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phantasmagoriana

Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #2775 on: 25 April, 2022, 03:11:16 pm »
Man has to walk because his ridiculous vehicle isn't ready yet. ::-)

https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/grandad-forced-school-run-rain-23777718
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Kim

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #2776 on: 25 April, 2022, 03:21:52 pm »
Quote from: phantasmagoriana on 25 April, 2022, 03:11:16 pm
Man has to walk because his ridiculous vehicle isn't ready yet. ::-)

https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/grandad-forced-school-run-rain-23777718

Normal for Birmingham, where people get tribal anything that's got wheels and has 'Rover' in the name, the way they do about sportsball teams[1] in other places.


[1] Not to diminish the importance of The Blues or The Villa, obviously.
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #2777 on: 25 April, 2022, 03:41:46 pm »
I know new cars depreciate fast but £10k between headline and text is really impressive.
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Beardy

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #2778 on: 25 April, 2022, 03:55:24 pm »
Why would he need any car, let alone a Land Rover to do the school run if he’s able to do it on foot? No wonder we’ve got global walking.
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Mr Larrington

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #2779 on: 25 April, 2022, 04:52:15 pm »
Isn’t global walking what he’s complaining about?

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phantasmagoriana

Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #2780 on: 25 April, 2022, 08:54:34 pm »
Quote from: Beardy on 25 April, 2022, 03:55:24 pm
Why would he need any car, let alone a Land Rover to do the school run if he’s able to do it on foot? No wonder we’ve got global walking.

But...it might rain! :facepalm:

Someone should tell him about umbrellas.

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Kim

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #2781 on: 25 April, 2022, 09:18:48 pm »
Quote from: phantasmagoriana on 25 April, 2022, 08:54:34 pm
Quote from: Beardy on 25 April, 2022, 03:55:24 pm
Why would he need any car, let alone a Land Rover to do the school run if he’s able to do it on foot? No wonder we’ve got global walking.

But...it might rain! :facepalm:

Someone should tell him about umbrellas.

Regular readers might recall that when all the proper cities were getting bike hire schemes, Birmingham got a Smart car hire scheme...


Car2Go - An Umbrella on Wheels by Elliott Brown, on Flickr

It lasted about a year...

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We’ve listened closely to customer feedback and taking the UK’s strong culture and tradition of private vehicle ownership into account, we have decided to withdraw from the UK marketplace.

BRITISH car culture notwithstanding, there was the fundamental flaw in an hourly rate equivalent to a taxi, and cars you couldn't use to move Stuff.
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mllePB

Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #2782 on: 01 May, 2022, 05:13:27 pm »
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rogerzilla

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #2783 on: 03 May, 2022, 07:28:24 am »
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Beardy

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #2784 on: 03 May, 2022, 02:15:49 pm »
The Loch Ness monster is real.

‘It looked better in real life than it’s turned out on the photos’ said every Nessie spotter ever.
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Mr Larrington

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #2785 on: 03 May, 2022, 04:59:33 pm »
That's nearly as convincing as the photo of Ogopogo I snapped a few years ago:


Ogopogo in 2018, yesterday by Mr Larrington, on Flickr
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rogerzilla

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #2786 on: 10 May, 2022, 02:56:22 pm »
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andrewc

Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #2787 on: 12 May, 2022, 11:43:40 am »
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-61412523


Tory Club Death Match. 


False advertising, nobody died.
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andrewc

Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #2788 on: 14 May, 2022, 02:14:11 pm »
https://www.livpost.co.uk/p/why-has-the-adelphi-become-liverpools


Slow death of a hotel.  It could be magnificent if someone would spend the money.
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rogerzilla

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #2789 on: 15 May, 2022, 05:54:48 pm »
Britannia Hotels are über-pikey.  I've stayed in the Bolton one.  There are notices telling you not to do drugs or to start on the staff.
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ElyDave

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #2790 on: 09 June, 2022, 07:58:23 pm »
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Wowbagger

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #2791 on: 09 June, 2022, 10:21:13 pm »
Quote from: andrewc on 14 May, 2022, 02:14:11 pm
https://www.livpost.co.uk/p/why-has-the-adelphi-become-liverpools


Slow death of a hotel.  It could be magnificent if someone would spend the money.
I stayed there quite a few times when I was working at HMCE. I recall the basement swimming pool very well. The gents' changing room was supervised by a feisty lady who would announce her arrival with a shrill "Cover up lads!"

Without being in any way uncharitable, I doubt that she would have seen anything that she hadn't seen before had we lads not covered up.

I had what could have been a pretty unpleasant mishap when showering in my en suite after a day's customs & excising. I slipped and went flying. There was nothing supplied to prevent the bath (over which the shower was placed) from being as slippery as the proverbial anguilla anguilla.
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Zipperhead

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #2792 on: 10 June, 2022, 03:00:05 pm »
Quote from: Wowbagger on 09 June, 2022, 10:21:13 pm
I had what could have been a pretty unpleasant mishap when showering in my en suite after a day's customs & excising. I slipped and went flying. There was nothing supplied to prevent the bath (over which the shower was placed) from being as slippery as the proverbial anguilla anguilla.

Honestly nurse, I really did slip in the shower....
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rogerzilla

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #2793 on: 15 June, 2022, 10:54:44 am »
Up in the far north of Scotland, they have bigger problems than the familiar summer pong of roadkill badgers.

https://www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/news/community-councillor-kicks-up-a-stink-about-rotting-whale-ne-278325/
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Jurek

Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #2794 on: 15 June, 2022, 12:24:27 pm »
Quote from: rogerzilla on 15 June, 2022, 10:54:44 am
Up in the far north of Scotland, they have bigger problems than the familiar summer pong of roadkill badgers.

https://www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/news/community-councillor-kicks-up-a-stink-about-rotting-whale-ne-278325/
Could always dynamite it I suppose........   Ohh....
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Canardly

Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #2795 on: 15 June, 2022, 03:03:01 pm »
I would be more concerned as to what killed the whale.
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rogerzilla

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #2796 on: 15 June, 2022, 03:09:29 pm »
Quote from: Canardly on 15 June, 2022, 03:03:01 pm
I would be more concerned as to what killed the whale.
Yummy Dounreay particles.  Central heating for cetaceans.
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andrewc

Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #2797 on: 15 June, 2022, 03:38:04 pm »
Was a bowl of petunias found nearby ? 
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Canardly

Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #2798 on: 15 June, 2022, 03:55:49 pm »
Well there is the strange contamination plume stuff going on , killing lots of sea life in the NE, the one that the Government is being very cagey about. Said whale could have migrated that way.
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mrcharly-YHT

Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #2799 on: 16 June, 2022, 09:05:05 am »
Quote from: Canardly on 15 June, 2022, 03:55:49 pm
Well there is the strange contamination plume stuff going on , killing lots of sea life in the NE, the one that the Government is being very cagey about. Said whale could have migrated that way.
I hadn't heard about this - do you have a link to more information?
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