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On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 19:16:05 +0100, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
ARW wrote: "Mr Pounder Esquire" wrote in message ... There are an awful lot of halfwits on Google in that case. An awful lot. Patio cleaner? I assumed that you had used that for washing your dishes. Washing up liquid is for common people. Says the bloke who bought a council house .... Smart people buy them then sell them after the 2 year limit. The stupid councils were almost giving them away. -- As the coffin was being lowered into the ground at a Traffic Wardens funeral, a voice from inside screams: "I'm not dead, I'm not dead. Let me out!" The Vicar smiles, leans forward sucking air through his teeth and mutters: "Too late pal, I've already done the paperwork" |
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On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 09:15:57 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 06/08/16 08:37, Bod wrote: All of the above says 'paving'. I Googled Block Pavers and that was the result. Equally, where does it mention paviors? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/50MM-BRICK...-/320451525355 http://www.manholecovers.co.uk/catalogue/block-pavior http://www.jewson.co.uk/building-mat...r-600-x-450mm/ http://www.romseyreclamation.com/clay_pavior.htm etc. etc. Does it really matter that much to you which of those descriptions are used? Pavers/ paviors or block paving are interchangeable. You're being pedantic. No one really uses 'pavers'. That's my point. Block paving or pavio(u)rs... Or block pavers. Pavior is not English, more like French. It actually shows as a spelling error in my newsreader. -- "So it was the first ****in' leave in six ****in' months. I dropped off my ****in' uniform at the ****in' Y, went to a ****in' bar, and picked up a ****in' broad. I took her to a ****in' hotel, laid her out on the ****in' bed, and had sexual intercourse." |
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On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 00:44:36 +0100, Rod Speed wrote:
"James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:59:30 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:19:18 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 00:33:17 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 23:39:35 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "pamela" wrote in message ... On 20:43 5 Aug 2016, James Wilkinson wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 20:38:42 +0100, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: James Wilkinson wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 18:13:59 +0100, Fredxxx wrote: On 05/08/2016 17:18, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: My concrete flagged patio I thought "concrete flag"s were a chav thing, only laid by council tenant on account of its cost? Concrete flags do change and become dull, why no reputable home owner would ever use them. Agreed. That and gravel. Just ends up all over the lawn/flowerbed/etc. My drive is monoblocked. It's a patio not a driveway you pillock. Doesn't matter, there are much nicer things you can have there, consider upgrading to this: http://static.concretenetwork.com/ph...rete_55094.jpg Stunning. Really nice. Too fancy for my taste. I'm not so sure about the barbecue pergola kitchen-bar structure. Yeah, particularly the little pillars at the bottom of the timber poles, looks silly IMO. I'm not even sure if the flags are actually concrete, they are very white and are not the same as the ones on footpaths. That's a bit better. I had those crappy "monoblocks" on the drive at my last house. I fought the weeds for 18 years. Bleach kills weeds stone dead. And jetwash. I've seen a photo of your weed infested ******** drive Hucker. Very council estate - as you are I'm too lazy/busy to clean it often. Yeah, that's the big advantage of poured concrete, no maintenance required at all. Fine if you want your place to look like a council house. None of the council houses here have anything like that. What do they have? A couple of strips. https://au.pinterest.com/pin/236087205436331088/ My neighbour has that, with gravel inbetween. Most of ours have grass or dirt between. How chavvy. Even you should have noticed that that is mostly who is in council houses. I wasn't talking about council houses. It's not a council house. Neither are plenty of ours, but that is what the council provides with our council houses, at least the houses that have their own block of land. The higher density council housing usually has poured concrete, just like all the non council blocks of flats etc. She was most impressed when I put in my monoblock (mainly because it has less weds than gravel). More fool her. Poured concrete over the entire driveway requires no maintenance what so ever weeds wise. And looks like ****. Like hell it does. Your fancy block driveways look like chav ****. Something made of many pieces always looks better than something made of one. Hang on, your council houses look decent. That isnt a council house, just the first example of twin strips of concrete driveway I could find easily. People make ****ty driveways on owned houses?! Yes, particularly those who can't afford a full concrete driveway. Make one yourself then. Ours are dilapidated old brick buildings. Most of ours are what we call fibro, not brick. http://lanyons.com.au/wp-content/upl...03/Kenna30.jpg What is "fibro"? http://onelook.com/?w=fibro That doesn't link to building materials. They don't have asbestos in them anymore. -- The most ejaculatory orgasms ever recorded in 1 hour for a boy is 16. |
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On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 01:04:49 +0100, Rod Speed wrote:
"James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:08:19 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 19:26:10 +0100, dennis@home wrote: On 05/08/2016 20:33, James Wilkinson wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 20:05:28 +0100, dennis@home wrote: On 05/08/2016 19:37, James Wilkinson wrote: Er, yes. Plain cheap ugly slabs of concrete is for council estates. Compare these two: http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/x...london/155.jpg http://www.northeastpavingandgardens...10/slider1.jpg That bog standard herringbone pattern is the one the local councils are putting on tenants drives around here. Typical council wasting money. They do it because its cheaper! About 90% of the cost is in the stuff under the road/pavement not in the covering. Then why the **** does anyone ever used grey plain paving slabs? Because they are too stupid to pour concrete. But if monoblock is the same price, It never is. It is MUCH more expensive because it is MUCH more labour intensive. do that, it looks nicer. Looks chavvy No, looks much better. I regularly see people upgrading to it. and is a lot more work to get rid of the weeds and to clean. Jetwash. Don't need to do a damned thing with poured concrete done properly, at most hose the dirt off it if you park on it with muddy tires etc. But it looks crap. -- Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them. |
