Northeners. Cheap labour?

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dozy:

Ex Haulier:
Looks to me as though the new poles are now our northern brethren. We recently lost a regular job to that northern company that most people will be able to figure out from the initials RB. We couldn’t figure how they could do it for the money as its just a shuttle from London to Reading. It turns out what they do is run a couple of blokes down on a Sunday, they will then do the job until Thursday when they get a load back and a couple more northern scabs take over. Seems to be you can get a northern monkey to work for about £7.50 an hour compared to the local going rate of 10 or 11 pound per hour. So when you are moaning about losing a job to east European competition just remember the scumbags don’t always have a polish accent. I can remember when northeners were quite a pround people. Seems these days there just the “skint” scabs.

+1,as a southerner(bristolian and proud) and now having to live amongst them :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: they are a strange lot,no class,and as for there fixation about pigeons :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

Hey, let’s generalise because all people living in each area are obviously exactly the same! For example everyone from Bristol can’t talk properly, and haven’t been able to for centuries. The people compiling the domesday book couldn’t even understand the proud Bristolian locals and the city’s name at the time “Bruggestowe” was recorded as “Bristolle” and no one objected so it stuck.
Very sorry to hear that you have had to move North. Are you having to live in a septic tank working 25 hours a day for sixpence, and pay your employer to go out to work?

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dowahdiddyman:
What are funny northern clothes?..what are northern clothes??

Funny northern clothes are a flat cap,t-shirt and jeans and a whippet by your side,oh and a sweat stained oil covered rag cause northerners actually know what a days work involves.

Funny southern clothes are a shell suit and a pink rushed shirt, with bleached blond hair and fake tan as well, oh and don`t forget the poodle with colour matched coat.

And usually fakes…

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th2013:
Hey, let’s generalise because all people living in each area are obviously exactly the same! For example everyone from Bristol can’t talk properly, and haven’t been able to for centuries. The people compiling the domesday book couldn’t even understand the proud Bristolian locals and the city’s name at the time “Bruggestowe” was recorded as “Bristolle” and no one objected so it stuck.

Really? I had no idea. I like my history and I hadn’t heard about that.

I’m from Wigan, so I’m definitely a Northerner.

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Everybody from the north dresses like Gilbert O’Sullivan and spends their free time with pigeons and whippets. When bored with that they kick footballs against factory walls and pose for Lowry paintings.

I was born in ■■■■■■■ and lived in the north until I was in my late twenties then moved south.

I never ceased to be amazed at how the north is portrayed, it gives me a great deal of amusement :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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MikeCunn:

th2013:
Hey, let’s generalise because all people living in each area are obviously exactly the same! For example everyone from Bristol can’t talk properly, and haven’t been able to for centuries. The people compiling the domesday book couldn’t even understand the proud Bristolian locals and the city’s name at the time “Bruggestowe” was recorded as “Bristolle” and no one objected so it stuck.

Really? I had no idea. I like my history and I hadn’t heard about that.

Yep, 100% true. I quote

Bristol natives speak with a rhotic accent, in which the post-vocalic r in words like car and card is still pronounced, having been lost from many other dialects of English. The unusual feature of this accent, unique to Bristol, is the so-called Bristol L (or terminal L), in which an L sound appears to be appended to words that end in an ‘a’ or ‘o’. The “-ol” ending of the city’s name is a significant example of the occurrence of the so-called “Bristol L”. A similar form of this pronunciation quirk has been in existence for centuries, even as far back as the Norman Conquest in 1066 and the Domesday Book, compiled by the Norman-French. In those days before the printing press, the city’s name — “Bruggestowe” at the time — was rarely written. Consequently the Domesday Book information gatherers had to rely on oral answers to their questions and the city name was recorded as being “Bristolle”

BTW I hope it was obvious that I have nothing against people from Bristol, just venting at the way that anything North of Luton is frequently portrayed

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th2013:

MikeCunn:

th2013:
Hey, let’s generalise because all people living in each area are obviously exactly the same! For example everyone from Bristol can’t talk properly, and haven’t been able to for centuries. The people compiling the domesday book couldn’t even understand the proud Bristolian locals and the city’s name at the time “Bruggestowe” was recorded as “Bristolle” and no one objected so it stuck.

