public apology - sorry Jamey

lost_in_thought

If mother wasn't asleep in the house I'd light the fire in there and take a photo... just out of spite!

And I'm embracing the yokel existence right now too.

attica

I'm sitting toasty with my chimney balloon.

It's getting deflated tomorrow though, Santa's gonna fry!

itboffin

lost_in_thought wrote:

If mother wasn't asleep in the house I'd light the fire in there and take a photo... just out of spite!

And I'm embracing the yokel existence right now too.

I'm so confused am in London or Yokel - oh please don't make me choose I love them both so much, born and work in the smoke, wife, family and life in pure beauty - surely I qualify for both.

Oh to be British - truely a blessing from Heaven xxx

always_tyred

itboffin wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

If mother wasn't asleep in the house I'd light the fire in there and take a photo... just out of spite!

And I'm embracing the yokel existence right now too.

I'm so confused am in London or Yokel - oh please don't make me choose I love them both so much, born and work in the smoke, wife, family and life in pure beauty - surely I qualify for both.

Oh to be British - truely a blessing from Heaven xxx

You are in the "South East".

I went away for 7 years, and when I got back, the "South East" had expanded from the south east to encompass the M4 coridoor and half of the midlands. Its a much more convenient term now.

greg66_tri_v2.0

Always Tyred wrote:

I went away for 7 years

What, like, inside? Doing time? :shock:

AT = Proper Villain

always_tyred

Greg66 wrote:

Always Tyred wrote:

I went away for 7 years

What, like, inside? Doing time? :shock:

AT = Proper Villain

No, I was abducted and forced into slave labour overseas (student).

il_principe

itboffin wrote:

This is what they told me about N. London boys

:shock:

N London? North London! SW London thank you very much.

itboffin

Always Tyred wrote:

itboffin wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

If mother wasn't asleep in the house I'd light the fire in there and take a photo... just out of spite!

And I'm embracing the yokel existence right now too.

I'm so confused am in London or Yokel - oh please don't make me choose I love them both so much, born and work in the smoke, wife, family and life in pure beauty - surely I qualify for both.

Oh to be British - truely a blessing from Heaven xxx

You are in the "South East".

I went away for 7 years, and when I got back, the "South East" had expanded from the south east to encompass the M4 coridoor and half of the midlands. Its a much more convenient term now.

SE how do you figure that?
Someone had better tell FGW and South West trains. The education system is shocking these days :P

always_tyred

itboffin wrote:

Always Tyred wrote:

itboffin wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

If mother wasn't asleep in the house I'd light the fire in there and take a photo... just out of spite!

And I'm embracing the yokel existence right now too.

I'm so confused am in London or Yokel - oh please don't make me choose I love them both so much, born and work in the smoke, wife, family and life in pure beauty - surely I qualify for both.

Oh to be British - truely a blessing from Heaven xxx

You are in the "South East".

I went away for 7 years, and when I got back, the "South East" had expanded from the south east to encompass the M4 coridoor and half of the midlands. Its a much more convenient term now.

SE how do you figure that?
Someone had better tell FGW and South West trains. The education system is shocking these days :P

Mmm, I'm probably older than you, in which case your education might have been even worse. :P

The "south east" is not a place, its a state of mind. I lived not so far from you not so long ago. Definitely the south east, although the south eastness does get a bit patchy in places. You have to get about as far as Bristol to the west and Banbury to the north before you find that you are fully no longer in the south east.

Note - all the FGW and South West trains go to London, or come from London. All of them. Fact.

always_tyred

Some outbreaks of the south east have been found as far west as Devon and Cornwall. I believe that parts of Salcombe and Polperro are now in the south east, for example.

gert_lush

Didn't someone point out on here the other day that Bristol as no further west than Edinburgh and hence Edinburgh should we part of the westcountry!...having looked at numerous maps I'm now inclined to agree

greg66_tri_v2.0

Always Tyred wrote:

Mmm, I'm probably older than you, in which case your education might have been even worse. :P

There is absolutely no way you're older that it"boffin". Unless you're dead.

always_tyred

gert_lush wrote:

Didn't someone point out on here the other day that Bristol as no further west than Edinburgh and hence Edinburgh should we part of the westcountry!...having looked at numerous maps I'm now inclined to agree

There is a national border to consider. I personally wouldn't object, since I rather like the west country, but not quite all of Edinburgh would agree.

Morningside is in the south east, incidentally.

greg66_tri_v2.0

Always Tyred wrote:

I went away for 7 years, and when I got back, the "South East" had expanded from the south east to encompass the M4 coridoor and half of the midlands. Its a much more convenient term now.

Allow me to explain.

The South East proper means London and its immediate surroundings. It is the area that produces all the money that other parts of the UK steal and waste. It does not, note, include that rainy bit at the end of the M4, nor does it include Spongela-, errr, Scotland to the north.

Then there is an area outside the South East populated by people who want to say they live or work in the South East to make themselves sound more important and glamorous. Slough and Reading are examples of this, as are Stansted and Luton. None of these places are in or close to London.

Then there is an area outside that occupied by people who know that they are not in the South East, but who realise that if they admit that, they admit to being spongers, much like the inhabitants of Spongela-, errr, Scotland to the north. So they claim falsely to be in the South East and pray that no one calls them on it. Birmingham (aka Brumhole) is the best-known example of this.

Easy, see?

biondino

jashburnham wrote:

itboffin wrote:

This is what they told me about N. London boys

:shock:

N London? North London! SW London thank you very much.

Seconded! I'm happy to be called gay but north London? You can stick it up your 4rse :x

The Chingford Skinhead

biondino wrote:

jashburnham wrote:

itboffin wrote:

This is what they told me about N. London boys

:shock:

N London? North London! SW London thank you very much.

Seconded! I'm happy to be called gay but north London? You can stick it up your 4rse :x

Oi yoi! Nuffin rongg wiv Norf Landan lads. Culture, refinement, nice areas, nice people. We tend to find we need passports and a gang identity to go souf Landan though. Apart from selected areas around SW London (generally the Fulham Road though if Chelsea FC continue to drag me back to the 1980's boom or bust football I may have to give that a wide berth as well :P

linsen

Hey Blondie are you wearing your new pink top to IOW? You and Attica can have a "who looks the tartiest" contest

biondino

Linds I might, yes! It's long sleeved and quite thick so it could be a good layer. Obviously I'd rather wear my Rapha but I'm not sure both will work together.

itboffin

biondino wrote:

Linds I might, yes! It's long sleeved and quite thick so it could be a good layer. Obviously I'd rather wear my Rapha but I'm not sure both will work together.

GAY!

You said I could :P