You know you're not in London when.....

[fossyant]

Mod note.

Keep any post that can be considered offensive to others away from the forum.

 

[Mugshot]

Mod note.

Keep any post that can be considered offensive to others away from the forum.

Most of this thread then?

 

[fossyant]

Most of this thread then?

It's going that way.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Good job no ones saying anything as offensive as this then....

Thanks for dobbing yourself in. The warning is on its way.

 

[Jason]

I suspect a large pension would be insufficient for living in London. And I wouldn't rate your chances of hanging onto that gold watch either

but a pension outside London won't buy you a casio watch - never mind a gold one

 

[Jason]

When you can rent a decent 3 bedroom house with a garage for well under a grand a month.

do people outside London rent?
I heard you can buy a 5 bedroom manor house for £100k ?

 

[Dirk]

do people outside London rent?
I heard you can buy a 5 bedroom manor house for £100k ?

1. Some do.
2. Where was that?

 

[Jason]

North of the watford gap iirc

 

[Dirk]

North of the watford gap iirc

That could be anywhere.

 

[Jason]

probably where the pub is the village hall, bingo hall, and old peoples home all rolled into one

 

[Dirk]

You know you're not in London when your roads are clear during the week and busy at the weekends.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

When the people you walk past no longer look like extras from Zombie Apocalypse.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Yeah, but the South East English countryside stinks more London**. I've a lot of non-working experience of working farms in Australia (in parts that are not short of space) but have never smelt anything in my life like a slurry or whatever is making that hellish smell that I often encounter in the South East country side.

Aside - Odd skill I didn't know I had: I can tell sheep from cattle by the smell of their manure. I developed this skill in Australia, but never noticed it because I was never exposed to the level of ... um ... odour there.

**and I say this living within a few miles of the aforementioned sewage processing plant.

Ha ha, a confirmed townie you are.

 

[petek]

Shop - 1
Pub - 1
Post Office - 0 (closed down).
That's it.
We know that we're not in London.

 

[Dirk]

When, twice a week, the bank is parked on the village green and the Post Office arrives in the pub.