@q00w2 it is! Half hour walk from the new house
All it's good for at the moment β¦
@FrankCannon @q00w2 ππ
@FrankCannon @q00w2 havenβt walked along this before. Bit nostalgic bumping into my Grandas old house. Couldnβt have taken you to it by road, I was 6 when they moved. Nice surprise.
@FrankCannon @q00w2 mad, memories flooding back. Been tarted up a bit with that extension. Posh end of Tullycarnet π
@FrankCannon @q00w2 according to my Gran ππ
I used to live in Vionville. IYKYK lol
They want Β£120,000 and up for this place. π
My homesteads tend to follow this pattern in any town or city β¦ π (These were my addresses in Portstewart, before it got all tarted up)
But bigger β¦ a big, steaming gentrified shite.
My nana was one of those people β¦ in private she had a heavily vernacular speech and accent, but in 'company' she talked like she had a mouthful of marbles. π
Bang on! π
@FrankCannon @q00w2 North down aspirations. My Gran to a tee
@FrankCannon @q00w2 @process "The Bouquet Residence"! Yes,
even in SW, my mother used to do that. Coarse as sand at home, but smooth as butter and trying to be "posh" when someone came to the door!
@FrankCannon @q00w2 @process Me? Someone comes to my door, and I'm like, "heya, alright?"
@homebird @FrankCannon @q00w2 My accent does flip. Reverts to a strong enough Belfast accent if I'm talking to the right person. Also goes a bit Country if I'm in that direction. Never intentional but I put it down to having moved loads when I was younger. I don't have a defined accent though Mrs says I'm pretty much pure Belfast these days lol
@process @FrankCannon @q00w2 Having grown up in Wales, moved to Scotland at 18 years old, having spent a lot of time with American and Australian folk, my accent is a real mix! The place I live has its own quirky accent too, so that comes out now and then. But it's funny, people still say to me, underneath all the mix, I still sound Welsh! I think it depends who I am speaking with at the time. I tend to mimic theirs a lot! Quite naturally, without trying.
@process @homebird @FrankCannon
Same. Moving around makes the accent plastic.
Does the public toilet at the top of the Prom still hang over the Catholic church? That always made me laugh, in spite of not giving a shit about the religious politics β¦ π
@q00w2 @FrankCannon ππ It was bleak. This was emergency housing, early 90s. No one wanted to live up there.
I lived the street before that, top of the hill. Worked in a pub and closing time, first shift, Manager says βlift home?β
Told him my address. βIβll get you a taxiβ
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Taxi came, took me to the bottom of the hill. βFar as Iβm taking youβ
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π To be fair, they spruced it up very nicely on the inside, but if I had to come home to that every day I'd be looking for where to sling the rope over. π
@q00w2 @FrankCannon place I just moved from was pretty much that but terrace. 2 up 2 down. Iβve moved way up in the world. nowβ¦ Garden and a Garage. Proper grown up ππ
Yeah, a house is not a home without a garden of some sortβeven if it's just a few square metres β¦
@q00w2 @FrankCannon makes the world of difference
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1984, Brazil β¦ π
@process coming to Belfast thos summer. What would you recommend seeing?
@OldDude71 very nice! How long you staying? What sort of things do you enjoy?
@process just one day. We are making our way around the British isles visiting a number of cities.
@OldDude71 one day... I'd check out the Ulster Museum just for the local history angle. It's nice up there by the University if the weather is good.
Titanic Belfast is also a good experience though why we put so much emphasis on a boat that sunk is beyond me.
Belfast Center - grab a pint at the Duke Of York. Really nice area round there. At the minute the Cathedral Quarter is probably the best kept area.
If you are here Saturday or Sunday I'd recommend St Georges Market.
@process we enjoy meeting people around the world and talking to them. Surprising how much we are all the same despite our differences.
@OldDude71 π― DM me closer to the time and if I'm about I'd love to grab a pint
For meeting people and if the weathers good look into the Sunflower Bar. It's nice and very friendly.
@process thanks
@process
Is that Stormont?