A bit council (Vol 3)

[captain_cynic]

Meridius said:

Wearing these Adidas sliders out and about. Have literally seen people in the middle of winter, parkas and woolly hats but these sliders and socks on their feet...

I think you could have stopped at "wearing Adidas".

[alorotom]

V8mate said:

That's generally East European rather than council?

Very US rap influenced also and it’s also very on-trend globally still from mid-2018

[V8mate]

alorotom said:

V8mate said:

That's generally East European rather than council?

Very US rap influenced also and it’s also very on-trend globally still from mid-2018

It's been very much 'normal' casual clothing in Germany for the last 40+ years, the sliders replacing other sandals for men across Eastern Europe since the end of the Soviet era.

[limpsfield]

Frank7 said:

Gold Coast too, I drove there for a couple of days, when staying at my son’s place in Algester, south of Brisbane QLD.

in a taxi?

[mrtwisty]

V8mate said:

moanthebairns said:

V8mate said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

V8mate said:

... sitting in my interest-bearing current account.

That's a rare thing these days, who are you with?

Nationwide. Flex Plus account pays 3% on first £2,500.

If you fancy switching, let me know. We both get a £100 bonus on their current offer!

Yeah but it costs £13 a month.

That's for the UK/EU vehicle recovery, travel insurance etc. package.

Plus phone/tablet insurance for yourself and partner/kids (with only £25 excess). So if anyone else is thinking of switching drop me a pm!





Soliciting on a public forum for referral bonuses...... council.

[limpsfield]

captain_cynic said:

It's putting everything on credit that is council, double council score if it's credit you can't afford. Triple council score if you're doing it to get "points". If you then go to the Daily Wail crying poor about how the banks and lenders have mistreated you, the councilistas will enshrine you as their god.

I put everything on credit and I do it for the Tesco club card points. It means I can leave the cash in my bank to offset my mortgage.

I am disappointed to be only 2/3 council.

[V8mate]

mrtwisty said:

V8mate said:

moanthebairns said:

V8mate said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

V8mate said:

... sitting in my interest-bearing current account.

That's a rare thing these days, who are you with?

Nationwide. Flex Plus account pays 3% on first £2,500.

If you fancy switching, let me know. We both get a £100 bonus on their current offer!

Yeah but it costs £13 a month.

That's for the UK/EU vehicle recovery, travel insurance etc. package.

Plus phone/tablet insurance for yourself and partner/kids (with only £25 excess). So if anyone else is thinking of switching drop me a pm!





Soliciting on a public forum for referral bonuses...... council.

Oi! Find your own thread to tout!

This manor's taken.

[Flibble]

V8mate said:

moanthebairns said:

V8mate said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

V8mate said:

... sitting in my interest-bearing current account.

That's a rare thing these days, who are you with?

Nationwide. Flex Plus account pays 3% on first £2,500.

If you fancy switching, let me know. We both get a £100 bonus on their current offer!

Yeah but it costs £13 a month.

That's for the UK/EU vehicle recovery, travel insurance etc. package.

I have the version without all that (FlexDirect, which is free). It pays 1% rather than 3%.

[gothatway]

Starfighter said:

Wasn’t there a dinosaur in the bushes near a bridge on the M4 southbound somewhere past Weston?

(Goes to look for pictures)

You might be thinking of Humphrey the camel, though he is/was beside the northbound carriageway. He did disappear for a while and then reappear; not sure if he's currently at home or on his hols. He did at one point have a baby camel beside him, so maybe he's a she. Google will find him.

There is also a T Rex which lives at Wookey Hole and is often seen being taken out for trips in a trailer.

[V8mate]

Flibble said:

V8mate said:

moanthebairns said:

V8mate said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

V8mate said:

... sitting in my interest-bearing current account.

That's a rare thing these days, who are you with?

Nationwide. Flex Plus account pays 3% on first £2,500.

If you fancy switching, let me know. We both get a £100 bonus on their current offer!

Yeah but it costs £13 a month.

That's for the UK/EU vehicle recovery, travel insurance etc. package.

I have the version without all that (FlexDirect, which is free). It pays 1% rather than 3%.

Flex Direct doesn't have the premium services (or if it did, it doesn't now, anyway)

https://www.nationwide.co.uk/products/current-acco...

[Flibble]

V8mate said:

Flex Direct doesn't have the premium services (or if it did, it doesn't now, anyway)

https://www.nationwide.co.uk/products/current-acco...

