A bit council (Vol 6)
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Rusty Old-Banger said:
TGCOTF-dewey said:
Categorical proof that it's a Christmas film is you can buy a Die Hard advent calendar. It's a wooden nakatomi plaza with a falling hans Gruber with a floor for each day.
The kid's face
One of my most council experiences that happened was when i was early 20s and at a car boot sale (council). There was a guy selling a "mini-moto" for £50 that my friend wanted to go half on. it wasn't really my thing but I would have gone half on it purely because he's a good friend, the sort who would do anything for me.
My friend spoke to the seller about the bike saying he was interested in buying it and if it runs etc, was getting the money out when some red faced guy in his 50s or 60s pushes in and buys it from under my mate.
In a way it did me a favour as I didn't really want it but I think the whole situation was council bingo.
Maybe the old guy was going to bundle it with a staffy and try to swap it for an xbox 360.
Council list:
car boot sale
mini moto
going half on things
red faced old guy
buying a mini moto from under two young guys
seller letting the guy push in
My friend spoke to the seller about the bike saying he was interested in buying it and if it runs etc, was getting the money out when some red faced guy in his 50s or 60s pushes in and buys it from under my mate.
In a way it did me a favour as I didn't really want it but I think the whole situation was council bingo.
Maybe the old guy was going to bundle it with a staffy and try to swap it for an xbox 360.
Council list:
car boot sale
mini moto
going half on things
red faced old guy
buying a mini moto from under two young guys
seller letting the guy push in
Edited by johnsmith222 on Saturday 30th November 19:18
johnsmith222 said:
One of my most council experiences that happened was when i was early 20s and at a car boot sale (council). There was a guy selling a "mini-moto" for £50 that my friend wanted to go half on. it wasn't really my thing but I would have gone half on it purely because he's a good friend, the sort who would do anything for me.
My friend spoke to the seller about the bike saying he was interested in buying it and if it runs etc, was getting the money out when some red faced guy in his 50s or 60s pushes in and buys it from under my mate.
In a way it did me a favour as I didn't really want it but I think the whole situation was council bingo.
Maybe the old guy was going to bundle it with a staffy and try to swap it for an xbox 360.
Council list:
car boot sale
mini moto
going half on things
red faced old guy
buying a mini moto from under two young guys
seller letting the guy push in
I know a chap who is very quick and makes a decent living from buying items and selling them on. He says 90% of folk he deals with at car boot sales are normal people just getting the job done, the remaining 10% are true scum of the earth who will steal items that ate 10p from a kid selling themMy friend spoke to the seller about the bike saying he was interested in buying it and if it runs etc, was getting the money out when some red faced guy in his 50s or 60s pushes in and buys it from under my mate.
In a way it did me a favour as I didn't really want it but I think the whole situation was council bingo.
Maybe the old guy was going to bundle it with a staffy and try to swap it for an xbox 360.
Council list:
car boot sale
mini moto
going half on things
red faced old guy
buying a mini moto from under two young guys
seller letting the guy push in
Edited by johnsmith222 on Saturday 30th November 19:18
Saleen836 said:
Wasn't sure if this belonged in here or the 'local facebook groups' thread, buying a motorbike for your kids without first thinking if you have anywhere for them to ride it!
They could ride it up and down than huge space that the council spec 'white with black wheels' BMW has left near the kerb.I don't know how some people manage get out of bed. in a morning.
Scaleybrat said:
Ferrero Rocher luxury Scaleybrat said:
bUt iT sEz ItS roDe LEgaLDog Biscuit said:
Saleen836 said:
Wasn't sure if this belonged in here or the 'local facebook groups' thread, buying a motorbike for your kids without first thinking if you have anywhere for them to ride it!
They could ride it up and down than huge space that the council spec 'white with black wheels' BMW has left near the kerb.I don't know how some people manage get out of bed. in a morning.
t.Bobupndown said:
Dog Biscuit said:
Saleen836 said:
Wasn't sure if this belonged in here or the 'local facebook groups' thread, buying a motorbike for your kids without first thinking if you have anywhere for them to ride it!
They could ride it up and down than huge space that the council spec 'white with black wheels' BMW has left near the kerb.I don't know how some people manage get out of bed. in a morning.
t.When I was 12 in 1979, I kept badgering my parents to let me have a bike and go racing. They raised my hopes by taking me to watch a Sand race meeting on the beach at Poulton le Fylde, we were there for hours watching the racing and talking to parents and kids who were competing.
The next day they said, they'd done the sums and it wasn't going to happen.
