Abolition of bridge tolls today - in SCOTLAND!
Discussion
scotal said:
Famous Graham said:
scotal said:
Famous Graham said:
s2art said:
Scotch WHISKEY is a drink.
No it isn't. There's no such thing
Now on the thorny problem of the inventor of the telephone, I seem to remember on QI they said that the telephone was not infact inveted by a Scot, but that AGB nicked the idea form someone else.
Trouble is i cant remember who it was meant to have been, and I'm never 100% sure that QI isnt taking the piss.
s2art said:
deevlash said:
Shaquille Alsaud said:
Scotland is a client state and is subsidised by England.
None of this has anything to do with some fantasy about oil reparations. As if the scotch could have got the oil out of the ground themselves. They have all the technological nous of the Saudis.
I do believe firmly in Scottish Independence though. i think it would work out well for all. England could mitigate the drain on its economy by allowing the EU to admit the newly independent Scotland and suck on the EU welfare teat and the Scotch could enhance their fantasy that they are somehow independent by printing money that is accepted in more than the occasional Morrisons / glasgow crackhouse.
Scotch is a drink you moron. None of this has anything to do with some fantasy about oil reparations. As if the scotch could have got the oil out of the ground themselves. They have all the technological nous of the Saudis.
I do believe firmly in Scottish Independence though. i think it would work out well for all. England could mitigate the drain on its economy by allowing the EU to admit the newly independent Scotland and suck on the EU welfare teat and the Scotch could enhance their fantasy that they are somehow independent by printing money that is accepted in more than the occasional Morrisons / glasgow crackhouse.
Edited by Shaquille Alsaud on Tuesday 12th February 15:02
deevlash said:
s2art said:
deevlash said:
Shaquille Alsaud said:
Scotland is a client state and is subsidised by England.
None of this has anything to do with some fantasy about oil reparations. As if the scotch could have got the oil out of the ground themselves. They have all the technological nous of the Saudis.
I do believe firmly in Scottish Independence though. i think it would work out well for all. England could mitigate the drain on its economy by allowing the EU to admit the newly independent Scotland and suck on the EU welfare teat and the Scotch could enhance their fantasy that they are somehow independent by printing money that is accepted in more than the occasional Morrisons / glasgow crackhouse.
Scotch is a drink you moron. None of this has anything to do with some fantasy about oil reparations. As if the scotch could have got the oil out of the ground themselves. They have all the technological nous of the Saudis.
I do believe firmly in Scottish Independence though. i think it would work out well for all. England could mitigate the drain on its economy by allowing the EU to admit the newly independent Scotland and suck on the EU welfare teat and the Scotch could enhance their fantasy that they are somehow independent by printing money that is accepted in more than the occasional Morrisons / glasgow crackhouse.
Edited by Shaquille Alsaud on Tuesday 12th February 15:02
s2art said:
deevlash said:
s2art said:
deevlash said:
Shaquille Alsaud said:
Scotland is a client state and is subsidised by England.
None of this has anything to do with some fantasy about oil reparations. As if the scotch could have got the oil out of the ground themselves. They have all the technological nous of the Saudis.
I do believe firmly in Scottish Independence though. i think it would work out well for all. England could mitigate the drain on its economy by allowing the EU to admit the newly independent Scotland and suck on the EU welfare teat and the Scotch could enhance their fantasy that they are somehow independent by printing money that is accepted in more than the occasional Morrisons / glasgow crackhouse.
Scotch is a drink you moron. None of this has anything to do with some fantasy about oil reparations. As if the scotch could have got the oil out of the ground themselves. They have all the technological nous of the Saudis.
I do believe firmly in Scottish Independence though. i think it would work out well for all. England could mitigate the drain on its economy by allowing the EU to admit the newly independent Scotland and suck on the EU welfare teat and the Scotch could enhance their fantasy that they are somehow independent by printing money that is accepted in more than the occasional Morrisons / glasgow crackhouse.
Edited by Shaquille Alsaud on Tuesday 12th February 15:02
deevlash said:
s2art said:
deevlash said:
s2art said:
deevlash said:
Shaquille Alsaud said:
Scotland is a client state and is subsidised by England.
None of this has anything to do with some fantasy about oil reparations. As if the scotch could have got the oil out of the ground themselves. They have all the technological nous of the Saudis.
