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1 hour ago, Stuart Lyon said:

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They'll need to put a few thousand more up in Edinburgh before the night of the 24th October.

 

Because the Hibbies will all be back in their wee box come 9.30pm.

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2 hours ago, Stuart Lyon said:

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For posties to keep letters in for delivering. 

 

Used to get lots of red elastic bands scattered at them.

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12 minutes ago, been here before said:

For posties to keep letters in for delivering. 

 

Used to get lots of red elastic bands scattered at them.

 

How does that work then? Usually they carry all their stuff around in their bags.

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1 hour ago, redjambo said:

 

How does that work then? Usually they carry all their stuff around in their bags.

It's so they don't have to carry all their mail at the same time. It allows them to keep their hands free for stealing stuff

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48 minutes ago, redjambo said:

 

That's a pretty small box though...

You usually have 3-4 boxes on a round  depending on size, some of the boxes have a few bags in and you would do a street or two and end up back at the box then pick up more to work to the next gray box. 

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Just now, Alwayssunnyingorgie said:

You usually have 3-4 boxes on a round  depending on size, some of the boxes have a few bags in and you would do a street or two and end up back at the box then pick up more to work to the next gray box. 

 

Cheers. I wonder what other things are around, hidden in broad daylight, that I've never noticed. :)

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Just now, bairdy said:

This is a really daft/stupid one, but does anyone know if ''OK' is short for anything?

I'ts bugged me for a long time.

 

Yes. "Oll Korrect".

 

http://www.etymonline.com/word/OK

 

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1839, only survivor of a slang fad in Boston and New York c. 1838-9 for abbreviations of common phrases with deliberate, jocular misspellings (such as K.G. for "no go," as if spelled "know go;" N.C. for "'nuff ced;" K.Y. for "know yuse"). In the case of O.K., the abbreviation is of "oll korrect."

 

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5 minutes ago, bairdy said:

Thanks for that!  TBF 'All Correct' did occur to me, but I dismissed it because of the spelling.

OK then :tongue:

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2 hours ago, bairdy said:

This is a really daft/stupid one, but does anyone know if ''OK' is short for anything?

I'ts bugged me for a long time.

It's short for OkayDokey.

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On 15/10/2017 at 16:00, mutley said:

It's so they don't have to carry all their mail at the same time. It allows them to keep their hands free for stealing stuff

 Well saying that you chose the username Mutley. :laugh:

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Alcohol.

 

Who thought drinking the by product of yeast seemed like a good idea.

 

Was he going down on someone with yeast infection and liked the feeling afterwards? Bizarre

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8 minutes ago, Jeffosphere said:

Alcohol.

 

Who thought drinking the by product of yeast seemed like a good idea.

 

Was he going down on someone with yeast infection and liked the feeling afterwards? Bizarre

Probably from fruit containing natural yeast that had been collected for storage but subsequently fermented down into a liquid. Someone tried drinking it and the party got started. 

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38 minutes ago, All roads lead to Gorgie said:

Probably from fruit containing natural yeast that had been collected for storage but subsequently fermented down into a liquid. Someone tried drinking it and the party got started. 

Currently making my way through a bottle of mead ( honey and raspberry flavour) and the label suggests that’s how it was started

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10 minutes ago, 3fingersreid said:

Currently making my way through a bottle of mead ( honey and raspberry flavour) and the label suggests that’s how it was started

We used to drink a lot of mead many moons ago.

 

Nice stuff :thumb:

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3 minutes ago, Paolo said:

Why do workies where their hard helmets on the bus?

 

What do they think is going to happen?

:gok:

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40 minutes ago, milky_26 said:

i didn't realise you were that old morgan

I'm not!

 

We used to take my mum to Elizabethan banquets at Christmas and on her birthdays and mead and red wine were the drinks on offer.

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1 hour ago, Paolo said:

Why do workies where their hard helmets on the bus?

 

What do they think is going to happen?

 

If it's on your head, you're not going to forget it when you get off.

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1 hour ago, 3fingersreid said:

Currently making my way through a bottle of mead ( honey and raspberry flavour) and the label suggests that’s how it was started

I bet it was no fun for early humans collecting the honey before bee suits were invented, ouch. They would get a buzz from the beverage though. :smile:

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51 minutes ago, redjambo said:

 

If it's on your head, you're not going to forget it when you get off.

My wife would forget her head if it wasn't fixed on.

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4 hours ago, Paolo said:

Why do workies where their hard helmets on the bus?

 

What do they think is going to happen?

Its in case they get that daft driver that drove through a low bridge at the Western.

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2 hours ago, FWJ said:

Showers - why?

All the bits that need a good wash face downwards.

Speak for yourself!

 

:lol:

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4 hours ago, FWJ said:

Showers - why?

All the bits that need a good wash face downwards.

 

Because a bath is just a soup of your arse and baws ! :sick:

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Doesn't anyone know what the building in Abbeyhill is with Greek lettering above the door?

 

Sent it to my Greek mate, and he said while its Greek lettering, it makes no sense.

 

Perhaps Russian? But he's not sure if Russian uses certain Greek symbols too.

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14 minutes ago, Locky said:

Doesn't anyone know what the building in Abbeyhill is with Greek lettering above the door?

 

Sent it to my Greek mate, and he said while its Greek lettering, it makes no sense.

 

Perhaps Russian? But he's not sure if Russian uses certain Greek symbols too.

The Cyrillic  alphabet does use some Greek letters but not many. 

You got a photo?

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27 minutes ago, ManMoth said:

The Cyrillic  alphabet does use some Greek letters but not many. 

You got a photo?

 

I do on my phone, but it doesn't want to upload on here.

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9 minutes ago, Doogz said:

 

I'm sure that used to be a restaurant - as far as I remember it was Eastern European but don't think it was Russian..... maybe Ukrainian ?

 

гастроно ("gastrono") means deli in Russian.

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8 minutes ago, Doogz said:

 

After a bit more investigation:

https://www.thefoodplace.co.uk/restaurants/armenian-aghtamar-lake-van-monastery-in-exile-edinburgh-36761/

 

Good find! Sounds like a rather interesting place to have gone for a meal. :)

 

It is strange that the owner, an Armenian monk, didn't use the Armenian alphabet. He was perhaps of Russian stock or was used to using the Russian language from Soviet times.

 

Aghtamar refers to Akdamar Island (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aghtamar) in eastern Turkey, which was an important religious Armenian site. In April 1915, during the Armenian Genocide, the monks on Aghtamar were massacred, the cathedral looted, and the monastic buildings destroyed.

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4 hours ago, Locky said:

Doesn't anyone know what the building in Abbeyhill is with Greek lettering above the door?

 

Sent it to my Greek mate, and he said while its Greek lettering, it makes no sense.

 

Perhaps Russian? But he's not sure if Russian uses certain Greek symbols too.

 

It's definitely Cyrillic - the Greek alphabet doesn't have a "C" character (it sounds like "S" in Cyrillic).

 

Are you sure your mate is really Greek? ;)

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