Donna Ferentes
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A little west of the centre, on the way to Llandaff Road. Blaming the council for some evil the precise nature of which escaped me. This was about 1999. Is he still there?
That bloke in Cardiff with all the signs all over his house
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Col_Buendia
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This what you're talking about?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/4712719.stm
Think he's still in situ, if the press reports are anything to go by.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/4712719.stm
Think he's still in situ, if the press reports are anything to go by.
Donna Ferentes
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He's the one! How's he doing? What was the grievance?
Col_Buendia
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KBT knows more about it, iirc, but when this came up here a while ago, the story was something like he had bought the house as an investment, and then discovered (post facto) that council grants weren't available to greedy landlords (be they Irish or not!), but rather to needy tenants. So in protest at the council's mindless refusal to funnel taxpayers money into his pocket, he did this.
But don't believe a word of what I say, this is badly recycled urban mythology atm
Wtf you thinking about Grangetown for when yr in much sunnier climes??
But don't believe a word of what I say, this is badly recycled urban mythology atm
Wtf you thinking about Grangetown for when yr in much sunnier climes??
Donna Ferentes
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I think it was the thread about using the bins as drums, I started thinking odd-people-in-Cardiff or something...
Col_Buendia
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Aye, I wonder sometimes do we have a higher percentage of "odd people" here... although, if you ask me there's not enough.
Having grown up in Belfast, I was raised on a steady diet of Saturday afternoon religious wing-nuts thundering damnation down crackly megaphones at bored & wet shoppers (or those brave enough to brave the centre of Belfast). So Cardiff seems quite sane generally
Having grown up in Belfast, I was raised on a steady diet of Saturday afternoon religious wing-nuts thundering damnation down crackly megaphones at bored & wet shoppers (or those brave enough to brave the centre of Belfast). So Cardiff seems quite sane generally
Donna Ferentes
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Try Oxford, that's notorious for being a magnet for the excessively eccentric.
Col_Buendia
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Snob!! 
beat23
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ddraig said:hardly, a lot of people seemed to be postively scared of riverside and can't imagine how i can and why i would want to live hereracisssssts
Yeah, a lot of people think cos it's a pretty mixed race area it's some sort of mad ghetto, which isn't true at all. Sure it has it's moments, but so does everywhere else in Cardiff. Parts of Ely would scare me a lot more than Riverside.
Sweaty Betty
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I love riverside, its tops, i dont live there, im in col and zog territoty, but i've had some pretty far out times in riverside....
maybe it was the drugs though
maybe it was the drugs though
iv'e never seen em or im for that matterRubberBuccaneer
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Best thing was when he was ordered to take the signs down, he took them inside and put them up against the window , until the council put a stop to that too.
There's also a bloke on a roof in Barry protesting over some such planning permission ( bet he's fucking soaked tonight )
, until the council put a stop to that too.There's also a bloke on a roof in Barry protesting over some such planning permission ( bet he's fucking soaked tonight )
RubberBuccaneer
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Here's my pics . 2 days before it went
munkeeunit
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There's a bloke down the road from me who has one sign up in one window in a very similar style. I thought he was mad, but this is plain bonkers. Whoever is doing this, I hope they get out the house, because if they don't they'll start suffering a serious case a vitamin D deficiency.
EDIT: Looks kind of cool at the same time though. Like installation art.
EDIT: Looks kind of cool at the same time though. Like installation art.
RubberBuccaneer
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ddraig said:RB
i remember u were gonna do a write up on it, did ya?
will try and take some pics of the house tomorrow and post up
I can't even edit my two post blog
munkeeunit
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I shouldn't take the piss really.
This looks like a very sincere and deeply felt protest.
This looks like a very sincere and deeply felt protest.
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
RubberBuccaneer said:Best thing was when he was ordered to take the signs down, he took them inside and put them up against the window
There's also a bloke on a roof in Barry protesting over some such planning permission ( bet he's fucking soaked tonight )
You mean Rick
