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Biffer wrote: ↑Sun Aug 21, 2022 1:30 pm

Blackmac wrote: ↑Sun Aug 21, 2022 1:14 pm

dpedin wrote: ↑Sun Aug 21, 2022 11:05 am

Ditto - I just jump on a bus and get to wherever I want with no problems.

You should really try travelling in from east and Midlothian on a regular basis. The traffic calming measures in the Buckstone/ Braids area are horrendous, forcing all vehicles onto Pentland Terrace and Comiston Road which causes huge tailbacks every day. Same with them closing off Mayfield Road northbound to allow yet more student accommodation to be built and forcing all the traffic up to the utter shitshow they have made of the Cameron Toll junction. You then have the absolute joke that they have made of Minto Street with the mindless traffic calming measures. Add to that the endless roadworks on Old Dalkeith Road and the absolute pointless money they have spent on average speed cameras on the same stretch. They just haven't a bloody clue and I would say that anyone who doesn't find Edinburgh a horrendous place to get around really isn't getting around much.

I don’t go to the east of the city much, I live in the west of the city, am regularly in the city centre and commute to the south of the city. Just pointing out that your experience isn’t universal - not denying the traffic and works is shit in places, just saying it’s not all of Edinburgh.

Ditto - I live in West of city and regularly go into town although I do try and avoid peak times. I used to work in both in town centre and out in West Lothian and found the trips annoying but its peak traffic in a capital city. Also nip down to East Lothian for golf regularly. I don't bother taking car into town, I just jump on a bus and chill. Bypass can be a bit of a pain at times but no different to most other cities I have tried to drive through/round when busy.

Had a great day today.
The beach was a basically a haven for dogs and the City centre was less chaotic.
Going fishing tomorrow apparently....

Biffer wrote: ↑Sun Aug 21, 2022 1:30 pm

Blackmac wrote: ↑Sun Aug 21, 2022 1:14 pm

dpedin wrote: ↑Sun Aug 21, 2022 11:05 am

Ditto - I just jump on a bus and get to wherever I want with no problems.

You should really try travelling in from east and Midlothian on a regular basis. The traffic calming measures in the Buckstone/ Braids area are horrendous, forcing all vehicles onto Pentland Terrace and Comiston Road which causes huge tailbacks every day. Same with them closing off Mayfield Road northbound to allow yet more student accommodation to be built and forcing all the traffic up to the utter shitshow they have made of the Cameron Toll junction. You then have the absolute joke that they have made of Minto Street with the mindless traffic calming measures. Add to that the endless roadworks on Old Dalkeith Road and the absolute pointless money they have spent on average speed cameras on the same stretch. They just haven't a bloody clue and I would say that anyone who doesn't find Edinburgh a horrendous place to get around really isn't getting around much.

I don’t go to the east of the city much, I live in the west of the city, am regularly in the city centre and commute to the south of the city. Just pointing out that your experience isn’t universal - not denying the traffic and works is shit in places, just saying it’s not all of Edinburgh.

I think I would be pretty confident that my opinion is pretty much in the majority among anyone that has or does travel extensively throughout the city. The council have been pretty much fucking up the vehicular situation in and around the city for decades. Building a hospital with no parking is just another example of how short sighted they are.
The only thing going for it is the superb bus service but that has been vastly overshadowed by the disaster of the tram system.

Blackmac wrote: ↑Sun Aug 21, 2022 9:14 pm

Biffer wrote: ↑Sun Aug 21, 2022 1:30 pm

Blackmac wrote: ↑Sun Aug 21, 2022 1:14 pm

You should really try travelling in from east and Midlothian on a regular basis. The traffic calming measures in the Buckstone/ Braids area are horrendous, forcing all vehicles onto Pentland Terrace and Comiston Road which causes huge tailbacks every day. Same with them closing off Mayfield Road northbound to allow yet more student accommodation to be built and forcing all the traffic up to the utter shitshow they have made of the Cameron Toll junction. You then have the absolute joke that they have made of Minto Street with the mindless traffic calming measures. Add to that the endless roadworks on Old Dalkeith Road and the absolute pointless money they have spent on average speed cameras on the same stretch. They just haven't a bloody clue and I would say that anyone who doesn't find Edinburgh a horrendous place to get around really isn't getting around much.

I don’t go to the east of the city much, I live in the west of the city, am regularly in the city centre and commute to the south of the city. Just pointing out that your experience isn’t universal - not denying the traffic and works is shit in places, just saying it’s not all of Edinburgh.

I think I would be pretty confident that my opinion is pretty much in the majority among anyone that has or does travel extensively throughout the city. The council have been pretty much fucking up the vehicular situation in and around the city for decades. Building a hospital with no parking is just another example of how short sighted they are.
The only thing going for it is the superb bus service but that has been vastly overshadowed by the disaster of the tram system.

