Paul Kersey Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 I enjoy looking at random places around the world on Google maps and Street view. I just looked Keith (the town in Moray , not some random fellah called Keith) and was surprised to see that it is a near perfect grid of streets, more like an American city than a small teuchter settlement. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 53 minutes ago, Paul Kersey said: I enjoy looking at random places around the world on Google maps and Street view. I just looked Keith (the town in Moray , not some random fellah called Keith) and was surprised to see that it is a near perfect grid of streets, more like an American city than a small teuchter settlement. When the football is on I look at maps of the towns and check out the pub reviews around it on Google maps. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kersey Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 20 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: When the football is on I look at maps of the towns and check out the pub reviews around it on Google maps. I do stuff like that. During quite moments at work I go on virtual holidays on Google street view. Las Vegas is fun. If you go to the very edge of the city you can see desert on one side of the road and green gardens on the other. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 I went on a virtual walk along ruel Street once. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 I like to look at street views when reading a book that is using real places in the story. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 8 hours ago, GordonD said: In Durham. Durham?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 3 hours ago, Bert Raccoon said: Durham?? Durham, Durham, Durham! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Saw this story and just thought how things have changed. Bags of crisps and peanuts good enough back in the day for the munchies. Police carrying out a drugs raid on a cannabis farm in southern Italy have seized a stash of 235 frozen dormice - said to be a mafia delicacy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclizine Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 8 hours ago, Paul Kersey said: I enjoy looking at random places around the world on Google maps and Street view. I just looked Keith (the town in Moray , not some random fellah called Keith) and was surprised to see that it is a near perfect grid of streets, more like an American city than a small teuchter settlement. The lanes actually only got names less than a decade ago. https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/keith-streets-are-finally-given-names-1586544 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 12 minutes ago, The Skelpit Lug said: Saw this story and just thought how things have changed. Bags of crisps and peanuts good enough back in the day for the munchies. Police carrying out a drugs raid on a cannabis farm in southern Italy have seized a stash of 235 frozen dormice - said to be a mafia delicacy. We were told in school that the Romans ate dormice (factually true) and that Valvona & Crolla in Elm Row sold tinned dormice (possibly an urban myth) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meldrew Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 (edited) 23 minutes ago, The Skelpit Lug said: Saw this story and just thought how things have changed. Bags of crisps and peanuts good enough back in the day for the munchies. Police carrying out a drugs raid on a cannabis farm in southern Italy have seized a stash of 235 frozen dormice - said to be a mafia delicacy. that's almost 2 full boxes Edited October 16, 2021 by Meldrew 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 12 hours ago, Cyclizine said: The lanes actually only got names less than a decade ago. https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/keith-streets-are-finally-given-names-1586544 54 lanes and they only used 18 different names? Unimaginative so and sos. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 8 hours ago, Jacksgranda said: 54 lanes and they only used 18 different names? Unimaginative so and sos. They had a similar problem with the surnames. 54 households... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Takes one look at the zebra bed sheets and bolts.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 On a train back from the SE tonight and there are a group of girls across the aisle from me who eavesdropping tells me are c.22 years of age and have spent the weekend getting extremely fucked up in London (fair play) but who have spent a good majority of the journey sucking their thumbs and holding manky old baby blankets. Extremely odd behaviour 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 18 minutes ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said: On a train back from the SE tonight and there are a group of girls across the aisle from me who eavesdropping tells me are c.22 years of age and have spent the weekend getting extremely fucked up in London (fair play) but who have spent a good majority of the journey sucking their thumbs and holding manky old baby blankets. Extremely odd behaviour An extension of Nineties rave culture? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 (edited) On 16/10/2021 at 21:24, Paul Kersey said: I do stuff like that. During quite moments at work I go on virtual holidays on Google street view. Las Vegas is fun. If you go to the very edge of the city you can see graves on one side of the road and green gardens on the other. FTFY On 16/10/2021 at 23:33, Rugster said: I like to look at street views when reading a book that is using real places in the story. I like to use google view with my son(9), just him off in some random place in the world and ask him to get home. I go out and do some gardening, he will shout, I'm home after about 2 hours. Better than watching some shite on YouTube. Daughters are 19 and 3, for the 19 yo, she couldn't find the house from the next village. 3 yo, not ready, still in training. ETA forgot why I was here - Last night had a terrible sleep, kept being awakened by twitches and discomfort. Woke up to find about 20 fizzy cola bottles sweets stuck to my body, and a few ants nibbling away. The aforementioned, sleeping sound all night. Forgot I invited them both to watch the my laptop on the bed during the day. The movie was 'Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs', in English, which I also had never seen. Edited October 18, 2021 by SlipperyP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Lastnight I had occassion to utter the phrase "maybe when I turn 40".Immediately became terrified and have been ever since. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 On 16/10/2021 at 14:07, Paul Kersey said: I enjoy looking at random places around the world on Google maps and Street view. I just looked Keith (the town in Moray , not some random fellah called Keith) and was surprised to see that it is a near perfect grid of streets, more like an American city than a small teuchter settlement. "Keith, Keith, So bad they built it twice" Keith and Fife Keith. Two town squares that look very similar. Daft little place, shite town, f**k off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 7 hours ago, SlipperyP said: I like to use google view with my son(9), just him off in some random place in the world and ask him to get home. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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