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Let me know where this palace in the North is will you. My parents 3 bed semi in a nice area of a working class Northern town is valued at £250k+ Crizzy.
I could buy a nice 2 or 3 bed flat in East London with that kind of money
Crizzy – move North.
Short term – you’ll make loads of dosh by selling your over-priced Southern gaff and be quids in.
Long term – after a few years up North you’ll realise the truly important things in life don’t always revolve around money (Southerners never seem to latch on to that) and you will wonder why you worried about it in the first place.
Room 101 – Caravans.
People spend twenty or thirty grand on an aluminium garden shed on wheels. Fifty weeks per year it sits on the front garden blocking out the light from the living room. Then it irritates hundreds of other people as it’s driven erratically to a holiday destination on the busiest Saturday of the year.
At journey’s end, the owners have all the pleasures of sleeping in a 2ft wide wooden bunk bed, showering in freezing cold communal washrooms, cooking on a one ring Calor gas stove and crapping in a chemical toilet.
Put the cost of the caravan into a building society and the interest would pay for a two week holiday in the Med in a decent hotel.
But the worst part about going on a caravan holiday is the fact that you have to spend two whole weeks cheek by jowl with hundreds of other people who are stupid enough to own a caravan !!
AP
I thought house prices in a lot of northern towns and villages had rocketed, and that this "north south divide" of the 1980s was a thing of the past?
Anyway I would put the following in:
1) Tony Blair – because the proper authorities seem unwilling to indict him for war crimes in Iraq.
2) Alistair Campbell – for his role in the above.
3) Newcastle United – for being delusional (see my thread in the Lounge).
4) The Countryside Alliance – igorant morons who give humanity a bad name.
5) Richard Hughes – always guaranteed to get the tactics wrong on a fancied animal.There’s a nice car park space for sale at £250,000 in London – in Harrods parking lot – it’s yours for the taking
Corm, I applied for a few jobs in Cumbria last year.Failed dismally, can’t understand why
People in the North generally friendlier IMO, houses I am sure are on the whole cheaper, (sure there are expensive places too) , fewer cars so less traffic, good regional food etc….but my point was more that wherever you live, when you buy a house STAMP DUTY IS A TERRIBLE AND UNFAIR THING. I cannot imagine many people think it is fair. That was all. I will live near the lakes one day……That’s my goal. I don’t think I’ll miss the south that much except Waitrose The UK Taxation is over complicated and needs a complete overhaul.
Decades of Government tampering in order to win votes has left it in a total mess.
Brown promised reform but has not addressed Stamp Duty which considering its age, needs urgent addressing.
Candidates for Room 101:
Those who type in ‘text speak’ in their forum or chatroom posts.
Anyone who uses the words " I was like" together in a sentence.
The mobile cranes with the flashing lights that choc up the A80/M73 every morning….and while we are at it, the interminable roadworks near Kincardine Bridge (is there any method to it?).
Punters who blame the jockey, the trainer, the owner, the starter, the clerk of the course and all and sundry for their losers, when they should look at their own judgement.
FOBTs or AWPs or what every they call the fruit machines in betting shops these days.
Nigel Havers..l..he was really irritating on Room 101 yesterday evening.
Whoever decided that Ayr should be named the Best Racecousre in Scotland and North of England. It’s not even the best in the West Of Scotland, and for those who don’t believe me do yourselves a favour and take a trip to Hamilton Park in the summer.
Football forum posters who always slag off referees for being ‘poor’ when what they really mean is that the referee didn’t give everything to their team. I watched a Scottish non-league game last Saturday and spent 45 minutes next to each set of supporters, both being apparently convinced the referee was giving everything against them. On that basis he probably got it about right.
Racecourses which allow the runners to "go straight to post", rather than ensuring they go past the poor saps who pay their admission money.
People who complain about speed cameras. If you don’t break the speed limit you have nothing to worry about.
Poncey restaurants whose chefs think put a small heap of food in the middle of a huge plate equates to quality.
Those who go on about the Cheltenham Festival as if the rest of the year’s racing is an irrelevance.
Ant and Dec.
That will do for now, though I’m sure I can think of more.
Rob
Corm, That’s done it for me now. TES on Friday, scour the thing for a decent position and I’ll be dusting down the suit cases in no time. I think Mrs Crizzy and the kids won’t mind, all that fresh air etc I’ll tell her about Waitrose at the last minute and that should swing it for her too
People who complain how terrible their lot is but do absolutely nothing to make it better.
People who blame everyone but themselves.
Women who insist on dyeing their hair white and painting themselves tangerine.
Alarm Clocks.
Litter Louts.
Poncey bottled beer bars.
Crap music so loud in pubs you cant hear yourself speak.
99% of politicians.
Commuting to work.
…that’s it off the top of my head
Gordon Brown’s grin
Alan Shearer’s goal celebration
Hugh Fearnley Witlessbore’s self-satisfaction
The advert for Sheila’s Wheels
Stag nights
Reality TV
Soap operas
People who telephone trying to sell me something
Winter greens ( the ones pertaining to golf, not the vegetable kind)
Ginger biscuits
Ruby Wax
Russell Brand
Ricky Gervais
People who’s trousers have had an argument with their shoesA big pet hate of mine is when I buy a sandwich in a pub (for example) and they use some type of spread instead of real, proper butter. I just don’t get it. ‘Spread’ whether it be marg, olivio, flora are foul IMO and take over the taste of the filling. They maybe better for you but are no substitute, I would rather have nothing.
Do these same people toast a crumpet and then smother it in spread? I very much doubt it. So why put it in a sandwich? Maybe it’s cost cutting, I don’t know.
So, who’s for ‘Spread’ and who’s for butter? and what type do you use?
(For those wondering if I’m a bit bored and have nothing better to do with my time, for today, you would be right
)That’s the most original topic seen for long time on here. Definitely butter for me! Though at moment having this flora pro active one for cholesterol which isn’t too bad. Oh you know i love freshly baked bread from local supermarket (i’d say bakers but don’t live near one so get from morrisons!) with lurpack butter. Oh i’d eat the stuff for whole meal if could. Actually…. haha
People in the North generally friendlier IMO, houses I am sure are on the whole cheaper, (sure there are expensive places too) , fewer cars so less traffic, good regional food etc….but my point was more that wherever you live, when you buy a house STAMP DUTY IS A TERRIBLE AND UNFAIR THING. 
I cannot imagine many people think it is fair. That was all. I will live near the lakes one day……That’s my goal. I don’t think I’ll miss the south that much except Waitrose 
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