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Title: Country Bumpkin
Post by: TheBoy on 16 March 2015, 17:09:09
Last week, I was sat bored senseless in traffic trying to get into Croydon at rush hour. So I rang Mrs TB, and amongst other things, said I couldn't live there as the traffic would do my nut.

The cheeky mare said I'd turned into a Country Bumpkin :o.

Me, the confirmed townie from Aylesbury, a Country Bumpkin?

After the call ended, and whilst rebuilding some PoS redirector server, I pondered on her words. And decided, after living 14yrs on Mount Brackley, part of a small, quiet market town on the Bucks, Oxon and Northants border, she was right  :-[
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 16 March 2015, 17:11:58
Carrots anyone?  ::)  ;D
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: 05omegav6 on 16 March 2015, 17:16:47
Nowt to be ashamed of :y
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: chrisgixer on 16 March 2015, 17:32:59
That Brackley village carrot cider has gone to his head I think.  :P ;D


Croydon is perfectly placed to be the arse hole of London, Imo. Take the slug. Opps that.
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: TheBoy on 16 March 2015, 17:35:20
That Brackley village carrot cider has gone to his head I think.  :P ;D


Croydon is perfectly placed to be the arse hole of London, Imo. Take the slug. Opps that.
The Slug goes nowhere useful. Plus now they've mended the track, its back to being overcrowded and late.
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: aaronjb on 16 March 2015, 17:43:07
So if you're a country bumpkin now, do you find yourself complaining about things like this to the news?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2997206/Britain-s-loudest-manhole-cover-bangs-screeches-TIME-car-goes-council-utilities-firm-t-agree-repair.html

Apparently that's the kind of things country folk with nothing more interesting going on like to write about ;)
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: TheBoy on 16 March 2015, 17:48:38
So if you're a country bumpkin now, do you find yourself complaining about things like this to the news?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2997206/Britain-s-loudest-manhole-cover-bangs-screeches-TIME-car-goes-council-utilities-firm-t-agree-repair.html

Apparently that's the kind of things country folk with nothing more interesting going on like to write about ;)
Only noise around my way is birds, sheep and the occasional dog yap :y
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: Gaffers on 16 March 2015, 17:53:39
So if you're a country bumpkin now, do you find yourself complaining about things like this to the news?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2997206/Britain-s-loudest-manhole-cover-bangs-screeches-TIME-car-goes-council-utilities-firm-t-agree-repair.html

Apparently that's the kind of things country folk with nothing more interesting going on like to write about ;)
Only noise around my way is birds, sheep and the occasional dog yap :y

....and the occasional garage door landing in the front of a car ::)
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: The Sheriff on 16 March 2015, 18:02:51
Count you blessings Worzel Jaime.
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: BazaJT on 16 March 2015, 18:17:45
Watch out it'll be Velcro gloves and willies next!
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: 2boxerdogs on 16 March 2015, 18:25:12
I was born in Croydon in 1954 moved to Lincolnshire in 1988, now hate going back there to visit relatives I prefer the open spaces up here 🌲 🌳 🌷🌷🌷
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: chrisgixer on 16 March 2015, 18:43:07
That Brackley village carrot cider has gone to his head I think.  :P ;D


Croydon is perfectly placed to be the arse hole of London, Imo. Take the slug. Opps that.
The Slug goes nowhere useful. Plus now they've mended the track, its back to being overcrowded and late.

....it doesn't go as far as the London Underground?  You do know about the underground, right?
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: 05omegav6 on 16 March 2015, 18:46:39
That Brackley village carrot cider has gone to his head I think.  :P ;D


Croydon is perfectly placed to be the arse hole of London, Imo. Take the slug. Opps that.
The Slug goes nowhere useful. Plus now they've mended the track, its back to being overcrowded and late.

....it doesn't go as far as the London Underground?  You do know about the underground, right?
Is that the thing that's dark, noisy, crowded and stinks of piss? Or have I confused it with greater Lundun in general :-\
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: chrisgixer on 16 March 2015, 18:54:31
That Brackley village carrot cider has gone to his head I think.  :P ;D


Croydon is perfectly placed to be the arse hole of London, Imo. Take the slug. Opps that.
The Slug goes nowhere useful. Plus now they've mended the track, its back to being overcrowded and late.

....it doesn't go as far as the London Underground?  You do know about the underground, right?
Is that the thing that's dark, noisy, crowded and stinks of piss? Or have I confused it with greater Lundun in general :-\
No traffic though. It's a simple choice. Train, or traffic. South London is completely oppsed for traffic so it's got to be the train. Unless there's a load to carry.
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: The Sheriff on 16 March 2015, 19:16:49
That Brackley village carrot cider has gone to his head I think.  :P ;D


Croydon is perfectly placed to be the arse hole of London, Imo. Take the slug. Opps that.
The Slug goes nowhere useful. Plus now they've mended the track, its back to being overcrowded and late.

