Author Topic: Little Eye On The Provinces (Read 382959 times)

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #3050 on:** 16 March, 2023, 09:48:11 am »

Quote from: andrewc on 16 March, 2023, 09:06:32 am

Quote from: Wowbagger on 15 March, 2023, 08:58:20 pm
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/15/i-have-a-naked-lookalike-and-he-is-making-a-fortune-on-onlyfans-adrian-chiles

That's one of the weirdest things I've read in a while. In this thread because of the Brummagem connection.

A man who seems to be paid to write drivel. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/16/3999-for-a-cargo-bike-how-a-new-kind-of-class-politics-arrived-on-britains-streets

It is drivel, but this

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I notice fall into two categories. There are the four-grand ones, pedalled by (obviously) affluent parents. But most of them, probably just as expensive, are ridden by the decidedly unaffluent, slogging around being paid peanuts to supply the affluent with takeaways and assorted other essentials of modern life.

Isn't wrong

Wowbagger · « **Reply #3051 on:** 16 March, 2023, 09:59:51 am »

Thank dog he didn’t see how much mine cost!

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #3052 on:** 16 March, 2023, 10:17:18 am »

Quote from: mrcharly-YHT on 16 March, 2023, 09:48:11 am

Quote from: andrewc on 16 March, 2023, 09:06:32 am
Quote from: Wowbagger on 15 March, 2023, 08:58:20 pm
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/15/i-have-a-naked-lookalike-and-he-is-making-a-fortune-on-onlyfans-adrian-chiles

That's one of the weirdest things I've read in a while. In this thread because of the Brummagem connection.

A man who seems to be paid to write drivel. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/16/3999-for-a-cargo-bike-how-a-new-kind-of-class-politics-arrived-on-britains-streets

It is drivel, but this

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I notice fall into two categories. There are the four-grand ones, pedalled by (obviously) affluent parents. But most of them, probably just as expensive, are ridden by the decidedly unaffluent, slogging around being paid peanuts to supply the affluent with takeaways and assorted other essentials of modern life.

Isn't wrong

Absolutely. In general he seems to write a lot of drivel with a sentence or two of sense hidden away in it. Two of his favourite topics are football (he's a West Brom supporter IIRC) and peeing, but both from the perspective of things going or being wrong. This must be peak Adrian Chiles: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/21/urinal-in-my-flat-changed-my-life-so-why-are-people-appalled

rogerzilla · « **Reply #3053 on:** 19 March, 2023, 02:38:22 pm »

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/leisure/23396804.wiltshire-beauty-spots-used-dogging/

This was brought to you as a public service by the Swindon Advertiser.

Jaded · « **Reply #3054 on:** 19 March, 2023, 04:27:18 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 19 March, 2023, 02:38:22 pm

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/leisure/23396804.wiltshire-beauty-spots-used-dogging/

This was brought to you as a public service by the Swindon Advertiser.

“ Off A419, towards South Cerney”

Didn’t you and I meet near there once, to admire clothing?

Deano · « **Reply #3055 on:** 19 March, 2023, 05:36:54 pm »

Quote from: andrewc on 16 March, 2023, 09:06:32 am

Quote from: Wowbagger on 15 March, 2023, 08:58:20 pm
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/15/i-have-a-naked-lookalike-and-he-is-making-a-fortune-on-onlyfans-adrian-chiles

That's one of the weirdest things I've read in a while. In this thread because of the Brummagem connection.

A man who seems to be paid to write drivel. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/16/3999-for-a-cargo-bike-how-a-new-kind-of-class-politics-arrived-on-britains-streets

Coincidentally his wife is the editor.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #3056 on:** 19 March, 2023, 09:38:39 pm »

That's interesting, but to be fair he was writing his drivel for the Graun before they got married, and possibly before she became editor. Not sure about that last.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #3057 on:** 19 March, 2023, 10:41:24 pm »

She became editor in 2015, he started writing in the Guardian in 2019 and they got married last year. His Wikipedia article says:

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Chiles began writing a regular column for The Guardian in February 2019.[37] He confirmed his relationship with the newspaper's editor, Katharine Viner, in an interview with The Daily Telegraph in April 2020, saying "I’ve got a horror of talking about relationships. I don’t mind saying I’m with Kath."[34] Chiles has said that the relationship began as a result of him writing the column and not the other way around.

