Erm
Lots of words. He was spot on in this case- the violent lot are just a bunch of eejits in make up giving their cause a bad name.

The police I've seen and spoken to this week have been great. I was sitting in a cafe on Bristo Square after work yesterday and the guys in riot gear came bluelighting the wrong way up a one way street and piled out and were completely relaxed! Surreal but heartening.
( Dekazer, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 11:13, archived)

That's nice to hear.
I'm sorry I'm moving up next week, so I'll have to live in all the mess without having seen any of the fun.
( Newington, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 11:14, archived)

It doesn't all
seem too bad - the Meadows is already clear. Most of town hasn't seen anything at all. You found a place yet?
( Dekazer, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 11:16, archived)

No
Looks like I'll have to stay at my dad's for a bit.

Do have one number to call but I'll leave it till toward the end of the week, since I won't be able to go and see the place till at least Monday anyway.
( Newington, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 11:17, archived)

Fair enough
You know if you ever move house in Edinburgh me and JV would fight over driving a Transit van ;)
( Dekazer, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 11:19, archived)

oi!
I'M the Transit queen round these here parts
( Jadeviper was still alive on, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 11:22, archived)

I thought it was 'tranny'
?
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 11:23, archived)

only
if I was a bloke
( Jadeviper was still alive on, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 11:23, archived)

do you find yourself
gradually developing an estuary accent, and mysteriously there is a copy of the sun on the dashboard after 3 hours? always happens to me..
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 11:25, archived)

drinking sugary tea
and smoking Bensons.
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 11:26, archived)

Nope
But my driving becomes appalling.

More appalling ;)
( Dekazer, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 11:28, archived)

doesn't matter
so long as the van is white, you OWN the road

It's even better if its LWB and high-top ...
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 11:30, archived)

They usually
are - I own a lot of stuff. Although the best van I ever had was an LDV actually, Transits aren't the be all and end all ;)
( Dekazer, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 11:35, archived)

I drove LDV
17-seat buses for a few years. Trying to get 15 pissed students from central London to Ullswateron a friday evening in one of those was always entertaining

Much better to drive than trannies though. Ford gearboxes are like stirring spaghetti with a stick.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 11:43, archived)

why would I ever
have an estuary accent?
( Jadeviper was still alive on, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 11:30, archived)

as in
Saaaaaaarrrrffend - it's compulsory if you wish to drive a transit ...
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 11:30, archived)

Cor it's gonna cost ya luv.

( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 11:31, archived)

not in Scotland it isn't
Weegie is what we end up with here, a copy of the Daily Record and a glass bottle of Bru
( Jadeviper was still alive on, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 11:32, archived)

A glass!
Get you!
( Newington, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 12:01, archived)

( Dekazer, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 11:24, archived)

Thanks
I'm just taking a survival bag for the time being though - my stuff is going up to my mum's place at Callander. I don't plan to stay there long.
( Newington, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 11:45, archived)