A bit council (Vol 4)
Discussion
Roofless Toothless said:
Frank7 said:
Careful Paul, I was hauled over the coals by our soi-disant betters on here, for having the temerity to use the word truck.
Apparently I should have used lorry, so I hope that you won’t get castigated for barkeep.
My mates up in Newcastle used to call them wagons.Apparently I should have used lorry, so I hope that you won’t get castigated for barkeep.
Roofless Toothless said:
Frank7 said:
Careful Paul, I was hauled over the coals by our soi-disant betters on here, for having the temerity to use the word truck.
Apparently I should have used lorry, so I hope that you won’t get castigated for barkeep.
My mates up in Newcastle used to call them wagons.Apparently I should have used lorry, so I hope that you won’t get castigated for barkeep.
It always seemed an archaic word to me, more associated with horses and carts, but it was just a regional expression, there’s nothing wrong with it.
It’s like Cockneys calling everyone “love” or “mate”, people from Derbyshire and Nottingham saying “me duck”, and Geordies saying “pet”.
Cotty said:
SpeckledJim said:
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Commissioning a unique, high-quality carpet for every single different pub.
I haven't been in enough to realise, but thinking about it the Crosse Keys has a blue carpet with crossed keys on it.Commissioning a unique, high-quality carpet for every single different pub.
I went to a great talk by Stuart Maconie, he was talking about his experiences re-creating the walk of the Jarrow marchers. He said he'd never look down his nose at a Wetherspoons after that, he was always glad to find one at the end of a day's walking.
talksthetorque said:
Whistle said:
I hate to admit it but in Costco on Sunday afternoon I witnessed at least 30 people in an orderly line waiting for a cooked chicken.
Most of them over weight
Almost all of them in sportswear
Tattoos
Bad teeth
I get the first three but I never realised chicken had teeth.Most of them over weight
Almost all of them in sportswear
Tattoos
Bad teeth
Frank7 said:
No disrespect to your Geordie mates RT, but when I was “on the road’ wagons was the word of choice for many Northerners.
It always seemed an archaic word to me, more associated with horses and carts, but it was just a regional expression, there’s nothing wrong with it.
It’s like Cockneys calling everyone “love” or “mate”, people from Derbyshire and Nottingham saying “me duck”, and Geordies saying “pet”.
When I was working with HGVs semi regularly it was not uncommon to hear them referred to as 'wagons', and this was in deepest darkest Kent.It always seemed an archaic word to me, more associated with horses and carts, but it was just a regional expression, there’s nothing wrong with it.
It’s like Cockneys calling everyone “love” or “mate”, people from Derbyshire and Nottingham saying “me duck”, and Geordies saying “pet”.
underwhelmist said:
I'm no fan of Mr Martin's views on Brexit, but we make at least some, I suspect maybe all, of their carpets. So Wetherspoons are OK by me. My local one is quite nice, a 17th C inn that probably wouldn't be in such good nick if it wasn't a spoons.
I went to a great talk by Stuart Maconie, he was talking about his experiences re-creating the walk of the Jarrow marchers. He said he'd never look down his nose at a Wetherspoons after that, he was always glad to find one at the end of a day's walking.
I went to that same talk - I went to the one he gave in Rochdale. I went to a great talk by Stuart Maconie, he was talking about his experiences re-creating the walk of the Jarrow marchers. He said he'd never look down his nose at a Wetherspoons after that, he was always glad to find one at the end of a day's walking.
blue_haddock said:
didnt we decide that all Austalians are council?bobtail4x4 said:
blue_haddock said:
didnt we decide that all Austalians are council?
blue_haddock said:
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