Something i noticed yesterday

mudcow007

Right i will set the scene..

i had to go to Peterborough yesterday to pick up a motorbike (yes i finally bought one - Honda CG125)

one thing i noticed almost immediately is

Drivers up here in the North have manners i.e thank people for letting them out of junctions etc but also drive like cocks i.e a car driving in middle lane of M6 who then shoots over to hard shoulder to undertake people to then rejoin the motorway further ahead :shock:

Drivers down south seem to lack manners an never (generally) thank anyone but do drive very civilised, also just like to point out, nobody seemed angry unlike up here

thats is all, carry on

veronese68

Peterborough is in the north.

leodis75

Veronese68 wrote:

Peterborough is in the north.

Anywhere south of Garforth is the South.

rjsterry

Veronese68 wrote:

Peterborough is in the north.

Cambridgeshire is the North now? Or are you using the 'north of the Watford Gap' definition

mudcow007

Veronese68 wrote:

Peterborough is in the north.

as oppose to London perhaps, but they still all talk funny down there

funny talking = southern

tgotb

If neither the Northerners nor the Southerners want Peterborough, maybe it should be abolished...

rick_chasey

It's just a dump.

veronese68

rjsterry wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Peterborough is in the north.

Cambridgeshire is the North now? Or are you using the 'north of the Watford Gap' definition

Usually, sometimes north of the river is enough for me. Depends on how irritating I want to be.

MonkeyMonster

Veronese68 wrote:

Usually, sometimes north of the river is enough for me. Depends on how irritating I want to be.

Given how southies (ie south of the river) are so rude I'd expected nothing less from a piece of scum like you...

veronese68

MonkeyMonster wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Usually, sometimes north of the river is enough for me. Depends on how irritating I want to be.

Given how southies (ie south of the river) are so rude I'd expected nothing less from a piece of scum like you...

Are you after something? Such flattery usually precedes a request for a 'small' favour.

clarkey cat

I've never been to Peterborough but its name evokes dark castles, marauding Vikings, peasants eating raw root vegetables and grim windswept moors.

And for that reason I believe it to be in the North.

rjsterry

clarkey cat wrote:

I've never been to Peterborough but its name evokes dark castles, marauding Vikings, peasants eating raw root vegetables and grim windswept moors.

And for that reason I believe it to be in the North.

Dude, it's on the edge of the Fens, at roughly the same latitude as Wolverhampton. At a push you could describe it as East Midlands.

clarkey cat

Wolverhampton

Where the fvck is that?

Sounds far away.

Anonymous

North of the M3 -> A31 -> A35 -> A30 wedge?

Jeez, that is far north.

Kieran_Burns

rjsterry wrote:

clarkey cat wrote:

I've never been to Peterborough but its name evokes dark castles, marauding Vikings, peasants eating raw root vegetables and grim windswept moors.

And for that reason I believe it to be in the North.

Dude, it's on the edge of the Fens, at roughly the same latitude as Wolverhampton. At a push you could describe it as East Midlands.

f*ck off, we don't want it.

rick_chasey

clarkey cat wrote:

I've never been to Peterborough but its name evokes dark castles, marauding Vikings, peasants eating raw root vegetables and grim windswept moors.

And for that reason I believe it to be in the North.

Peterborough =

rjsterry

Kieran_Burns wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

clarkey cat wrote:

I've never been to Peterborough but its name evokes dark castles, marauding Vikings, peasants eating raw root vegetables and grim windswept moors.

And for that reason I believe it to be in the North.

Dude, it's on the edge of the Fens, at roughly the same latitude as Wolverhampton. At a push you could describe it as East Midlands.

f*ck off, we don't want it.

Yeah, what with the places you've already got to worry about :P

The cathedral is quite impressive, but I can't remember much more from my one visit.

rick_chasey

rjsterry wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

clarkey cat wrote:

I've never been to Peterborough but its name evokes dark castles, marauding Vikings, peasants eating raw root vegetables and grim windswept moors.

And for that reason I believe it to be in the North.

Dude, it's on the edge of the Fens, at roughly the same latitude as Wolverhampton. At a push you could describe it as East Midlands.

f*ck off, we don't want it.

Yeah, what with the places you've already got to worry about :P

The cathedral is quite impressive, but I can't remember much more from my one visit.

Pfft. Ely's down the road if you want a cathedral.

tgotb

It does have a decent 1000m rowing lake; I still have a T-shirt from their regatta somewhere, with "The Big Straight Hard One" emblazoned across the front.

I didn't realise it was as far North as Wolverhampton; if that's the case, it must be in the North...

Stone Glider

Good road system and an ordinary Crematorium.

My Peterborough Experience.

byke68

To some people up here in Newcastle, the south starts on the south bank of the Tyne! Never been to Peterbrough though.
One of them once said to me "so, you're from the smoke?", (meaning London). My reply was "no, I don't smoke"

itboffin

MonkeyMonster wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Usually, sometimes north of the river is enough for me. Depends on how irritating I want to be.

Given how southies (ie south of the river) are so rude I'd expected nothing less from a piece of scum like you...

+1 once you cross the river you're pretty much all savage shoeless beasts :P

no really :twisted: