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Post by flea79 on Jul 31, 2014 18:48:49 GMT
Well the unthinkable has happened the current future Mrs Flea79 has decided that she dont like Stoke now she has finished her degree and she wants to go back to the sticks in Cambridge and this numpty is expected to follow her down there, forsaking my underpaid insurance job and having to consider a London commute on a daily basis!
Its not all doom and gloom there are oatcakes for sale down there I am reliably informed by her father who is a large gentleman and has gained a taste for the bread of Stoke!
One of my demands if I go is that i go all games home and away! She agreed!
However with the astronomical cost of travel I would be interested to see if any other poor people have been exiled into this motorwayless region of our green and pleasant land and regularly travel during the season back up to Stoke and if there is in place a gentleman's agreement to which I could become privy that involves the sharing of driving/fuel/parking costs, the a14 is not my favorite road and a bit of company is usually great on there, I once fell asleep at the wheel while on there and promptly woke up to realise that 1. I had no fuel and 2. most distressingly I needed a beer poo, i went in a discarded tire in a bush in a layby and all i had to wipe with were strawberry scented car interior wipes.
So to the point, anybody up for car sharing.
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Post by kmp on Jul 31, 2014 18:54:21 GMT
Don't go. They'll just be the shit oatcakes that they sell in supermarkets.
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Post by ohbottom on Jul 31, 2014 18:57:12 GMT
Awfully flat, Cambridge
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Post by flea79 on Jul 31, 2014 18:58:23 GMT
Don't go. They'll just be the shit oatcakes that they sell in supermarkets. thats a valid point, I cant really see any reason to go. Her old mans a decent guy and everything but insists on buying lager down the local ale house/gastro pub, whats up with a pint of bass. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2014 19:00:34 GMT
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Post by knuttonj24 on Jul 31, 2014 19:02:43 GMT
The A14 is the worst road in the country bar none in terms of its pure boredom!! You have my sympathies!!
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Post by skip on Jul 31, 2014 19:04:49 GMT
that has its plus points - you can cycle around for hours looking for something to do. |
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Post by maninasuitcase on Jul 31, 2014 19:10:06 GMT
I do some work down there from time to time.
It's a bastard of a place to get too.
The city centre is in two halves separated by a big green and the parking is extortionate.
The place I work at is near the abbey stadium which is a throw back to old stadia with huge flood lights.
Not a place I'd want to live though.
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Post by maninasuitcase on Jul 31, 2014 19:11:08 GMT
The A14 is the worst road in the country bar none in terms of its pure boredom!! You have my sympathies!! And daily traffic jams. The a14/a 11 connection is atrocious. |
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Post by bolders on Jul 31, 2014 19:14:25 GMT
The A14 is the worst road in the country bar none in terms of its pure boredom!! You have my sympathies!! And daily traffic jams. The a14/a 11 connection is atrocious. Use the A14 to the A1 then take the A47 it's 30 miles shorter |
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Post by Linx on Jul 31, 2014 19:24:10 GMT
Take it from an old exile. You cannot get proper oatcakes anywhere outside North Staffs. Sure, you can get them in any decent supermarket in the country, but they are too thick and obviously far from fresh. There's only one way of survival for an exile: Factor in a stop at a Wrights Pie Shop (my fave is the Meir branch just off the A50) and stock up on meat and tater pies and Auntie Sarah oatcakes for your freezer. You also have to get used to match days taking up your whole day, an early start being the only way of getting there in time for a parking spot before the game. Saturdays for me mean a 10.30 start and home by 7.30 on a good day.
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Post by uknorse on Jul 31, 2014 19:58:41 GMT
if shitting in a ditch doesnt make people want car share with u, nothing will ;-)
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Post by ruts66 on Jul 31, 2014 20:02:42 GMT
I'm gonna pop in Wrights, Hanford on the way to The Brit on the 16th.
Is there a traditional oatcake shop in the vicinity? (Trentham, Hem Heath)
Or, are Povey's any good? (in Aldi, Stanley Matthews Way according to their website)...
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Post by cousindupree on Jul 31, 2014 20:05:37 GMT
Just out of interest, as i have led a very sheltered life, what on earth is a beer poo?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2014 20:18:37 GMT
Just out of interest, as i have led a very sheltered life, what on earth is a beer poo? It is when the amount of alcohol consumed is such that it rends the normal restraints on shitting yourself useless. Once the urge to poo is upon you there is a very very small 'window of opportunity' before you shit yourself. Glad to be of help GD |
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Post by Billybigbollox on Jul 31, 2014 20:27:00 GMT
Just out of interest, as i have led a very sheltered life, what on earth is a beer poo? It is when the amount of alcohol consumed is such that it rends the normal restraints on shitting yourself useless. Once the urge to poo is upon you there is a very very small 'window of opportunity' before you shit yourself. Glad to be of help GD I had that last night. Chicken madras and onion bhaji, couple of Boddies and fuck me a sudden dash that Roger Banister would've been proud of followed by the loss of 25% of my body weight. Fucking great it was. :-) |
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Post by harryburrows on Jul 31, 2014 20:28:31 GMT
well your cambridge london commute will cost 10k a year net
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Post by cmc89 on Jul 31, 2014 20:32:56 GMT
well your cambridge london commute will cost 10k a year net He can find a buddy and get up to 30% off can't he. I've seen the adverts  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2014 20:38:58 GMT
I'm gonna pop in Wrights, Hanford on the way to The Brit on the 16th. Is there a traditional oatcake shop in the vicinity? (Trentham, Hem Heath) Or, are Povey's any good? (in Aldi, Stanley Matthews Way according to their website)... Personal taste but I hate Povey's. Way too greasy for me. Wright's sell Aunty Sarah's Oatcakes and they are ok. Loads better than Povey's and infinitely better than the crap you get in Tesco's. |
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Post by sheikhmomo on Jul 31, 2014 20:42:43 GMT
Just out of interest, as i have led a very sheltered life, what on earth is a beer poo? It is when the amount of alcohol consumed is such that it rends the normal restraints on shitting yourself useless. Once the urge to poo is upon you there is a very very small 'window of opportunity' before you shit yourself. Glad to be of help GD 'strawberry scented car wipes' however preclude it from true beer poo status. When stooping in a tyre behind a bush for an emergency evacuation, the only two things you can use to wipe you Harris are either the tears of your own shame or nettles. |
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Post by lancer on Jul 31, 2014 20:42:58 GMT
I'm gonna pop in Wrights, Hanford on the way to The Brit on the 16th. Is there a traditional oatcake shop in the vicinity? (Trentham, Hem Heath) Or, are Povey's any good? (in Aldi, Stanley Matthews Way according to their website)... Poveys are on sale at Aldi, and bloody good they are too. They wrap around the filling instead of bending around it. Love'em. Must be some of the best around.Have'em at least twice a week. |
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Post by harryburrows on Jul 31, 2014 20:44:16 GMT
well your cambridge london commute will cost 10k a year net He can find a buddy and get up to 30% off can't he. I've seen the adverts id say those beer farts pretty much limits his options somewhat |
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Post by kmp on Jul 31, 2014 21:00:15 GMT
I'm gonna pop in Wrights, Hanford on the way to The Brit on the 16th. Is there a traditional oatcake shop in the vicinity? (Trentham, Hem Heath) Or, are Povey's any good? (in Aldi, Stanley Matthews Way according to their website)... Poveys are on sale at Aldi, and bloody good they are too. They wrap around the filling instead of bending around it. Love'em. Must be some of the best around.Have'em at least twice a week. Poveys are pretty good for mass produced oatcakes, but if you're in the Hanford/Vegas area then there used to be a good oatcake shop just opposite chainberlain rd on london road (just down from west end). I've been living on the wirral for the last 10 years so not sure if it's still there - used to be called ellsies' oatcakes I think |
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Post by Northy on Jul 31, 2014 21:10:34 GMT
Well the unthinkable has happened the current future Mrs Flea79 has decided that she dont like Stoke now she has finished her degree and she wants to go back to the sticks in Cambridge and this numpty is expected to follow her down there, forsaking my underpaid insurance job and having to consider a London commute on a daily basis! Its not all doom and gloom there are oatcakes for sale down there I am reliably informed by her father who is a large gentleman and has gained a taste for the bread of Stoke! One of my demands if I go is that i go all games home and away! She agreed! However with the astronomical cost of travel I would be interested to see if any other poor people have been exiled into this motorwayless region of our green and pleasant land and regularly travel during the season back up to Stoke and if there is in place a gentleman's agreement to which I could become privy that involves the sharing of driving/fuel/parking costs, the a14 is not my favorite road and a bit of company is usually great on there, I once fell asleep at the wheel while on there and promptly woke up to realise that 1. I had no fuel and 2. most distressingly I needed a beer poo, i went in a discarded tire in a bush in a layby and all i had to wipe with were strawberry scented car interior wipes. So to the point, anybody up for car sharing. Im sure elystokie will be along soon. |
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Post by flea79 on Jul 31, 2014 21:38:11 GMT
well your cambridge london commute will cost 10k a year net Had a little butchers at the train prices and it's about 5k a year for rail pass? The shit incident was the day after the fa cup final! |
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Post by harryburrows on Jul 31, 2014 21:48:07 GMT
well your cambridge london commute will cost 10k a year net Had a little butchers at the train prices and it's about 5k a year for rail pass? The shit incident was the day after the fa cup final! thats cheap my 35 mile commute costs me 5k |
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Post by nott1 on Jul 31, 2014 22:03:38 GMT
The world's her lobster and she picked Cambridge? That degree hasn't given her much in the way of sense has it?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2014 22:08:20 GMT
I believe that the area is now a part of Eastern Europe.
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Post by elystokie on Jul 31, 2014 22:14:29 GMT
Well the unthinkable has happened the current future Mrs Flea79 has decided that she dont like Stoke now she has finished her degree and she wants to go back to the sticks in Cambridge and this numpty is expected to follow her down there, forsaking my underpaid insurance job and having to consider a London commute on a daily basis! Its not all doom and gloom there are oatcakes for sale down there I am reliably informed by her father who is a large gentleman and has gained a taste for the bread of Stoke! One of my demands if I go is that i go all games home and away! She agreed! However with the astronomical cost of travel I would be interested to see if any other poor people have been exiled into this motorwayless region of our green and pleasant land and regularly travel during the season back up to Stoke and if there is in place a gentleman's agreement to which I could become privy that involves the sharing of driving/fuel/parking costs, the a14 is not my favorite road and a bit of company is usually great on there, I once fell asleep at the wheel while on there and promptly woke up to realise that 1. I had no fuel and 2. most distressingly I needed a beer poo, i went in a discarded tire in a bush in a layby and all i had to wipe with were strawberry scented car interior wipes. So to the point, anybody up for car sharing. Im sure elystokie will be along soon.  At last, a recruit for the escape committee... |
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Post by lastoftheldk on Jul 31, 2014 22:14:57 GMT
Well the unthinkable has happened the current future Mrs Flea79 has decided that she dont like Stoke now she has finished her degree and she wants to go back to the sticks in Cambridge and this numpty is expected to follow her down there, forsaking my underpaid insurance job and having to consider a London commute on a daily basis! Its not all doom and gloom there are oatcakes for sale down there I am reliably informed by her father who is a large gentleman and has gained a taste for the bread of Stoke! One of my demands if I go is that i go all games home and away! She agreed! However with the astronomical cost of travel I would be interested to see if any other poor people have been exiled into this motorwayless region of our green and pleasant land and regularly travel during the season back up to Stoke and if there is in place a gentleman's agreement to which I could become privy that involves the sharing of driving/fuel/parking costs, the a14 is not my favorite road and a bit of company is usually great on there, I once fell asleep at the wheel while on there and promptly woke up to realise that 1. I had no fuel and 2. most distressingly I needed a beer poo, i went in a discarded tire in a bush in a layby and all i had to wipe with were strawberry scented car interior wipes. So to the point, anybody up for car sharing. have a look at yourself is that the real reason also don't knock the A 14, I worked building that and other dual carriageway, motorways, tunnels, brides etc for the last 30 odd years get a grip , lightway |
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