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"James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 00:44:36 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:59:30 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:19:18 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 00:33:17 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 23:39:35 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "pamela" wrote in message ... On 20:43 5 Aug 2016, James Wilkinson wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 20:38:42 +0100, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: James Wilkinson wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 18:13:59 +0100, Fredxxx wrote: On 05/08/2016 17:18, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: My concrete flagged patio I thought "concrete flag"s were a chav thing, only laid by council tenant on account of its cost? Concrete flags do change and become dull, why no reputable home owner would ever use them. Agreed. That and gravel. Just ends up all over the lawn/flowerbed/etc. My drive is monoblocked. It's a patio not a driveway you pillock. Doesn't matter, there are much nicer things you can have there, consider upgrading to this: http://static.concretenetwork.com/ph...rete_55094.jpg Stunning. Really nice. Too fancy for my taste. I'm not so sure about the barbecue pergola kitchen-bar structure. Yeah, particularly the little pillars at the bottom of the timber poles, looks silly IMO. I'm not even sure if the flags are actually concrete, they are very white and are not the same as the ones on footpaths. That's a bit better. I had those crappy "monoblocks" on the drive at my last house. I fought the weeds for 18 years. Bleach kills weeds stone dead. And jetwash. I've seen a photo of your weed infested ******** drive Hucker. Very council estate - as you are I'm too lazy/busy to clean it often. Yeah, that's the big advantage of poured concrete, no maintenance required at all. Fine if you want your place to look like a council house. None of the council houses here have anything like that. What do they have? A couple of strips. https://au.pinterest.com/pin/236087205436331088/ My neighbour has that, with gravel inbetween. Most of ours have grass or dirt between. How chavvy. Even you should have noticed that that is mostly who is in council houses. I wasn't talking about council houses. We clearly were with those two strips of concrete which is what the council houses here have. It's not a council house. Neither are plenty of ours, but that is what the council provides with our council houses, at least the houses that have their own block of land. The higher density council housing usually has poured concrete, just like all the non council blocks of flats etc. She was most impressed when I put in my monoblock (mainly because it has less weds than gravel). More fool her. Poured concrete over the entire driveway requires no maintenance what so ever weeds wise. And looks like ****. Like hell it does. Your fancy block driveways look like chav ****. Something made of many pieces always looks better than something made of one. Even sillier than you usually manage, most obviously with car bodys. Hang on, your council houses look decent. That isnt a council house, just the first example of twin strips of concrete driveway I could find easily. People make ****ty driveways on owned houses?! Yes, particularly those who can't afford a full concrete driveway. Make one yourself then. Still cheaper to have two strips, less concrete. Ours are dilapidated old brick buildings. Most of ours are what we call fibro, not brick. http://lanyons.com.au/wp-content/upl...03/Kenna30.jpg What is "fibro"? http://onelook.com/?w=fibro That doesn't link to building materials. Yes it does. They don't have asbestos in them anymore. |
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"James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 01:04:49 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:08:19 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 19:26:10 +0100, dennis@home wrote: On 05/08/2016 20:33, James Wilkinson wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 20:05:28 +0100, dennis@home wrote: On 05/08/2016 19:37, James Wilkinson wrote: Er, yes. Plain cheap ugly slabs of concrete is for council estates. Compare these two: http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/x...london/155.jpg http://www.northeastpavingandgardens...10/slider1.jpg That bog standard herringbone pattern is the one the local councils are putting on tenants drives around here. Typical council wasting money. They do it because its cheaper! About 90% of the cost is in the stuff under the road/pavement not in the covering. Then why the **** does anyone ever used grey plain paving slabs? Because they are too stupid to pour concrete. But if monoblock is the same price, It never is. It is MUCH more expensive because it is MUCH more labour intensive. do that, it looks nicer. Looks chavvy No, looks much better. I regularly see people upgrading to it. and is a lot more work to get rid of the weeds and to clean. Jetwash. See next para. Don't need to do a damned thing with poured concrete done properly, at most hose the dirt off it if you park on it with muddy tires etc. But it looks crap. Wrong, as always. Looks much better than that chavvy **** of yours. |
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On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 22:13:43 +0100, Rod Speed wrote:
"James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 00:44:36 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:59:30 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:19:18 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 00:33:17 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 23:39:35 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "pamela" wrote in message ... On 20:43 5 Aug 2016, James Wilkinson wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 20:38:42 +0100, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: James Wilkinson wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 18:13:59 +0100, Fredxxx wrote: On 05/08/2016 17:18, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: My concrete flagged patio I thought "concrete flag"s were a chav thing, only laid by council tenant on account of its cost? Concrete flags do change and become dull, why no reputable home owner would ever use them. Agreed. That and gravel. Just ends up all over the lawn/flowerbed/etc. My drive is monoblocked. It's a patio not a driveway you pillock. Doesn't matter, there are much nicer things you can have there, consider upgrading to this: http://static.concretenetwork.com/ph...rete_55094.jpg Stunning. Really nice. Too fancy for my taste. I'm not so sure about the barbecue pergola kitchen-bar structure. Yeah, particularly the little pillars at the bottom of the timber poles, looks silly IMO. I'm not even sure if the flags are actually concrete, they are very white and are not the same as the ones on footpaths. That's a bit better. I had those crappy "monoblocks" on the drive at my last house. I fought the weeds for 18 years. Bleach kills weeds stone dead. And jetwash. I've seen a photo of your weed infested ******** drive Hucker. Very council estate - as you are I'm too lazy/busy to clean it often. Yeah, that's the big advantage of poured concrete, no maintenance required at all. Fine if you want your place to look like a council house. None of the council houses here have anything like that. What do they have? A couple of strips. https://au.pinterest.com/pin/236087205436331088/ My neighbour has that, with gravel inbetween. Most of ours have grass or dirt between. How chavvy. Even you should have noticed that that is mostly who is in council houses. I wasn't talking about council houses. We clearly were with those two strips of concrete which is what the council houses here have. I said my neighbour had it, and she isn't in a council house. It's not a council house. Neither are plenty of ours, but that is what the council provides with our council houses, at least the houses that have their own block of land. The higher density council housing usually has poured concrete, just like all the non council blocks of flats etc. She was most impressed when I put in my monoblock (mainly because it has less weds than gravel). More fool her. Poured concrete over the entire driveway requires