Melanius Mullarkey Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 2 hours ago, House Bartender said: In the meejah, there's an assumption that places in Ingerlund are known to all whereas those in Scotland are unworthy of a mention as whogivesashit. Bad enough from Fleet Street/BBC London, but it's rife in Scotland too. Generally lazy journalism, can't be bothered correcting press puffs. And no sub-editors. as in (from Saturday's Herald) "Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has returned to it's home base following visits to Liverpool and Scotland". Not just the media but folk living there as well. And im talking specifically about my stupid sister who lives in London and is always on to me about "coming up to Scotland" next month. Oh aye? The whole places or do you want to be any more fucking specific? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
House Bartender Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Just now, Melanius Mullarkay said: Not just the media but folk living there as well. And im talking specifically about my stupid sister who lives in London and is always on to me about "coming up to Scotland" next month. Oh aye? The whole places or do you want to be any more fucking specific? Scotland. You know. It's just above the North East which is just above the North which is beside the the North West. It's all about the United Kingdom, innit? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennie makevin Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 On 04/04/2022 at 17:46, GordonD said: And yet Barnton and Corstorphine are among the more affluent areas of Edinburgh. You'd think they'd have gone to decent schools. Don't for god's sake blame the schools..... you'll wake up the segregationists.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 15 minutes ago, philpy said: Yup. A contestant on tipping point the other day thought king tut's wah wah tent was at Glastonbury.... Could you name all or any of the stages at Glastonbury, or Reading & Leeds, or Download, or any other English music festival? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Are folk on here expecting English people to know or care where anywhere in Scotland is? You do realise who the majority of English residents vote for, yes? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 When one flashes* another car to say "I'm letting you go first", only for the other car to flash back to say the same and complicate things in an unnecessary stand-off. *with headlights 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEADOWXI Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 45 minutes ago, philpy said: Yup. A contestant on tipping point the other day thought king tut's wah wah tent was at Glastonbury.... 29 minutes ago, Miguel Sanchez said: Could you name all or any of the stages at Glastonbury, or Reading & Leeds, or Download, or any other English music festival? King Tut = Tutankhamun = Egypt = Pyramid stage, Without justifying the stupidity I see the link to the only stage I could name at Glastonbury or anywhere at an English festival. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 15 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: When one flashes* another car to say "I'm letting you go first", only for the other car to flash back to say the same and complicate things in an unnecessary stand-off. *with headlights It's the complete opposite here, a flash means, I'm coming get oot ma fuckin way! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
House Bartender Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 According to the Highway Code which we all observe to the letter in the UK "Only flash your headlights to let other road users know that you are there. Do not flash your headlights to convey any other message or intimidate other road users. Never assume that flashing headlights is a signal inviting you to proceed. Use your own judgement and proceed carefully." So @SlipperyP's Singburians have got it right. And we're generally wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 There's an urban myth in America that if you see a car at night with its headlights off you should never flash your own to warn the driver, because it's an initiation for somebody wanting to join a street gang: they have to chase down the driver of the car who flashed them and kill him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 (edited) There's a rural myth in Thailand, that when driving at night through the paddy fields, you should turn your lights OFF so the ghosts can't see you. I've been in a few cars and on motorbikes when the driver does it. Edited April 6, 2022 by SlipperyP 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 2 hours ago, Hedgecutter said: When one flashes* another car to say "I'm letting you go first", only for the other car to flash back to say the same and complicate things in an unnecessary stand-off. *with headlights See also flashing someone at tge end of a long line of parked cars only fir them to pull in halfway uo and flash you to go. Duvits. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonytoons Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 When one flashes* another car to say "I'm letting you go first", only for the other car to flash back to say the same and complicate things in an unnecessary stand-off. *with headlightsDogging thread for this 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 6 hours ago, SlipperyP said: There's a rural myth in Thailand, that when driving at night through the paddy fields, you should turn your lights OFF so the ghosts can't see you. I've been in a few cars and on motorbikes when the driver does it. sounds like a good way to become a ghost 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Radio stations presumably thinking its a bit quirky or something, to play obscure one hit wonders etc. Aye, it might be a bit of a novelty to hear Hanson - Mmm Bop once every 5 or 6 years, but Central FM literally have it on every day. The whole point of going back years and decades with the music is presumably so that you DON'T have to listen to the same shit day after day......... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 10 hours ago, Bairnardo said: Radio stations presumably thinking its a bit quirky or something, to play obscure one hit wonders etc. Aye, it might be a bit of a novelty to hear Hanson - Mmm Bop once every 5 or 6 years, but Central FM literally have it on every day. The whole point of going back years and decades with the music is presumably so that you DON'T have to listen to the same shit day after day......... Radio station playlists are dreadful, mostly. Take Absolute Classic Rock. You might tune into it and for a week you are convinced it is the best station there is. Two weeks later and Summer of 69 comes back on yet again and you just have to move on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 20 minutes ago, scottsdad said: Radio station playlists are dreadful, mostly. Take Absolute Classic Rock. You might tune into it and for a week you are convinced it is the best station there is. Two weeks later and Summer of 69 comes back on yet again and you just have to move on. aww I love that song I got my first real sex dream, I think about you and it's wrong, man, wrong 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackdaybob Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 1 hour ago, scottsdad said: Take Absolute Classic Rock. You might tune into it and for a week you are convinced it is the best station there is. Two weeks later and Summer of 69 comes back on yet again and you just have to move on. All the 'Absolute' stations are like that. It's like they only have one cd on a loop every week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 45 minutes ago, Newbornbairn said: I got my first real sex dream, I think about you and it's wrong, man, wrong I thought we were keeping this kind of chat strictly in the PMs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 19 hours ago, SlipperyP said: It's the complete opposite here, a flash means, I'm coming get oot ma fuckin way! Yep...same here 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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