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clarion

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1475 on: 06 April, 2017, 09:49:17 am »
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ian

Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1476 on: 06 April, 2017, 10:08:37 am »
I have a Croydon postcode. My god, I live in Surrey. It's inhumane.
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Guy

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1477 on: 06 April, 2017, 10:16:54 am »
Quote from: Kim on 05 April, 2017, 07:54:57 pm
Rich old white people still dial telephone numbers

I wish my life was as exciting and fulfilling as theirs apparently are ::-)
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1478 on: 06 April, 2017, 04:48:41 pm »
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"I do consider my phone number to be a part of my identity. It has been part of my identity for 25 years.
Curious, the things people consider to be part of their identity. For instance, some people who become incredibly proficient in a foreign language will refuse to lose their native accent despite it hindering communication because they see it as part of who they are. While this is clearly a first-class first world problem, I can believe this bloke does feel he's lost a little bit of his identity from this. "I've never been a Radstock man and never will be!"

I rode into Bath about six weeks ago and rode through that development. It looks a little better in real life than the photos, but it's not "clad in the pale honey-hued stone that gives the city its timeless appeal." John Wood (Snr and Jnr) etc would probably approve of the speculative aspect, but I'm not sure they'd like the architecture. At least there's somewhere to sit and watch the river flow by.
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hellymedic

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1479 on: 06 April, 2017, 05:53:41 pm »
The geek in me attempts to decode phone numbers so I sort of understand.

A very long time ago I was quoted an outrageous price for a cab by IKEA, based on my postcode. As I'm only a furlong from the NW9 frontier, I thought I would have been charged much less it I had used a 'creative' postcode.

In the event, Giraffe got a minicab from the adjacent Tesgrot and we paid ⅓ of IKEA's quoted price.
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ian

Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1480 on: 06 April, 2017, 06:18:01 pm »
Only one other house shares my postcode (the benefit of living on a street with only two houses). It's still Croydonish though.

And the last time I tried to order a takeaway, the buggers wanted to charge me £2 extra because we don't have a house number.
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Basil

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1481 on: 06 April, 2017, 09:03:22 pm »
Well as i have an SA postcode, I must be in Swansea
Nearly 50 miles away.
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Feanor

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1482 on: 06 April, 2017, 09:20:48 pm »
With an AB postcode, the number following the letters AB are used in an exponential function to determine shipping costs.
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1483 on: 07 April, 2017, 07:28:21 am »
Bizarrely, or probably not, I received a call on Wednesday from a Birmingham number (0121...). It actually came from about two streets away, ie firmly in Bristol.
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clarion

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1484 on: 07 April, 2017, 01:38:42 pm »
Skipton has a Bradford postcode.  Todmorden has an Oldham postcode and a Rochdale phone number! :o
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pcolbeck

Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1485 on: 07 April, 2017, 01:41:18 pm »
Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 07 April, 2017, 07:28:21 am
Bizarrely, or probably not, I received a call on Wednesday from a Birmingham number (0121...). It actually came from about two streets away, ie firmly in Bristol.

Probably originated on a VoIP system such as Skype which then broke out to the traditional telephone network. When you buy a breakout service for VoIP you have to choose a number and you cant always get one that relates to your geographic location. I sued to use Skype Out and the nearest to a local number I could buy was a Leeds dial code one and thats 50 miles away.
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Kim

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1486 on: 07 April, 2017, 01:57:54 pm »
Yes, area codes are meaningless unless you know the next few digits refer to a traditional telephone exchange (that's trainspotter stuff), and that there isn't any switching shenanigans going on at the end of the line (which you'll only know on a per-number basis, so the area code alone doesn't tell you anything).
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ElyDave

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1487 on: 07 April, 2017, 02:06:57 pm »
we used to have a DN postcode in NE Lincs, that was a whole motorway away.  And probably a few decades as well.
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Thor

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1488 on: 11 April, 2017, 11:50:24 am »
It's all happening in Welwyn Garden City.
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Legs

Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1489 on: 11 April, 2017, 12:24:28 pm »
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clarion

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1490 on: 11 April, 2017, 04:45:02 pm »
It's helpful to be able to put a name to the problem ;D

We have been watching Moby Dig work for a while now (a side-effect of living with a child obsessed with vehicles), and became aware he was stuck a few days ago.  There have been boats loitering nearby, but apparently now Moby is to be saved! :o :)
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hellymedic

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1491 on: 13 April, 2017, 02:14:56 am »
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1492 on: 17 April, 2017, 09:33:31 am »
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mattc

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1493 on: 17 April, 2017, 10:15:58 am »
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mrcharly-YHT

Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1494 on: 18 April, 2017, 12:52:38 pm »
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Jaded

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1495 on: 18 April, 2017, 11:22:24 pm »
Hoo Flung Dung

(it was a cyclist, naturally)
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rogerzilla

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1496 on: 19 April, 2017, 01:03:56 pm »
Quote from: mrcharly-YHT on 18 April, 2017, 12:52:38 pm
Harry Potter in York court for drug dealing
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/15224234.Harry_Potter_in_York_court_for_drug_dealing/?ref=mr&lp=17
Even the place he lives sounds like a Dark Arts spell.  "Acaster Malbis!" and you turn into a newt.
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Guy

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1497 on: 20 April, 2017, 02:09:02 pm »
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Kim

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1498 on: 20 April, 2017, 02:17:38 pm »
Quote from: Guy on 20 April, 2017, 02:09:02 pm
:o
http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/hitchin-man-electrocuted-woman-s-private-parts-during-50-shades-of-grey-sex-session/story-30269076-detail/story.html

People badly need to learn what 'electrocute' means.  And how to do BDSM safely, sanely and consensually.  A bit of electrical engineering wouldn't go amiss either.  240V mains?  Fucksake.

If there's any justice in the world the device in question is being sent to Big Clive for a teardown...
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clarion

  • Tyke
Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1499 on: 20 April, 2017, 02:29:50 pm »
*hauls out 'electrocute' soapbox*

*realises Kim got there first*

*puts away soapbox with a heavy sigh*
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