I’d have to agree, the traffic management around works is almost always uniquely awful. Doesn’t help that even when there are no works the roads are generally in such a poor state of repair. Which I guess leads on to another point, I’d cycle a lot more if the roads were not so poor and full of holes, they are worse than any other town or city I know

Since we are on the topic the 10 best jokes this year are

Ten jokes made the 2022 shortlist:

1. "I tried to steal spaghetti from the shop, but the female guard saw me and I couldn't get pasta" - Masai Graham
2. "Did you know, if you get pregnant in the Amazon, it's next-day delivery" - Mark Simmons
3. "My attempts to combine nitrous oxide and Oxo cubes made me a laughing stock" - Olaf Falafel
4. "By my age, my parents had a house and a family, and to be fair to me, so do I - but it is the same house and it is the same family" - Hannah Fairweather
5. "I hate funerals - I'm not a mourning person" - Will Mars
6. "I spent the whole morning building a time machine, so that's four hours of my life that I'm definitely getting back" - Olaf Falafel
7. "I sent a food parcel to my first wife. FedEx" - Richard Pulsford
8. "I used to live hand to mouth. Do you know what changed my life? Cutlery" - Tim Vine
9. "Don't knock threesomes. Having a threesome is like hiring an intern to do all the jobs you hate" - Sophie Duker
10. "I can't even be bothered to be apathetic these days" - Will Duggan

Not the Festival, but a festival -the Edinburgh Film Festival is no more.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... e-63158817

I recall they had some pretty grand plans, but covid and cost of living have put the kybosh on that.

I've never actually been to the Filmhouse - Lothian Road is ultimately a bit of a toilet - but sorry to say that's gone as well. Wonder how the Dominion is doing.

inactionman wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 3:42 pm Not the Festival, but a festival -the Edinburgh Film Festival is no more.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... e-63158817

I recall they had some pretty grand plans, but covid and cost of living have put the kybosh on that.

I've never actually been to the Filmhouse - Lothian Road is ultimately a bit of a toilet - but sorry to say that's gone as well. Wonder how the Dominion is doing.

That's a terrible shame. Film House was a very cool little place and I know the architect for the new proposal, which I thought was fantastic.

Lothian Road is no longer the dump it once was

That's such a shame, I used to go to The Filmhouse often.

Their Aberdeen place, The Belmont is/was a cracking cinema. Great location and showed a mix of blockbusters, art house and classics etc

Hopefully it can be taken over and saved, there’s already a campaign set up. A great alternative to the usual faceless chain cinemas.

Biffer wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 7:03 pm

inactionman wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 3:42 pm Not the Festival, but a festival -the Edinburgh Film Festival is no more.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... e-63158817

I recall they had some pretty grand plans, but covid and cost of living have put the kybosh on that.

I've never actually been to the Filmhouse - Lothian Road is ultimately a bit of a toilet - but sorry to say that's gone as well. Wonder how the Dominion is doing.

That's a terrible shame. Film House was a very cool little place and I know the architect for the new proposal, which I thought was fantastic.

Lothian Road is no longer the dump it once was

If I read this right, Lothian Road was worse than it is now?

I'm being a bit facetious, places like the Hanging Bat are decent enough, but it's otherwise a busy, pretty grimy main road with a load of Byron Burgers on it.

I almost joined the Royal Marines in Lothian Road, after the interview both parties thought better of it as an idea.

It seemed to be a deal breaker for them that I didn't know why the RM have a green beret, for me it was, "fuck that for a game of soldiers", literally, after I got barked at for reading the exam paper whilst the guy in uniform was talking.

inactionman wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 8:12 am

Biffer wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 7:03 pm

inactionman wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 3:42 pm Not the Festival, but a festival -the Edinburgh Film Festival is no more.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... e-63158817

I recall they had some pretty grand plans, but covid and cost of living have put the kybosh on that.

I've never actually been to the Filmhouse - Lothian Road is ultimately a bit of a toilet - but sorry to say that's gone as well. Wonder how the Dominion is doing.

That's a terrible shame. Film House was a very cool little place and I know the architect for the new proposal, which I thought was fantastic.

Lothian Road is no longer the dump it once was

If I read this right, Lothian Road was worse than it is now?

I'm being a bit facetious, places like the Hanging Bat are decent enough, but it's otherwise a busy, pretty grimy main road with a load of Byron Burgers on it.

It definitely used to be worse, was a bit of a stabbing hotspot at one time, mainly due to Century 2000, or C2yacunt as it was colloquially known. Still not an area I rush too but definitely improved.

The Filmhouse used to do some great all nighters, I particularly remember a night they did showing all the Tarantino films, three at the time, one after the other starting at midnight.

inactionman wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 8:12 am
If I read this right, Lothian Road was worse than it is now?

I'm being a bit facetious, places like the Hanging Bat are decent enough, but it's otherwise a busy, pretty grimy main road with a load of Byron Burgers on it.

Imagine it without any redeeming qualities (not even burgers) and a couple of additional nightclubs pouring out crowds of aggro lads on a weekend night.

It's always been a bit of a mixed area, the Filmhouse, Usher Hall and Traverse theatre cheek by jowl with the drugs, prostitution and stripper pubs on Bread St.

Tichtheid wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 8:38 am It's always been a bit of a mixed area, the Filmhouse, Usher Hall and Traverse theatre cheek by jowl with the drugs, prostitution and stripper pubs on Bread St.

One of my mates used to live above one of the adult establishments, said it was surprisingly safe on his street due to the bouncers.

robmatic wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 8:44 am

Tichtheid wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 8:38 am It's always been a bit of a mixed area, the Filmhouse, Usher Hall and Traverse theatre cheek by jowl with the drugs, prostitution and stripper pubs on Bread St.

One of my mates used to live above one of the adult establishments, said it was surprisingly safe on his street due to the bouncers.

I used to see some excellent bands in the Burke and Hare on Saturday nights, you could take your girlfriend there on Saturday nights.