Reply to: Is Reading really that bad?

[vetran]

you don't live in Slough if you have any sense but the surrounding areas are far better than you think. Burnham, Farnham Common, Langley, Datchet etc.

Plenty of good shopping but don't go to town for a night out best evenings are in surrounding areas.

I used to live in one of the best areas in Guildford now live just outside Slough I actually prefer it, mainly nicer people (less snobby) better shops and better restaurants.

[Doggy Styles]

Reading is OK, I've worked in town and the TV Park

Croydon is shit, I've worked in two places there and it's got nothing to commend it at all

Glass tables

[Paddy]

yeah

why does she do that ?

It was a misunderstanding, she was asked to appear on ITV’s “New Faces”

[EternalOptimist]

Do you know Una Stubbs?

yeah

why does she do that ?

[eek]

Do you have a glass coffee table?

Do you know Una Stubbs?

[BlasterBates]

Not a bad place not too rough
Doesn't look like you need to be tough
what a nice place it is, good old Slough

[Paddy]

Luckily git, I always have to pay to see stuff like that

Do you have a glass coffee table?

[Sysman]

Working there is pretty grim too... although when I was there I did have the use of the underground car park under the office so didn't have to spend too much time abosrbing the multitude of cultures.
Slough definitely has the worst tescos I have ever been in though. It constantly feels dirty and looted

For the record I stayed in Windsor when I was there. Only 10 minutes drive away but feels like another country!

Slough was a horrible drive from Yorkshire. I ended up getting the plane then bus from Heathrow. As long as I picked my flying times carefully I could get away with standby tickets - no contest!

I started out staying in a country pub to the west, but once I decided to leave the car at home I found a nice spot in Maidenhead, a short train journey away.

Oh, just remembered - I would have spent summer evenings exploring the area, but the buses stopped running too early. WTF?

[2BIT]

His pic is the only thing about him that has bugged you?!

apart from one or two obvious trolls I wouldn't say anyone bugs me...

[SimonMac]

your avatar pic has bugged me for ages and last night I finally worked out where it was from

His pic is the only thing about him that has bugged you?!

[2BIT]

Luckily git, I always have to pay to see stuff like that

your avatar pic has bugged me for ages and last night I finally worked out where it was from

[wobbegong]

Luckily git, I always have to pay to see stuff like that

Perv! It fair put me off my mid-morning hob-nob.

[KimberleyChris]

Spent eight years there. Reading isn't hell on earth, but you can start to feel the London effect there.
Great for lunchtimes and nights out, but I wouldn't live there. Draw circles around Whitley, and Dee Road in Tilehurst and colour them in red if you're renting.
On balance, I'd go for Basingstoke, which still has a bit of life about it and is also still handy for the trains and motorway to the smoke if you fancy a trip out. Likewise Bracknell.
Newbury is very quiet, if you like your peace and quiet.

[PAH]

While working in Maidenhead, the entire office witnessed an Asian lady passing by, stopped, gathered up her sari(?), squatted down and pi$$ed right on the pavement.

Well if it's good enough for Paula Radcliffe it's good enough for anyone.

Funniest incident like that I've seen was observing a drunken old gent pissing out of a pub door mid afternoon. The area was a typical northern tuliphole though so easy mistake to make.

[Spacecadet]

While working in Maidenhead, the entire office witnessed an Asian lady passing by, stopped, gathered up her sari(?), squatted down and pi$$ed right on the pavement.

Luckily git, I always have to pay to see stuff like that