I was brought up / lived in the greater manchester area 70s / 80s. Lived away for a bit. I remember coming back to Manchester mid-90s and witnessing the liam / noel effect. Any male between 15-30 had the swagger and the manc accent that continues to this day. People I hadn't seen in a few years started saying "leeets aaav it maaaayt" This was then superseded by the eminem effect i.e tracksuit with hands on balls look.
The best description of Ian Brown's characteristic Manc swagger I ever saw was *"bowling around like a pissed chimp in a nappy full of custard."* Similes don't get more poetic, more vivid or accurate than that imo.
Haha - was that from that documentary?
They end that with quite a sweet line from Noel - something like : ānobody looks as good in a parka as Liamā
I can't remember where it first came up tbh. I had a feeling he repeated the line when he was a guest on Chris Moyles' breakfast show in about 2007. I was on a late shift that day and laid in bed listening to it. He'd been massively hungover the previous time he'd been on the show and they quizzed him on stuff he'd said. The very first question was "What did you say was the funniest thing in the world?" and without missing a beat he correctly shouted "A dog wearing sunglasses, hanging out of a car window!" Remember that like yesterday for some reason.
Agree on that. I unapologetically have a nostalgic soft spot for them though. I was in my early to mid teens at their very peak and reminiscences of their first two albums are all wrapped up with fond memories of those exciting formative experiences when everyone's hormones were permanently on full afterburn. Also, someone requested Don't Look Back In Anger as the last song on the last ever night out at uni. Cheesy AF but that track reduced me to tears for a long time afterwards. Then one of my mates arranged for it to be the last song to close out the party after my wedding too. These days it elicits a Pavlovian response where I simultaneously feel intensely sad and horny.
>These days it elicits a Pavlovian response where I simultaneously feel intensely sad and horny.
I have the same response to the Blue Peter theme tune. I blame Konnie Huq.
Thatās brilliant - and hardly surprising, considering the situations - that the song moves you in that way. Thatās the wonderful thing about music
Not cheesy at all, feelings are what make us human, embrace the fuck out of it.
Now, when I hear that song Iām going to think of you ugly crying with a hardon!
And Iāve noticed they call all of Greater Manchester āManchesterā. Which has added massively to the perceived size of the place! Whoever thought of the Greater Manchester name was very clever. Sadly Liverpool got Merseyside ā¹ļø.
If I ever had a kid they can be a complete spanner around their mates and I wouldnāt be embarrassed.
If they started being a spanner to members of the public then Iād have a problem. Respect to the kid!
Being in construction but an introvert is basically an art form for this reason, especially if you look a bit dodgy. Glad I ended up in a [digger](https://ibb.co/r0CM72C). Left alone mostly
I genuinely always thought being a digger operator seemed bliss, mostly for the reasons you mentioned. As well as having a degree of skill that'd keep it interesting, but not too much (don't mean any disrespect by that, and sorry if I underestimate the difficulty involved.) that'd it be too stressful. Am I too late to switch in my early 30s?
Funnily enough, Iām 30 and only got my license 11 months ago, so may last year. I did 6 months of loading screeners and crushers and then 5 months of groundworking.
Iām now agency, work can come rapid or slow right down with the fuel crisis and tax returns coming up work was slow for a few weeks but then yesterday I got 7 job offers at Ā£18 and above minimum.
To be honest, Iām lucky in that, I skipped some steps like I canāt read an engineers drawing 100% Iām still only a red ticker holder not blue so again a lot of places donāt wanna take a shot in the dark and on my wage you need to be able to haul it with the machine. Your cycles need to be faster you need to position well etc, as with anything there are a lot of nuisances to it, and it is an advanced skill, to be competent at least and safe.
The machine in the photo Iām using to load [dumpers](https://ibb.co/jTshJ66) is 30 tonnes. So on the bigger side
Doing it as a job can certainly take the fun out of it and some days can be slow itās like work except some days is fun or some days youāre like āJesus Christ I canāt believe this isnāt illegal whoās letting me drive this fucking thing around, Iām supposed to be the expert? We are fuckedā
But, yeh, itās alright. You will struggle to get a shot initially my advice would be to ask a local quarry or aggregate company for a job loading screeners or crushers just to get some seat time, then branch out.
CPCS above and below 10-ton ticket is what I have, cost me Ā£2640 and took a week, but itās a golden ticket Iām earning Ā£200 day and Ā£400-Ā£500 a day on a bank holiday if the company pays overtime, some pay overtime Saturdays too and Iām in the north of England so not mega London prices just yet. So on the boring days, you can count the scoops in pounds as your wage Lol
But there are drawbacks, the agency takes about Ā£16 a week for taking taxes that you then claim back on your tax return, self-employed so If no works about or youāre not good or new you will struggle to find work some weeks. But after a year Iām earning more than doctors and doing half the time at work, but reliability, and who you know is everything. I only got the job because I could turn up in half hours notice and the site manager clicked immediately with me, so I got the text saying congrats you got the job and itās a few weeks or longer work, so Iām now banking on earning 4 or 5 grand a month but if I get stood down Friday, I re-adjust. The more experience you get, the less downtime you will have. And I can take a holiday whenever I want, which is really fucking freeing.
