Ked Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 The state of Princess Street Gardens next to at the Scott monument. I've ranted about this before but it really does my head in. Second Hardly any pigeons about or seagull. Noticed qtr round loaf off brown bread. Not a pigeon or seagull in sight. Felt like putting the second one on wtf thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandjambo3 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Ked said: The state of Princess Street Gardens next to at the Scott monument. I've ranted about this before but it really does my head in. Second Hardly any pigeons about or seagull. Noticed qtr round loaf off brown bread. Not a pigeon or seagull in sight. Felt like putting the second one on wtf thread. Up here a few years back an Eagle owl escaped and settled in the city centre……..no other birds were spotted in town for weeks until the owl was captured………there things are nails in the bird world: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-21243686 Edited January 26 by highlandjambo3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Findlay Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 27 minutes ago, Ked said: The state of Princess Street Gardens next to at the Scott monument. I've ranted about this before but it really does my head in. Second Hardly any pigeons about or seagull. Noticed qtr round loaf off brown bread. Not a pigeon or seagull in sight. Felt like putting the second one on wtf thread. The grass will re-laid as it is every year. All the pigeons are in Waverley station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesie27 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 (edited) 47 minutes ago, Ked said: The state of Princess Street Gardens next to at the Scott monument. I've ranted about this before but it really does my head in. Second Hardly any pigeons about or seagull. Noticed qtr round loaf off brown bread. Not a pigeon or seagull in sight. Felt like putting the second one on wtf thread. Isn't that area used for memorial poppies, followed by the Christmas Markets and then gets returfed for the summer? Edited January 26 by hughesie27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 (edited) Princes St Gardens is a disgrace all year round. January > Xmas market fecks off, leaving the grass deid and the gardens a swamp. February > Council rips up the deid grass and rotovates the ground so now it looks like a bad day on The Somme. March-April > No man's land. Big craters full of muddy rain water. May > Council lays new turf and bedding plants. Turf mostly dies right away, first rain destroys the flowers on the plants. June > Gardens look presentable, if you ignore all the dry, dead turf that's curling up at the edges. Plants in beds are only leaves since all the flowers died ages ago. July > Remains of bedding plants removed, turf covered with steel sheeting in preparation for the Festival shows. August > Festival shows knacker everything all over again. September > Festival shows feck off, grass all deid again just like in January. Oct-Nov > Nothing done as it's too wet and cold to fix the gardens. Remembrance garden laid on plastic grass on top of the mud. Nov-Dec > Xmas market moves back in. And all this on a so-called "PUBLIC" space, which in fact has been commercialised by the Council. Edited January 26 by Cade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 49 minutes ago, Ked said: The state of Princess Street Gardens next to at the Scott monument. I've ranted about this before but it really does my head in. Second Hardly any pigeons about or seagull. Noticed qtr round loaf off brown bread. Not a pigeon or seagull in sight. Felt like putting the second one on wtf thread. I’m abhor the grammar polis , however it’s Princes Street ! Arghh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Kaiser Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 A melon baller and brake fluid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticJambo Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 1 hour ago, Ked said: The state of Princess Street Gardens next to at the Scott monument. I've ranted about this before but it really does my head in. Second Hardly any pigeons about or seagull. Noticed qtr round loaf off brown bread. Not a pigeon or seagull in sight. Felt like putting the second one on wtf thread. This is something I noticed years ago. I remember once getting a Bomb the Bass CD from the Central lIbrary circa mid 90s, stopping off at the baked tattie shop top of Cockburn St before heading into East Princes Street Gardens. Tattie scoffed and cd notes perused I didn't think twice of using the cd to freflect the sun's rays into the eyes of the multitude of greedy pigeons strutting around me. Hunners of them there was back then. Meanwhile, as I drive the highways and byways of Scotland, there's barely a day goes by when I'm not braking for their dumb af big cousins, the woodies. They do make for a decent puff of feathers mind, and let's face it when it's the workls van, the dent ain't my problem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Duncan Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 19 minutes ago, ArcticJambo said: This is something I noticed years ago. I remember once getting a Bomb the Bass CD from the Central lIbrary circa mid 90s, stopping off at the baked tattie shop top of Cockburn St before heading into East Princes Street Gardens. Tattie scoffed and cd notes perused I didn't think twice of using the cd to freflect the sun's rays into the eyes of the multitude of greedy pigeons strutting around me. Hunners of them there was back then. Meanwhile, as I drive the highways and byways of Scotland, there's barely a day goes by when I'm not braking for their dumb af big cousins, the woodies. They do make for a decent puff of feathers mind, and let's face it when it's the workls van, the dent ain't my problem! I was given a laser pen in a goody bag at a teaching conference in Seville many moons ago, when they were still new and cool. Went back to my top floor flat in shitsville, Andalusia, and tried figuring out whether it worked or not. Unfortunately for the dozens of pigeons that used to settle atop the block opposite every night, it was quite powerful. Took them two months to return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pap Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 (edited) 1 hour ago, JudyJudyJudy said: I’m abhor the grammar polis , however it’s Princes Street ! Arghh Left yourself wide open there Edited January 26 by Pap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il Duce McTarkin Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 1 hour ago, Cade said: And all this on a so-called "PUBLIC" space, which in fact has been commercialised by the Council. This. