A bit council (Vol 6)

[Red9zero]

Super Sonic said:

Red9zero said:

It's in an odd place...

Basingstoke?

God know ! Never Basingrad !

[S2r]

Red9zero said:

I was thinking of cutting it off at about 3-4ft and putting a table top on it, but my wife says not
I may just get a camouflage cover for it and pretend I have cut it down.

Leave it a couple of months then get some tinsel and fairy lights on it, job done

[Jules Sunley]

Red9zero said:

God know ! Never Basingrad !

Or as the local radio once tried to use, Amazingstoke

[williamp]

Another option: put an old mattress at the bottom, claim it as a "fitness pole" for the Wife and her friends. Then build a sex pond close by...

[Red9zero]

Jules Sunley said:

Red9zero said:

God know ! Never Basingrad !

Or as the local radio once tried to use, Amazingstoke

[Red9zero]

williamp said:

Another option: put an old mattress at the bottom, claim it as a "fitness pole" for the Wife and her friends. Then build a sex pond close by...

Actually, I could use it myself. Dig out the old Speedos and earn a few quid

[DodgyGeezer]

Stick Legs said:

IpcmcI said:

That's going to take a lot of rice...

they were trying for this

[Rusty Old-Banger]

mac96 said:

Roofless Toothless said:

Plus the pole for propping up the middle of the line!

And leaving the pegs on to be sure line is noticeable!

I do both of those things. Sod unravelling it every time I want to dry something.

[Landlubber]

Jules Sunley said:

Red9zero said:

God know ! Never Basingrad !

Or as the local radio once tried to use, Amazingstoke

BlazingJoke

[tozerman]

The Gauge said:

Maybe I shouldn t be so harsh on her, after all she is a rescue wife (I rescued her from an Essex council estate).

Found this hilarious, so much so that I told the wife who didn't think it was funny at all...
She then reminded me that I was brought up in rented accommodation and she wasn't..
So now she calls me "rescue husband"
Didn't think that through really

[DodgyGeezer]

Landlubber said:

Jules Sunley said:

Red9zero said:

God know ! Never Basingrad !

Or as the local radio once tried to use, Amazingstoke

BlazingJoke

Could be worse, you could live ½hour away in Alderst

[zalrak]

DodgyGeezer said:

Stick Legs said:

IpcmcI said:

That's going to take a lot of rice...

The RRS is worth £120,000 apparently. Righto...

https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/r...

[vikingaero]

zalrak said:

DodgyGeezer said:

Stick Legs said:

IpcmcI said:

That's going to take a lot of rice...

The RRS is worth £120,000 apparently. Righto...

https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/r...

It is amazing how a bit of flash fools people into believing everything is worth the original list price. And you can understand why people buy x year old premium cars to impress the neighbours, look hard, look wealthy, or just have a decent secondhand car.

[Dan Singh]

DodgyGeezer said:

Landlubber said:

Jules Sunley said:

Red9zero said:

God know ! Never Basingrad !

Or as the local radio once tried to use, Amazingstoke

BlazingJoke

Could be worse, you could live ½hour away in Alderst

Or Slough

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Wythenshawe family's holiday ruined following dispute over daughters swimwear at caravan park

I have to say this confused me somewhat - why would the girl's swimsuit be unsuitable and what kind of sensory needs did it meet?

[Rusty Old-Banger]

Countdown said:

Wythenshawe family's holiday ruined following dispute over daughters swimwear at caravan park

I have to say this confused me somewhat - why would the girl's swimsuit be unsuitable and what kind of sensory needs did it meet?

Some kids, especially pubescent girls, don't like showing their bodies (they find it overwhelming to an almost debilitating degree), and swimming costumes aren't always very flattering. This will have been shorts and a t shirt and the lifeguard was no doubt thinking she was trying to swim "fully dressed".

Edited by Rusty Old-Banger on Wednesday 24th June 10:46

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Rusty Old-Banger said:

Countdown said:

Wythenshawe family's holiday ruined following dispute over daughters swimwear at caravan park

I have to say this confused me somewhat - why would the girl's swimsuit be unsuitable and what kind of sensory needs did it meet?

Some kids, especially pubescent girls, don't like showing their bodies (they find it overwhelming to an almost debilitating degree), and swimming costumes aren't always very flattering. This will have been shorts and a t shirt and the lifeguard was no doubt thinking she was trying to swim "fully dressed".

Edited by Rusty Old-Banger on Wednesday 24th June 10:46

Fair enough (and understandable). However the mum mentioned "sensory needs"

[raceboy]

Calling your child Kai and going on a Caravan Hoilday....council.

[donkmeister]

Countdown said:

Fair enough (and understandable). However the mum mentioned "sensory needs"

Citation: my family is dripping with autism. Proper autism, not the sort that is used to get a queue jumper pass for theme parks. I've also had a life in STEM so I probably deal with more neurodiverse people than I do "normies".

Many (not all) autistic people find the feel of certain clothes distracting, even disconcerting and distressing. An approximation would be if you were to dress in clothes made only of rough old Hessian sacks one day, or an old shell suit with nothing underneath. Well, some autistic people will find that with clothes that are made of fabrics you wouldn't notice.

There is another benefit to the girl's outfit of course; as anyone with a daughter will know, traditional swimsuits are a pain when it comes to the toilet. Swimming shorts and a rashie are way more convenient.

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