Both my parents had a full bike licence but had only ever owned a Lambretta to get to work before us kids came along.
Pit Pony said:
I assume your parents asked permission from.the land owner and there was no footpaths across it ?
No. But my dad did bribe the game keeper to turn a blind eye . I used to go on a farmers field the family knew. But no one moaned even when, shock horror, we rode on the road. I had probably one of the best childhoods going . Climbing trees, swimming in rivers, riding a motorbike in local woods.mickythefish said:
I had a motorbike at 6 used to ride it up the woods. Had great fun.
Similarly I had quads from being 12ish upto 16 when I got my first car (SJ410)Used them off road on my parents caravan site and all around the local woodland areas - when I progressed to the car I did the exact same just with (very) slightly more luxury
Loved my “formative years”
My mate had some land, he had a car we used to drive around the field, a banger. Used to get on the roof as well and surf.
The local policeman, yes this is ages ago, his son used to join us lol
Imagine that nowadays, would be a daily mail story .
Yes I'm council but council do have fun
The local policeman, yes this is ages ago, his son used to join us lol
Imagine that nowadays, would be a daily mail story .
Yes I'm council but council do have fun
Back when kids quad bikes were popular there was a sudden spate of kids and pub league football matches being cancelled after Xmas as the dadas had decided that local green spaces (known as council football pitches) were the perfect place to churn up the ground.
This was typically followed by complains from said parents in the weeks following that they had nowhere else to go as they were now being turned away.
Just like the post with the bike.
This was typically followed by complains from said parents in the weeks following that they had nowhere else to go as they were now being turned away.
Just like the post with the bike.
Edited by Tommo87 on Sunday 1st December 13:40
mickythefish said:
My mate had some land, he had a car we used to drive around the field, a banger. Used to get on the roof as well and surf.
The local policeman, yes this is ages ago, his son used to join us lol
Imagine that nowadays, would be a daily mail story .
Yes I'm council but council do have fun
Depends on who owned the field. Not owning recreational land, council.The local policeman, yes this is ages ago, his son used to join us lol
Imagine that nowadays, would be a daily mail story .
Yes I'm council but council do have fun
texaxile said:
Sad compo face of the week goes to:
"beautician" caught smuggling cocaine...
Although I'm struggling to work out if the two pics are of the same woman...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14136513/...
Kim Hall, 28, from Middlesbrough, was stopped at Chicago's O'Hare airport as she prepared to board a connecting flight to Manchester on August 18.
Homeland Security investigators found 43kg of cocaine packed in two suitcases and detained the young woman, who is being held in a safe house before her trial.
Ms Hall is facing 60 years in a US prison, but has insisted 'I am not guilty of what they're saying that I am'. She claims she agreed to bring a suitcase home for a pair of British men under the belief it contained only cash.
After meeting the pair on an earlier break to Portugal, Ms Hall claims they offered her a free holiday to Mexico and asked her to take the money back home to their family because 'one of them had lost their passport and they were in trouble'.
...
Mr Hall, 59, previously defended his daughter, saying all she is guilty of is 'stupidity and naivety'.
Just the 43kg?!?!"beautician" caught smuggling cocaine...
Although I'm struggling to work out if the two pics are of the same woman...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14136513/...
Kim Hall, 28, from Middlesbrough, was stopped at Chicago's O'Hare airport as she prepared to board a connecting flight to Manchester on August 18.
Homeland Security investigators found 43kg of cocaine packed in two suitcases and detained the young woman, who is being held in a safe house before her trial.
Ms Hall is facing 60 years in a US prison, but has insisted 'I am not guilty of what they're saying that I am'. She claims she agreed to bring a suitcase home for a pair of British men under the belief it contained only cash.
After meeting the pair on an earlier break to Portugal, Ms Hall claims they offered her a free holiday to Mexico and asked her to take the money back home to their family because 'one of them had lost their passport and they were in trouble'.
...
Mr Hall, 59, previously defended his daughter, saying all she is guilty of is 'stupidity and naivety'.
I'd seen the story but assumed it was a couple of bricks. 43 feckin' kilos of blow! The sniffer dogs must have been following her like she was the Pied Piper.
eldar said:
skyebear said:
Just the 43kg?!?!
I'd seen the story but assumed it was a couple of bricks. 43 feckin' kilos of blow! The sniffer dogs must have been following her like she was the Pied Piper.
Whoever gave the genius 43kg of high value drugs deserves to lose the lot. Dumb & dumber.I'd seen the story but assumed it was a couple of bricks. 43 feckin' kilos of blow! The sniffer dogs must have been following her like she was the Pied Piper.
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