Really? I had no idea. I like my history and I hadn’t heard about that.

Yep, 100% true. I quote

Bristol natives speak with a rhotic accent, in which the post-vocalic r in words like car and card is still pronounced, having been lost from many other dialects of English. The unusual feature of this accent, unique to Bristol, is the so-called Bristol L (or terminal L), in which an L sound appears to be appended to words that end in an ‘a’ or ‘o’. The “-ol” ending of the city’s name is a significant example of the occurrence of the so-called “Bristol L”. A similar form of this pronunciation quirk has been in existence for centuries, even as far back as the Norman Conquest in 1066 and the Domesday Book, compiled by the Norman-French. In those days before the printing press, the city’s name — “Bruggestowe” at the time — was rarely written. Consequently the Domesday Book information gatherers had to rely on oral answers to their questions and the city name was recorded as being “Bristolle”

Fascinating. I like getting long runs as I get to listen to my podcasts. I listen to BBC History Magazine Podcast but my favourite is The History of England by David Crowther. It’s amusing, lighthearted and informative. It’s done by a bloke sitting in his garden shed, you can hear the birds tweeting in the background!

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northerner and proud of it

southern shandy ■■■■ drinking idiot , you ever thought of why they called cockneys … ■■■■ n knee’s … they just changed the spelling lol

also from wigan lol

youtu.be/1_cnZs_5Uqw

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Quit ■■■■■■■■ girls,how about sticking together wherever you’re from and demand a decent rate for the job!.Yeah I know easier said than done cos there’s always some idiot driver or boss who’ll undercut in an attempt to survive, but there will come a time when things go full circle(I hope)but not holding my breath :cry:

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splitshift:
Quit ■■■■■■■■ girls,how about sticking together wherever you’re from and demand a decent rate for the job!.Yeah I know easier said than done cos there’s always some idiot driver or boss who’ll undercut in an attempt to survive, but there will come a time when things go full circle(I hope)but not holding my breath :cry:

I think your wrong. Things are certainly picking up down here. It maybe that the north is permanently doctor hooked but I thing certainly in London and the south east the boot is once again on the drivers foot. The only fly in the ointment is bloody northerners who seem to be permanently bent over and waiting for there boss to tell them how far they want them to pull there cheeks apart.

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splitshift:
Quit ■■■■■■■■ girls,how about sticking together wherever you’re from and demand a decent rate for the job!.Yeah I know easier said than done cos there’s always some idiot driver or boss who’ll undercut in an attempt to survive, but there will come a time when things go full circle(I hope)but not holding my breath :cry:

That’s right. Let’s start by refusing to tramp from north down to south unless paid south money. As it is, you might as well cross a damned picket line, because tramping for £8ph and only for part of each week at that means firms like Eddie and co don’t have to open any hubs down this way. :wink:

Then you’ve got folk being bussed down here to live in “sheds with beds” to achieve the same thing - paltry wages, because the southern locals won’t have it themselves.
How long will it be before Watford Gap becomes a bigger divide than the English Channel? :open_mouth:

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AJF3011:

Ex Haulier:
a shuttle from London to Reading.

As a Londoner now living in Berkshire can I complain about carrot crunchers coming here nicking my work? :question:

:wink: :grimacing:

If you live in Reading area, then there’s no work to nick because there’s more jobs than staff in the area - official! :wink:

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Ex Haulier:
I think your wrong. Things are certainly picking up down here. It maybe that the north is permanently doctor hooked but I thing certainly in London and the south east the boot is once again on the drivers foot. The only fly in the ointment is bloody northerners who seem to be permanently bent over and waiting for there boss to tell them how far they want them to pull there cheeks apart.

Awww, bless 'im. Poor Ex Haulier or his employers are too stupid to get their sums right and have lost the work to another company. He thinks that nobody is to blame for that except… umm… ahh… all the HGV drivers in the north.

:laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

Pitiful, really, that some people have a mentality like that but rather amusing at the same time. Extra points for trotting out insults once your argument has been shot to pieces.

