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  • gingerjedi
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    So I'm writing it the now... Are people in zomerset not just lovely?
    Ahhh... thanks.

    I went to a Wurzels gig on Saturday... seriously.

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  • chef
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    right im back, what did i miss?

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  • wobbegong
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    Originally posted by dwm009 View Post
    Is chef your elderly neighbour?!
    Not unless he's in his eighties.

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  • BrianSnail
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    Originally posted by chef View Post
    reminds me i need the 9:45 visit to trap 4..
    Originally posted by wobbegong View Post
    and puts the folded pile on our dining room table
    Is chef your elderly neighbour?!

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  • wobbegong
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    Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
    Thats nothing, up in Liverpool there's a pub where you get a free drink, then a free sh@g, then another free drink and a packet of crisps.
    I havn't been myself, but the missus has been five times



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  • PRC1964
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    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    Yeah but in London, they will take in your washing, take your TV, your cash, jewellery AND then stab your in the face and pour petrol over you. Now that's community spirit.
    It's very generous given the price of petrol.

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  • EternalOptimist
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    Originally posted by wobbegong View Post
    Not just Somerset, Dorset too. Mrs. W went to collect some dry cleaning a couple of months back, went to pay but realised she'd left her dosh at home, they let her take the clothes and said to just drop the money in next time she was passing. In addition, if it rains and there's washing on the line, our elderly neighbours not only take it in, she irons it and puts the folded pile on our dining room table.
    Thats nothing, up in Liverpool there's a pub where you get a free drink, then a free sh@g, then another free drink and a packet of crisps.
    I havn't been myself, but the missus has been five times



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  • DimPrawn
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    Originally posted by wobbegong View Post
    Not just Somerset, Dorset too. Mrs. W went to collect some dry cleaning a couple of months back, went to pay but realised she'd left her dosh at home, they let her take the clothes and said to just drop the money in next time she was passing. In addition, if it rains and there's washing on the line, our elderly neighbours not only take it in, she irons it and puts the folded pile on our dining room table.
    Yeah but in London, they will take in your washing, take your TV, your cash, jewellery AND then stab your in the face and pour petrol over you. Now that's community spirit.

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  • voodooflux
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    Originally posted by chef View Post
    "Situated in the small village of Long Load,"

    reminds me i need the 9:45 visit to trap 4..

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  • wobbegong
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    Travelled down to Dorset on Monday for a meeting yesterday. Stayed in a nice B&B in the lovely zzomerset countryside beautifulview from the window and all that.

    Later I learnt only cash was acceptable dint have enough so the wee wifey let me stay and ask me to send a cheque when I get back home.

    So I'm writing it the now... Are people in zomerset not just lovely?
    Not just Somerset, Dorset too. Mrs. W went to collect some dry cleaning a couple of months back, went to pay but realised she'd left her dosh at home, they let her take the clothes and said to just drop the money in next time she was passing. In addition, if it rains and there's washing on the line, our elderly neighbours not only take it in, she irons it and puts the folded pile on our dining room table.

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  • chef
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    "Situated in the small village of Long Load,"

    reminds me i need the 9:45 visit to trap 4..

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  • scooterscot
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    Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
    ah, trust. Heartwarming story that make you glad to be alive.
    Whereabouts did you stay





    http://www.amberleybandb.co.uk/

    £25!! bed and breaky - £50 cheaper than the holiday inn....

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  • EternalOptimist
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    ah, trust. Heartwarming story that make you glad to be alive.
    Whereabouts did you stay





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  • scooterscot
    started a topic The South

    The South

    Travelled down to Dorset on Monday for a meeting yesterday. Stayed in a nice B&B in the lovely zzomerset countryside beautifulview from the window and all that.

    Later I learnt only cash was acceptable dint have enough so the wee wifey let me stay and ask me to send a cheque when I get back home.

    So I'm writing it the now... Are people in zomerset not just lovely?
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