Scotland The Brave - all things Scottish


Forth road bridge tolls end
April 2, 2008, 2:48 pm
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Eventually they end the Forth road toll bridge.  No idea why, maybe it wasn’t efficient with all the staff costs etc.

Instead we join a slip road and try to get onto a streaming row of 60mph+ cars.  It’s a nightmare.  The cones were out to divert us onto the bridge, but hopefully they’ll sort something out properly.



Scottish guys who wear t-shirts in windchill -5 and 0C air temp
January 10, 2008, 2:46 pm
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You see them in the city centre….little boys out for the piss up…but with t-shirt only?!?!?!

Meanwhile I’m wearing 3 layers, a hat, gloves and a ski jacket.

I know alcohol numbs your senses but that’s extreme. 



Scotland…heart attack capital…
December 12, 2007, 4:36 pm
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It seems pretty sick what crap people in Scotland eat.  What sickens me is the women, who are educated and brain washed to be thin but still have chips every lunchtime or burgers…..aren’t these women who are influenced by the stick insects trying to stay thin?

Then they get all upset because they’re fat and demolish a pizza and 2 packets of biscuits.

Today, I was getting a kebab (OK, low fat, high sodium) when I saw this girl picking up about a metric tonne of food…double burgers, chips and pizza….all for the hair dressing salon where they are supposed to be trying to make themselves ‘beautiful’….sad but true, people in Scotland want to have their cake or chippy and eat it.



Scotland nearly through the qualifiers…
October 19, 2007, 4:01 pm
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It might sound ridiculous…but the Scotland football team have done some serious damage.

In their group, they only have to beat Italy to be granted into the latest 2008 competition…..similarly the Scotland rugby team did alright as well beating France.

Seems maybe sport (with all it’s money) is re-focusing Scottish athletes…



John Smeaton….he is truly is Scotland The Brave
July 12, 2007, 3:33 pm
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Terrorists.  In a jeep.  Filled with gas cannisters.  They drive into the doors of Glasgow airport and set themselves alight, trying to get the jeep through the doors which doesn’t fit.

John Smeaton is infact the man who took down the terrorists. 

Well done John.  Brave and Scottish.  You da man!



Council tax to be abolished in Scotland…
June 22, 2007, 4:12 pm
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It was on the front of the papers today, the Scottish parliment have voted against council tax.

 Just as well, but what will the new tax bring?  Hopefully it will be based on what you use but more likely what you earn.

Ach well.



The Sun comes out
June 6, 2007, 2:52 pm
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2 days late according to forecasts…the sun has come out.

Blue skies and barbeques…mmmmm….let’s see for how long…last week the weather changed from cloudy to clear blue to rain in 12 hours….



Scottish weather - a cause of depression and drink/drug abuse?
May 23, 2007, 2:58 pm
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Weather for May is just abismal.  Wet, cold wind (about 12C) and just fecking awful…the grey skies are sickenenly depressing. 

 Is this the route of all the alcohol and drug abuse we hear about?  Actually, I would focus more on alcohol abuse….that is an acceptable Scottish form of relaxation, drinking 12 pints or 1/2 a bottle of whisky.  Let me retract that - most people drink beer or wine (Buckfast).  Would better weather mean less of this behaviour?  I say maybe not, as when it’s a sunny day the cash register at the ‘offy’ rings continously.  And people make a point of going out at night, only to…ahem consume lots of alcohol.

Having just been in Singapore where alcohol cannot be found outside of the 7-11 or restaurant, things are much different.  No litter, no drunks, no druggies and low crime.  Everyone seems content and they spend their time shopping, eating and going to the cinema (where it costs 2 quid to see a movie).

So my point is this, maybe it’s the alcohol that’s the cause of depression in Scotland, not the weather.



Scotland portrayed properly on Canadian travel programme
May 14, 2007, 10:24 am
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Was watching a Canadian travel program - it got Scotland to a tee…..it was raining when they filmed which was funny.  They also pointed out the difference between Scotland and England which was accurate also.

Visiting Edinburgh castle, interviewing a piper about his sporan and what he kept under his hat, the gun at Edinburgh castle - very accurate.  Also some better known pubs in Edinburgh.

 Good to see some people can get it right from the tourists point of view!



Archie McPhee, Scottish cyber-entrepreuner?
April 11, 2007, 11:37 am
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I came across Archie Mcphee webstore the other day, beautifully presented and enterprising, yet selling utter novelty crap.

I thought it was too good to be true - Scottish boy goes to Yankland, becomes cyber-business man and romps home a clear winner.  But nay, Archie McPhee is in fact a dude from North Dakota and doesn’t appear to have been born in Scotland.

Ach well, it’s good marketing strat anyway….!