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i can see why you would be annoyed but it does seem your company priced them selves out of the job.

as regards to working for £7.50 instead of £10-11 everything costs less up here so we get that little bit more for our money - that is all im saying

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dafpower:
i can see why you would be annoyed but it does seem your company priced them selves out of the job.

as regards to working for £7.50 instead of £10-11 everything costs less up here so we get that little bit more for our money - that is all im saying

Just remember, when your next down south and you pop into a McDonald’s for your weekly treat of a couple of items from the savers menu (or the northeners menu) just remember that the spotty kid serving you is earning more per hour than you are.

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All i ever here southern drivers saying is what they told the boss,like fak orf i aint doin that ect and generally moaning .

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Olog Hai:

Ex Haulier:
I think your wrong. Things are certainly picking up down here. It maybe that the north is permanently doctor hooked but I thing certainly in London and the south east the boot is once again on the drivers foot. The only fly in the ointment is bloody northerners who seem to be permanently bent over and waiting for there boss to tell them how far they want them to pull there cheeks apart.

Awww, bless 'im. Poor Ex Haulier or his employers are too stupid to get their sums right and have lost the work to another company. He thinks that nobody is to blame for that except… umm… ahh… all the HGV drivers in the north.

:laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

Pitiful, really, that some people have a mentality like that but rather amusing at the same time. Extra points for trotting out insults once your argument has been shot to pieces.

Expect that my argument hasn’t been shot to pieces. Try typing the living wage into Google, but your big tough northeners, and you can work for less than that. What was the old saying, pay peanuts get monkeys. Now you get northern monkeys. Idiots.

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lets get real here, theres drivers in the village I live in who only work 5 days (4 nights out) and take home £500-£550 per week a 3 bed house in the village with front and back garden (decent sized) and driveway in a cul de sac leading to fields and common land,go for about £90k on the small ex council estate behind they can go for as little as 45K due to being non standard construction (concrete prefab) two and 3 bed terraced go for 40-60K, the village is self contained (village shop, 2 pubs and a village social club) and all the village kids play out all day unsupervised, The village school has less than 15 kids in each class giving a huge teacher/student ratio, crime is limited mostly to the odd pedal bike being nicked. But the village is close enough to the nearest town that the supermarkets on the outskirts of that town are only 10 minutes drive away, and the takeaways deliver, the seafront with sandy beaches the same about 10 minutes drive, 10 minutes in another direction takes us onto the North Yorkshire Moors and 100’s square miles on unspoilt countryside.

thers no snobbery in the community, the pool teams includes guys out of work, guys working in warehouses, truck drivers, safety guys working in the oil/gas industry all over the world, company directors and even a guy who has made a fortune as a property developer - no "loads of money"hooray henrys tho, which isn’t a bad thing

Rush hour here lasts about 25 minutes if your going into town, Within the village everyone knows everyone else, or knows someone who does so very rarely do you need to call in a tradesman as everyone gets mates rates on jobs that need doing.

It has some downsides , works is tough to get (but theres not many places that isn’t true atm) , and on one side the village is close to a huge industrial site , which can be at times a bit noisy, but for £90K what do you expect :wink:

So am I a fan of “oop north” too bloody right , despite being born “darn sarf” and spending the first half of my life there, I would never go back - We have a house and land that we could never afford down there, I live in a real community that with the wage we bring in provides a standard of living we could never achieve back in my birthplace, and my kids are bought up in a safe and supportive atmosphere where they don’t have to be escorted/supervised everywhere.

They are building some new houses in the village- and you can buy a 3 bedroom brand new house with two bathrooms starting from £119K - so yes if you go to the right location you get a lot more for your money up North, not just property wise , but also lifestyle …

Its not all grim up here you know :wink:

Signed
a Londoner who made the best move ever by moving up North

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Yeah, its lovely up north. That’s why there are only 15 kids in the class, because its so good everybody has voted with there feet and cleared off.

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Ex Haulier:

dafpower:
i can see why you would be annoyed but it does seem your company priced them selves out of the job.

as regards to working for £7.50 instead of £10-11 everything costs less up here so we get that little bit more for our money - that is all im saying

Just remember, when your next down south and you pop into a McDonald’s for your weekly treat of a couple of items from the savers menu (or the northeners menu) just remember that the spotty kid serving you is earning more per hour than you are.

northerners menu ■■■■ off sides ive gone right off crap donalds i take my own jock with me shop at sainsburys