Yes, that was my point. You either pay £13 pcm for the services and get 3% interest, or don't pay and get 1% interest.

The account costs £156 per year and you can earn a maximum of £75 interest, so it depends if the services are worth £81 to you or not.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Flibble said:

V8mate said:

Flex Direct doesn't have the premium services (or if it did, it doesn't now, anyway)

https://www.nationwide.co.uk/products/current-acco...

Yes, that was my point. You either pay £13 pcm for the services and get 3% interest, or don't pay and get 1% interest.

The account costs £156 per year and you can earn a maximum of £75 interest, so it depends if the services are worth £81 to you or not.

That's a good point. I note that Flex Direct offers 5% on the first £2500, but only for 12 months then it drops to 1%.

Being concerned about maximising one's income through considering interest rates is undoubtedly council in some minds.

[V8mate]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Being concerned about maximising one's income through considering interest rates is undoubtedly council in some minds.

Don't be ridiculous. Council glaze over at the merest mention of a percentage. As for financial planning...

And they can make much more than the few quid we're weighing up here through a fake compo claim anyway.

[jumare]

gothatway said:

Starfighter said:

Wasn’t there a dinosaur in the bushes near a bridge on the M4 southbound somewhere past Weston?

(Goes to look for pictures)

You might be thinking of Humphrey the camel, though he is/was beside the northbound carriageway. He did disappear for a while and then reappear; not sure if he's currently at home or on his hols. He did at one point have a baby camel beside him, so maybe he's a she. Google will find him.

There is also a T Rex which lives at Wookey Hole and is often seen being taken out for trips in a trailer.

He (they) haven't been there for years unfortunately always used to enjoy seeing it/them. Can't remember the story, I think it was something to do with the carnival teams (it was feature do the One show), was kidnapped and held to ransom at one point.

Wrong he came back at Christmas!

[CharlesdeGaulle]

V8mate said:

Don't be ridiculous. Council glaze over at the merest mention of a percentage. As for financial planning...

And they can make much more than the few quid we're weighing up here through a fake compo claim anyway.

I stand corrected, and I suppose calculating % involves some mental effort so very far from Council. Phew.

[ben5575]

Having ever heard, let alone used the term 'sliders'.

[StanleyT]

Tom_Spotley_When said:

You haven't gone full council until you've been to Wigan. Or Leigh, which must be the only place where people aspire to live in Wigan.

OI, spare a thought for us sub-councilistas. My first NW residence was in Astley £112 per month for a room overlooking the canal on B&B basis in the early 1990s, bargain. Mind, I used to dream of living in Leigh and seeing the marvellous "Guided Busway" and going to do my shopping on a coach trip to Bents Garden Centre and Leigh Mills like all these cosmopolitan people that came from all over the NW to see Leigh; it must have been something special, but was above an Astley boy like me.

Mind you, did get a BJ from a lady who took her false teeth out for the event in Leigh. Very good technique. Didn't even need a residential stay-over or the morning embarrassment. Not sure where that sits in society however, probably immortalised on IXXXX. Fortunately I hope I'm saved by the almost none existance of the internet at that point in time.....

[CharlesdeGaulle]

StanleyT said:

Mind you, did get a BJ from a lady who took her false teeth out for the event in Leigh. Very good technique. Didn't even need a residential stay-over or the morning embarrassment. Not sure where that sits in society however, probably immortalised on IXXXX. Fortunately I hope I'm saved by the almost none existance of the internet at that point in time.....

There's nothing council about BJs from the female lower classes. In general they are less prissy about swallowing, and the lack of self-esteem and personal dignity, plus an overwhelming desire for acceptance, means that they're generally more biddable and with a greater appetite for filth. Apparently.

[Starfighter]

Starfighter said:

captain_cynic said:

This has been outside an MOT for years:
https://goo.gl/maps/p8oPawEUkY62

Wasn’t there a dinosaur in the bushes near a bridge on the M4 southbound somewhere past Weston?

(Goes to look for pictures)

Found it...
https://flic.kr/p/6J83KA

[Ari]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

There's nothing council about BJs from the female lower classes. In general they are less prissy about swallowing, and the lack of self-esteem and personal dignity, plus an overwhelming desire for acceptance, means that they're generally more biddable and with a greater appetite for filth. Apparently.

RIP the Cringe thread.