Craig 12321 Posted December 1 Share Posted December 1 19 minutes ago, Alex said: The first time I looked at the one In Cumbria the website described it as being in ‘the heart of the Lake District’. It’s not far away but it’s about 10 miles outside the national park, near Penrith and on completely the other side of the M6. So not in the Lake District at all. That level of blatant bullshitting completely put me off tbh. I've just looked it up on the back of this comment. Whinfell Forest?! It's considerably nearer to the Pennines than the Lake District! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 12321 Posted December 1 Share Posted December 1 I was born in Kendal, and my home village is about 10 miles south of there - right next to J36. As such I've always thought it a bit of a stretch to say I'm from the Lake District, but I reckon I'm as close as 'The Heart of the Lake District' Center Parcs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 28478 Posted December 1 Share Posted December 1 1 hour ago, Alex said: And don’t get my fucking started in people who wear those dry robes everywhere There's a group on FB called dryrobe wankers It's basically photos of silly cunts in em at Waitrose etc. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 17978 Posted December 1 Share Posted December 1 27 minutes ago, Craig said: I was born in Kendal, and my home village is about 10 miles south of there - right next to J36. As such I've always thought it a bit of a stretch to say I'm from the Lake District, but I reckon I'm as close as 'The Heart of the Lake District' Center Parcs. It's like estate agent speak. I remember seeing a house near us when we lived in Lewisham being marketed as "Greenwich borders" 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 12321 Posted December 1 Share Posted December 1 Surely it should have been Gentrified borders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 42056 Posted December 1 Share Posted December 1 Well my old high school (Seaton Burn) has rebranded itself as North Gosforth Academy. It’s not even in the same local authority as Gosforth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 62971 Posted December 1 Share Posted December 1 2 minutes ago, Alex said: Well my old high school (Seaton Burn) has rebranded itself as North Gosforth Academy. It’s not even in the same local authority as Gosforth Wideopen seems to be fully rebranding as North Gosforth, and that's ridiculous enough, so to do the same for Seaton Burn is wild. Next stop Dudley and Burradon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 62971 Posted December 1 Share Posted December 1 And good point, I get turned away from the Brunswick tip now, cos I've got a Wideopen address on my ID. Might change it to North Gosforth next time and see if that works any better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 26308 Posted December 1 Share Posted December 1 the bit of peckham around bellenden road used to be rough but has since had the gentrification treatment. the local estate agents had a punt at rebranding it "the bellenden triangle" wankers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 15507 Posted December 1 Share Posted December 1 4 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: the bit of peckham around bellenden road used to be rough but has since had the gentrification treatment. the local estate agents had a punt at rebranding it "the bellenden triangle" wankers Bellenden Road, the perfect address for knobheads 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 13434 Posted December 1 Share Posted December 1 4 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: the bit of peckham around bellenden road used to be rough but has since had the gentrification treatment. the local estate agents had a punt at rebranding it "the bellenden triangle" wankers "Bellenden" 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 42056 Posted December 1 Share Posted December 1 8 minutes ago, Gemmill said: Wideopen seems to be fully rebranding as North Gosforth, and that's ridiculous enough, so to do the same for Seaton Burn is wild. Next stop Dudley and Burradon. I think the two housing estates next to West Moor / Camperdown (where the Miller and Carter is and the one over the road from there) were both marketed as East Gosforth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 17978 Posted December 1 Share Posted December 1 I could just about understand the school calling themselves that if their catchment area included Great Park, say. But being in a different LA area I assume it doesn't, so 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 42056 Posted December 1 Share Posted December 1 14 minutes ago, Gemmill said: And good point, I get turned away from the Brunswick tip now, cos I've got a Wideopen address on my ID. Might change it to North Gosforth next time and see if that works any better. That local authority at its absolute craziest btw. Making people drive much further to recycle / dump rubbish. Thereby discouraging recycling and making fly tipping much more likely. Not that there’s any excuse for the latter but you know what I mean. My lass’s parents are the same. It’s just a two minute drive but they can’t use it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 62971 Posted December 1 Share Posted December 1 3 minutes ago, Alex said: That local authority at its absolute craziest btw. Making people drive much further to recycle / dump rubbish. Thereby discouraging recycling and making fly tipping much more likely. Not that there’s any excuse for the latter but you know what I mean. My lass’s parents are the same. It’s just a two minute drive but they can’t use it Yeah it's ridiculous. We have to go to the Tyne Tunnel tip instead. Tbf it's much better cos you can book slots and the Brunswick one is an absolute shitshow with queues down the street every time you turn up, but to just remove the option altogether is absolute nonsense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhh_yeah 3615 Posted December 3 Share Posted December 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkshireExile 69 Posted December 3 Share Posted December 3 Quote Next stop Dudley and Burradon. There's no way you can rebrand Burradon. I'm from there and every time I go back (which isn't often these days) it looks a little bit more like the Meadow Well Estate. Unless you're gonna call it North Killingworth? Quote Well my old high school (Seaton Burn) has rebranded itself as North Gosforth Academy. I went there too. 👋 Would be more accurate to call it South Cramlington Academy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 42056 Posted December 3 Share Posted December 3 Just twigged who you are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkshireExile 69 Posted December 3 Share Posted December 3 Quote Tbf it's much better cos you can book slots and the Brunswick one is an absolute shitshow with queues down the street every time you turn up, but to just remove the option altogether is absolute nonsense. Just dump your stuff in Burradon, won't make any difference. Probably the best way to recycle it TBH, it'll get scavenged within a couple of days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 50627 Posted December 3 Share Posted December 3 6 hours ago, Alex said: Just twigged who you are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 42056 Posted December 3 Share Posted December 3 4 hours ago, Monkeys Fist said: Someone I went to school with rather than a renowned ex-poster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 8295 Posted December 4 Share Posted December 4 JK Rowling is funding lawsuits against trans accepting women organisations to force them to reject trans people. So far she has successfully beaten the women's institute and the guides into submission, both noting that they didn't want to become trans exclusionary but that they cant fight billionaire money. I doubt I have to convey what I think of this, across all levels of it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 62971 Posted December 4 Share Posted December 4 She's turned out to be an absolutely horrific human being like. Whatever your thoughts on trans issues, she comes across as a spiteful, hateful cow. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 15507 Posted December 4 Share Posted December 4 Anyone of you still on twitter and follow, or see,the PoliticsUK account ?? If so: https://bsky.app/profile/jim.londoncentric.media/post/3m74fvzam7222 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 62971 Posted December 4 Share Posted December 4 1 hour ago, Toonpack said: Anyone of you still on twitter and follow, or see,the PoliticsUK account ?? If so: https://bsky.app/profile/jim.londoncentric.media/post/3m74fvzam7222 I knew it was a Tory who had set it up, but this latest stuff I hadn't heard. Not a huge surprise though. LOADS of people use it for their political news though, which is GREAT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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