toknarok
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Post by toknarok on Nov 18, 2016 13:50:35 GMT 7
Worst place I lived in in England was Northampton, Northamptonshire. I was living in what they called 'London Overspill' council estates housing people from the slums of inner-city London. The estates themselves were quite nice, new terraced houses in blocks of four with front and back gardens. Nicely landscaped parks with waterways etc.
Unfortunately the inner-city Londoners brought their inner-city habits with them. Within no time the place began to look like Thailand with rubbish everywhere, graffiti, vandalism, got an old pram or bicycle you don't want? - thrown it into the lake. As for the behaviour of the kids!
Eventually I moved into the Town proper. Needless to say the original Northampton residents weren't too welcoming of their fellow countrymen from London.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2016 13:52:59 GMT 7
On an Exercise in Sennelager (Germany) had to live and sleep outside in -15 for 5 days/nights. Freck me, that was one of the most brutal exercises that I have ever been on. Been there on exercise too - we were warned that 2 Para were going to attack us in an attempt to steal our munitions. This was two years after the Falklands and 2 Para were legends. We were severely under-strength and spent all night on sentry duty. I heard a noise rustling before me and was convinced I was going to take a rifle over the napper at any moment. You know how your mind can play tricks on you at 3.00 a.m. on exercise. Turned out it was a wild boar, and it came right at me, giving me the fright of my life so I ran for it and leaped into the back of the munitions truck. The RSM was not impressed  |
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buhi
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Post by buhi on Nov 18, 2016 14:28:41 GMT 7
"to look like Thailand with rubbish everywhere, graffiti, vandalism"
Do not agree. Rubbish is a problem, but improving;all that plastic and styrofoam. Graffiti, very little, just copy cat western stuff, vandalism , about nil.
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Post by rubl on Nov 18, 2016 14:31:27 GMT 7
"to look like Thailand with rubbish everywhere, graffiti, vandalism" Do not agree. Rubbish is a problem, but improving;all that plastic and styrofoam. Graffiti, very little, just copy cat western stuff, vandalism , about nil. Vandalism, probably less than in the West. Graffiti maybe same ? Rubbish, a long way to go as it's a mentality issue. IMHO |
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Post by buhi on Nov 18, 2016 14:35:14 GMT 7
It always amazed me, still does that some retail outlets just put a net curtain over the premises at night. A free for all take away. Does not happen.
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Post by buhi on Nov 18, 2016 14:37:06 GMT 7
"to look like Thailand with rubbish everywhere, graffiti, vandalism" Do not agree. Rubbish is a problem, but improving;all that plastic and styrofoam. Graffiti, very little, just copy cat western stuff, vandalism , about nil. Vandalism, probably less than in the West. Graffiti maybe same ? Rubbish, a long way to go as it's a mentality issue. IMHO Graffiti, where? Nothing like the west. Sure some, but very little. Rubbish, it is being addressed where it should be , in schools. Thai kids are less likely to throw rubbish down and will put it in a bin. I rarely tut tut the youngsters around here now. It is education, agreed. |
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Post by smokie36 on Nov 18, 2016 14:42:29 GMT 7
Oh my, so I take it out you decided to try a night out in "Great" Yarmouth? The first and only bar fight I have been in was with some knuckle dragging, gorilla impersonating bodybuilder in Great Yarmouth. Only the once...oh and never eat from a chip van in Yarmouth....one of my patients ran said establishment and had fungal hair growing on the soles of his feet...presumably from standing there in his flip flops up to his ankles in old grease. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2016 14:46:10 GMT 7
Only one night in Great Yarmouth but I did manage to get into a bar brawl that night.  Edited to add, Place of the action was called the Longbar and this happened off season in the early 90s. So if any Mango out there has a chair indentation of the side of their head then I apologize. |
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Post by onionluke on Nov 18, 2016 14:48:38 GMT 7
Oh my, so I take it out you decided to try a night out in "Great" Yarmouth? The first and only bar fight I have been in was with some knuckle dragging, gorilla impersonating bodybuilder in Great Yarmouth. Only the once...oh and never eat from a chip van in Yarmouth....one of my patients ran said establishment and had fungal hair growing on the soles of his feet...presumably from standing there in his flip flops up to his ankles in old grease. Or bare foot midnight mushroom picking rambles with friendly hobbits. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2016 14:54:49 GMT 7
Only the once...oh and never eat from a chip van in Yarmouth....one of my patients ran said establishment and had fungal hair growing on the soles of his feet...presumably from standing there in his flip flops up to his ankles in old grease. Or bare foot midnight mushroom picking rambles with friendly hobbits. ![]()   |
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onionluke
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Post by onionluke on Nov 18, 2016 17:45:35 GMT 7
A fitting ditty for mushroom fritty .
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Post by Johnny on Nov 18, 2016 17:54:56 GMT 7
Having spent 4 fecking hours doing fecking nonsense paperwork and fecking just travelled on the fecking BTS from fecking Chang Wattana to fecking Siam i would say today the worst place I've lived is ..... fecking Bangkok
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Post by buhi on Nov 18, 2016 19:22:58 GMT 7
Having spent 4 fecking hours doing fecking nonsense paperwork and fecking just travelled on the fecking BTS from fecking Chang Wattana to fecking Siam i would say today the worst place I've lived is ..... fecking Bangkok That's not Bangkok, it is life, could happen anywhere. But you are welcome to re locate to any where in Cumbria, start off in Barrow. If you make the grade, you could move to Ulverston . Whoops , bitching. |
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buhi
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Post by buhi on Nov 18, 2016 19:46:28 GMT 7
I do have some positives about Barrow, Furness hospital. They revived me, sorry that guy, after an overdose, Then I walked out, against their advice. Next day I phoned for help,
"Well you bloody walked out, now you are asking for help,, we will send a nurse to you, but, do not mess again,".
Need I write more,
PS, my ex wife worked there.
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Post by AyG on Nov 18, 2016 20:15:12 GMT 7
I do have some positives about Barrow, Furness hospital. I don't. The hospital had, for years, a well known surgeon who was utterly incompetent at setting bones. If your were lucky your arm or leg would end up looking like a staircase. Those in the know would go to Lancaster for bone setting, even if in the direst agony. |
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