursday 16th March 2017
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ColdoRS said:
Antony Moxey said:
ColdoRS said:
Antony Moxey said:
ColdoRS said:
Plymo said:
Most of The Lane is a goldmine of council stuff!
Jonmx said:
It's a proper graveyard of chav wagons. There's a garden a couple of roads over with an 8ft resin gorilla and a 6ft resin dinosaur stood proudly next to some faux jungle waterfall. Sadly street view doesn't show them so I'll have to brave 'the Lane' and try to grab a pic.
And agreed on the seaside themed bathrooms.
I'm not from Exeter so when I was moving down here, looking at houses, I almost put an offer in on a nice place on Topsham Road, just by the junction that you'd take to 'the lane'.

Saved myself a load of money and hassle by taking a quick drive around the neighbouring streets, eye opening!
Indeed. I imagine the ridiculous amounts of traffic in Topsham Road and the ridiculous number of MASSIVE speed bumps in Burnthouse Lane would be enough to put anyone off living in that particular locale. Where did you choose in the end?
Absolutely, although all routes in and out of Exeter are terrible - with that we opted to buy close enough to the city that we don't need to drive much at all. We're in Pennsylvania, just below the university, walking distance to the shopping/missus' work/eateries/pubs etc... it works well for us.
I don't know what that says about either me or you but I just KNEW you were going to say Pennsylvania! Although having said that Pennsylvania just below the Uni is dangerously close to the football ground and student bedsit land...
laugh

This is PH, we all live in the pretend posh bits!

It is close to the student bedsit land, in fact, the house opposite is is a 5 bed student let. I'd have uni students next door over dolites any day of the week though! Slim chance of them being dodgy or abusive, of course they party a bit and come in late making more noise than they should but I've been the student making the noise so I'm not one to get wound up about that. Touch wood it's not often.

As for St James' Park, we're not that close but I can hear it in the background if I'm outside on a Saturday afternoon, I like it, bit of a buzz - reminds me I'm in the mix, city living etc etc, that's what we moved here for, rather than Heavitree or Pinhoe. We also lived in Kenn for a year, loved that but just a bit quiet for us.
You should pop down to the Park if you've nothing better to do, it's not the worst place in the world, especially if you've no interest in football, it's rarely played there (I should know, I've been a season ticket holder for nigh on 30 years!).

As for Heavitree or Pinhoe - one's Coronation Street the other's too far out and one of those poncey places that insists on calling itself a village despite being well within the city boundaries. At least in Pennsylvania you're not blighted by house building on every last blade of grass like the rest of Exeter seems to be suffering.

Antony Moxey

8,014 posts

218 months

Thursday 16th March 2017
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opieoilman said:
When I was at the uni, we had a house in Brook Green Terrace. I was pretty much next to St James' Park and there was a pub on the corner (Brook Green inn). There were a lot of students around there, except our street was full of older people, other than us and one other student house. It was nice, but I left there in 2000, so things might have changed, but looks the same on google https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.7298767,-3.52327...
Romour had it the landlord there used to make up staff's wages in, umm, a powder of indeterminate origin. It's since closed down and reopened where apparently they pay cash now.

wack

2,103 posts

205 months

Thursday 16th March 2017
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FN2TypeR said:
berlintaxi said:
FN2TypeR said:
berlintaxi said:
Budflicker said:
Jonmx said:
I'm not brave enough to search for 'chavgirlzuk'. I can only imagine it's an online den of inequity!
Oh it really is, I suspect Dogstar is stuck in there for days.
Some of them look filthier than a Mumbai sewer.
Good filthy or bad filthy?
Take your pick, some look good filthy, some look like they need a dip in a sheep dip full of Dettol.
lick I shall have a browse.
this is what was on the packet



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Bomma220

14,452 posts

124 months

Thursday 16th March 2017
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Dog Star?




MikeT66

2,680 posts

123 months

Friday 17th March 2017
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wack said:
Mmmm, scratchchin yes. And blondie from this pic, please.

Bomma220 said:
I know - shocking tastes, sometimes. biggrin

cjs racing.

2,463 posts

128 months

Friday 17th March 2017
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Uber council, have headache tablets ready.


http://www.daft.ie/dublin/houses-for-sale/clondalk...

Edited by cjs racing. on Friday 17th March 06:56

can't remember

1,077 posts

127 months

Friday 17th March 2017
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cjs racing. said:
Uber council, have headache tablets ready.


http://www.daft.ie/dublin/houses-for-sale/clondalk...

Edited by cjs racing. on Friday 17th March 06:56
Well at least it's not beige.

GuitarTech

582 posts

149 months

Friday 17th March 2017
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The secret life of Michael Jackson?..oh wait, he's dead isn't he?

SlimRick

2,258 posts

164 months

Tuesday 21st March 2017
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I suppose it would be more "council" had she accepted the offer.


austinsmirk

5,597 posts

122 months

Tuesday 21st March 2017
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so just spotted in the local rag that one of "our" streets has had a £30k per household "postcode lottery win".

quick checked turned up the tenants.

I've instructed the incomes manager to get busy with the DWP et al and shatter their dreams.

Pieman68

4,264 posts

233 months

Tuesday 21st March 2017
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austinsmirk said:
so just spotted in the local rag that one of "our" streets has had a £30k per household "postcode lottery win".

quick checked turned up the tenants.

I've instructed the incomes manager to get busy with the DWP et al and shatter their dreams.
Excellent. More than £8k savings isn't it? That should stop the lot for them wink

nigelpugh7

5,996 posts

189 months

Tuesday 21st March 2017
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cjs racing. said:
Uber council, have headache tablets ready.


http://www.daft.ie/dublin/houses-for-sale/clondalk...

Edited by cjs racing. on Friday 17th March 06:56
Wow! Marylin obsessed much!

I shudder to think what a dark uv light would show up in those rooms! wink

Jonmx

2,535 posts

212 months

Tuesday 21st March 2017
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austinsmirk said:
so just spotted in the local rag that one of "our" streets has had a £30k per household "postcode lottery win".

quick checked turned up the tenants.

I've instructed the incomes manager to get busy with the DWP et al and shatter their dreams.
fking brilliant laugh Why do these spam heads always go with the publicity option?!
Edit- A quick look at the Postcode lottery site and I can see your winning street!


Edited by Jonmx on Tuesday 21st March 17:06

Dog Star

16,079 posts

167 months

Tuesday 21st March 2017
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Budflicker said:
Jonmx said:
I'm not brave enough to search for 'chavgirlzuk'. I can only imagine it's an online den of inequity!
Oh it really is, I suspect Dogstar is stuck in there for days.
I've just got back from skiing and working my way backwards to find out what's going on....

ETA: stripey leggings butch chick: all over it.

Edited by Dog Star on Tuesday 21st March 17:24

Dog Star

16,079 posts

167 months

Tuesday 21st March 2017
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kiethton said:
My (very lovely and not council, but she was very chubby) ex is Italian and they all get babies ears pierced.

Rick101

6,959 posts

149 months

Tuesday 21st March 2017
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Italy is entirely middle class council.

I caught a snippet of some debt program on R4 today. Some whinny bloke on about how people spend oo much and at most he treats himself to a new book now and again. When asked about a dream holiday, it was of course Italy rolleyes

It is the 'Mini' of holidays.
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