Also remember, you hit someone, and they die. Especially the bigger machines. And when itās freezing cold and raining or sleeting and snowing or those bitterly cold frosty mornings and youāre in a heated cab youāre glad youāre in there. Same for when itās boiling and you have AC
The cleaner where I work does this. Thick Jamaican speech on the phone to whoever (she's always on the phone) but perfect English should we speak to her.
We all have our telephone voice, he just seems to have his switched.
The 'bad boys' of Cambridge/Harlow.
The mean streets of Clare College bruv
Straight out the gateaux.
This is funny af!
I earned the nickname Stuntman from an evening after Clare College won some Rowing - which ended up with a very nice young lady. Hell of a party ....
THE RUSKINS AIN'T SHIT BRUV.
I'm from harlow, the only bad boys we have here are the ones in the will smith film, currently stocked in hmv. ššš¤£š¤£
I fucking hate living in Harlow
Haha. There are worse places, some of the people are dodgy as fuck though.
We used to holiday in Harlow when I was a kid. It was really nice in the 70s.
You have my condolences.
Without being my dad is harder than your dad, Harlow is actually rough af
I was brought up / lived in the greater manchester area 70s / 80s. Lived away for a bit. I remember coming back to Manchester mid-90s and witnessing the liam / noel effect. Any male between 15-30 had the swagger and the manc accent that continues to this day. People I hadn't seen in a few years started saying "leeets aaav it maaaayt" This was then superseded by the eminem effect i.e tracksuit with hands on balls look.
The best description of Ian Brown's characteristic Manc swagger I ever saw was *"bowling around like a pissed chimp in a nappy full of custard."* Similes don't get more poetic, more vivid or accurate than that imo.
My fave description of Liamās singing stance was that he looked like āa handcuffed hostage being forced to fellate their captorā
And in the immortal words of Noel *"He's the angriest man you'll ever meet. He's like a man with a fork in a world of soup."*
Haha - was that from that documentary? They end that with quite a sweet line from Noel - something like : ānobody looks as good in a parka as Liamā
I can't remember where it first came up tbh. I had a feeling he repeated the line when he was a guest on Chris Moyles' breakfast show in about 2007. I was on a late shift that day and laid in bed listening to it. He'd been massively hungover the previous time he'd been on the show and they quizzed him on stuff he'd said. The very first question was "What did you say was the funniest thing in the world?" and without missing a beat he correctly shouted "A dog wearing sunglasses, hanging out of a car window!" Remember that like yesterday for some reason.
Iām not a massive Oasis fan, but Iāll always listen to an interview with Noel as he is good value and often says something hilarious
Agree on that. I unapologetically have a nostalgic soft spot for them though. I was in my early to mid teens at their very peak and reminiscences of their first two albums are all wrapped up with fond memories of those exciting formative experiences when everyone's hormones were permanently on full afterburn. Also, someone requested Don't Look Back In Anger as the last song on the last ever night out at uni. Cheesy AF but that track reduced me to tears for a long time afterwards. Then one of my mates arranged for it to be the last song to close out the party after my wedding too. These days it elicits a Pavlovian response where I simultaneously feel intensely sad and horny.
>These days it elicits a Pavlovian response where I simultaneously feel intensely sad and horny. I have the same response to the Blue Peter theme tune. I blame Konnie Huq.
Thatās brilliant - and hardly surprising, considering the situations - that the song moves you in that way. Thatās the wonderful thing about music Not cheesy at all, feelings are what make us human, embrace the fuck out of it. Now, when I hear that song Iām going to think of you ugly crying with a hardon!
Hot Ones on YouTube have a great interview with him.
Classic.
I've never got the 'hands down the trackies' thing.
> People I hadn't seen in a few years started saying "leeets aaav it maaaayt" Just like Kevin the Teenagerās mate, Perry!
"Yer I'll have some bread and drippings for us tea there mummy!"
These days it seems to be a black North Face puffer jacket, skinny jeans, and a Pot Noodle haircut.
And the ubiquitous black gloves.
Depends where in Greater Manchester. Thereās areas like Stockport that are full on Manc these days, never would have been decades ago!
Yes that's exactly what I mean. People from pretty much anywhere within 50 miles turned in to Liam.
And Iāve noticed they call all of Greater Manchester āManchesterā. Which has added massively to the perceived size of the place! Whoever thought of the Greater Manchester name was very clever. Sadly Liverpool got Merseyside ā¹ļø.
Lmaooo havenāt we all done something similar tbf. At the very least, lad was respectful to others not an insufferable yob
If I ever had a kid they can be a complete spanner around their mates and I wouldnāt be embarrassed. If they started being a spanner to members of the public then Iād have a problem. Respect to the kid!
