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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: TheBoy on 16 March 2015, 17:09:09
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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 :-[
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Carrots anyone? ::) ;D
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Nowt to be ashamed of :y
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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.
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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.
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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 ;)
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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
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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 ::)
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Count you blessings
Worzel Jaime.
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Watch out it'll be Velcro gloves and willies next!
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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 🌲 🌳 🌷🌷🌷
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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?
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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 :-\
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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.
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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
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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 ;)
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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
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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 :-\
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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?
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LOL, if I need to get there before 8:30am, I have to catch the 1am train ;D
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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.
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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? :-\
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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
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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.
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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.
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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 :-\
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Flat cap, tweeds & green wellies for Xmas then? ::)
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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!
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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
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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
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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. :-\
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. ;)
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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
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Thar be turnips in them thar ills...
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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.