no maintenance what so ever weeds wise. And looks like ****. Like hell it does. Your fancy block driveways look like chav ****. Something made of many pieces always looks better than something made of one. Even sillier than you usually manage, most obviously with car bodys. How can you possibly compare a car to a bit of land? Hang on, your council houses look decent. That isnt a council house, just the first example of twin strips of concrete driveway I could find easily. People make ****ty driveways on owned houses?! Yes, particularly those who can't afford a full concrete driveway. Make one yourself then. Still cheaper to have two strips, less concrete. You can get those slabs on freecycle, because nobody wants them. Ours are dilapidated old brick buildings. Most of ours are what we call fibro, not brick. http://lanyons.com.au/wp-content/upl...03/Kenna30.jpg What is "fibro"? http://onelook.com/?w=fibro That doesn't link to building materials. Yes it does. No, it's a link to 20 other dictionaries. I tried the first few and they weren't very specific. -- During training exercises, the lieutenant driving down a muddy back road encountered another car stuck in the mud with a red faced colonel at the wheel. "Your jeep stuck, sir?" asked the lieutenant as he pulled alongside. "Nope," replied the colonel, coming over and handing him the keys, "*Yours* is." |
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"James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 22:13:43 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 00:44:36 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:59:30 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:19:18 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 00:33:17 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 23:39:35 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "pamela" wrote in message ... On 20:43 5 Aug 2016, James Wilkinson wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 20:38:42 +0100, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: James Wilkinson wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 18:13:59 +0100, Fredxxx wrote: On 05/08/2016 17:18, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: My concrete flagged patio I thought "concrete flag"s were a chav thing, only laid by council tenant on account of its cost? Concrete flags do change and become dull, why no reputable home owner would ever use them. Agreed. That and gravel. Just ends up all over the lawn/flowerbed/etc. My drive is monoblocked. It's a patio not a driveway you pillock. Doesn't matter, there are much nicer things you can have there, consider upgrading to this: http://static.concretenetwork.com/ph...rete_55094.jpg Stunning. Really nice. Too fancy for my taste. I'm not so sure about the barbecue pergola kitchen-bar structure. Yeah, particularly the little pillars at the bottom of the timber poles, looks silly IMO. I'm not even sure if the flags are actually concrete, they are very white and are not the same as the ones on footpaths. That's a bit better. I had those crappy "monoblocks" on the drive at my last house. I fought the weeds for 18 years. Bleach kills weeds stone dead. And jetwash. I've seen a photo of your weed infested ******** drive Hucker. Very council estate - as you are I'm too lazy/busy to clean it often. Yeah, that's the big advantage of poured concrete, no maintenance required at all. Fine if you want your place to look like a council house. None of the council houses here have anything like that. What do they have? A couple of strips. https://au.pinterest.com/pin/236087205436331088/ My neighbour has that, with gravel inbetween. Most of ours have grass or dirt between. How chavvy. Even you should have noticed that that is mostly who is in council houses. I wasn't talking about council houses. We clearly were with those two strips of concrete which is what the council houses here have. I said my neighbour had it, and she isn't in a council house. And when you asked what council houses here have, I said it was those strips. It's not a council house. Neither are plenty of ours, but that is what the council provides with our council houses, at least the houses that have their own block of land. The higher density council housing usually has poured concrete, just like all the non council blocks of flats etc. She was most impressed when I put in my monoblock (mainly because it has less weds than gravel). More fool her. Poured concrete over the entire driveway requires no maintenance what so ever weeds wise. And looks like ****. Like hell it does. Your fancy block driveways look like chav ****. Something made of many pieces always looks better than something made of one. Even sillier than you usually manage, most obviously with car bodys. How can you possibly compare a car to a bit of land? Not comparing anything. Hang on, your council houses look decent. That isnt a council house, just the first example of twin strips of concrete driveway I could find easily. People make ****ty driveways on owned houses?! Yes, particularly those who can't afford a full concrete driveway. Make one yourself then. Still cheaper to have two strips, less concrete. You can get those slabs on freecycle, because nobody wants them. You can get everything on freecycle, including bricks and blocks, because someone always wants almost anything. Ours are dilapidated old brick buildings. Most of ours are what we call fibro, not brick. http://lanyons.com.au/wp-content/upl...03/Kenna30.jpg What is "fibro"? http://onelook.com/?w=fibro That doesn't link to building materials. Yes it does. No, it's a link to 20 other dictionaries. I tried the first few and they weren't very specific. The one that is given prominence on the right was very specific. |
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On 07/08/2016 19:57, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
Fredxxx wrote: On 07/08/2016 19:16, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: ARW wrote: "Mr Pounder Esquire" wrote in message ... There are an awful lot of halfwits on Google in that case. An awful lot. Patio cleaner? I assumed that you had used that for washing your dishes. Washing up liquid is for common people. Says the bloke who bought a council house .... Says the man who gets his wife to do the dishes. I stated a fact. As it happens I do the dishes. You must have a lot of time to spare. Most of us have more important things to do. |
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On Mon, 08 Aug 2016 00:48:35 +0100, Fredxxx wrote:
On 07/08/2016 19:57, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: Fredxxx wrote: On 07/08/2016 19:16, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: ARW wrote: "Mr Pounder Esquire" wrote in message ... There are an awful lot of halfwits on Google in that case. An awful lot. Patio cleaner? I assumed that you had used that for washing your dishes. Washing up liquid is for common people. Says the bloke who bought a council house .... Says the man who gets his wife to do the dishes. I stated a fact. As it happens I do the dishes. You must have a lot of time to spare. Most of us have more important things to do. He should be sanitising his washing machine. -- It is easier to get forgiveness than permission. |
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On 07/08/2016 21:22, James Wilkinson wrote:
