Today's Times. Burnley least Woke place.

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Today's Times. Burnley least Woke place.

Post by Siddo » Sun Mar 22, 2020 8:35 pm

In the annual supplement in today's Sunday Times, the best places to live, Burnley is one of 3 least woke places. We are least likely to own an electric car, and are the least charitable people in the UK, based on online charity giving sites.

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Post by nil_desperandum » Sun Mar 22, 2020 8:45 pm

Siddo wrote:
Sun Mar 22, 2020 8:35 pm
In the annual supplement in today's Sunday Times, the best places to live, Burnley is one of 3 least woke places. We are least likely to own an electric car, and are the least charitable people in the UK, based on online charity giving sites.
I always find Burnley people to be very generous in their charity giving, but maybe like me they don't don't do much online.
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Post by Burnley1989 » Sun Mar 22, 2020 8:47 pm

It will be charity value, it goes without saying that as a town we have less to give than most, but what we do have I’d say we are no different to anywhere else.

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Post by karatekid » Sun Mar 22, 2020 8:51 pm

Charity begins at home ;)

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Post by Bfcboyo » Sun Mar 22, 2020 8:55 pm

No wonder covid 19 wont entertain us.

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Post by Bfcboyo » Sun Mar 22, 2020 8:57 pm

Siddo wrote:
Sun Mar 22, 2020 8:35 pm
In the annual supplement in today's Sunday Times, the best places to live, Burnley is one of 3 least woke places. We are least likely to own an electric car, and are the least charitable people in the UK, based on online charity giving sites.
One of the proudest things I've ever heard about the town.

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Post by evensteadiereddie » Sun Mar 22, 2020 9:03 pm

What other criteria were used, Siddo ?
The electric car thing and not giving as much to charities come as no surprise.

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Post by Billy Balfour » Sun Mar 22, 2020 9:13 pm

I first heard someone say 'tight as a Burney wallet' about 10 years ago. I'd never come across the expression before and didn't realise we had a reputation for being tight. It's probably more to do with low wages and people not having as much disposable income as some of the more affluent parts of the north west.

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Post by Rowls » Sun Mar 22, 2020 9:17 pm

evensteadiereddie wrote:
Sun Mar 22, 2020 9:03 pm
What other criteria were used, Siddo ?
The electric car thing and not giving as much to charities come as no surprise.
Burnley had the lowest percentage of the population identifying as "non-binary" at just 14.7%

This was broken down as following:

Genderfluid - 4.1%
Genderqueer - 3.7%
Polyqueer - 3.2%
Demiboi - 2.5%
Pangender androgyne - 1.1%
Rovers fan - 0.1%
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Post by Burnley1989 » Sun Mar 22, 2020 9:22 pm

I’d be surprised if there’s 14 people in the town identifying as non binary

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Post by LS7 » Sun Mar 22, 2020 9:26 pm

Like a lot of the pennine mill towns, it’s positive in that people are grounded and straightforward generally but if you’re camp or outlandish it must feel very restrictive.

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Post by LS7 » Sun Mar 22, 2020 9:29 pm

(Hebden and increasingly Tod being exceptions of course )

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Post by dsr » Sun Mar 22, 2020 11:30 pm

Rowls wrote:
Sun Mar 22, 2020 9:17 pm
Burnley had the lowest percentage of the population identifying as "non-binary" at just 14.7%
If their poll says that 1 in 7 Burnley people claim to be non-binary, then all it proves is that someone is taking the mick out of their pollsters.

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Post by Rowls » Sun Mar 22, 2020 11:45 pm

dsr wrote:
Sun Mar 22, 2020 11:30 pm
If their poll says that 1 in 7 Burnley people claim to be non-binary, then all it proves is that someone is taking the mick out of their pollsters.
Somebody taking the mick you say?

How dare you.

That's outrageous.

Scandalous.

I'm gabberflasted.

Shocking.
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Post by Taffy on the wing » Mon Mar 23, 2020 1:15 am

After the Brexit and Boris watch threads........i agree with them!
Some proper Dinosaurs on here.........Wrongo in particular.

