Dan Steele Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 18 minutes ago, Thorongil said: I certainly am not, and you can take that to the bank. Or by electronic transfer on an iPhone. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SANTAN Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 38 minutes ago, Perkin Flump said: Tynie has already said Thorongil is a brand new poster. He's playing it well if it is Pep. I still have some reservations though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 1 hour ago, steveffc said: 2 hours ago, 101 said: Gordon Smart popping up on the Scotland HQ countdown show. No chance that GB news & former sun hack should be anywhere near the national team, last person we need associated with the team Has he mentioned who his father in law is yet?,,, The show is tomorrow, Leish is on I hope they aren't on together and I can't stand Smart. Is their connection why he gets the gigs rather than his "broadcasting"? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorongil Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Peter Grant said: Thorongil is an alias of Aragon in one of those interminable hobbity books. Only in the appendices. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorongil Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 And it’s Sindarin for Eagle of the Star. ️ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 (edited) How when you're driving northbound at the end of the M74, you have to hang left (west) to go east to Stirling. Similarly, when you're driving from Broughty Ferry into Dundee city centre, you have to hang right (i.e. turn north) to go south over the Tay Bridge. All very counterintuitive, and I don't like it. Edited June 10, 2021 by Hedgecutter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesP_81 Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 9 hours ago, Hedgecutter said: How when you're driving northbound at the end of the M74, you have to hang left (west) to go east to Stirling. Similarly, when you're driving from Broughty Ferry into Dundee city centre, you have to hang right (i.e. turn north) to go south over the Tay Bridge. All very counterintuitive, and I don't like it. Took me a while to get my head round the fact that when you drive north to Inverness on the Highland main line you arrive into Inverness from the north . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 9 hours ago, Hedgecutter said: How when you're driving northbound at the end of the M74, you have to hang left (west) to go east to Stirling. Similarly, when you're driving from Broughty Ferry into Dundee city centre, you have to hang right (i.e. turn north) to go south over the Tay Bridge. All very counterintuitive, and I don't like it. I always end up driving round the circles a couple of times before convincing my brain that the signpost is indeed correct and that we are in a place where normal rules don’t apply. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 (edited) 56 minutes ago, JamesP_81 said: Took me a while to get my head round the fact that when you drive north to Inverness on the Highland main line you arrive into Inverness from the north . Similarly, when travelling by train from Inverness to Aberdeen (i.e. NW-SE) on a line on which each stop is progressively further east, you travel into Huntly station / cross the A96 in a NE-SW direction. It then keeps going more west than east for a good chunk of the Huntly-Insch section that's supposed to be taking you east (yet it's still light years faster than getting the bus) Eta: the less said about the Inverness-Wick line beyond Tain, the better. Edited June 11, 2021 by Hedgecutter 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesP_81 Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Hedgecutter said: Similarly, when travelling by train from Inverness to Aberdeen (i.e. NW-SE) on a line on which each stop is progressively further east, you travel into Huntly station / cross the A96 in a NE-SW direction. It then keeps going more west than east for a good chunk of the Huntly-Insch section that's supposed to be taking you east (yet it's still light years faster than getting the bus Eta: the less said about the Inverness-Wick line beyond Tain, the better. That's a magical mystery tour! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 8 minutes ago, JamesP_81 said: That's a magical mystery tour! I made the mistake of walking from Lairg station into Lairg. Carrying a 20kg+ bag for 2 miles along a busy A-road (pre-NC500) with no pavements was not a particularly bright move. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Pato said: Might save time if I was to list what's right with it at this stage It looked fine to me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesP_81 Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 9 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: I made the mistake of walking from Lairg station into Lairg. Carrying a 20kg+ bag for 2 miles along a busy A-road (pre-NC500) with no pavements was not a particularly bright move. Worth it to see the wee Wendy house in the middle of the loch tho no?! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deej Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 On 10/06/2021 at 09:44, TheScarf said: Div's a ride imo. wrong thread mate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Folk who wait all of a minute from first meeting you to casually mention that they work for the NHS. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 4 hours ago, JamesP_81 said: Took me a while to get my head round the fact that when you drive north to Inverness on the Highland main line you arrive into Inverness from the north . To go from the Caribbean to the Pacific through the Panama canal you go East. Geography is broken 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 2 hours ago, JamesP_81 said: Worth it to see the wee Wendy house in the middle of the loch tho no?! Lairg's only point of interest or redeeming feature. Seriously, why live there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Got Russia in the sweepstake at work. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Miguel Sanchez said: Got Russia in the sweepstake at work. Is this for World War Three? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 5 hours ago, GordonD said: Is this for World War Three? Knowing my luck I'd get Switzerland in that sweep 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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