There used to be cheap housing in villages, back in manorial times when farm labourers could hire a cheap house from the landlord and stay there for life as long as they agreed to work on the farms until retirement; their children could take over the lease and usually did, often building a new house, which the landlord liked as it added new rent to his estate. It worked OK in Britain and many parts of Europe, like Germany, the Netherlands and Italy, but then along came all these governments with their ‘social justice’ and their inheritance taxes, perhaps all well and good for the urban poor, but not much good for the rural communities. Result; half the European aristocracy ended up in poverty while the other half, who owned land in cities and shares in corporations, became unfathomably rich, and the poor farm labourers have to pay top dollar for their homes, competing against wealthy city types with 6 or 7 figure incomes.
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What do you call a policewoman with a shaven fanny?Originally posted by minestrone View Postplease don't give them an excuse with your romantic image of the countryside gained from a Constable print that you used to have in your house wall in the 80sThe Mods stole my post count!Comment
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Baaaiitch! ..... and then you slap it!Originally posted by Pickle2 View PostWhat do you call a policewoman with a shaven fanny?
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Well?Originally posted by Pickle2 View PostWhat do you call a policewoman with a shaven fanny?Hard Brexit now!
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Constable, obviously.Originally posted by sasguru View PostWell?The Mods stole my post count!Comment
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