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Scruff replied

11 April 2014, 20:50
My charming little golf club is there. If you are a golfer you are in Britain's Amen Corner
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gricerboy replied

11 April 2014, 18:32
Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post

Hi Gricer!

There is something ironic about Martians coming all that way just to destroy Woking, but dying because it was even worse than they thought.

Hi DS

I honestly do have to say I rather like Woking.

I had my first IT gig there. In Old Woking, in fact. I lived in the St John's part of town which was very pleasant.
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SussexSeagull replied

11 April 2014, 18:26
Worked there through most of 2012. Never really wandered out of the town centre but was alright.
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xoggoth replied

11 April 2014, 18:12
bit of a s*ithole for Surrey. thought it would be more affluent being so close to Lannndon - seems to be over run by Eastern Europeans...

No idea if that is true or not but anything that annoys mos has my total approval!
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jamesbrown replied

11 April 2014, 17:23
Originally posted by sasguru View Post

I should be an estate agent - seems acceptable to me - well after a bit of work

Meh...

That's what I'm talkin' 'bout.
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sasguru replied

11 April 2014, 17:07
Originally posted by jamesbrown View Post

Winchester doesn't agree.

I should be an estate agent - seems acceptable to me - well after a bit of work
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greenlake replied

11 April 2014, 17:01
Originally posted by DodgyAgent View Post

Whoever's house it is they decided to spend the money on an Aston rather than a decent house

No, that belongs to the estate agent.
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DodgyAgent replied

11 April 2014, 16:58
Originally posted by sasguru View Post

Never been to Basingstoke but this seems OK

Seems to me, if you have the money you can live well in any area, what.

Whoever's house it is they decided to spend the money on an Aston rather than a decent house
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jamesbrown replied

11 April 2014, 16:56
Originally posted by sasguru View Post

That property above seemed to be in the town itself.

But then most British town centres are pig fugly.

That's precisely the point I'm making, all town centres nowadays are ugly and infested by chavs from all over Europe, even places like affluent Cobham.
So judging an area by its town centre is silly.

Winchester doesn't agree.
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sasguru replied

11 April 2014, 16:34
Originally posted by jamesbrown View Post

There are some nice villages around Basingstoke if that's your bag. Basingstoke itself is fugly incarnate, for the most part.

That property above seemed to be in the town itself.

But then most British town centres are pig fugly.

That's precisely the point I'm making, all town centres nowadays are ugly and infested by chavs from all over Europe, even places like affluent Cobham.
So judging an area by its town centre is silly.
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jamesbrown replied

11 April 2014, 16:29
Originally posted by sasguru View Post

Never been to Basingstoke but this seems OK

Seems to me, if you have the money you can live well in any area, what.

There are some nice villages around Basingstoke if that's your bag. Basingstoke itself is fugly incarnate, for the most part.
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sasguru replied

11 April 2014, 16:21
Originally posted by jamesbrown View Post

It's all relative and, by relative, I mean Basingstoke.

Never been to Basingstoke but this seems OK

Seems to me, if you have the money you can live well in any area, what.
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jamesbrown replied

11 April 2014, 16:18
It's all relative and, by relative, I mean Basingstoke.
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sasguru replied

11 April 2014, 16:12
Originally posted by Troll View Post

You really are Mr Thick from Thickington (or is it actually Woking that you escaped the delights of Wandsworth to?)- to recap the original post was
If it is now your home town,then sorry you may have made a bit of a mistake

It's not my home town no, and I don't know it very well, but I'll venture there might be as nice, leafy and affluent areas in Woking as where I live now.

Oh look here's a quite nice property in a nice area half a mile from the station

HTH, dunce.

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Troll replied

11 April 2014, 16:05
Originally posted by sasguru View Post

Not really - I'm just tired of stupid statements like "London's crap" or "Surrey's crap". Or "Anything's crap" that's not homogenous in any way, shape or form.
It speaks of a particular kind of denseness.

You really are Mr Thick from Thickington (or is it actually Woking that you escaped the delights of Wandsworth to?)- to recap the original post was

First time I've visited - bit of a s*ithole for Surrey .. thought it would be more affluent being so close to Lannndon

If it is now your home town,then sorry you may have made a bit of a mistake
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