Digging Up The Roads In Edinburgh Again Rant

[Halmyre]

(edited for swearing)

fking 30 minute fking homeward commute taking twice as fking long because the s are fking well digging up fking Queensferry Road again. Problem is, every fking time I drive past there's no bd actually fking working on it, which really fking pisses me off. Ten fking weeks of this, I'm going to have a fking embolism before they've finished. bd cocksucking motherfking felching ahole jobbies bum poo willy.

[Conian]

0/10 ... too Billy Conollyish to be funny
unless you were saying it in a satirical way like Jerry Sadowitz, then i'd boost it to a 9/10

[Halmyre]

Conian said:

0/10 ... too Billy Conollyish to be funny
unless you were saying it in a satirical way like Jerry Sadowitz, then i'd boost it to a 9/10

Points?!? What is this, the effing Eurovision Song contest?

I was just having a rant.

Points, huh.

[Conian]

PH rants are assessed and scored. You did well on swearing, others will rate it higher

[Halmyre]

Conian said:

PH rants are assessed and scored. You did well on swearing, others will rate it higher

I didn't know that. Is there a rant style guide? As I get older the desire to rant grows ever stronger, and I'd like to think I'm doing it properly.

[sherman]

Halmyre said:

(edited for swearing)

fking 30 minute fking homeward commute taking twice as fking long because the s are fking well digging up fking Queensferry Road again. Problem is, every fking time I drive past there's no bd actually fking working on it, which really fking pisses me off. Ten fking weeks of this, I'm going to have a fking embolism before they've finished. bd cocksucking motherfking felching ahole jobbies bum poo willy.

The edinburgh council website says that the works are finishing on the 14th of march.
http://edinburgh.cdmf.info/public/disruptions/list...

[Conian]

swearing is essential, creative swearing gets good points
use good grammar and spelling etc

[Papa Hotel]

I was a bit furious today, my first venture into Edinburgh for a couple of weeks. Really wasn't amused when I went uphill from Drumbrae roundabout and found I couldn't turn left onto Queensferry Road, had to turn right... heading INTO bloody Edinburgh when I wanted to leave. Had to make a detour via Davidsons Mains and Cramond to get to SQ.

[Klippie]

I've been working in Edinburgh for nearly five years now and commuting from Fife every day gets on my tits I fking hate it..., for all this time there has been roadworks on some part of my journey how the fk can this be...its a nightmare...

[Loose Chippings]

Presume most roadworks in Edinburgh at moment due to track laying for White Elephant Tram Inc. Ironic said public transport innovation is causing more traffic chaos than everyone commuting by car.


On news tonight. Tram takes first passengers ( non paying freebie plants I presume) from the airport....to the depot at Gogar! You could walk that.

Edited by Loose Chippings on Friday 8th March 21:41

[0a]

Yep, it's the RBS airport shuttle. They should just scrap it use the money to Tarmac the roads again.

[Halmyre]

Now they're digging up Q'ferry Road eastbound. Sorry, that should read "they've laid out cones", fk knows when the digging will start.

And they haven't gritted the roads round our way despite media warnings every 5 minutes about snow being on its way.

I am livid! Livid, d'you hear?

[deltashad]

We made the mistake of visiting a few weeks ago. Popped into Murrays for a browse then did some shopping in the centre. Leaving during rush hour was not a good move.

[Papa Hotel]

Halmyre said:

Now they're digging up Q'ferry Road eastbound. Sorry, that should read "they've laid out cones", fk knows when the digging will start.

I am livid! Livid, d'you hear?

Yep, they're digging up the bit of road that was newly resurfaced just last week. Genius.

[Andy ap]

Im driving to edinburgh on friday, is the a70 allright? : )

[JM]

Andy ap said:

Im driving to edinburgh on friday, is the a70 allright? : )

Allright for what?

There are roadworks on it in Balerno which may cause a slight delay at busy times, and further on in towards Juniper Green.

[Halmyre]

JM said:

Andy ap said:

Im driving to edinburgh on friday, is the a70 allright? : )

Allright for what?

It's allright for hooning along at high speed then getting to the kink at the Harperigg Reservoir and going "ohstststst"...

[JM]

Halmyre said:

JM said:

Andy ap said:

Im driving to edinburgh on friday, is the a70 allright? : )

Allright for what?

It's allright for hooning along at high speed then getting to the kink at the Harperigg Reservoir and going "ohstststst"...

Ah the 70+ degree bend(s)! can catch out the unwary.

[Halmyre]

Halmyre said:

Now they're digging up Q'ferry Road eastbound. Sorry, that should read "they've laid out cones", fk knows when the digging will start.

And they haven't gritted the roads round our way despite media warnings every 5 minutes about snow being on its way.

I am livid! Livid, d'you hear?

Well, this morning they seem to have removed the cones in the section leading up to the Barnton lights - only for some to park his car there instead. Knob.