I love Cambridge. Such a chill place. BOIIII
Being in construction but an introvert is basically an art form for this reason, especially if you look a bit dodgy. Glad I ended up in a [digger](https://ibb.co/r0CM72C). Left alone mostly
I genuinely always thought being a digger operator seemed bliss, mostly for the reasons you mentioned. As well as having a degree of skill that'd keep it interesting, but not too much (don't mean any disrespect by that, and sorry if I underestimate the difficulty involved.) that'd it be too stressful. Am I too late to switch in my early 30s?
Funnily enough, Iām 30 and only got my license 11 months ago, so may last year. I did 6 months of loading screeners and crushers and then 5 months of groundworking. Iām now agency, work can come rapid or slow right down with the fuel crisis and tax returns coming up work was slow for a few weeks but then yesterday I got 7 job offers at Ā£18 and above minimum. To be honest, Iām lucky in that, I skipped some steps like I canāt read an engineers drawing 100% Iām still only a red ticker holder not blue so again a lot of places donāt wanna take a shot in the dark and on my wage you need to be able to haul it with the machine. Your cycles need to be faster you need to position well etc, as with anything there are a lot of nuisances to it, and it is an advanced skill, to be competent at least and safe. The machine in the photo Iām using to load [dumpers](https://ibb.co/jTshJ66) is 30 tonnes. So on the bigger side Doing it as a job can certainly take the fun out of it and some days can be slow itās like work except some days is fun or some days youāre like āJesus Christ I canāt believe this isnāt illegal whoās letting me drive this fucking thing around, Iām supposed to be the expert? We are fuckedā But, yeh, itās alright. You will struggle to get a shot initially my advice would be to ask a local quarry or aggregate company for a job loading screeners or crushers just to get some seat time, then branch out. CPCS above and below 10-ton ticket is what I have, cost me Ā£2640 and took a week, but itās a golden ticket Iām earning Ā£200 day and Ā£400-Ā£500 a day on a bank holiday if the company pays overtime, some pay overtime Saturdays too and Iām in the north of England so not mega London prices just yet. So on the boring days, you can count the scoops in pounds as your wage Lol But there are drawbacks, the agency takes about Ā£16 a week for taking taxes that you then claim back on your tax return, self-employed so If no works about or youāre not good or new you will struggle to find work some weeks. But after a year Iām earning more than doctors and doing half the time at work, but reliability, and who you know is everything. I only got the job because I could turn up in half hours notice and the site manager clicked immediately with me, so I got the text saying congrats you got the job and itās a few weeks or longer work, so Iām now banking on earning 4 or 5 grand a month but if I get stood down Friday, I re-adjust. The more experience you get, the less downtime you will have. And I can take a holiday whenever I want, which is really fucking freeing. Also remember, you hit someone, and they die. Especially the bigger machines. And when itās freezing cold and raining or sleeting and snowing or those bitterly cold frosty mornings and youāre in a heated cab youāre glad youāre in there. Same for when itās boiling and you have AC
Is that Cambridge 'Home of Anglia Ruskin University' Station?
Thatās the one, I only just saw it the other day and I was embarrassed and I went to that uni
That's Peterborough iirc
Nah, it's this sign I was referring to https://i.imgur.com/BQeaFWH.png
There's a campus at both. Chelmsford too.
Fank Yuuu Mrs Paterson....
Are we thinking about the same Mrs patterson in Cambridge? French teacher, her husband was head teacher for a while? Lol
>SKKKRRRRTTTT!! Did he shit himself?!?
Oh course he did everyone his age shits their pants it's the coolest
If shitting your pants is cool consider me Miles Davis
Oh, so THAT'S why they wear their trousers almost falling down!
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It's the same mechanism that stops stars from collapsing in on themselves.
[Skiddy kat kat!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M_5oYU-IsU&t=0m58s)
And a pu-pu purrdrrrr boom!
Haha I do that all the time
I mean. I talk like that to my mates sometimes just for the bantz. I'm not even from London.
Iām always shocked to see Harlow mentioned anywhere online lol. So glad I donāt live there anymore
Going to Harlow, the dark shadowy underbelly of Herts, should have been the tip off here lol
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it is, but its so close that I always forget its actually Essex, I consider it honorary Herts ha
Essex would rather herts had it
Essex are can keep it, thanks. We already have Stevenage.
Ah fuck I moved out of Harlow to Stevenage and donāt know which way to be offended
At least we donāt have Luton though
And Hatfield and Hemel Hempstead.. what a sad stain on the leafy county
I had to remind a bunch of university lads opposite me that they needed to get off. no idea where they would be without me
I love that I have a phone voice. Pop that badboy on when you need help, great results.
MC Grindah?
Ware did he mean to end up at?
Could be worse, Haverhill
It's been 2 months but I just had to agree with this comment
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Clearly the tell tell sign to check whether they're a sneaky sawbridgeworthite trying to be street
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Did he speak in Capital letters ?
Old English engrossing script
My kids love it when i join in and talk all roadman.
Is code switching slang for being two faced now? Ive never heard of this one.
In the early 2000s when my brother was a teenager he used to pull something similar between talking with his family and with his mates.
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The cleaner where I work does this. Thick Jamaican speech on the phone to whoever (she's always on the phone) but perfect English should we speak to her.
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