....it doesn't go as far as the London Underground?  You do know about the underground, right?
Oh yes, we know about the underground:

http://youtu.be/0dftDPLAylU
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: TheBoy on 16 March 2015, 19:24:13
That Brackley village carrot cider has gone to his head I think.  :P ;D


Croydon is perfectly placed to be the arse hole of London, Imo. Take the slug. Opps that.
The Slug goes nowhere useful. Plus now they've mended the track, its back to being overcrowded and late.

....it doesn't go as far as the London Underground?  You do know about the underground, right?
Marylebone isn't renown for useful Underground routes. In general, at busy periods, its frequently quicker to walk.

Standing up in a sweatbox surrounded by dribbling 'tards, and paying £70 for the privilege of being late, or sat in the comfort of a nice armchair with the radio for company.  Hmmm, no brainer really ;)
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: chrisgixer on 16 March 2015, 19:49:12
That Brackley village carrot cider has gone to his head I think.  :P ;D


Croydon is perfectly placed to be the arse hole of London, Imo. Take the slug. Opps that.
The Slug goes nowhere useful. Plus now they've mended the track, its back to being overcrowded and late.

....it doesn't go as far as the London Underground?  You do know about the underground, right?
Marylebone isn't renown for useful Underground routes. In general, at busy periods, its frequently quicker to walk.

Standing up in a sweatbox surrounded by dribbling 'tards, and paying £70 for the privilege of being late, or sat in the comfort of a nice armchair with the radio for company.  Hmmm, no brainer really ;)

Right, good. No problem then.  :y
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: TheBoy on 16 March 2015, 19:51:06
Yeah, I'd always use the car if possible.


Just checked, starting at my nearest station going to the nearest to where I needed to be, leaves at 6:15ish, gets there at 9:30, costs £81 for the ticket (:o) and £7 to park. Plus the journey at each end (about 7-8 miles one end, 10 min walk the other).

Or leave at 6:30 and arrive just gone nine, no lugging big, heavy bags (and some old 3.5" disks in this case as well).

I fail to see why anyone would ever use public transport by choice  :-\
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: The Sheriff on 16 March 2015, 19:52:07
Yeah, I'd always use the car if possible.


Just checked, starting at my nearest station going to the nearest to where I needed to be, leaves at 6:15ish, gets there at 9:30, costs £81 for the ticket (:o) and £7 to park. Plus the journey at each end (about 7-8 miles one end, 10 min walk the other).

Or leave at 6:30 and arrive just gone nine, no lugging big, heavy bags (and some old 3.5" disks in this case as well).

I fail to see why anyone would ever use public transport by choice  :-\
When it's free?
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: TheBoy on 16 March 2015, 19:52:37
LOL, if I need to get there before 8:30am, I have to catch the 1am train ;D
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: TheBoy on 16 March 2015, 19:54:13
Yeah, I'd always use the car if possible.


Just checked, starting at my nearest station going to the nearest to where I needed to be, leaves at 6:15ish, gets there at 9:30, costs £81 for the ticket (:o) and £7 to park. Plus the journey at each end (about 7-8 miles one end, 10 min walk the other).

Or leave at 6:30 and arrive just gone nine, no lugging big, heavy bags (and some old 3.5" disks in this case as well).

I fail to see why anyone would ever use public transport by choice  :-\
When it's free?
Round these parts you don't even get a bus pass when you're too old not to piss your pants. You get vouchers, which basically give you 8 return journeys.
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: The Sheriff on 16 March 2015, 19:56:18
Yeah, I'd always use the car if possible.


Just checked, starting at my nearest station going to the nearest to where I needed to be, leaves at 6:15ish, gets there at 9:30, costs £81 for the ticket (:o) and £7 to park. Plus the journey at each end (about 7-8 miles one end, 10 min walk the other).

Or leave at 6:30 and arrive just gone nine, no lugging big, heavy bags (and some old 3.5" disks in this case as well).

I fail to see why anyone would ever use public transport by choice  :-\
When it's free?
Round these parts you don't even get a bus pass when you're too old not to piss your pants. You get vouchers, which basically give you 8 return journeys.
Well....you choose to live there. ;D


Oh...have we just gone full circle? :-\
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: TheBoy on 16 March 2015, 19:59:03
Well it wasn't my choice to live here. I liked being a townie.

But as she says, I've now turned into a Bumpkin, and have little desire to live anywhere else...   ...whilst I can still drive ;D
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: chrisgixer on 16 March 2015, 20:05:41
It's that carrot cider I tell you. Makes you walk round in circles.  ;D


Somebody tell bumpkin boy to stop moaning.  ;D  ;) ;D


Anyway, I don't envy you that journey. Croydon is a hell hole.
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: The Sheriff on 16 March 2015, 20:07:36
It's that carrot cider I tell you. Makes you walk round in circles.  ;D


Somebody tell bumpkin boy to stop moaning.  ;D  ;) ;D


Anyway, I don't envy you that journey. Croydon is a hell hole.
When I worked in London with my future FIL, he used to commute from Horsham. He was knackered most days.
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: Andy H on 16 March 2015, 20:25:37
Last week, I was sat bored senseless in traffic trying to get into Croydon at rush hour. So I rang Mrs TB, and amongst other things, said I couldn't live there as the traffic would do my nut.

The cheeky mare said I'd turned into a Country Bumpkin :o.

