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« Reply #30 on: February 26, 2006, 11:06:25 PM » |
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No, you don't want to visit Basingstoke unless you really, really have to, trust me. Always be wary of a statement that ends with Manky saying 'Trust me'... |
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« Reply #31 on: February 26, 2006, 11:53:50 PM » |
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Hello everybody, havn't been here for a while. Havn't been to Brighton hill much lately, either.
This site's changed a bit. I see the hand of the Yoda here.
I'll try to look in a bit more.
(Here I mean, not Basingstoke.)
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« Reply #32 on: February 27, 2006, 12:22:50 AM » |
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I moved here cos they call it Doughnut City. Then I found out they were referring to the number of roundabouts here.  |
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« Reply #33 on: February 27, 2006, 09:29:49 PM » |
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Hi Shep, you'd never find your way into Basingstoke anyway Just when I think I'm getting the hang of Basingstoke, Steph takes me another way, and I end up getting there without knowing where I've been.  And why is the "Welcome to Basingstoke" sign about half way between Reading and Basingstoke? |
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« Reply #34 on: February 27, 2006, 09:40:50 PM » |
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It actually means "You're welcome to Basingstoke" mate. Nobody wants it. I think it's like Brigadoon. A mythical town that only appears once every hundred years. I'm forever being asked for directions on my Postal round. After the 3rd or 4th roundabout you can see their eyes start to glaze over. It's O.K once you get used to it, but a bugger if you're only visiting.
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« Reply #35 on: February 27, 2006, 11:09:23 PM » |
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I think I'm looking forward to visiting Basingstoke again, when, if I do  As I recall to get to the Anchor from the Newbury road there were 4 roundabouts and you took 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd exits and you were in spitting distance of the pub (had a good spit in them days  |
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« Reply #36 on: February 28, 2006, 11:55:05 AM » |
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We got a big, shiny new town centre now so it's all changed again!
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« Reply #37 on: February 28, 2006, 01:23:49 PM » |
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We got a big, shiny new town centre now so it's all changed again!
That'll be where I got lost after I dropped you off then.  |
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« Reply #38 on: February 28, 2006, 01:31:52 PM » |
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There are people wandering around that town centre who've given up all hope of finding their way home. Had to survive by drinking rain water & eating their own socks -certainly tastier than some of the fast food places here.
The best thing to come out of Basingstoke is the M3. And Tinita Tickerum. And Liz Hurley. And Maggie Philbin. And fergie. well, maybe not Fergie.
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« Reply #39 on: February 28, 2006, 01:57:34 PM » |
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Tinita Tickerum. And Liz Hurley. And Maggie Philbin. And fergie. All your dream girls. |
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« Reply #40 on: February 28, 2006, 02:18:29 PM » |
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Oi, don't knock Fergie, she was alright before she started associating with the royals! What's she got to do with Basingstoke anyway?
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« Reply #41 on: February 28, 2006, 05:35:14 PM » |
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Oi, don't knock Fergie, she was alright before she started associating with the royals! What's she got to do with Basingstoke anyway?
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« Reply #42 on: February 28, 2006, 06:55:47 PM » |
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She's a local. Her family live in a little village called Dummer on the outskirts of this wonderful town. And Manky lusts after her |
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« Reply #43 on: February 28, 2006, 07:31:53 PM » |
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There are people wandering around that town centre who've given up all hope of finding their way home. Had to survive by drinking rain water & eating their own socks -certainly tastier than some of the fast food places here.
The best thing to come out of Basingstoke is the M3. And Tinita Tickerum. And Liz Hurley. And Maggie Philbin. And fergie. well, maybe not Fergie.
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« Reply #44 on: February 28, 2006, 10:56:23 PM » |
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Actually she IS an attractive lady -isn't she? I once knocked her Dad, Major Ronald Ferguson, keeper of the Royal polo ponies, to the ground. Was delivering the mail in the town centre, (Flap's delivery now). Stepped out of a shop doorway just as he was passing. Sent him sprawling on the pavement. Lucky I didn't end up in the tower.
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