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Unfortunately times have changed and although you never left the UK and just drove around in a van, those halcion days are no more, and any young person without any imagination is ****************ed without an an EU passport due to Brexit. You can’t just rock up anywhere in the EU any more without an EU passport and get work, Brexit ended that option, but at least a few welders go apprenticeships on Tyneside so all is well, eh?

No royal Welsh for you this year then Pete

Saw Black Dabbath in the mid/late 70's for the Heaven and He'll tour with Ronnie Jsmes Dio at the Brum Ideon. Good, but missed Ozzy!

never been to Scandinavia, but in my very much younger days was "nomadic" for a while, and lived in a Thames 15cwt van, I just drove around, Wiltshire, Wales, east Anglia, and many more locations, and I have Knocked on many doors asking for work, had a few that said no, but many gave me work, mending stuff, odd bit of felling, splitting, helping out at harvest, I'm thinking maybe a recreational trip to Scandinavia, and putting the word about, these days qualifications are required, if you have them, say so when making your inquiries, don't aim too high, if somebody gives you an opportunity, take it, do a good job, hopefully it will plant a good seed and you may get more offers on the back of it. Good Luck.

Absolute genius of a man musically - loved a lot of his stuff. Will be sorely missed 🥲

Whatever you do decide with the landlord what each of you wants from this, write it in a contract. Remember a gentlemens' agreement is an agreement between two people, neither of whom are gentlemen and neither expects to fulfill his part of the agreement. I can relate a story or two about gentlemens'' agreements. From what I understand you do not have much to bring to the table and are at the mercy of your landlord's goodwill.

Lot of factors involved..I agree with you but its not that easy

Old hammer BSA

Total bollocks Steven. Do you think the current mass ,unvetted immigration is a positive gain for GB or a negative? Here is another example. You and your mates are out for a winter ramble,a storm comes in and your soon soaked,bordering on hypothermic. You look on the map and make a B-line to the closest shelter that happens to be an Army base. Freezing, you plead your case at the gate. Do you A: Get given a grey blanket each and a cup of coffee while sitting in the back of a 4 tonner while the kindly Sergeant calls a cab Or B A pass to allow you to wander the base,use the ablution block,Naafi,Rec room,mess and Bar until you feel like leaving? Which of the above scenarios is more likely and why ?

Of course.😉

Not really my bag, but I appreciate his legendary status. Great for them and the fans that they managed to that last big show in Brum a couple weeks ago.

Just read it elsewhere, not my thing but a legend of rock. To be fair he did well to make his mid 70's considering the abuse he gave himself over the years. RIP.

20x more likely a small variation and it’s certainly not got better since this data was utilised. 🤔

Robo wincho out the last 2 days!

Loved the smell of some of the firs we would come across house would smell handsome when it was next to tge log burner drying. Some were a pain to prcess on the sawbench though as the grain structure made it want to clamp to the blade.

What a pile of arrogant sanctimonious pish.

You didn’t answer as usual SP which of these does not fit your racial profile of what an “ African” looks like. Which of those is not in your view South African then SP 🤷‍♂️

Well I guess we all knew it was inevitable. RIP Prince of Darkness

Do you have a local big cat? Puma?

Trousers too loose.

I think you are misunderstanding Mike. I think only an idiot would be thinking any of the crimes highlighted in this thread are exclusive to one portion of the population or another. They are committed by all and when you look at the available statistics none are more represented than others (give or take small variations). I also think you would have to be an idiot to believe that a single factor is the identifying cause of the criminality; it isn't just the race (highlighted many times above), but things like your economic situation, where you live and 101 other things. The charge of racism is well levelled when despite knowing the above, one chooses to only highlight one race rather than focussing on the crime itself. Some of the crimes highlighted are horrific but are only a footnote to the race of the perpetrator. One thing I do believe is that the members of this forum are not racist, they are good people, no harm to others if they cause no harm to you. Being a member of any forum you are accountable to the ethos of it. If all a casual visitor sees is vitriol and hatred towards non-white races that is the perception they get about all of us. That is not who we are as a group. This is why I believe it is important to note, to highlight and to call out intolerance. I am not a racist, I don't believe you are, but accepting the many racially biased posts paints us in that light.

Operator error then.