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[Idaho]

A thread dedicated to blockbuster news from our edgy, edge of the world:

Rugby fans hit with parking tickets during Exeter Chiefs' home game against Bath

A number of rugby fans were left with parking tickets this afternoon following Exeter Chief's triumphant win against Bath.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I remember buying a copy of the local paper when I was in Exeter for work some years ago. The headline was something about a wheelie bin being set on fire - made me laugh as the usual headlines in Manchester are about shootings and stabbings.

 

[Idaho]

The first day we moved in (coming from Hackney where the dead body in the skip in our street didn't make the newspaper) the lead story on the local TV news was about stolen goats.

 

[wiskey]

When my mother moved from Brixton to Wiltshire the front page the day she arrived had two stories, someone parking on double yellow lines and a 'drive by shooting' ... Which turned out to be kids with a pellet gun shooting at cars ... It never really got more interesting than that.

 

[marty21]

I still look at the local news (I'm from Bath) there was a recent headline about the possibility of vigilante justice after a bus shelter on the Wellsway was vandalised #meanstreets

 

[rowan]

From a few weeks ago:
Crash driver 'swerved to avoid octopus'

Next day:
Octopus that man swerved to avoid has been found

A man has been arrested on suspicion of drug-driving in Devon after a “serious” car crash he said happened when he “swerved to avoid an octopus”.
Man who flipped his car trying ‘to avoid an octopus’ arrested in Devon

 

[hermitical]

Wellington, Somerset - we had a house-to-house about a bike that had been stolen from someone's shed down our street.
Pleasantly parochial compared to living in Easton, Bristol

 

[farmerbarleymow]

From a few weeks ago:
Crash driver 'swerved to avoid octopus'

Next day:
Octopus that man swerved to avoid has been found

A man has been arrested on suspicion of drug-driving in Devon after a “serious” car crash he said happened when he “swerved to avoid an octopus”.
Man who flipped his car trying ‘to avoid an octopus’ arrested in Devon

I hope the octopus was OK.

 

[rubbershoes]

The Sidmouth fatberg has been broken up

 

[Idaho]

Yep, we sighed with relief even all the way over here in Exeter.

 

[Idaho]

Woman tells council she'd "rather die" than lose her beloved fireplace

..“I have phoned chimney sweeps who have said they can clear it out and that the back boiler is still usable. Why should I give up my fireplace? If I was on the dole or I had kids on my own, or I was Eastern European, no doubt they would let me keep the fireplace..

Woman tells council she'd "rather die" than lose her beloved fireplace

 

[fishfinger]

Woman tells council she'd "rather die" than lose her beloved fireplace



Woman tells council she'd "rather die" than lose her beloved fireplace

Mrs Jenner added that she had an operation two years ago, after which the doctor gave her 25 years to live.

Oh dear.

 

[rowan]

You beat me to it, I came here to post this

Woman tells council she'd "rather die" than lose her beloved fireplace


Woman tells council she'd "rather die" than lose her beloved fireplace

"Why should I give up my fireplace? If I was on the dole or I had kids on my own, or I was Eastern European, no doubt they would let me keep the fireplace."
What a twat! She really should stop reading The Sun!

 

[Idaho]

From January :
Man caught breaking into police station for second time

A man who broke into Totnes police station has admitted to a series of charges.

Russell O’Connor, 36, also known as Bunce went there on Friday December 21 demanding to see an officer.

After being told it wasn't possible at that time he broke in through another door - and later went back to rob it again but was arrested on scene.

A search of his caravan and possessions found radios, mobile phones, a police baton, incapacitant spray and the keys to a marked police car.

 

[Idaho]

It's kicking off! Armageddon! The water's been off for hours!

Exeter homes left without water after damage to water main

 

[Ponyutd]

I hope the octopus was OK.

It ended up at the local magistrates court, the poor thing didn't have a leg to stand on.

 

[rowan]

Horror as Devon scones sold openly in Cornwall shop

 

[rubbershoes]

Horror as Devon scones sold openly in Cornwall shop

Wars have started over less

 

[rowan]

Wars have started over less

I've seen online ward over Ginsters, Devon saying 'not ours, they're in Cornwall' and Cornwall saying 'not ours, it's got Devon owners'. No-one wants it

 

[Ground Elder]

Cream and yellow dresses worn in Flora Day's Children's Dance

For those who have bought dresses for their children, my advice would be to hold a piece of white paper against it to check the colour, it’s really not difficult.

 

[Idaho]

Cream and yellow dresses worn in Flora Day's Children's Dance

Traditionalists.... Sigh

 

[Idaho]

Good work girls!

BBC News - Plymouth girls' football team completes unbeaten season https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-48243487

 

[fucthest8]

Cream and yellow dresses worn in Flora Day's Children's Dance

Fucking hell

"Those dancing in the wrong coloured dresses stuck out like sore thumbs and as far as I am concerned is completely ruining a truly lovely, traditional day."

"I am not a prude in any way shape or form but some of the dresses were that tight, they looked like they had been painted on and were so short you could almost see what they were wearing underneath."

<shudders>

 

[RoyReed]

Cream and yellow dresses worn in Flora Day's Children's Dance

As if anyone would have had anything white 800 years ago (or more - who knows) when the Flora Dance dates back to.

 

[rubbershoes]

The good people of Cheddon Road will have to travel further to get their shopping. Travelling as far as Priorswood can take up to 5 minutes at busy times

I fear this could lead to a breakdown in society in this part of Taunton

Stock up today. Before it's too late

 

[wiskey]

Fury at plans for Cornwall's new pasty drive-through

 

[Idaho]

Fury at plans for Cornwall's new pasty drive-through

The artist's impression makes it look like a doctor's surgery in a well-to-do suburb.

 

[Idaho]

The good people of Cheddon Road will have to travel further to get their shopping. Travelling as far as Priorswood can take up to 5 minutes at busy times

I fear this could lead to a breakdown in society in this part of Taunton

Stock up today. Before it's too late

A Co-op spokesman said: "We've got some exciting plans up our sleeve at your Taunton Co-op.

.. The excitement mounts.

 

[rubbershoes]

.. The excitement mounts.

I'll be sure to report back

 

[SpookyFrank]

Fury at plans for Cornwall's new pasty drive-through

The petrol station up the road from my dad does a mean pasty, does that count as a drive-through?

They're homemade pasties and if you phone them up in advance they'll put some in the oven for you so you can pick them up freshly cooked. Although it is possible that only my dad would ever phone up a petrol station and tell them to put pasties in the oven.