BBC Scotland Wee lassie on sledge taking off! 
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Campbell Brodie-
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Mcqueen-
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Phone box
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St Margarets Loch, it's only one mile from the city centre
Adam Mint-
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Dean Village, walked that stretch of water many a time...
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Dirty sod 
Adam Mint-
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The bike one below reminded me of a phone call last week, mate phones saying he's looking for a bit technical advice, his motor bikes in his garage, he ain't rode it for a bit so thinks I'll start up the engine just to keep it alive, but it's batteries gon flat, his question was, can I jump start bike from car which is also in garage, I say as long as bike has 12 volt battery (some have 6 Volt), he says he don't know what voltage bike battery is, I say just bump (push) start it,,, annoyed and in an angry voice he says "and just how am I meant to do that in 12 inches of snow...
Serves the eejit right for moving to Dunfermline...
Serves the eejit right for moving to Dunfermline...
Adam Mint-
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Adam Mint wrote:Dean Village, walked that stretch of water many a time...
searcher wrote:Dirty sod
Ah, seem to recall area had a bit of a reputation...
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Where's the mound??
Adam Mint-
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Do you really want me to answer that...
Adam Mint-
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Assembly_Hall_of_the_Church_of_Scotland
Adam Mint-
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And this is on other side of road...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_Scotland
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_Scotland
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Adam Mint wrote:Do you really want me to answer that...
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I've got it now. It's overlooking the national gallery. I walked up that feckin hill. bloody steep it ws.
Adam Mint-
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Yip...
Adam Mint-
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My sons mate at weekends hired a "Edinburgh Rickshaw", deal was to hire it cost him £100 for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, made about a hundred quid a day out of it, he tells this story one day, picks two overweights one day, they want to go Princess Street to the High Street, so he toils peddling them up The Mound, punch line was the feckers gave him no tip...
Adam Mint-
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Also another fact,,, it has under road heating so it don't freeze in the winter, busses were allways skidding off it...
Adam Mint-
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Ah, would seem electric blanket don't work now...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mound
http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_street_m/0_street_views_-_mound_electric_blanket_2_workers_1955_000-000-042-292-r_768.htm
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mound
http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_street_m/0_street_views_-_mound_electric_blanket_2_workers_1955_000-000-042-292-r_768.htm
Campbell Brodie-
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Map link3rdforum wrote:Where's the mound??
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Adam Mint wrote:And this is on other side of road...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_Scotland
I used to be the catering manager at the bank ,the big green dome at the top was my dry goods store,biscuits and chocolate mainly