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Post by Nonayforever » Mon Mar 23, 2020 7:25 am

nil_desperandum wrote:
Sun Mar 22, 2020 8:45 pm
I always find Burnley people to be very generous in their charity giving, but maybe like me they don't don't do much online.
I used to own a shop in Nelson. We had two charity boxes.
When the boxes were collected we received a note back from the charity saying thank you etc plus the amount collected - we were always one of the most charitable giving shops in the north of England.
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Post by Bfcboyo » Mon Mar 23, 2020 7:35 am

Maybe we just down boast up here about our charity and post it straight away on facegram and instabook like a lot of soppy look at me folk.

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Post by evensteadiereddie » Mon Mar 23, 2020 7:54 am

Maybe but I though you were proud of the fact that Burnley folk were some of the least generous and most insular.

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Post by Bfcboyo » Mon Mar 23, 2020 8:05 am

evensteadiereddie wrote:
Mon Mar 23, 2020 7:54 am
Maybe but I though you were proud of the fact that Burnley folk were some of the least generous and most insular.
You know full well it was only aimed at the woke part our Eddie. I don't believe in non binary terms and other nonsense.

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Post by fatboy47 » Mon Mar 23, 2020 8:08 am

I'd have thought that Burnley should be a net beneficiary of handouts rather than some kind of philanthropic utopia.
The place is on it's arse for heaven's sake...most of it looks like the aftermath of a roadside bomb.

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Post by evensteadiereddie » Mon Mar 23, 2020 8:10 am

Bfcboyo wrote:
Mon Mar 23, 2020 8:05 am
You know full well it was only aimed at the woke part our Eddie. I don't believe in non binary terms and other nonsense.

No, to be fair, the post you answered and claimed to be proud of was concerning electric car sales and charity giving with no mention of gender classification - that came a few posts later. Whatever.


You don't accept non binary terms - good. Neither do I.
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Post by evensteadiereddie » Mon Mar 23, 2020 8:12 am

Bang on the money, Fatboy. You'd hardly expect philanthropy or forward thinking from such a crater, to be fair.

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Post by houseboy » Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:54 am

Does non-binary mean they don't use 1s and 0s? :?
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Post by houseboy » Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:57 am

Just looked up 'woke'. I have never really known it's meaning. I thought it was an acronym. It's just yet another Amreicanism isn't it? Oh well. :D :D

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Post by Clarets4me » Mon Mar 23, 2020 11:18 am

dsr wrote:
Sun Mar 22, 2020 11:30 pm
If their poll says that 1 in 7 Burnley people claim to be non-binary, then all it proves is that someone is taking the mick out of their pollsters.
I suspect 60% of the Burnley Adult population, would look at a pollster in utter bemusement if they were asked in the street, " Do you currently identify as non-binary ? " My Dad's 84, and thinks LBGT is a new variant on a Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato Sandwich ...

A 5 door Electric Vauxhall Corsa, starts at £30,665 ( £27,665 with the Govt grant ), and people wonder why Burnley's streets aren't littered with them ? You can get a 68 Plate Corsa 1.4 SRI ( Nav ) with 10k on it for £8,299 at Motorpoint !! :roll:
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Post by Stayingup » Mon Mar 23, 2020 11:33 am

Siddo wrote:
Sun Mar 22, 2020 8:35 pm
In the annual supplement in today's Sunday Times, the best places to live, Burnley is one of 3 least woke places. We are least likely to own an electric car, and are the least charitable people in the UK, based on online charity giving sites.
And how has the Times arrived at this conclusion? I'd be interested to know if it was a poll or not. As we have learnt over the recent past they are so, so accurate.

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Post by evensteadiereddie » Mon Mar 23, 2020 12:32 pm

Oooooh, look, some straws. Let's clutch at 'em ! ;)

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Post by Blackrod » Mon Mar 23, 2020 12:36 pm

Not too surprising. Most folk in Burnley are down to earth, get on with things without a fuss and are less likely to broadcast good deeds that they do or offence at things.

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Post by evensteadiereddie » Mon Mar 23, 2020 12:44 pm

Insular but in a good way...

