I'm looking to sell up ............. it's an age thing!

BX Meteor · Post by **BX Meteor** » Thu May 19, 2011 12:25 pm

hmm never had the pleasue of visiting Shinfield.

At least it is on the South side of the M4 and somewhat disconnected from Reading (the major part of the "U-bend in the Thames valley bowl")

I didn't know Shinfied had chavs, but if you like wind-turbines the one in Shinfield is impossible to miss. Maybe you could encourage the chavs to hang onto the blades (like the sheep did in one episode of Shaun the Sheep)

EDIT ..... I just typed "Shinfield Rise" into google earth, it's not Shinfield, it's .... aarrrgh .... no ....

Linegeist · Post by **Linegeist** » Thu May 19, 2011 1:20 pm

BX Meteor wrote:EDIT ..... I just typed "Shinfield Rise" into google earth, it's not Shinfield, it's .... aarrrgh .... no ....

Precisely! D'you see my point?

I wonder if I can get a blunderbuss on my firearms licence..........

BX Meteor · Post by **BX Meteor** » Thu May 19, 2011 2:32 pm

Linegeist wrote: Mother ....... bought a £360k bungalow on the outskirts of Reading itself.

Must be a massive bungalow in that area to be worth that much, maybe estate agents mistook the Burberry clothing worn by locals as aristocratic in origin
http://uk.burberry.com/store/?WT.srch=1

Mickey taker · Post by **Mickey taker** » Thu May 19, 2011 4:10 pm

Readings horrible and Tilehurst is an ugly wart on Readings arse,

my daughter lives in Woodley which is a little bit better but still not great,

shame the fire around Crowthorne didnt spread a bit and level the whole sh*!thole to the ground

JayW · Post by **JayW** » Thu May 19, 2011 4:12 pm

Susan Donym wrote:shame the fire around Crowthorne didnt spread a bit and level the whole sh*!thole to the ground

It would only have been allowed to do that if it took Basingstoke as well

Mickey taker · Post by **Mickey taker** » Thu May 19, 2011 4:14 pm

Ive just thought ,
isnt there some sort of irony in someone from Milton Keynes criticizing Reading

(thought I would say it before someone else did )

BX Meteor · Post by **BX Meteor** » Thu May 19, 2011 4:35 pm

I dunno, MK isn't too bad, not fantastic, but not a ghastly mixture of different architectures and road layouts

(hope we're not in danger of a thread hijack ....maybe a new thread under general chat "what is the worst town in england")

Mothman · Post by **Mothman** » Thu May 19, 2011 4:46 pm

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Sheerness for sure.

Andy

Linegeist · Post by **Linegeist** » Thu May 19, 2011 4:53 pm

Sheerness is a bit grom I have to admit. But have you seen the Medway Towns recently, just up the road? I grew up there (along with Iserlohn in Germany) and I took a trip down memory lane a couple of years back.

I couldn't wait to get away - it nearly gave me amnesia.

I got asked twice, "What are you lookin' at mate?" by weedy looking chavs with weak spines, and for whom the reply, "Have you got a label I can read son?" wasn't the ideal icebreaker .... And the place was totally money-centric. Everything you did cost something ..... even the public lav I went into for a swift dribble wanted 20p off me.

Almost as bad as Reading IMHO.

Vanny · Post by **Vanny** » Thu May 19, 2011 5:27 pm

BX Meteor wrote: MK isn't too bad

You've clearly not visited then . . .

Oscar · Post by **Oscar** » Thu May 19, 2011 5:46 pm

Linegeist wrote:Sheerness is a bit grom I have to admit. But have you seen the Medway Towns recently, just up the road? I grew up there (along with Iserlohn in Germany) and I took a trip down memory lane a couple of years back.

I couldn't wait to get away - it nearly gave me amnesia.

I got asked twice, "What are you lookin' at mate?" by weedy looking chavs with weak spines, and for whom the reply, "Have you got a label I can read son?" wasn't the ideal icebreaker .... And the place was totally money-centric. Everything you did cost something ..... even the public lav I went into for a swift dribble wanted 20p off me.

Almost as bad as Reading IMHO.

See my post about chavs....Medway Towns of course.

BX Meteor · Post by **BX Meteor** » Thu May 19, 2011 5:57 pm

Vanny wrote: You've clearly not visited then . . .

your windscreen is not clear .... I have

Mickey taker · Post by **Mickey taker** » Thu May 19, 2011 7:48 pm

I love MK,
theres parks and lakes around every corner, the grid road system is brilliant even a total retard could understand it and it allows you to get from place to place quickly without scores of traffic lights.
the roundabouts allow the traffic to flow really smoothly.

loads for the kids to do , we have the best indoor ski slope in the country , theatre , clubs , shopping .everything you could wish for .

I moved up here from Harrow (yes as in Harrow on the Hill) 13 years ago and I haven't been back for about 5 years furthermore I have no wish to go again.

and since Vanny has said he wont come back again , its virtually a scouse free zone , bonus !!!

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Thu May 19, 2011 7:56 pm

Wrexham (as is a large chunk of North Wales) is an absolute dump. Telford's not much better either.