Which might or might not be true.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #3058 on:** 20 March, 2023, 02:00:14 pm »

Stroud is a barren, inhospitable dive and cultural desert.

rafletcher · « **Reply #3059 on:** 20 March, 2023, 02:06:46 pm »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 20 March, 2023, 02:00:14 pm

Stroud is a barren, inhospitable dive and cultural desert.

"You could cast a Zombie movie with free extras from Stroud. They don't even need any makeup." Class.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #3060 on:** 20 March, 2023, 02:30:14 pm »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 20 March, 2023, 02:00:14 pm

Stroud is a barren, inhospitable dive and cultural desert.

Written by someone who has evidently never visited Swindon, Dunstable or Telford.

Efrogwr · « **Reply #3061 on:** 20 March, 2023, 02:34:59 pm »

EMinor reckons that something went horribly wrong in Stroud about thirty years ago, and everyone born there since that (unspecified) event is a waste of oxygen.

Efrogwr · « **Reply #3062 on:** 20 March, 2023, 02:36:35 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 20 March, 2023, 02:30:14 pm

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 20 March, 2023, 02:00:14 pm
Stroud is a barren, inhospitable dive and cultural desert.
Written by someone who has evidently never visited Swindon, Dunstable or Telford.

... or Middlesbrough, Newport or Doncaster.

This could run and run! Three more, please.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #3063 on:** 20 March, 2023, 02:44:07 pm »

Merrywalks (not sure if it's plural or possessive but we never called it Merrywalk) went wrong long, long before that, though it's probably no worse than any other 1960s indoor shopping centre.

rafletcher · « **Reply #3064 on:** 20 March, 2023, 02:51:01 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 20 March, 2023, 02:44:07 pm

it's probably no worse than any other 1960s indoor shopping centre.

If it's still standing it is...

Jaded · « **Reply #3065 on:** 20 March, 2023, 02:52:34 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 20 March, 2023, 02:44:07 pm

Merrywalks (not sure if it's plural or possessive but we never called it Merrywalk) went wrong long, long before that, though it's probably no worse than any other 1960s indoor shopping centre.

It is called Five Valleys now.

andrewc · « **Reply #3066 on:** 20 March, 2023, 05:45:35 pm »

There's always Southend.... https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/20/home-town-city-toxic-culture-war-southend-underfunding-england#comments

rogerzilla · « **Reply #3067 on:** 22 March, 2023, 01:00:05 pm »

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/23401680.swindon-town-shirt-found-bars-pride-place-real-madrid/#comments-anchor

Swindon Town shirt proudly displayed by a bunch of German wenkers.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #3068 on:** 04 April, 2023, 09:08:47 am »

"Do you reckon we need planning permission for these?"

"Nah, they're so subtle, no-one will care."

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/23431643.old-town-clubs-distinctive-nightclub-frontage-refused-permission/

Tim Hall · « **Reply #3069 on:** 04 April, 2023, 11:50:56 am »

Woman in Ayrshire has Jurek-like experience.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-65092730

If only we had a photo showing the reaction of forum members when encountering a member of Sciurus carolinensis

Kim · « **Reply #3070 on:** 04 April, 2023, 11:56:40 am »

Ah, I just came here to post that...

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #3071 on:** 04 April, 2023, 11:59:42 am »

(Note to self: set up text replacement shortcut for That Photo

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Jurek · « **Reply #3072 on:** 04 April, 2023, 12:42:23 pm »

I have a list of names.....

Jaded · « **Reply #3073 on:** 04 April, 2023, 12:42:32 pm »

Quote from: Kim on 04 April, 2023, 11:56:40 am

Ah, I just came here to post that...

It was posted earlier in 'thought of you'.

Jurek · « **Reply #3074 on:** 04 April, 2023, 12:44:06 pm »

A list which is growing in length.....