One reason to stay in Scotland

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  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    Fair enough.
  • daviesee
    daviesee Posts: 6,386
    -spider- wrote:
    But there's no roads up here. Just sheep tracks. And the weather is awful - I mean in the last year the it snowed every day. And you put the dirty washing out to get cleaned and bring it in to dry. And everyone speaks that Gaelic stuff. And you get taxed more just for being here. And the Council still sit round a big stone and bang sticks together (although that might actually be an improvement on Council's further south). Nah, it's rotten up here. :)
    Quite right. Completely antiquated with no connection to the modern world like mobile phones. Or phones.
    Or t'internet. Oh... :wink:
    None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,303
    -spider- wrote:
    daviesee wrote:
    verylonglegs wrote:
    I did meet an English guy once who would spend all his holidays hiking in the north of Scotland, he would often say Scotland doesn't actually start until you get north of Glasgow and Edinburgh.
    To get to the best of Scotland, you have to go north of the Caledonian canal. 8)

    But there's no roads up here. Just sheep tracks. And the weather is awful - I mean in the last year the it snowed every day. And you put the dirty washing out to get cleaned and bring it in to dry. And everyone speaks that Gaelic stuff. And you get taxed more just for being here. And the Council still sit round a big stone and bang sticks together (although that might actually be an improvement on Council's further south). Nah, it's rotten up here. :)

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  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    haha - I knew you'd post that :lol:
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  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    Whilst out on a ride the other evening along some dirt tracks we call roads a large angry motor vehicle sped past almost knocking us to the ground. My friend, who comes from a wee town on the outskirts of Dundee, started screaming “A HOOSE!!! A HOOSE ON WHEELS!!!”. I’ve travelled to the London before so was able to assure him that it was not in fact a house on wheels but a double decker bus.
  • declan1
    declan1 Posts: 2,470
    thegreatdivide wrote:
    double decker bus.

    What's that?

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  • daviesee
    daviesee Posts: 6,386
    declan1 wrote:
    thegreatdivide wrote:
    double decker bus.

    What's that?
    A hoose on wheels. :wink:

    I was involved in the design for some large kit to be exported to India and was assured that the packing case was built better than the houses at destination and as soon as emptied it would be furnished. :shock:

    A double decker bus? Luxury! :lol:
    None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.
  • declan1
    declan1 Posts: 2,470
    daviesee wrote:
    declan1 wrote:
    thegreatdivide wrote:
    double decker bus.

    What's that?
    A hoose on wheels. :wink:

    I was involved in the design for some large kit to be exported to India and was assured that the packing case was built better than the houses at destination and as soon as emptied it would be furnished. :shock:

    A double decker bus? Luxury! :lol:

    Ah so it's got a kitchen and stuff?

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  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    University Fees.
  • declan1
    declan1 Posts: 2,470
    RideOnTime wrote:
    University Fees.

    Or lack of.

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  • marylogic
    marylogic Posts: 355
    Has anyone mentioned Haggis suppers yet?
  • declan1
    declan1 Posts: 2,470
    marylogic wrote:
    Has anyone mentioned Haggis suppers yet?

    They're a bloody pain to catch...

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  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,666
    The public toilets?

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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,303
    Our public toilets are lovely
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  • marylogic
    marylogic Posts: 355
    After independence we can make Simon Warren do a 100 greatest cycling climbs in Scotland rather than the paltry 7 or 8 entries we get at the moment.

    Which reminds me, I must go and do Wrynose and Hardknott before they close the borders......
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,303
    After independance, we can ban Simon Cowell and other tw4ts from coming here.

    Alan Sugar
    David Cameroon
    Seanocon etc etc
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  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,666
    :lol: Just as well. I get a nose bleed higher than Yorkshire
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  • declan1
    declan1 Posts: 2,470
    Beautiful ride today - 26 degrees up here! :shock: :o:D

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  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    Well Declan, another reason would seem to be that there is no fecker around who might steal your bike. You appear to have had the place to yourself. :)
  • declan1
    declan1 Posts: 2,470
    Ballysmate wrote:
    Well Declan, another reason would seem to be that there is no fecker around who might steal your bike. You appear to have had the place to yourself. :)

    There were roughly 3,500,000 cyclists today and all of them looked like they were doing LEJOG/JOGLE. It's normally nice and quiet but not when the sun comes out :wink:

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  • declan1
    declan1 Posts: 2,470
    Another nice ride today!

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  • hipshot
    hipshot Posts: 371
    Stop it with the scenery porn!

    Will have to go for a ride up there, are the mozzies as bad as they say?
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    That time machine of yours is brilliant Declan, August 17th 1953 if I'm not mistaken, where to tomorrow? :D
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  • declan1
    declan1 Posts: 2,470
    hipshot wrote:
    Stop it with the scenery porn!

    Will have to go for a ride up there, are the mozzies as bad as they say?

    Sorry! :P

    Only when there's no wind and you're in a forest. We don't get many Mosquitoes but Midges are a pain with no wind :(

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  • declan1
    declan1 Posts: 2,470
    team47b wrote:
    That time machine of yours is brilliant Declan, August 17th 1953 if I'm not mistaken, where to tomorrow? :D

    :shock: how did you guess that?!?

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  • dmclite-3.0
    dmclite-3.0 Posts: 845
    Having spent the best part of a fortnight in Irvine recently, I can safely say that I would hate to live back in Scotland. Crappy weather, don't drink Irn Bru, don't smoke, like sunshine. Still has the shameful sectarian attitude too. Living in Kent has spoiled Scotland for me, it is such a poor place, really depressing IMHO. :|
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  • daviesee
    daviesee Posts: 6,386
    True.
    But I just spent a weekend in Cornwall.
    The weather was no better and the roads were that busy with speeding traffic that I wouldn't like to cycle there. Not to mention that there are no flats. :shock:
    Can't wait to see London traffic this week. :wink:
    None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.
  • The Mechanic
    The Mechanic Posts: 1,277
    dmclite-3.0 wrote:
    Having spent the best part of a fortnight in Irvine recently, I can safely say that I would hate to live back in Scotland. Crappy weather, don't drink Irn Bru, don't smoke, like sunshine. Still has the shameful sectarian attitude too. Living in Kent has spoiled Scotland for me, it is such a poor place, really depressing IMHO. :|


    A fortnight in Irvine; what was the offense?
    I have only two things to say to that; Bo***cks
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    The Mechanic wrote:
    dmclite-3.0 wrote:
    Having spent the best part of a fortnight in Irvine recently, I can safely say that I would hate to live back in Scotland. Crappy weather, don't drink Irn Bru, don't smoke, like sunshine. Still has the shameful sectarian attitude too. Living in Kent has spoiled Scotland for me, it is such a poor place, really depressing IMHO. :|


    A fortnight in Irvine; what was the offense?

    Going equipped to buy a round? :lol:
    An offence under Common Law in Scotland.
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    The Mechanic wrote:
    dmclite-3.0 wrote:
    Having spent the best part of a fortnight in Irvine recently, I can safely say that I would hate to live back in Scotland. Crappy weather, don't drink Irn Bru, don't smoke, like sunshine. Still has the shameful sectarian attitude too. Living in Kent has spoiled Scotland for me, it is such a poor place, really depressing IMHO. :|


    A fortnight in Irvine; what was the offense?
    If the best part was in Irvine, I shudder to think where the worst part was

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