Where I'm from, Skelmersdale is a pretty scummy place
However, since moving to Cheshire, I have lost 90% of any semblance of the scouse accent I once had, so that's surely an improvement?

Alt: Not at all, but I'm considering getting some chilli plants to grow this year...
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 17:03, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

I grew some once, harvested and used to make chilli oil
it never grew another chilli though
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 17:04, Reply)

Did it work out well?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 17:05, Reply)

yeah, took a long time though

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 17:06, Reply)

I grew two plants.
Both fruits were good, but were already laden when I was given them.

I picked off all the peppers and ate them, then the plants died.

THE END
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 17:10, Reply)

needs more bommyknocker.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 17:11, Reply)

it won't
chili plants need to be re-fertilised every year. So unless you keep a swarm of pre-pollenated bees indoors you'd be in trouble. and if you put them outside anywhere north of Watford they tend to die.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 17:07, Reply)

This could also be used to accurately describe women from Surrey.
Well, it wouldn't be bees you needed, but the rest stands.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 17:08, Reply)

See! Stupid fucking lazy plants

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 17:08, Reply)

Oh that's a real place, I guessed Skelmersdale was some sort of nickname...

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 17:05, Reply)

Skem = Skelmersdale = Shithole

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 17:06, Reply)

I could buy a 5 bed house around there, instead of a 2 bed I'm looking at

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 17:08, Reply)

I grew up in quite a nice 4 bed house
Where we were was quite nice, but were only a stone's throw (quite literally, we had smashed windows a couple of times) from a subway leading to a council estate.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 17:11, Reply)

can you really buy stickers from the shopping centre
that say "I've seen the wild dogs of Skem" after the feral packs that roam around? I'd hate to think that Maconie had lied to me.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 17:12, Reply)

The Concourse?
I'd be surprised, it's a hellhole of chain shops.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 17:14, Reply)

I could buy the whole of Belmersdale with what I have in my wallet
and still have change from all my debts.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 17:11, Reply)

This place is less than a mile from my old house, there are some nice houses in Skem. Just not many.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 17:16, Reply)

That doesn't look too bad

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 17:21, Reply)

This where I grew up. The garage has arrow slits in it and a medieval tiled floor. The ground floor walls are about 4 feet thick. It was fucking cold but lovely.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 17:25, Reply)

This is where my folks live
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The old servants tunnels still exist that lead to the stables and ice house which is now in next doors garden.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 17:32, Reply)

That looks jolly nice.
My brother and I had the servants' quarters when we live in the above house. It was freezing but it meant we got our own floor.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 17:40, Reply)

this has a building next door for servants
there is however a 3 bedroom flat in the attic, I here I am struggling to afford a 2 bed!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 17:42, Reply)

Truly ridiculous isn't it?
How I have ended up so close to destitute when my father had fucking servants when he was a boy, I do not know*

*I do really
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 17:46, Reply)

woah!
that's more than ten times what my house cost
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 17:26, Reply)

'Belmersdale'

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 17:11, Reply)