On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 01:04:49 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:08:19 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 19:26:10 +0100, dennis@home wrote: On 05/08/2016 20:33, James Wilkinson wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 20:05:28 +0100, dennis@home wrote: On 05/08/2016 19:37, James Wilkinson wrote: Er, yes. Plain cheap ugly slabs of concrete is for council estates. Compare these two: http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/x...london/155.jpg http://www.northeastpavingandgardens...10/slider1.jpg That bog standard herringbone pattern is the one the local councils are putting on tenants drives around here. Typical council wasting money. They do it because its cheaper! About 90% of the cost is in the stuff under the road/pavement not in the covering. Then why the **** does anyone ever used grey plain paving slabs? Because they are too stupid to pour concrete. But if monoblock is the same price, It never is. It is MUCH more expensive because it is MUCH more labour intensive. do that, it looks nicer. Looks chavvy No, looks much better. I regularly see people upgrading to it. and is a lot more work to get rid of the weeds and to clean. Jetwash. Don't need to do a damned thing with poured concrete done properly, at most hose the dirt off it if you park on it with muddy tires etc. But it looks crap. It looks better than block paving that's full of weeds though. |
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On Mon, 08 Aug 2016 05:31:00 +0100, Bod wrote:
On 07/08/2016 21:22, James Wilkinson wrote: On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 01:04:49 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:08:19 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 19:26:10 +0100, dennis@home wrote: On 05/08/2016 20:33, James Wilkinson wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 20:05:28 +0100, dennis@home wrote: On 05/08/2016 19:37, James Wilkinson wrote: Er, yes. Plain cheap ugly slabs of concrete is for council estates. Compare these two: http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/x...london/155.jpg http://www.northeastpavingandgardens...10/slider1.jpg That bog standard herringbone pattern is the one the local councils are putting on tenants drives around here. Typical council wasting money. They do it because its cheaper! About 90% of the cost is in the stuff under the road/pavement not in the covering. Then why the **** does anyone ever used grey plain paving slabs? Because they are too stupid to pour concrete. But if monoblock is the same price, It never is. It is MUCH more expensive because it is MUCH more labour intensive. do that, it looks nicer. Looks chavvy No, looks much better. I regularly see people upgrading to it. and is a lot more work to get rid of the weeds and to clean. Jetwash. Don't need to do a damned thing with poured concrete done properly, at most hose the dirt off it if you park on it with muddy tires etc. But it looks crap. It looks better than block paving that's full of weeds though. No it doesn't, it looks like a council house. -- Love conquers all, except in tennis. |
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On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 23:59:49 +0100, Rod Speed wrote:
"James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 22:13:43 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 00:44:36 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:59:30 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:19:18 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 00:33:17 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 23:39:35 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "pamela" wrote in message ... On 20:43 5 Aug 2016, James Wilkinson wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 20:38:42 +0100, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: James Wilkinson wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 18:13:59 +0100, Fredxxx wrote: On 05/08/2016 17:18, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: My concrete flagged patio I thought "concrete flag"s were a chav thing, only laid by council tenant on account of its cost? Concrete flags do change and become dull, why no reputable home owner would ever use them. Agreed. That and gravel. Just ends up all over the lawn/flowerbed/etc. My drive is monoblocked. It's a patio not a driveway you pillock. Doesn't matter, there are much nicer things you can have there, consider upgrading to this: http://static.concretenetwork.com/ph...rete_55094.jpg Stunning. Really nice. Too fancy for my taste. I'm not so sure about the barbecue pergola kitchen-bar structure. Yeah, particularly the little pillars at the bottom of the timber poles, looks silly IMO. I'm not even sure if the flags are actually concrete, they are very white and are not the same as the ones on footpaths. That's a bit better. I had those crappy "monoblocks" on the drive at my last house. I fought the weeds for 18 years. Bleach kills weeds stone dead. And jetwash. I've seen a photo of your weed infested ******** drive Hucker. Very council estate - as you are I'm too lazy/busy to clean it often. Yeah, that's the big advantage of poured concrete, no maintenance required at all. Fine if you want your place to look like a council house. None of the council houses here have anything like that. What do they have? A couple of strips. https://au.pinterest.com/pin/236087205436331088/ My neighbour has that, with gravel inbetween. Most of ours have grass or dirt between. How chavvy. Even you should have noticed that that is mostly who is in council houses. I wasn't talking about council houses. We clearly were with those two strips of concrete which is what the council houses here have. I said my neighbour had it, and she isn't in a council house. And when you asked what council houses here have, I said it was those strips. No, you said that after me mentioning my neighbour. It's not a council house. Neither are plenty of ours, but that is what the council provides with our council houses, at least the houses that have their own block of land. The higher density council housing usually has poured concrete, just like all the non council blocks of flats etc. She was most impressed when I put in my monoblock (mainly because it has less weds than gravel). More fool her. Poured concrete over the entire driveway requires no maintenance what so ever weeds wise. And looks like ****. Like hell it does. Your fancy block driveways look like chav ****. Something made of many pieces always looks better than something made of one. Even sillier than you usually manage, most obviously with car bodys. How can you possibly compare a car to a bit of land? Not comparing anything. Because you just used an analogy. Hang on, your council houses look decent. That isnt a council house, just the first example of twin strips of concrete driveway I could find easily. People make ****ty driveways on owned houses?! Yes, particularly those who can't afford a full concrete driveway. Make one yourself then. Still cheaper to have two strips, less concrete. You can get those slabs on freecycle, because nobody wants them. You can get everything on freecycle, including bricks and blocks, because someone always wants almost anything. Slabs are on there 10 times as much. And gravel. Ours are dilapidated old brick buildings. Most of ours are what we call fibro, not brick. http://lanyons.com.au/wp-content/upl...03/Kenna30.jpg What is "fibro"? http://onelook.com/?w=fibro That doesn't link to building materials. Yes it does. No, it's a link to 20 other dictionaries. I tried the first few and they weren't very specific. The one that is given prominence on the right was very specific. Then link to it directly. -- "Flashlights are tubular metal containers kept in a flight bag for the purpose of storing dead batteries." |
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On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 23:59:49 +0100, Rod Speed wrote:
"James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 22:13:43 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 00:44:36 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:59:30 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:19:18 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 00:33:17 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 23:39:35 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "pamela" wrote in message ... On 20:43 5 Aug 2016, James Wilkinson wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 20:38:42 +0100, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: James Wilkinson wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 18:13:59 +0100, Fredxxx wrote: On 05/08/2016 17:18, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: My concrete flagged patio I thought "concrete flag"s were a chav thing, only laid by council tenant on account of its cost? Concrete flags do change and become dull, why no reputable home owner would ever use them. Agreed. That and gravel. Just ends up all over the lawn/flowerbed/etc. My drive is monoblocked. It's a patio not a driveway you pillock. Doesn't matter, there are much nicer things you can have there, consider upgrading to this: http://static.concretenetwork.com/ph...rete_55094.jpg Stunning. Really nice. Too fancy for my taste. I'm not so sure about the barbecue pergola kitchen-bar structure. Yeah, particularly the little pillars at the bottom of the timber poles, looks silly IMO. I'm not even sure if the flags are actually concrete, they are very white and are not the same as the ones on footpaths. That's a bit better. I had those crappy "monoblocks" on the drive at my last house. I fought the weeds for 18 years. Bleach kills weeds stone dead. And jetwash. I've seen a photo of your weed infested ******** drive Hucker. Very council estate - as you are I'm too lazy/busy to clean it often. Yeah, that's the big advantage of poured concrete, no maintenance required at all. Fine if you want your place to look like a council house. None of the council houses here have anything like that. What do they have? A couple of strips. https://au.pinterest.com/pin/236087205436331088/ My neighbour has that, with gravel inbetween. Most of ours have grass or dirt between. How chavvy. Even you should have noticed that that is mostly who is in council houses. I wasn't talking about council houses. We clearly were with those two strips of concrete which is what the council houses here have. I said my neighbour had it, and she isn't in a council house. And when you asked what council houses here have, I said it was those strips. It's not a council house. Neither are plenty of ours, but that is what the council provides with our council houses, at least the houses that have their own block of land. The higher density council housing usually has poured concrete, just like all the non council blocks of flats etc. She was most impressed when I put in my monoblock (mainly because it has less weds than gravel). More fool her. Poured concrete over the entire driveway requires no maintenance what so ever weeds wise. And looks like ****. Like hell it does. Your fancy block driveways look like chav ****. Something made of many pieces always looks better than something made of one. Even sillier than you usually manage, most obviously with car bodys. How can you possibly compare a car to a bit of land? Not comparing anything. Hang on, your council houses look decent. That isnt a council house, just the first example of twin strips of concrete driveway I could find easily. People make ****ty driveways on owned houses?! Yes, particularly those who can't afford a full concrete driveway. Make one yourself then. Still cheaper to have two strips, less concrete. You can get those slabs on freecycle, because nobody wants them. You can get everything on freecycle, including bricks and blocks, because someone always wants almost anything. Ours are dilapidated old brick buildings. Most of ours are what we call fibro, not brick. http://lanyons.com.au/wp-content/upl...03/Kenna30.jpg What is "fibro"? http://onelook.com/?w=fibro That doesn't link to building materials. Yes it does. No, it's a link to 20 other dictionaries. I tried the first few and they weren't very specific. The one that is given prominence on the right was very specific. I didn't even see that. I never spot things that are deliberately standing out, they're usually ads. -- If sex is a pain in the ass, then you're doing it wrong. |
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"James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 23:59:49 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 22:13:43 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 00:44:36 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:59:30 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:19:18 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 00:33:17 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 23:39:35 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "pamela" wrote in message ... On 20:43 5 Aug 2016, James Wilkinson wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 20:38:42 +0100, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: James Wilkinson wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 18:13:59 +0100, Fredxxx wrote: On 05/08/2016 17:18, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: My concrete flagged patio I thought "concrete flag"s were a chav thing, only laid by council tenant on account of its cost? Concrete flags do change and become dull, why no reputable home owner would ever use them. Agreed. That and gravel. Just ends up all over the lawn/flowerbed/etc. My drive is monoblocked. It's a patio not a driveway you pillock. Doesn't matter, there are much nicer things you can have there, consider upgrading to this: http://static.concretenetwork.com/ph...rete_55094.jpg Stunning. Really nice. Too fancy for my taste. I'm not so sure about the barbecue pergola kitchen-bar structure. Yeah, particularly the little pillars at the bottom of the timber poles, looks silly IMO. I'm not even sure if the flags are actually concrete, they are very white and are not the same as the ones on footpaths. That's a bit better. I had those crappy "monoblocks" on the drive at my last house. I fought the weeds for 18 years. Bleach kills weeds stone dead. And jetwash. I've seen a photo of your weed infested ******** drive Hucker. Very council estate - as you are I'm too lazy/busy to clean it often. Yeah, that's the big advantage of poured concrete, no maintenance required at all. Fine if you want your place to look like a council house. None of the council houses here have anything like that. What do they have? A couple of strips. https://au.pinterest.com/pin/236087205436331088/ My neighbour has that, with gravel inbetween. Most of ours have grass or dirt between. How chavvy. Even you should have noticed that that is mostly who is in council houses. I wasn't talking about council houses. We clearly were with those two strips of concrete which is what the council houses here have. I said my neighbour had it, and she isn't in a council house. And when you asked what council houses here have, I said it was those strips. No, you said that after me mentioning my neighbour. It's not a council house. Neither are plenty of ours, but that is what the council provides with our council houses, at least the houses that have their own block of land. The higher density council housing usually has poured concrete, just like all the non council blocks of flats etc. She was most impressed when I put in my monoblock (mainly because it has less weds than gravel). More fool her. Poured concrete over the entire driveway requires no maintenance what so ever weeds wise. And looks like ****. Like hell it does. Your fancy block driveways look like chav ****. Something made of many pieces always looks better than something made of one. Even sillier than you usually manage, most obviously with car bodys. How can you possibly compare a car to a bit of land? Not comparing anything. Because you just used an analogy. Didn't do that either. Hang on, your council houses look decent. That isnt a council house, just the first example of twin strips of concrete driveway I could find easily. People make ****ty driveways on owned houses?! Yes, particularly those who can't afford a full concrete driveway. Make one yourself then. Still cheaper to have two strips, less concrete. You can get those slabs on freecycle, because nobody wants them. You can get everything on freecycle, including bricks and blocks, because someone always wants almost anything. Slabs are on there 10 times as much. Wrong, as always. And gravel. Wrong, as always. Ours are dilapidated old brick buildings. Most of ours are what we call fibro, not brick. http://lanyons.com.au/wp-content/upl...03/Kenna30.jpg What is "fibro"? http://onelook.com/?w=fibro That doesn't link to building materials. Yes it does. No, it's a link to 20 other dictionaries. I tried the first few and they weren't very specific. The one that is given prominence on the right was very specific. Then link to it directly. Better to show the lot in case you are too stupid to know about that very decent online dictionary checker. |
