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Edinburgh folk:

I am at the National Museum in Chambers Street on Saturday. Where is a good place nearby to park? Will be there all day, and it needs to be close as I'm taking in equipment. Also needs to be an official-ish place that gives receipts. 

Cheers. 

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31 minutes ago, scottsdad said:

Edinburgh folk:

I am at the National Museum in Chambers Street on Saturday. Where is a good place nearby to park? Will be there all day, and it needs to be close as I'm taking in equipment. Also needs to be an official-ish place that gives receipts. 

Cheers. 

There are parking spaces up the middle of the street but not sure if you could stay there all day.

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2 hours ago, scottsdad said:

Edinburgh folk:

I am at the National Museum in Chambers Street on Saturday. Where is a good place nearby to park? 

 

Musselburgh. 

 

Seriously. Otherwise you'll likely be contributing a parking fine to Edinburgh Council's "this revenue definitely goes to road repairs and not Councillor's jollies" fund

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3 hours ago, scottsdad said:

Edinburgh folk:

I am at the National Museum in Chambers Street on Saturday. Where is a good place nearby to park? Will be there all day, and it needs to be close as I'm taking in equipment. Also needs to be an official-ish place that gives receipts. 

Cheers. 

Chambers Street is a nightmare to park on atm as all the buses go up due to North Bridge closure. The nearest place I'm aware of that you could leave car is Buccleuch Place which is a 5 min. walk from NMS. Max. stay is 4 hrs and it's £4.10/hr.

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3 hours ago, scottsdad said:

Edinburgh folk:

I am at the National Museum in Chambers Street on Saturday. Where is a good place nearby to park? Will be there all day, and it needs to be close as I'm taking in equipment. Also needs to be an official-ish place that gives receipts. 

Cheers. 

George Square has a fair amount of parking or castle terrace car park both are expensive though. 

 

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19 minutes ago, Empty It said:

George Square has a fair amount of parking or castle terrace car park both are expensive though. 

 

I have found an NCP one a little bit away. It'll probably have to do - I'll just do my He-Man bit and humph the stuff round. 

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Going through Dundee last night, I'm convinced that I saw a road sign at this point below (Googlemaps 2021) spelled as 'Couper Angus' (i.e. Couper with an e , not Coupar with an a)

Can anyone confirm or deny if there's been a signage f*** up?

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Junction at E. Marketgait and A92. 

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31 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said:

Going through Dundee last night, I'm convinced that I saw a road sign at this point below (Googlemaps 2021) spelled as 'Couper Angus' (i.e. Couper with an e , not Coupar with an a)

Can anyone confirm or deny if there's been a signage f*** up?

image.thumb.png.39b642e09dea68f24c7bcc1e34b7146d.png

Junction at E. Marketgait and A92. 

You're best asking @Hedgecutter. That spooky b*****d seems to know every sign and street in Scotland. 

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32 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said:

Going through Dundee last night, I'm convinced that I saw a road sign at this point below (Googlemaps 2021) spelled as 'Couper Angus' (i.e. Couper with an e , not Coupar with an a)

Can anyone confirm or deny if there's been a signage f*** up?

image.thumb.png.39b642e09dea68f24c7bcc1e34b7146d.png

Junction at E. Marketgait and A92. 

You can't trust anyone on here, you'll have to go back or you'll never sleep again.

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38 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said:

Going through Dundee last night, I'm convinced that I saw a road sign at this point below (Googlemaps 2021) spelled as 'Couper Angus' (i.e. Couper with an e , not Coupar with an a)

Can anyone confirm or deny if there's been a signage f*** up?

image.thumb.png.39b642e09dea68f24c7bcc1e34b7146d.png

Junction at E. Marketgait and A92. 

You can go back and look at older pictures on Google maps. Looks like the same sign has been there since 2012 and always said Coupar Angus.

 

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9 hours ago, Hedgecutter said:

Going through Dundee last night, I'm convinced that I saw a road sign at this point below (Googlemaps 2021) spelled as 'Couper Angus' (i.e. Couper with an e , not Coupar with an a)

Can anyone confirm or deny if there's been a signage f*** up?

image.thumb.png.39b642e09dea68f24c7bcc1e34b7146d.png

Junction at E. Marketgait and A92. 

Looks to be an f up. Canna find a place named Couper Angus

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30 minutes ago, Swarley said:

FTFY
 

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10 hours ago, Hedgecutter said:

Going through Dundee last night, I'm convinced that I saw a road sign at this point below (Googlemaps 2021) spelled as 'Couper Angus' (i.e. Couper with an e , not Coupar with an a)

Can anyone confirm or deny if there's been a signage f*** up?

image.thumb.png.39b642e09dea68f24c7bcc1e34b7146d.png

Junction at E. Marketgait and A92. 

Stand corrected, Angus Couper is an accountant in Oxfordshire.

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We always used to stop at the Vicky Inn in Coupar Angus on the way to places like Forfar and Brechin. One time we noticed that the bus had turned off the motorway shortly after crossing the Forth Road Bridge. When we asked why, the driver said, "Youse are stopping in Couper, aren't you?" He was soon told the error of his ways but the c**t didn't return to the motorway and stuck to B-roads the rest of the way. The only time the traditional whip-round for the driver wasn't carried out.

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How do you pronounce "Menzies"? Listening to a Podcast and a lassie called Danni Menzies is on. She pronounced her last name 'Min-is' claiming that how Scottish folk say it. Have to say it's news to me. Always pronounced it "Men-zies". 

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7 minutes ago, 19QOS19 said:

How do you pronounce "Menzies"? Listening to a Podcast and a lassie called Danni Menzies is on. She pronounced her last name 'Min-is' claiming that how Scottish folk say it. Have to say it's news to me. Always pronounced it "Men-zies". 

Ming-iss for me.

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8 minutes ago, 19QOS19 said:

How do you pronounce "Menzies"? Listening to a Podcast and a lassie called Danni Menzies is on. She pronounced her last name 'Min-is' claiming that how Scottish folk say it. Have to say it's news to me. Always pronounced it "Men-zies". 

It’s Mingis. 

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13 minutes ago, 19QOS19 said:

How do you pronounce "Menzies"? Listening to a Podcast and a lassie called Danni Menzies is on. She pronounced her last name 'Min-is' claiming that how Scottish folk say it. Have to say it's news to me. Always pronounced it "Men-zies". 

Ming-is.  The 'z' is a lost letter - the yogh.  See 'Finzean' as an example @kingjoey It rhymes with 'onion'.

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