Me, the confirmed townie from Aylesbury, a Country Bumpkin?

After the call ended, and whilst rebuilding some PoS redirector server, I pondered on her words. And decided, after living 14yrs on Mount Brackley, part of a small, quiet market town on the Bucks, Oxon and Northants border, she was right  :-[
Struggling with the image of a townie in Aylesbury  :-\
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: Auto Addict on 17 March 2015, 06:55:21
Flat cap, tweeds & green wellies for Xmas then? ::)
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: VXL V6 on 17 March 2015, 08:05:21
I miss living in the country where I could walk the dog for miles in the fields and the house had a garage so I could work on my cars.....

....on the upside, losing that side was a minor side effect of escaping the X which was a far more important thing for my sanity!
 
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: Terbs on 17 March 2015, 09:27:26
Unfortunately, I cannot modify the Wycombe Meet thread to say that apart from the normal food Chris does, this year, we will also be offering Carrots  :D
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: YZ250 on 17 March 2015, 09:30:20
....
The cheeky mare said I'd turned into a Country Bumpkin :o.

Me, the confirmed townie from Aylesbury, a Country Bumpkin?

After the call ended, and whilst rebuilding some PoS redirector server, I pondered on her words. And decided, after living 14yrs on Mount Brackley, part of a small, quiet market town on the Bucks, Oxon and Northants border, she was right  :-[

So, "You can take TheBoy out of the town but you can't take the town out of TheBoy" isn't true then.  ;D

And to think that you Aylesbury'ites used to say that us village boys sounded loik faaaarmers.  ;) ;D
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: chrisgixer on 17 March 2015, 09:37:07
....
The cheeky mare said I'd turned into a Country Bumpkin :o.

Me, the confirmed townie from Aylesbury, a Country Bumpkin?

After the call ended, and whilst rebuilding some PoS redirector server, I pondered on her words. And decided, after living 14yrs on Mount Brackley, part of a small, quiet market town on the Bucks, Oxon and Northants border, she was right  :-[

So, "You can take TheBoy out of the town but you can't take the town out of TheBoy" isn't true then.  ;D

And to think that you Aylesbury'ites used to say that us village boys sounded loik faaaarmers.  ;) ;D

That's only true of Scousers afaik. :-\
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 17 March 2015, 13:29:20
He seems also to have taken a great liking to farm and construction equipment to.

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b394/Marks_DTM_Calib/DSC00005.jpg)
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 17 March 2015, 13:54:44
Ohhhhh.... arrrr......that be a country simpleton if ever I seen one. ;D ;)

Next step.... marry a family member and then celebrate with a flagon of scrumpy :y
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 17 March 2015, 18:40:40
Ohhhhh.... arrrr......that be a country simpleton if ever I seen one. ;D ;)

Next step.... marry a family member and then celebrate with a flagon of scrumpy :y

Best not tell Mrs TB  ;D
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: The Sheriff on 17 March 2015, 19:09:05
Ohhhhh.... arrrr......that be a country simpleton if ever I seen one. ;D ;)

Next step.... marry a family member and then celebrate with a flagon of scrumpy :y

Best not tell Mrs TB  ;D
It's ok, she's a family member. :y
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: SP_3.2 on 18 March 2015, 11:18:56
We have moving into a house in a small village in leiecster  for about 2 years now and I have tuned into what most would call a country bumpkin...I have the walking boots , a Coile and shepard cross puppy and a village hall over the road ;D ;D ;D.

yep Country Bumpkin   
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: The Sheriff on 18 March 2015, 11:22:36
We have moving into a house in a small village in leiecster  for about 2 years now and I have tuned into what most would call a country bumpkin...I have the walking boots , a Coile and shepard cross puppy and a village hall over the road ;D ;D ;D.

yep Country Bumpkin
You have to have the coil put in to be a bumpkin? Fick that!  :o
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 18 March 2015, 12:29:37
Ohhhhh.... arrrr......that be a country simpleton if ever I seen one. ;D ;)

Next step.... marry a family member and then celebrate with a flagon of scrumpy :y

Best not tell Mrs TB  ;D
It's ok, she's a family member. :y


Nothing less than a sister will do. It's the law in country bumpkin land. ;D


I should know. ;)
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 18 March 2015, 12:48:57
Ohhhhh.... arrrr......that be a country simpleton if ever I seen one. ;D ;)

Next step.... marry a family member and then celebrate with a flagon of scrumpy :y

Best not tell Mrs TB  ;D
It's ok, she's a family member. :y


Nothing less than a sister will do. It's the law in country bumpkin land. ;D


I should know. ;)

Arr keep it in the faamily like!  :y
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: 05omegav6 on 18 March 2015, 16:17:07
Thar be turnips in them thar ills...
Title: Re: Country Bumpkin
Post by: TheBoy on 19 March 2015, 09:42:18
He seems also to have taken a great liking to farm and construction equipment to.

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b394/Marks_DTM_Calib/DSC00005.jpg)
Oooo, I've just come over all weak at the knees ;D


Opti - I'm the village idiot.  But I really, really, REALLY don't like my sister.