Author Topic: Little Eye On The Provinces (Read 391168 times)

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #3000 on:** 21 January, 2023, 02:49:42 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 21 January, 2023, 07:21:40 am

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 21 January, 2023, 12:09:07 am
"Eatery which serves afternoon tea near Stroud gets top hygiene grade"
Meh, so does Jason Doner Van.

But the Jason Doner Van is too famous to mention it!

rogerzilla · « **Reply #3001 on:** 25 January, 2023, 07:30:31 pm »

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/23276385.great-western-hospital-iphone-fire-sees-firefighters-called/

A whole iPhone burns to the ground in Swindon.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #3002 on:** 27 January, 2023, 07:55:04 am »

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/23277607.human-poo-litter-left-trowbridge-shopping-centre-lift/

Trowbridge burnishes its already gleaming reputation as the town* that makes Swindon look good.

*many large Wiltshire towns are pretty grim: Warminster and Melksham spring to mind.

Moleman76 · « **Reply #3003 on:** 29 January, 2023, 01:56:05 am »

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Seals live in the sea, not freshwater lakes.

I think there are freshwater common seals in Canuckistan.
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Freshwater seals in Lake Saimaa in Finland, Pusa hispida

Moleman76 · « **Reply #3004 on:** 29 January, 2023, 02:02:12 am »

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The pothole was over half a foot deep at its lowest point and a metre-wide length ways

Imperial measurements for depth, SI for width?

Be careful, this kind of mixing measurement systems can lead to spacecraft crashes.

Were there MMMM or ^--IV^--

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holes in Blackburn, Lancashire?

Wobbly John · « **Reply #3005 on:** 29 January, 2023, 07:05:26 am »

Our Highways dept reporting website suggest comparing the sixe of pothole you are reporting to eg a dinner plate, so I have submitted reports of “4 chicken nuggets deep “.

Kim · « **Reply #3006 on:** 29 January, 2023, 12:22:29 pm »

Good stuff. And it was "large boulder the size of a small boulder" day the other day too.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #3007 on:** 29 January, 2023, 06:56:39 pm »

Quote from: Wowbagger on 11 January, 2023, 12:52:37 pm

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/11/anglers-despair-as-trapped-seal-eats-essex-lakes-stocks

Not content at coming out as the straightest town in Britain, Rochford now boasts a seal in a fishing lake. Scarborough beat that recently with a masturbating walrus.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/103e0jt/a_walrus_named_thor_stopped_by_scarborough/

Edit: bugger! Since I posted that someone has insisted that you have to be over 18 to see a walrus having a wank.

Seal developments: some silly sods, allegedly marine biologists, decided it would be a great idea to shoot the seal with a tranquilliser so that they could remove it from the lake. It was carefully sitting on an island at the time, apparently. As soon as it was shot by the dart, it behaved in a very predictable fashion by leaping into the water, whereupon it drowned.

T42 · « **Reply #3008 on:** 30 January, 2023, 09:35:41 am »

rogerzilla · « **Reply #3009 on:** 04 February, 2023, 01:29:30 pm »

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-64519500

Sauron's not happy to be associated with waste disposal.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #3010 on:** 04 February, 2023, 03:00:30 pm »

Count Binface will sort those lawyers out.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #3011 on:** 08 February, 2023, 04:53:35 pm »

In Middlesborough, it is forever 1977 and you can find your car propped up on bricks.

https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/car-parts-left-behind-drivers-26132477

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #3012 on:** 08 February, 2023, 05:18:55 pm »

I've just had a quote of £165 per tyre for new tyres on my car.

Wheels have to be one of the most nickable and valuable items on the street.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #3013 on:** 11 February, 2023, 10:46:32 pm »

Tawny owl rescued after becoming trapped in wood-burner

RSCPA inspector Rachel Smith described the wol as “furious”, which earned him a spot in Angry ~~Wols~~ People In Local Newspapers.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #3014 on:** 11 February, 2023, 11:01:39 pm »

I've just booked a weekend in Matlock for Jan and me, 10th - 13th March. The Riverbank Hotel where we've booked, boasts a 7kW charger. The Indian restaurant across the road, the Maazi, claims:

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In a histrionic ambience that carves the cultural heritage of its origin, entrepreneur Irfan Shabir brings his home to you.

Aromatic curries served in clay-pots, hand-crafted menus and traditional incense of agarbatti lures your senses into the rich culinary art of India in every bite. Let’s get nostalgic, together!

Exciting!

https://maazi.co.uk/

Kim · « **Reply #3015 on:** 11 February, 2023, 11:14:36 pm »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 11 February, 2023, 10:46:32 pm

Tawny owl rescued after becoming trapped in wood-burner

RSCPA inspector Rachel Smith described the wol as “furious”, which earned him a spot in Angry ~~Wols~~ People In Local Newspapers.

Superb.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #3016 on:** 11 February, 2023, 11:26:47 pm »

I see toowit tooyou did there

Hot Flatus · « **Reply #3017 on:** 12 February, 2023, 08:51:06 pm »

Spending sunday evening in Swindon watching Megaslam is not quite how I envisaged my life panning out tbqhwy

Beardy · « **Reply #3018 on:** 12 February, 2023, 09:24:41 pm »

I suspect there’s a small involved in the misdirection of your life this evening

Clare · « **Reply #3019 on:** 12 February, 2023, 10:07:13 pm »

Is Roger the one in the red pants?

Wowbagger · « **Reply #3020 on:** 12 February, 2023, 10:17:02 pm »

My maternal grandmother used to like watching the wrestling on a Saturday afternoon in the early 1960s. Names like Jackie Pallo and Mick McManus spring to mind.

I have a vague recollection of one of the old women sitting by the side of the rign stabbing one of the wrestlers with her knitting needles.

Beardy · « **Reply #3021 on:** 12 February, 2023, 11:23:58 pm »

In my case it was my paternal grandmother. She did not like Mick Mcmanus because he would ‘fight dirty’. I suspect that he and his promoters would take this as a win

rogerzilla · « **Reply #3022 on:** 13 February, 2023, 07:07:47 am »

I did like Taggart while he was still alive. I lost interest afterwards.

My grandmother also had a penchant for the wrestling. She took my mother once (as a girl) and someone's knocked-out teeth landed at their feet

T42 · « **Reply #3023 on:** 13 February, 2023, 09:15:30 am »

Quote from: Wowbagger on 12 February, 2023, 10:17:02 pm

My maternal grandmother used to like watching the wrestling on a Saturday afternoon in the early 1960s. Names like Jackie Pallo and Mick McManus spring to mind.

I have a vague recollection of one of the old women sitting by the side of the rign stabbing one of the wrestlers with her knitting needles.

Used to watch that with my chum Dennis when I was ~12. "Rip his arm off" was one of our gentler comments. Was very disappointed when my father told me it was all rigged.

Names: Kent Walton, Masambula. Walton: "Masambula is the one with the white tops on his wrestling boots".

Kim · « **Reply #3024 on:** 13 February, 2023, 12:22:53 pm »

In the interests of balance, my maternal grandmother was into boxing. I'm not sure why.