Who put the Clit in Clitheroe which is a very nice place to live?
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Towns & Cities that are F----d.
- Thread starter Bill Walker
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I used to travel to the North East regularly and can say without doubt the biggest shit hole up there was Grangetown near Middlesbrough.
The kids played a form of “chicken” up there, they’d wait for a bus to come round a corner, run out in front of it and keep running until the bus was catching them up then dive back onto the pavement.
The kids played a form of “chicken” up there, they’d wait for a bus to come round a corner, run out in front of it and keep running until the bus was catching them up then dive back onto the pavement.
Bill Walker
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Not looking for an argument, you started with criticising my post about the world in general which you seemed to take personally with your subsequent defence of the UK. When I wasn't even talking about the UK except for one small mention of knife crime.OK. It's not much of a counter argument,
I get the feeling you think there is no UK knife problem.
My cynical quip about the Governments and their lies again isn't just referencing the UK but pretty much all nations.
I'm amazed you think Government (and those that they have influence over) figures are not contrived to make things look more favourably..(thinking Boris and his magic bus 300 Mill/week to the NHS)
I think violence and violent crime in the Western world is getting worse, whether its guns, mass shootings or knife crime.
If you disagree, just disagree. That's fine...But please don't quote Tory government figures at me. I don't believe them.
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You and Simon & Garfunkel. (OK that was Widnes, but at least you could've written a song about it.)Just once. Spent a cold time on their station waiting for a train after Accrington Stanley v Hereford United. Nowhere was open even for a couple of cans. Was a bleak place.
ChicagoBlue
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1) Clearly not true Chicagoans if -20C keeps them indoors!Know some people who are American, but very, very Anglophile and tuned in to Europe. After many years in London, they moved back to Chicago and bought a very nice apartment, with huge windows overlooking the lake, in an architecturally valuable, listed building (Mies van der Rohe, would you believe?).
Get this: they bought that because they couldn't afford their first choice — a decent sized flat in London!
Anyway, my main point is this: last time I saw them, they'd just been through one hell of a winter. They said that it got so seriously cold outside that they literally did not leave the apartment for a week, just living on stocked up food. It was about 20°C below outside, but the wind chill factor coming off the lake made it feel positively Antarctic.
Anyway, my heart does not bleed for them. They're doing alright. They also own an apartment in Avignon, which they fly into from time to time. So there are consolations for the continental climate…
2) London prices are stupid, but scarcity drives price.
3) Generally prices all over England are FAR in excess of the USA.
The 2000 sq ft, 4BR/2BA lake house I just bought was about £100/sq ft on 1 acre of land. Not a chance in hell of anything close to those prices in the UK. In fact, I’ve looked at some decent
And, my price includes use of boat ramp, private beach, greens fees on the golf course, indoor & outdoor pools, gym, clubhouse, ski hill & tubing pull, and the use of a campground for guests. Boat slip is extra. Those amenities are all covered by an annual £2,000 association fee that includes snow removal on the roads.
That’s an impossible find in the UK.
ChicagoBlue
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You’re clearly not much of a lake effect guy, as the water is usually far too warm to go ice fishing when the lake effect is in full swing, as that’s what helps create it!Don’t be such a baby. Get out there ice fishing
Once the lakes get their hard winter freeze the temperature gradient and source of moisture are pretty much gone!!
How would a frozen lake increase or decrease the chances of lake-effect snow?
Once the water freezes over, then the evaporation is largely reduced and then there's a reduction of lake-effect snow.
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idahoblues
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PooftasYou’re clearly not a lake effect guy, as the water is usually far too warm to go ice fishing when the lake effect is in full swing, as that’s what helps create it!
Once the lakes get their hard winter freeze the temperature gradient and source of moisture are pretty much gone!!
ChicagoBlue
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Says Mr High Desert, low moisture guy!!Pooftas
Just cuz the N.Pacific occasionally throws a winter storm your way doesn’t give you props over the hardy folk of Buffalo NY & Erie PA & Grand Rapids MI!
Speaking of pooftas…
Average annual snowfall:
Boise……………..18 ins
Chicago………….37 ins
Buffalo…………..69 ins
idahoblues
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Check out Teton ValleySays Mr High Desert, low moisture guy!!
Just cuz the N.Pacific occasionally throws a winter storm your way doesn’t give you props over the hardy folk of Buffalo NY & Erie PA & Grand Rapids MI!
Speaking of pooftas…
Average annual snowfall:
Boise……………..18 ins
Chicago………….37 ins
Buffalo…………..69 ins
Grassland Blue
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I used to get sausages from Clitheroe. There used to be 2 good butchers shops a few minutes walk from the station which had a great variety.Who put the Clit in Clitheroe which is a very nice place to live?