I do believe firmly in Scottish Independence though. i think it would work out well for all. England could mitigate the drain on its economy by allowing the EU to admit the newly independent Scotland and suck on the EU welfare teat and the Scotch could enhance their fantasy that they are somehow independent by printing money that is accepted in more than the occasional Morrisons / glasgow crackhouse.
Scotch is a drink you moron. None of this has anything to do with some fantasy about oil reparations. As if the scotch could have got the oil out of the ground themselves. They have all the technological nous of the Saudis.
I do believe firmly in Scottish Independence though. i think it would work out well for all. England could mitigate the drain on its economy by allowing the EU to admit the newly independent Scotland and suck on the EU welfare teat and the Scotch could enhance their fantasy that they are somehow independent by printing money that is accepted in more than the occasional Morrisons / glasgow crackhouse.
Edited by Shaquille Alsaud on Tuesday 12th February 15:02
deevlash said:
According to the BBC news just now Berwick wants to come back under Scottish jurisdiction, 
Scotland can have it. I was there on business a couple of weeks ago and the mood in the town is far from happy. The council in their infinate wisdom removed a whole chunk of parking spaces from the main street and have now granted Tesco planning for a new superstore.The independent shops are dropping like flies.
Saddle bum said:
It would be just as interesting to list out where most of the inventing took place.
That is just brilliant. In 7 years on PH I've never seen such a desperate post.Foreign Premiership footballers are obviously only any good because they play in England, right?
Edited by GetCarter on Tuesday 12th February 19:01
Famous Graham said:
GetCarter said:
To be honest:
I've just spent the past 30 mins out on the balcony watching the sky here in the north west Highlands. Tolls or no tolls - some places are great to live and some places are crap.
I lived in London for 30 years and now I've moved, I see the sky.
End of story.
Yes, but, to be fair...I've just spent the past 30 mins out on the balcony watching the sky here in the north west Highlands. Tolls or no tolls - some places are great to live and some places are crap.
I lived in London for 30 years and now I've moved, I see the sky.
End of story.
To put it bluntly...
Well, to ...
You're a git.
As for that pratt who suggested tolls down South subsidise the Forth bridge...dear me, what a berk.
HAB said:
Saddle bum said:
Regionalistion is a British Parliament attempt, egged on by the EU, to break up and destroy England.
I'd love to live in your head for a few minutes Jim. Just a few mind.Some of the stuff you come out with is completely hatstand.
On the other hand, if you can stop breathing long enough to do some research, you will find many a reference to "Scotland" and "Wales" in EU literature - this is because they are considered EU Regions, not countries. "England" is depicted as nine (or so ) EU Regions. Indeed, the part of Kent I live in is lumped in with Calais.
I wonder how much of this is down to the new toll booths that theyd just finished on the forth bridge being in the wrong place and maybe having to be knocked down and rebuilt if they were ever going to use them long term.
Ive just had a horrible vision of the queues if th kingston bridge had tolls! eek!
Ive just had a horrible vision of the queues if th kingston bridge had tolls! eek!
Saddle bum said:
HAB said:
Saddle bum said:
Regionalistion is a British Parliament attempt, egged on by the EU, to break up and destroy England.
I'd love to live in your head for a few minutes Jim. Just a few mind.Some of the stuff you come out with is completely hatstand.
On the other hand, if you can stop breathing long enough to do some research, you will find many a reference to "Scotland" and "Wales" in EU literature - this is because they are considered EU Regions, not countries. "England" is depicted as nine (or so ) EU Regions. Indeed, the part of Kent I live in is lumped in with Calais.
As for the 'shedding a tear' thing, well thats just weird.
deevlash said:
I wonder how much of this is down to the new toll booths that theyd just finished on the forth bridge being in the wrong place and maybe having to be knocked down and rebuilt if they were ever going to use them long term.
Ive just had a horrible vision of the queues if th kingston bridge had tolls! eek!
That was pretty farcical. I'm sure there were plans to eventually replace the toll booths with overhead GPS readers, or cameras or suchlike for charging, but I'll be damned if I can find any reference to it now.Ive just had a horrible vision of the queues if th kingston bridge had tolls! eek!
deevlash said:
I wonder how much of this is down to the new toll booths that theyd just finished on the forth bridge being in the wrong place and maybe having to be knocked down and rebuilt if they were ever going to use them long term.
That was hilarious seeing that. That new spur / junction is chuffing excellent though. Well, as much as traffic planning can be exciting anyway
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