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the posh bit Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 1 hour ago, ArcticJambo said: stopping off at the baked tattie shop top of Cockburn St Never mind the absence of flying rats and laughing slags, that baked tattie shop was the absolute bees knees back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjambo Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 1 hour ago, JudyJudyJudy said: I’m abhor the grammar polis , however it’s Princes Street ! Arghh I can see why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 6 minutes ago, redjambo said: I can see why. Lol crucify me now ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 2 hours ago, JudyJudyJudy said: I’m abhor the grammar polis... Evidently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 58 minutes ago, Pap said: Left yourself wide open there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 11 minutes ago, JudyJudyJudy said: Lol crucify me now ! What else would we be doing on a Friday evening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 2 minutes ago, Ulysses said: What else would we be doing on a Friday evening? Sadly just heading to get my messages ! Sans bleach 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 8 minutes ago, JudyJudyJudy said: Sadly just heading to get my messages ! Sans bleach 😎 Going to the supermarket and taking the mick out of each other on JKB on a Friday night. We're living the dream, lads, living the dream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 5 minutes ago, Ulysses said: Going to the supermarket and taking the mick out of each other on JKB on a Friday night. We're living the dream, lads, living the dream. 😂😂👍👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 32 minutes ago, JudyJudyJudy said: Lol crucify me now ! Now that should keep your hands of the keyboard for at least a short while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greedy Jambo Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 I can't remember the last time i was in princes street on foot, there's absolutely no reason to waste your time going there anymore. I was through there quite regularly doing deliveries in the van, but it seems i will need a new van now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ked Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 4 hours ago, hughesie27 said: Isn't that area used for memorial poppies, followed by the Christmas Markets and then gets returfed for the summer? No east of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ked Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 4 hours ago, Cade said: Princes St Gardens is a disgrace all year round. January > Xmas market fecks off, leaving the grass deid and the gardens a swamp. February > Council rips up the deid grass and rotovates the ground so now it looks like a bad day on The Somme. March-April > No man's land. Big craters full of muddy rain water. May > Council lays new turf and bedding plants. Turf mostly dies right away, first rain destroys the flowers on the plants. June > Gardens look presentable, if you ignore all the dry, dead turf that's curling up at the edges. Plants in beds are only leaves since all the flowers died ages ago. July > Remains of bedding plants removed, turf covered with steel sheeting in preparation for the Festival shows. August > Festival shows knacker everything all over again. September > Festival shows feck off, grass all deid again just like in January. Oct-Nov > Nothing done as it's too wet and cold to fix the gardens. Remembrance garden laid on plastic grass on top of the mud. Nov-Dec > Xmas market moves back in. And all this on a so-called "PUBLIC" space, which in fact has been commercialised by the Council. I will always like you as a poster because of your attitude on this subject. I'm glad it boils your piss inaw . Because you type a far better expression of the piss that boils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ked Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 4 hours ago, John Findlay said: The grass will re-laid as it is every year. All the pigeons are in Waverley station. The gardens always had a nice lawn/grass. Not now mate. It wasn't just princess Street, picardy place ,London Road, M9ntgomery Street. I saw no pigeons from Leith Street down. Or a seagull. Nowt. Wtf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ked Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 47 minutes ago, Greedy Jambo said: I can't remember the last time i was in princes street on foot, there's absolutely no reason to waste your time going there anymore. I was through there quite regularly doing deliveries in the van, but it seems i will need a new van now. Maybe mate but I jumped of before the monument and our city is stunning. The view of Arthur seat over the North bridge. Walking down Leith Street and I tell you that church top of Broughton Road across from the Conan Doyle. There's every reason to visit the city centre other than shops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greedy Jambo Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Just now, Ked said: Maybe mate but I jumped of before the monument and our city is stunning. The view of Arthur seat over the North bridge. Walking down Leith Street and I tell you that church top of Broughton Road across from the Conan Doyle. There's every reason to visit the city centre other than shops. Nah, get yourself to Prestonpans, North Berwick or Dunbar, that's views. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ked Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 2 hours ago, Greedy Jambo said: Nah, get yourself to Prestonpans, North Berwick or Dunbar, that's views. They are indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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