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Post by Lord Beamish » Mon Mar 23, 2020 12:56 pm

If this messageboard is owt to go by, Burnley is full of complete whoppers.
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Post by dsr » Mon Mar 23, 2020 1:37 pm

I suppose the thing about charity giving is that it depends how you define "charitable". The Sunday Times obviously believes that a man with £50,000 who gives £100 via the internet is more generous than a man with £25,000 who gives £100 in cash. I don't see it, myself.

Is it rocket science that richer areas with higher proportion of non-cash transactions, do more online spending on everything than poorer areas with more cash transactions? (I suspect the Sunday Times doesn't realise there's a difference between North and South).

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Post by ecc » Mon Mar 23, 2020 3:26 pm

'...but if you’re camp or outlandish it must feel very restrictive."

Shouldn't laugh....but I did.

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Post by Taffy on the wing » Mon Mar 23, 2020 3:58 pm

Bfcboyo wrote:
Mon Mar 23, 2020 8:05 am
You know full well it was only aimed at the woke part our Eddie. I don't believe in non binary terms and other nonsense.
Ever heard the one about " having your cake and eating it?

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Post by Bfcboyo » Mon Mar 23, 2020 3:59 pm

Taffy on the wing wrote:
Mon Mar 23, 2020 3:58 pm
Ever heard the one about " having your cake and eating it?
Educate me how it is relevant and I will happily debate it with you.

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Post by mikeS » Mon Mar 23, 2020 4:14 pm

Maybe those who ran the survey should have come to BUrnley to see a home game and the food bank collection, the work that the Salvation Army do and all the other charitable work that goes on here.
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Post by Taffy on the wing » Mon Mar 23, 2020 4:18 pm

Tha can't have it both ways tha nose!........is that easier to understand?

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Post by Bfcboyo » Mon Mar 23, 2020 4:39 pm

So you have to be woke and believe in non binary to be a good person who is charitable and decent?
I really do not follow.

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Post by Im_not_Robbie_Blake » Mon Mar 23, 2020 4:47 pm

houseboy wrote:
Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:57 am
Just looked up 'woke'. I have never really known it's meaning. I thought it was an acronym. It's just yet another Amreicanism isn't it? Oh well. :D :D
I looked it up too - never even heard it before.

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Post by Stanbill05 » Mon Mar 23, 2020 6:00 pm

A guy at my work turns up in a dress. He is competent which is all I care about. I still find it very odd which I guess makes me not woke. Least I can blame my Burnley roots.

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Post by RingoMcCartney » Mon Mar 23, 2020 6:08 pm

Burnley1989 wrote:
Sun Mar 22, 2020 9:22 pm
I’d be surprised if there’s 14 people in the town identifying as non binary
I find that easier to believe than the 0.1% who self identified as a Rovers fan.

Not having that.
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Post by tiger76 » Mon Mar 23, 2020 10:42 pm

mikeS wrote:
Mon Mar 23, 2020 4:14 pm
Maybe those who ran the survey should have come to BUrnley to see a home game and the food bank collection, the work that the Salvation Army do and all the other charitable work that goes on here.
Exactly i'll wager the writers and researchers have never set foot in Burnley,they probably couldn't even find the town on a map.

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Post by timshorts » Mon Mar 23, 2020 11:07 pm

tiger76 wrote:
Mon Mar 23, 2020 10:42 pm
Exactly i'll wager the writers and researchers have never set foot in Burnley,they probably couldn't even find the town on a map.
Course they could. It's somewhere north of Watford, near Scotland. Doesn't really matter where. It all looks grim and they are proud that they've never been there to see it. Went to Luton Airport once, though, to get a cheap flight to marbs.
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Post by Bfcboyo » Tue Mar 24, 2020 7:13 am

Stanbill05 wrote:
Mon Mar 23, 2020 6:00 pm
A guy at my work turns up in a dress. He is competent which is all I care about. I still find it very odd which I guess makes me not woke. Least I can blame my Burnley roots.
Hey and I bet he manages to look better than half the ladies. But one of the reasons I am not woke is I live by a few principles of the men in my life who raised me. One being an arsehole is for shiting out of only and the only set of ******** you should be playing with is a ladies top set.

Primitive but I believe them to be true. Doesn't make me hate anyone but these are my values so accept them as I accept some folk are different to me.

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