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Debating whether we can actually buy this place now instead of having to move.  Going to be a struggle to get the deposit together but I'd like to try and the landlady has given me an option to consider.  Also, when she came round today and told me that the house falls under an obscure law that means if the local church got demolished the houses in the vicinity of the church are liable??  Law is over 500 years old apparently but technically still valid. 

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Also, when she came round today and told me that the house falls under an obscure law that means if the local church got demolished the houses in the vicinity of the church are liable??  Law is over 500 years old apparently but technically still valid. 

The Tudors may have been deceitful, amoral philanderers, but they redeemed themselves in the eyes of the North English public by halting the onslaught of Norsk Arson Blakk Metal. It is argued this decree kept the country safe for pioneering doom bands.

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Debating whether we can actually buy this place now instead of having to move.  Going to be a struggle to get the deposit together but I'd like to try and the landlady has given me an option to consider.  Also, when she came round today and told me that the house falls under an obscure law that means if the local church got demolished the houses in the vicinity of the church are liable??  Law is over 500 years old apparently but technically still valid. 

Given few would be aware of that law's existance, and its extremely dated nature, I'm fairly certain raising it with your local MP would be sufficient to see that law stricken.

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Debating whether we can actually buy this place now instead of having to move.  Going to be a struggle to get the deposit together but I'd like to try and the landlady has given me an option to consider.  Also, when she came round today and told me that the house falls under an obscure law that means if the local church got demolished the houses in the vicinity of the church are liable??  Law is over 500 years old apparently but technically still valid. 

If I understand correctly that the obvious solution is to demolish the church preemptively, and then purchase the house.

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The Tudors may have been deceitful, amoral philanderers, but they redeemed themselves in the eyes of the North English public by halting the onslaught of Norsk Arson Blakk Metal.

Indeed, many scholars consider the protectionism enshrined in these obscure zoning restrictions to be largely responsible for the continuation and renewed ascendancy of northern England's traditional Gothic Doom. 

Macabre, I'm sure that the thought of stability is enormously appealing; but won't someone with your, ahem, peculiar habits be better off with the flexibility and potential anonymity that renting would afford? :D 

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Indeed, many scholars consider the protectionism enshrined in these obscure zoning restrictions to be largely responsible for the continuation and renewed ascendancy of northern England's traditional Gothic Doom. 

This is great because I edited my original post about 2 minutes ago to say exactly that...:grin:

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This is great because I edited my original post about 2 minutes ago to say exactly that...:grin:

Ha! It is a distinctive feature of the British landscape - gaunt, mournful musicians with pointed arches and an emphasis on verticality, lurking about on various lonely crags, writing cryptic, highly allusive verses about mean ex-girlfriends. 

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I can sympathise. British bitches be cray yo!

And how may I ask would you know this? Have your bicycle tours gotten this far since the stabilisers came off? :-P In all seriousness though, British women (or at least those in my local vicinity) tend to be dumb, slutty drunks. Even those over 35. It's a pathetic site to behold on Friday and Saturday nights. That's why I prefer metal/goth women who aren't generally like that. They know how to have a good time but have some class even when pissed. Please forgive the lack of paragraphs. For whatever reason Crapatalk isn't formatting my posts...
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How very selective. How many hundreds a day are dying in wars? Yet one terrorist attack and suddenly any joke involving death is wrong? AFAIK Saudi Arabia had nothing to do with that attack (although maybe given their reputation). It was a joke about alcohol being banned in SA. About their terrible record for the amount of executions they carry out (often for extremely stupid things by our standards). And the state certain people tend to get into when their so drunk they can barely speak or walk. Does that make it any clearer?

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I am fucking livid. Probably the maddest I have EVER been. I have good reason to be too. Just found out my ex was attacked by two guys a couple of days ago. She was lucky enough to be in an area where people recognised her and the situation she was in, smart enough to send her seeing eye dog for help, and tough enough to put up enough of a fight to stall until the cops showed up. Without going into more detail I just want to say this: what kind of SICK FUCKS attack a blind girl? She's still pretty shaken up by everything but wasn't hurt which is good. Best believe I will make a point of attending each and every day of court proceedings against these scumbags and I hope they get locked up for a very long time.

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looking forward to seeing that Black Milk. Please do post a link to it here.

the file is on my friends camera, so I dont really know how to upload it to youtube or anything at the moment, but here's a link to my facebook page, anyone interested just send me a friend request and the video should be visible, i keep my profile private to protect employment interests haha https://www.facebook.com/evan.schaaf

 this was a simple, one-take freestyle I did after a couple beers. I had to keep the cigarette going to keep my focus on point. despite one or two minimal pronunciation errors I'm really happy with how it turned out 

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