Hadrian's Wall
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Hadrian's Wall[^] Ignore the alarmist headline: that image reminds me of a map of England/Scotland and Hadrian's Wall. PyongYang is about where Glasgow is and Seoul about where Keswick is. I'd like to see little-man Kim attack Glasgow. He'd last 3 minutes. :-)
R. Giskard Reventlov wrote:
I'd like to see little-man Kim attack Glasgow. He'd last 3 minutes.
I know what you mean - I haven't been there in years, but even at the height of the Troubles, I felt safer in Belfast than Glasgow... :~
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R. Giskard Reventlov wrote:
I'd like to see little-man Kim attack Glasgow.
Wouldn't he actually be attacking Keswick in your analogy? :doh:
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
Colin Mullikin wrote:
Wouldn't he actually be attacking Keswick in your analogy?
I really wasn't being in any way serious! I just meant that anyone that did attack Glasgow is elephanting stupid; the Scots are elephanting nuts! :-)
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R. Giskard Reventlov wrote:
I'd like to see little-man Kim attack Glasgow. He'd last 3 minutes.
I know what you mean - I haven't been there in years, but even at the height of the Troubles, I felt safer in Belfast than Glasgow... :~
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My dad told me that when he was young they had the razor gangs and the police only patrolled the Gorbels in 3s! (I don't know if any of that is really true!)
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But, unfortunately, they overran Scotland anyway... the wall was not as effective as we'd like.
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My dad told me that when he was young they had the razor gangs and the police only patrolled the Gorbels in 3s! (I don't know if any of that is really true!)
I know it made me LOL when it was named "City of Culture" in 1990. About the only culture it had was in a petri dish...
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I know it made me LOL when it was named "City of Culture" in 1990. About the only culture it had was in a petri dish...
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OriginalGriff wrote:
I know it made me LOL when it was named "City of Culture" in 1990.
I think that was a fantastical joke on all of us.
OriginalGriff wrote:
About the only culture it had was in a petri dish deep fat fryer...
FTFY :-)
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My dad told me that when he was young they had the razor gangs and the police only patrolled the Gorbels in 3s! (I don't know if any of that is really true!)
Actually, I take that back - it had a magnificent restaurant called "The Ubiquitous Chip". You walked in, and it was like going outside - cobbled floor, plants, windows with curtains on the other side... The menu was one side of A4, but the wine list...two volumes...we got rascally drunk in there several times. :-D (And it's Still there![^] - if it's anything like it was, well worth a visit to the city on it's own)
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Colin Mullikin wrote:
Wouldn't he actually be attacking Keswick in your analogy?
I really wasn't being in any way serious! I just meant that anyone that did attack Glasgow is elephanting stupid; the Scots are elephanting nuts! :-)
R. Giskard Reventlov wrote:
the Scots are elephanting nuts!
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Actually, I take that back - it had a magnificent restaurant called "The Ubiquitous Chip". You walked in, and it was like going outside - cobbled floor, plants, windows with curtains on the other side... The menu was one side of A4, but the wine list...two volumes...we got rascally drunk in there several times. :-D (And it's Still there![^] - if it's anything like it was, well worth a visit to the city on it's own)
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I have not set foot in Glasgow since the 20th Century! I was about 3, the last time I was there! :)
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I have not set foot in Glasgow since the 20th Century! I was about 3, the last time I was there! :)
I was old enough to enjoy good food and drink on expenses: and to work for a company that figured developers weren't supposed to travel on business, so every time you did you were doing them a favour - so they booked you into a nice hotel (4* or better) and encouraged you to enjoy yourself. +HIC+
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I know it made me LOL when it was named "City of Culture" in 1990. About the only culture it had was in a petri dish...
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