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"James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 23:59:49 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 22:13:43 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 00:44:36 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:59:30 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:19:18 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 00:33:17 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 23:39:35 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "pamela" wrote in message ... On 20:43 5 Aug 2016, James Wilkinson wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 20:38:42 +0100, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: James Wilkinson wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 18:13:59 +0100, Fredxxx wrote: On 05/08/2016 17:18, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: My concrete flagged patio I thought "concrete flag"s were a chav thing, only laid by council tenant on account of its cost? Concrete flags do change and become dull, why no reputable home owner would ever use them. Agreed. That and gravel. Just ends up all over the lawn/flowerbed/etc. My drive is monoblocked. It's a patio not a driveway you pillock. Doesn't matter, there are much nicer things you can have there, consider upgrading to this: http://static.concretenetwork.com/ph...rete_55094.jpg Stunning. Really nice. Too fancy for my taste. I'm not so sure about the barbecue pergola kitchen-bar structure. Yeah, particularly the little pillars at the bottom of the timber poles, looks silly IMO. I'm not even sure if the flags are actually concrete, they are very white and are not the same as the ones on footpaths. That's a bit better. I had those crappy "monoblocks" on the drive at my last house. I fought the weeds for 18 years. Bleach kills weeds stone dead. And jetwash. I've seen a photo of your weed infested ******** drive Hucker. Very council estate - as you are I'm too lazy/busy to clean it often. Yeah, that's the big advantage of poured concrete, no maintenance required at all. Fine if you want your place to look like a council house. None of the council houses here have anything like that. What do they have? A couple of strips. https://au.pinterest.com/pin/236087205436331088/ My neighbour has that, with gravel inbetween. Most of ours have grass or dirt between. How chavvy. Even you should have noticed that that is mostly who is in council houses. I wasn't talking about council houses. We clearly were with those two strips of concrete which is what the council houses here have. I said my neighbour had it, and she isn't in a council house. And when you asked what council houses here have, I said it was those strips. It's not a council house. Neither are plenty of ours, but that is what the council provides with our council houses, at least the houses that have their own block of land. The higher density council housing usually has poured concrete, just like all the non council blocks of flats etc. She was most impressed when I put in my monoblock (mainly because it has less weds than gravel). More fool her. Poured concrete over the entire driveway requires no maintenance what so ever weeds wise. And looks like ****. Like hell it does. Your fancy block driveways look like chav ****. Something made of many pieces always looks better than something made of one. Even sillier than you usually manage, most obviously with car bodys. How can you possibly compare a car to a bit of land? Not comparing anything. Hang on, your council houses look decent. That isnt a council house, just the first example of twin strips of concrete driveway I could find easily. People make ****ty driveways on owned houses?! Yes, particularly those who can't afford a full concrete driveway. Make one yourself then. Still cheaper to have two strips, less concrete. You can get those slabs on freecycle, because nobody wants them. You can get everything on freecycle, including bricks and blocks, because someone always wants almost anything. Ours are dilapidated old brick buildings. Most of ours are what we call fibro, not brick. http://lanyons.com.au/wp-content/upl...03/Kenna30.jpg What is "fibro"? http://onelook.com/?w=fibro That doesn't link to building materials. Yes it does. No, it's a link to 20 other dictionaries. I tried the first few and they weren't very specific. The one that is given prominence on the right was very specific. I didn't even see that. Your terminal stupidity is your problem, as always. I never spot things that are deliberately standing out, they're usually ads. Your terminal stupidity is your problem, as always. |
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On Monday, 8 August 2016 23:44:31 UTC+1, James Wilkinson wrote:
On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 23:59:49 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 22:13:43 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 00:44:36 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:59:30 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:19:18 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 00:33:17 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 23:39:35 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "pamela" wrote in message ... On 20:43 5 Aug 2016, James Wilkinson wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 20:38:42 +0100, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: James Wilkinson wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 18:13:59 +0100, Fredxxx wrote: On 05/08/2016 17:18, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: My concrete flagged patio I thought "concrete flag"s were a chav thing, only laid by council tenant on account of its cost? Concrete flags do change and become dull, why no reputable home owner would ever use them. Agreed. That and gravel. Just ends up all over the lawn/flowerbed/etc. My drive is monoblocked. It's a patio not a driveway you pillock. Doesn't matter, there are much nicer things you can have there, consider upgrading to this: http://static.concretenetwork.com/ph...rete_55094.jpg Stunning. Really nice. Too fancy for my taste. I'm not so sure about the barbecue pergola kitchen-bar structure. Yeah, particularly the little pillars at the bottom of the timber poles, looks silly IMO. I'm not even sure if the flags are actually concrete, they are very white and are not the same as the ones on footpaths. That's a bit better. I had those crappy "monoblocks" on the drive at my last house. I fought the weeds for 18 years. Bleach kills weeds stone dead. And jetwash. I've seen a photo of your weed infested ******** drive Hucker. Very council estate - as