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I am not qualified to give the above advice!
The original point and click interface by
Smith and Wesson.
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Originally posted by DaveB View PostIt's grim.
It is, I am much happier since I sold my 5 bed detached in 1 acre of lovely countryside, half a mile walk to the local village pub which served beer for £2 and was full of friendly northern folk. At least the money paid for a new bedsit in Chelsea which is much less grim, even if I couldn't swing a cat if I was allowed one and outside it is like Beirut on a good day.
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Originally posted by expat View PostEvery time an Englishman talks of "Britain" I use it to remind him that he really means "England".Comment
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Originally posted by Archangel View PostIt is, I am much happier since I sold my 5 bed detached in 1 acre of lovely countryside, half a mile walk to the local village pub which served beer for £2 and was full of friendly northern folk. At least the money paid for a new bedsit in Chelsea which is much less grim, even if I couldn't swing a cat if I was allowed one and outside it is like Beirut on a good day.
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When I go back to Swansea (as infrequently as I can) I get thick ***** in pubs telling me how awful London is.
Brilliant!
You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.
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Originally posted by bogeyman View PostTypical Northern griping bollux! I'm from South Wales. Moved to London as soon as I could. It was paradise! Yeah! even the outermost suburbs were paradise compare to South Wales - and most of the North, I imagine.
When I go back to Swansea (as infrequently as I can) I get thick ***** in pubs telling me how awful London is.
Brilliant!
I can't stand London, to be honest. But I work here because I earn a shed load of cash for doing so. And then I go back to my northern country retreat, which I love.Comment
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Originally posted by bogeyman View PostI'm from South Wales.Comment
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Originally posted by Archangel View PostSay no more, anywhere would be better than South Wales.
Wot he said.
If she weighs the same as a duck, she's made of wood. And therefore a witch!Comment
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Originally posted by Archangel View PostSay no more, anywhere would be better than South Wales.
It's a sad and pointless place now.
Once it fired the industrial revolution with its coal. Had more railways per square mile than anywhere on earth - but now, a sh1thole.
The thing that irks me most is that the 'local authorities' have done their best to obliterate and astroturf the place. Valuable, historical, industrial buildings and sites have been bulldozed to make way for ASDAs and other such, low-paying crap.
You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.
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I visited Abertawe once, and while waiting for a connecting train took a walk into town. Went into a shop and asked the guy behind the counter where the centre, the 'old town' was, you know, with older buildings? Not just the bland shopping centre pre-fab stuff?
He laughed and said: "There is no 'old town', The Second World War put paid to that".
Is that true?Comment
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Originally posted by realityhack View PostI visited Abertawe once, and while waiting for a connecting train took a walk into town. Went into a shop and asked the guy behind the counter where the centre, the 'old town' was, you know, with older buildings? Not just the bland shopping centre pre-fab stuff?
He laughed and said: "There is no 'old town', The Second World War put paid to that".
Is that true?
Swansea was the most bombed city in the UK in WW2, apart from London.
The reason was the docks, and the infrastructure, railways, goods yards and so on, that surrounded the area.
It seems silly now, as Swansea docks are pretty much idle, and the town exists largely on state welfare.
You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.
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