And this year it's long trousers.

[reddragdiva]

We didn't make it out at all — redcountess was far too unwell. (Remembering that last year it was me ...) Our apologies to all we hoped to see. You could come visit us instead!

Walking arkady home, we passed a chav party. What's scarier than malevolent chavs? Drunk and enthusiastically cheerful chavs.

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[syringavulgaris.livejournal.com]

Woss a chav, then?

[reddragdiva]

http://www.chavscum.co.uk/

Like trailer trash without the sense of moral rectitude.

[gths.livejournal.com]

So they're all called "Timmay" and "Wobbay", huh?

[zillahgoth.livejournal.com]

poor darlings

[vampwillow]

{{hugs}}

When I got home (just before 2am ) it was very quiet.

At 2am it appears a party was tipped onto the street, with car doors slamming, women screaming, sounds of fighting, crashing, etc.

Pity there is a ''speedy delete'' for chavs :-P

[redcountess]

Yes, I noticed the fireworks didn't last as long as last year too.

[incy.livejournal.com]

Chavs are the best arguement for actually making it legal for people to bear arms.

[reddragdiva]

Apparently, though, they're technically human. (What fool made that law?) I am really quite glad chavs mostly don't have guns.

They're the original strain that rednecks evolved from, looks like

[mouseworks.livejournal.com]

Lots of parallels -- except that plaid baseball caps don't show up here...yet.

Re: They're the original strain that rednecks evolved from, looks like

[arkady.livejournal.com]

Chavs wear a very specific form of plaid - Burberry, to be precise.

in answer to your question below, American cups, UK cups and Australian cups are all different sizes. Makes adapting recipes into a whole new world of fun. FSVO.

Re: They're the original strain that rednecks evolved from, looks like

[mouseworks.livejournal.com]

Someone must have how to get neutral saline in British cups since nasal douching is a fairly common yoga exercise and places that cater to people who do yoga sell little pots for douching the nostrils.

Re: They're the original strain that rednecks evolved from, looks like

[arkady.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a pretty crackpot idea to me. The mucus that forms inside the nostrils is there for a very good reason. Accidental inhalation of saline into the lungs is dangerous - particularly for an asthmatic such as Diva or Liz.

It's all very well suggesting favourite cold and flu remedies, but sometimes the person concerned can have a whole load of underlying medical conditions that you're not aware of but that will be aggravated by your well-meaning remedies. As I mention above, Diva himself is an asthmatic, and Liz is not only asthmatic but also suffers from fibromyalgia which causes a whole load of complications and reactions on its own.

Re: They're the original strain that rednecks evolved from, looks like

[mouseworks.livejournal.com]

The saline solution has helped me with sinus infections. Neutral saline's safer than decongestants (no rebound effect) or the drugs that dry out sinuses (no weird side effects).

Given lung problems, no, probably not a good idea.

The other suggestion is a humidifier, if that is kept very clean. I haven't had asthma since I was a child, just a tendency to bronchial infections which have gone into pneumonia at least once.

Re: They're the original strain that rednecks evolved from, looks like

[reddragdiva]

Ah - the illness here isn't anything coldlike, it's the fibro and its symptoms getting bad again.

[hairyears.livejournal.com]

Chavs... Why Oh Why is there never a grenade handy when you need one?

And here I was waiting to hear about the wild time you guys had

[mouseworks.livejournal.com]

Next year, I'm going to reserve a taxi early or get proper night lights for the bicycle, or something.

And I recommend raw garlic cloves for respiratory illnesses, also, nasal douching with one quarter teaspoon of salt to one cup (I don't know if American cups are different from British cups) of warm water.

[echo-echo.livejournal.com]

I know exactly what you mean. A couple of New Years ago I was walking through Manchester centre, I presume in search of a taxi, when a rather inbred grim looking chap in a shell suit and burberry cap approached me. This is never a good thing...either they will politely ask for money and/or a fag or attempt to take said items by force, or in a particularly bad case, assault you because they don't like the look of you.

He staggered up to me, held out his hand and wished me "All the best mate, Happy New Year".

VERY VERY strange.