you are I'm too lazy/busy to clean it often. Yeah, that's the big advantage of poured concrete, no maintenance required at all. Fine if you want your place to look like a council house. None of the council houses here have anything like that. What do they have? A couple of strips. https://au.pinterest.com/pin/236087205436331088/ My neighbour has that, with gravel inbetween. Most of ours have grass or dirt between. How chavvy. Even you should have noticed that that is mostly who is in council houses. I wasn't talking about council houses. We clearly were with those two strips of concrete which is what the council houses here have. I said my neighbour had it, and she isn't in a council house. And when you asked what council houses here have, I said it was those strips. No, you said that after me mentioning my neighbour. It's not a council house. Neither are plenty of ours, but that is what the council provides with our council houses, at least the houses that have their own block of land. The higher density council housing usually has poured concrete, just like all the non council blocks of flats etc. She was most impressed when I put in my monoblock (mainly because it has less weds than gravel). More fool her. Poured concrete over the entire driveway requires no maintenance what so ever weeds wise. And looks like ****. Like hell it does. Your fancy block driveways look like chav ****. Something made of many pieces always looks better than something made of one. Even sillier than you usually manage, most obviously with car bodys. How can you possibly compare a car to a bit of land? Not comparing anything. Because you just used an analogy. Hang on, your council houses look decent. That isnt a council house, just the first example of twin strips of concrete driveway I could find easily. People make ****ty driveways on owned houses?! Yes, particularly those who can't afford a full concrete driveway. Make one yourself then. Still cheaper to have two strips, less concrete. You can get those slabs on freecycle, because nobody wants them. You can get everything on freecycle, including bricks and blocks, because someone always wants almost anything. Slabs are on there 10 times as much. And gravel. Drivel. Everything on freecycle is free. As per the label. |
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On 09/08/2016 08:27, harry wrote:
On Monday, 8 August 2016 23:44:31 UTC+1, James Wilkinson wrote: On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 23:59:49 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 22:13:43 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 00:44:36 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:59:30 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:19:18 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 00:33:17 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 23:39:35 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "pamela" wrote in message ... On 20:43 5 Aug 2016, James Wilkinson wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 20:38:42 +0100, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: James Wilkinson wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 18:13:59 +0100, Fredxxx wrote: On 05/08/2016 17:18, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: My concrete flagged patio I thought "concrete flag"s were a chav thing, only laid by council tenant on account of its cost? Concrete flags do change and become dull, why no reputable home owner would ever use them. Agreed. That and gravel. Just ends up all over the lawn/flowerbed/etc. My drive is monoblocked. It's a patio not a driveway you pillock. Doesn't matter, there are much nicer things you can have there, consider upgrading to this: http://static.concretenetwork.com/ph...rete_55094.jpg Stunning. Really nice. Too fancy for my taste. I'm not so sure about the barbecue pergola kitchen-bar structure. Yeah, particularly the little pillars at the bottom of the timber poles, looks silly IMO. I'm not even sure if the flags are actually concrete, they are very white and are not the same as the ones on footpaths. That's a bit better. I had those crappy "monoblocks" on the drive at my last house. I fought the weeds for 18 years. Bleach kills weeds stone dead. And jetwash. I've seen a photo of your weed infested ******** drive Hucker. Very council estate - as you are I'm too lazy/busy to clean it often. Yeah, that's the big advantage of poured concrete, no maintenance required at all. Fine if you want your place to look like a council house. None of the council houses here have anything like that. What do they have? A couple of strips. https://au.pinterest.com/pin/236087205436331088/ My neighbour has that, with gravel inbetween. Most of ours have grass or dirt between. How chavvy. Even you should have noticed that that is mostly who is in council houses. I wasn't talking about council houses. We clearly were with those two strips of concrete which is what the council houses here have. I said my neighbour had it, and she isn't in a council house. And when you asked what council houses here have, I said it was those strips. No, you said that after me mentioning my neighbour. It's not a council house. Neither are plenty of ours, but that is what the council provides with our council houses, at least the houses that have their own block of land. The higher density council housing usually has poured concrete, just like all the non council blocks of flats etc. She was most impressed when I put in my monoblock (mainly because it has less weds than gravel). More fool her. Poured concrete over the entire driveway requires no maintenance what so ever weeds wise. And looks like ****. Like hell it does. Your fancy block driveways look like chav ****. Something made of many pieces always looks better than something made of one. Even sillier than you usually manage, most obviously with car bodys. How can you possibly compare a car to a bit of land? Not comparing anything. Because you just used an analogy. Hang on, your council houses look decent. That isnt a council house, just the first example of twin strips of concrete driveway I could find easily. People make ****ty driveways on owned houses?! Yes, particularly those who can't afford a full concrete driveway. Make one yourself then. Still cheaper to have two strips, less concrete. You can get those slabs on freecycle, because nobody wants them. You can get everything on freecycle, including bricks and blocks, because someone always wants almost anything. Slabs are on there 10 times as much. And gravel. Drivel. Everything on freecycle is free. As per the label. Er, I don't think he was talking about money. |
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On 09/08/2016 09:00, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
En el artículo , Bod escribió: [massive, unnecessary quoting snipped] Er, I don't think he was talking about money. *plonk* yet another thick **** that doesn't snip his quotes. Er, you've now snipped the context. |
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On Tue, 09 Aug 2016 08:38:54 +0100, Bod wrote:
