Topic: TEN THOUSAND TORIES

[ACE]

IoM = Manx
IoW = ?

i'll get me coat

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

For some reason they are called Corkheads, Me I'm an Ovener as I am not born and bred here. (thank christ). At least I  don't have to call my sister, mother.

[betula]

I was going to write something like that but managed to restrain myself. :)

[ACE]

I live in Glasgow

Well there are cities, and CITIES. Glasgow must have been the best I have lived in. A very long time ago, before Frankie Vaughan stuck his oar in.

I lived over the road from the Botanical Gardens and the BBC studios. We used to go up in the Partick Hills when the weather was good and trampse for miles without seeing a soul.  I think that is where my love of Celtic music came from and where I learnt to play the squeezebox.

So you at least come top of the list of cities ACE has had to live in.

Which are =
Leeds  *

Lincoln

Southampton***

Portsmouth*

Bristol ***

Brighton***

Glasgow *****

Ipswich (I know it's a town)

London**

When I have to be in Birmingham, I stay outside in Hasely K'nob. (just down the road from you know who)

[valmarg]

When I have to be in Birmingham, I stay outside in Hasely K'nob. (just down the road from you know who)
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No.  Who do you mean?

valmarg

[ACE]

When I have to be in Birmingham, I stay outside in Hasely K'nob. (just down the road from you know who)

No.  Who do you mean?

valmarg

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Go on, you know. Her with the funny name, sounds ike something you might catch.  ;D

[valmarg]

I must be having a 'very' senior moment, but no, no one comes to mind. :( :(

valmarg

[betula]

Ignore him Valmarg,he is a secret garlic sniffer.I have also heard he does strange things with onions.

And what he gets up to in those millionaires gardens is unprintable :)

[redimp]

No stars for Lincoln - from some it would be an insult, from Ace I am honoured.  I live in one of the greenest most attractive cities in the UK, with what is commonly known as one of the top three Cathedrals in Europe (the other two being on the continent).  It is now friendly and not parochial and you can learn a variety of Slavic and Germanic languages just walking down the street.  The only problem is that the nearest significant hills are over 40 miles away.  Oh, and the tories threatening to sell off the lotties!

[valmarg]

Ignore him Valmarg,he is a secret garlic sniffer.I have also heard he does strange things with onions.

And what he gets up to in those millionaires gardens is unprintable :)

lol betula. ;D ;D  The IoW is beginning to look like an enormous garlic bulb.

I think people that live in coastal areas seem to think that they are the only ones plagued with 'tourists'.

ACE referred to them as grockles, which I understand to be the Devonian term for pebbles.  The other term down the SW is emmets, which I believe is the Cornish term for ants.

We live in the small village of Alton (as in Towers), and the term for the 'tourists' here is strugs.  Some of the 'visitors' to the 'Resort' use the road through the village like the first ride.  We moved here when there was only the gardens, before Broom was allowed to erect the corkskrew (and a lot of villagers know where they would like to stick it ;D).

We have learned to live with it.  We know where to go and where not to go, particularly on a Bank Holiday.  The park seems to think that 20 local residents free passes will keep the natives restive. ;D ;D

This is a beautiful part of the country.  I would never knock someone else's area.  I might not wish to move further north, as it's cold enough here without moving further north.

valmarg

[Mr Smith]

I wonder if Bambi will be there putting his tender arm round Maggie again, Maggie the greatest leader we have had since Churchill, and just for you RC xxxxxxxx ;D

[calendula]

IoM = Manx
IoW = ?

i'll get me coat

funniest thing I've read all day  ;D  ;D  ;D

funny isn't it how some threads get to be undone  :)

[littlebabybird]

IoM = Manx
IoW = ?

i'll get me coat

lol

[redimp]

I wonder if Bambi will be there putting his tender arm round Maggie again, Maggie the greatest leader we have had since Churchill, and just for you RC xxxxxxxx ;D

Strange that in a fortnight that unfettered capitalism has been proved to be the sham we always knew it was and even George Bush is turning to Socialism to sort the problems the capitalists have caused.  And that was just for you Mr Smith ;D

[littlebabybird]

how old do you have to get to have been bred somewhere?
do you have to do all your childhood?
lbb

[Mr Smith]

Redclanger, in your world this country is shti, why don't you fkcu off to   China, Russia or North Korea, and send me a post card when it all goes tits up, if you  ever decide to go to Cuba give me a shout and I'll pay the air fare air fare but I'll  be there with you love the place

[OllieC]

I'd love to go to Cuba if you're offering tickets, Smithy...

[ACE]

how old do you have to get to have been bred somewhere?
do you have to do all your childhood?
lbb

I think 16 is the legal age to start breeding. But you are not any age at all when you are bred, Still a twinkle in your fathers eye.

It should really be born and raised in an area to qualify as a native. I was born and raised in captivity, contrary to popular belief. ;D

[Mr Smith]

Ollie, I would love to sponsor you  but I don't think you would like the  same watering holes that I would frequent ;)

[betula]

Maybe it depends on personal experience.  We lived in Brum for 5 years, and indeed my two eldest were born there.

In spite of that, it wasn't an enjoyable experience.  In very few other places in the world have I encountered so much crass materialism, casual racism, and sheer ignorance.  Well, OK, perhaps Riyadh beats it on all three counts.  But I wouldn't want to live there again, either.

So we Brummies are all materialistic,racist and ignorant. :o ::)

No materialism going on in Harrow then?

Racism,yes theare is some,but for such a multi racial population I think we all rub along pretty well really.Remember racism is not something only white people indulge in.

Ignorant............... Strange that,it is a word I may use to describe your posting.

[Hyacinth]

I endorse Melbourne's comment about 'casual racism' in Birmingham and I've lived here 24 years now - God help us all if this level of perceived white superiority is endemic over-the-board in England.  My horror is that I hear it from 40-yr old acquaintances who forward 'jokes' which aren't even fit for Watershed; those of my own age;  and also from the majority of my clients in their 70s-80s. My shock is that they all assume that I, of course, also endorse their narrow bigotted and ignorant views without even attempting to find out if I am 'like-minded'.

So what do I do?

I don't comment, is what....how the heck can I even begin to change such deeply-entrenched views?

If 'ignorance' is bliss, it is more than folly to be perceived to be 'wise'.

My actual friends don't have these views - they're educated, travelled and hey! even admire those of a different colour/race who are more knowledgeable than them, but I've more acquaintances than friends..