Idyllic cottage for sale

Skybird · 09-30-09, 04:49 PM

First I laughed, but then I realised that advertizing like this borders fraud, imo. It's like advertising a car but not telling that it has no wheels.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...nt/8282368.stm

In medieval, they had this wonderful thing, the pillory. I deeply regret that we do not have it anymore, and that pillorying a sentenced deliquent is not being done anymore because it might prove to be damaging to his future social chances. Putting somebody into shame still is a very effective stimulus to make somebody change his behaviour. the worst fraudsters are those who never have been made ashamed, knowing no shame therefore.

Oberon · 09-30-09, 04:58 PM

Having been there several times I can also account for the fact that it is in the arse end of nowhere, with the only access to civilisation being through a couple of small roads and a narrow gauge railway

And of course, the two (soon to be one) nuclear power stations.

SteamWake · 09-30-09, 08:57 PM

Not saying their exactly above board but 1nyone buying real estate wtihout viewing it first hand deserves what they get.

Skybird · 10-01-09, 05:38 AM

If I read such an advert, sit in a car and travel three hours just to find something like in this case, I would be pissed, and very much so. That I would not buy it, doesn't change that. And then three hours back home.

antikristuseke · 10-01-09, 05:56 AM

I wonder if their advertising slogans say something like "Why use a night light and waste power? Chernobyl table water, drink and glow today!"

HunterICX · 10-01-09, 06:27 AM

when that camera zooms out..priceless

HunterICX

Jimbuna · 10-01-09, 09:18 AM

I wonder if they get cheaper electricity?

Oberon · 10-01-09, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

I wonder if they get cheaper electricity?

I wish!!

Jimbuna · 10-01-09, 11:29 AM

Ah, so there's a nature reserve in the area......well everythings alright then.

You'll probably be able to sneak in for nothing during the night, I hear the ducks glow in the dark

Kapitan · 10-01-09, 11:36 AM

Knowing thier luck with the way british policy works that power has to go to york before it comes back to that house "its easier so they say"

Skybird · 10-01-09, 11:39 AM

Nonsense, they get static electricity, without wire, that is.

Really hair-raising stuff.

10-01-09, 01:03 PM

I think I'd rather live near the nuke plant than here. Oil refinery in the background. BTW this is also in the UK.

Kloef · 10-01-09, 01:09 PM

I wouldnt want to live there for free, much less pay for it.

Task Force · 10-01-09, 02:00 PM

cool, id love to live there... someday they will find that powerstations like that make you live longer... lol

Oberon · 10-01-09, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Task Force

cool, id love to live there... someday they will find that powerstations like that make you live longer... lol

I'll let you know

09-30-09, 04:49 PM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Idyllic cottage for sale First I laughed, but then I realised that advertizing like this borders fraud, imo. It's like advertising a car but not telling that it has no wheels. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...nt/8282368.stm In medieval, they had this wonderful thing, the pillory. I deeply regret that we do not have it anymore, and that pillorying a sentenced deliquent is not being done anymore because it might prove to be damaging to his future social chances. Putting somebody into shame still is a very effective stimulus to make somebody change his behaviour. the worst fraudsters are those who never have been made ashamed, knowing no shame therefore. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

09-30-09, 08:57 PM	#3
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Not saying their exactly above board but 1nyone buying real estate wtihout viewing it first hand deserves what they get. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

10-01-09, 05:38 AM	#4
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	If I read such an advert, sit in a car and travel three hours just to find something like in this case, I would be pissed, and very much so. That I would not buy it, doesn't change that. And then three hours back home. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

10-01-09, 06:27 AM	#6
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	when that camera zooms out..priceless HunterICX __________________

10-01-09, 09:18 AM	#7
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,447 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I wonder if they get cheaper electricity? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

09-30-09, 04:58 PM	#2
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Having been there several times I can also account for the fact that it is in the arse end of nowhere, with the only access to civilisation being through a couple of small roads and a narrow gauge railway And of course, the two (soon to be one) nuclear power stations.

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antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I wonder if their advertising slogans say something like "Why use a night light and waste power? Chernobyl table water, drink and glow today!"

10-01-09, 11:29 AM	#9
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,447 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Ah, so there's a nature reserve in the area......well everythings alright then. You'll probably be able to sneak in for nothing during the night, I hear the ducks glow in the dark __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,130 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	Knowing thier luck with the way british policy works that power has to go to york before it comes back to that house "its easier so they say" __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

10-01-09, 11:39 AM	#11
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Nonsense, they get static electricity, without wire, that is. Really hair-raising stuff. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

10-01-09, 01:03 PM	#12
CastleBravo Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I think I'd rather live near the nuke plant than here. Oil refinery in the background. BTW this is also in the UK.

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Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	cool, id love to live there... someday they will find that powerstations like that make you live longer... lol __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"