On 09/08/2016 08:27, harry wrote: On Monday, 8 August 2016 23:44:31 UTC+1, James Wilkinson wrote: On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 23:59:49 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 22:13:43 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 00:44:36 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:59:30 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:19:18 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 00:33:17 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 23:39:35 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "pamela" wrote in message ... On 20:43 5 Aug 2016, James Wilkinson wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 20:38:42 +0100, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: James Wilkinson wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 18:13:59 +0100, Fredxxx wrote: On 05/08/2016 17:18, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: My concrete flagged patio I thought "concrete flag"s were a chav thing, only laid by council tenant on account of its cost? Concrete flags do change and become dull, why no reputable home owner would ever use them. Agreed. That and gravel. Just ends up all over the lawn/flowerbed/etc. My drive is monoblocked. It's a patio not a driveway you pillock. Doesn't matter, there are much nicer things you can have there, consider upgrading to this: http://static.concretenetwork.com/ph...rete_55094.jpg Stunning. Really nice. Too fancy for my taste. I'm not so sure about the barbecue pergola kitchen-bar structure. Yeah, particularly the little pillars at the bottom of the timber poles, looks silly IMO. I'm not even sure if the flags are actually concrete, they are very white and are not the same as the ones on footpaths. That's a bit better. I had those crappy "monoblocks" on the drive at my last house. I fought the weeds for 18 years. Bleach kills weeds stone dead. And jetwash. I've seen a photo of your weed infested ******** drive Hucker. Very council estate - as you are I'm too lazy/busy to clean it often. Yeah, that's the big advantage of poured concrete, no maintenance required at all. Fine if you want your place to look like a council house. None of the council houses here have anything like that. What do they have? A couple of strips. https://au.pinterest.com/pin/236087205436331088/ My neighbour has that, with gravel inbetween. Most of ours have grass or dirt between. How chavvy. Even you should have noticed that that is mostly who is in council houses. I wasn't talking about council houses. We clearly were with those two strips of concrete which is what the council houses here have. I said my neighbour had it, and she isn't in a council house. And when you asked what council houses here have, I said it was those strips. No, you said that after me mentioning my neighbour. It's not a council house. Neither are plenty of ours, but that is what the council provides with our council houses, at least the houses that have their own block of land. The higher density council housing usually has poured concrete, just like all the non council blocks of flats etc. She was most impressed when I put in my monoblock (mainly because it has less weds than gravel). More fool her. Poured concrete over the entire driveway requires no maintenance what so ever weeds wise. And looks like ****. Like hell it does. Your fancy block driveways look like chav ****. Something made of many pieces always looks better than something made of one. Even sillier than you usually manage, most obviously with car bodys. How can you possibly compare a car to a bit of land? Not comparing anything. Because you just used an analogy. Hang on, your council houses look decent. That isnt a council house, just the first example of twin strips of concrete driveway I could find easily. People make ****ty driveways on owned houses?! Yes, particularly those who can't afford a full concrete driveway. Make one yourself then. Still cheaper to have two strips, less concrete. You can get those slabs on freecycle, because nobody wants them. You can get everything on freecycle, including bricks and blocks, because someone always wants almost anything. Slabs are on there 10 times as much. And gravel. Drivel. Everything on freecycle is free. As per the label. Er, I don't think he was talking about money. He's not very bright is he? -- I learnt so much from my mistakes I think I'll make another. |
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On Tue, 09 Aug 2016 05:09:33 +0100, Rod Speed wrote:
"James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 23:59:49 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 22:13:43 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 00:44:36 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:59:30 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news Ours are dilapidated old brick buildings. Most of ours are what we call fibro, not brick. http://lanyons.com.au/wp-content/upl...03/Kenna30.jpg What is "fibro"? http://onelook.com/?w=fibro That doesn't link to building materials. Yes it does. No, it's a link to 20 other dictionaries. I tried the first few and they weren't very specific. The one that is given prominence on the right was very specific. I didn't even see that. Your terminal stupidity is your problem, as always. I never spot things that are deliberately standing out, they're usually ads. Your terminal stupidity is your problem, as always. No, it means I don't see adverts. -- An Englishman was feeling a little queezy on his first sailing, and leaned over the edge of the boat. He saw a Frenchman below opening his porthole so, feeling the urge to bring up his dinner, he yelled "LOOK OUT!" The Frenchman stuck his head out of the porthole and was decorated with semi-digested food. "YOU SILLY ENGLISHMAN!!!!" he yelled, "Why do you say look out when you mean look in?" |
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On Tue, 09 Aug 2016 05:08:30 +0100, Rod Speed wrote:
"James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 23:59:49 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 22:13:43 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sun, 07 Aug 2016 00:44:36 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:59:30 +0100, Rod Speed wrote: "James Wilkinson" wrote in message news It's not a council house. Neither are plenty of ours, but that is what the council provides with our council houses, at least the houses that have their own block of land. The higher density council housing usually has poured concrete, just like all the non council blocks of flats etc. She was most impressed when I put in my monoblock (mainly because it has less weds than gravel). More fool her. Poured concrete over the entire driveway requires no maintenance what so ever weeds wise. And looks like ****. Like hell it does. Your fancy block driveways look like chav ****. Something made of many pieces always looks better than something made of one. Even sillier than you usually manage, most obviously with car bodys. How can you possibly compare a car to a bit of land? Not comparing anything. Because you just used an analogy. Didn't do that either. I was talking about land design, then you suddenly introduced a piece of machinery. Hang on, your council houses look decent. That isnt a council house, just the first example of twin strips of concrete driveway I could find easily. People make ****ty driveways on owned houses?! Yes, particularly those who can't afford a full concrete driveway. Make one yourself then. Still cheaper to have two strips, less concrete. You can get those slabs on freecycle, because nobody wants them. You can get everything on freecycle, including bricks and blocks, because someone always wants almost anything. Slabs are on there 10 times as much. Wrong, as always. And gravel. Wrong, as always. Are you subscribed to my local freecycle? If not, you don't know. Ours are dilapidated old brick buildings. Most of ours are what we call fibro, not brick. http://lanyons.com.au/wp-content/upl...03/Kenna30.jpg What is "fibro"? http://onelook.com/?w=fibro That doesn't link to building materials. Yes it does. No, it's a link to 20 other dictionaries. I tried the first few and they weren't very specific. The one that is given prominence on the right was very specific. Then link to it directly. Better to show the lot in case you are too stupid to know about that very decent online dictionary checker. And how would you know which link I'd look at? -- Peter is listening to "Fredzefred - All da Motha ****as" |
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