Southampton area

[deckster]

Has some of the best barbel and chub fishing in the country.

Not forgetting the best trout river in the country!

Yep, have to agree that Soton is full of chubs and trouts. Not sure what a barbel is, but I'm pretty sure you'll find some hanging around West Quay if you look hard enough.

[doodab]

Yep, have to agree that Soton is full of chubs and trouts. Not sure what a barbel is, but I'm pretty sure you'll find some hanging around West Quay if you look hard enough.

Ok, chubs = fat people & trouts I understand but barbels is lost on me. Can someone explain this new fangled slang?

[Moscow Mule]

Barbel (the fish) have whiskers for feeling the river bed.

So, is it a bearded lady?

[OrangeHopper]

Not quite the reaction I was expecting.

[Flubster]

No way mate. You can change your wife, nationality or religion but you can never change your football team. Forza Roma, forza lupi.

Supporting a foreign club may well be forgiven. I made the mistake of sending my youngest to football training in a Reading strip. It wasn't just the kids who ripped into him, but the parents too....until they saw me wearing a Reading bobble hat and then quickly backed off.

[PRC1964]

Is it a good place for a family living? Any nice place nearby? I see that is also kind of commut(ish)able to London/Surrey.

Well, the city was saddened not to win the nomination for the 2013 City of Culture so it has pushed ahead in other ways and is now proud to be teen pregnancy capital of the south

[BA to the Stars]

Word of warning though, you may need to change your football alliegance....they're pretty passionate about their local team (currently languishing in League 1).

This is stains fans you are talking about.

Do you know how many of them it takes to change a light bulb
None - they are happy living in the shadow of Pompey