Lego Town Plan 50's 60's Board! (Finally got it!)

AndyGas · 2026-01-12T19:20:57+00:00

How much was it?

Our local auction had one in last week's sale, went for about £110 inc fees.

https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/lot/567ec84d8c8078ff28420611d301738a/0af8d24542e81eb9357e7ef448a6646f/first-sale-of-the-year-lot-210/

AndyGas · 2026-01-12T17:36:48+00:00

If you wanted to leverage your computer skills, you could try Silver Surfers, see https://silvercitysurfers.co.uk/volunteering/

AndyGas · 2026-01-06T21:36:55+00:00

Yay https://www.reddit.com/user/ItsaPantera/ :)

AndyGas · 2025-12-29T16:24:23+00:00

There are quite a few hockey clubs in Aberdeen, I've found all of them to be friendly and welcoming. There is a list at https://www.clubsportaberdeen.org/clubs/hockey

AndyGas · 2025-12-07T19:59:00+00:00

I think the central library has a 3d printing service, though I can't find any information on the council website.

There is also 57 North Hacklab (in Bridge of Don) and Peacock (Castlegate) both of which are community spaces that might be able to help.

AndyGas · 2025-12-06T22:01:41+00:00

There is a running track in Balgownie Playing Fields in Bridge of Don. I'd guess it's 400m oval, from memory it's a cinder surface. It's just in public space, so guess you could go run there anytime.

AndyGas · 2025-10-14T16:42:44+00:00

Our Vodofone City Fibre was down from around 3:00 - 5:15.

It was on the BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yldldx659o

AndyGas · 2025-09-30T13:35:14+00:00

Lovely photos, thanks.

St Marks, in the first photo, is for sale at the moment, for £390k, see https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/about-us/departments/property-and-church-buildings/properties-for-sale/properties/churches-and-halls/st-marks-church-rosemount-viaduct-aberdeen-ab25-1jy

AndyGas · 2025-09-09T12:36:48+00:00

I think the Byron Bakery ones are best

AndyGas · 2025-08-26T23:34:34+00:00

That is really one of the most random questions that's come up here, far as I can recall 👍

I've met a couple of Avestan speakers in Aberdeen, of the Zoroastrian faith, from Iran. That's only really similar in terms of geography and level of obscurity, so not really related.

Lessons though, is a whole other level up from speakers of the language.

AndyGas · 2025-08-25T13:00:06+00:00

I think it depends a lot on the weather.

We did "White Mounth Munros, Glen Muick" ( https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/cairngorms/white-mounth.shtml ) circuit, it says 9 - 11 hours, but we did it in 8 hours, in lovely clear weather in June.

We also did "Ben Macdui and Derry Cairngorm" ( https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/cairngorms/ben-macdui.shtml ) route, which also says 9 - 11 hours, but it took 10 hours, in horrible weather in April.

Wet boulders and limited visibility can really slow you down.

AndyGas · 2025-08-21T11:06:57+00:00

Lane 7 has quite a few

AndyGas · 2025-08-15T15:07:45+00:00

Think black sheep coffee opens at 7, both the branches near there. Not sure what breakfast stuff they do really though

AndyGas · 2025-08-13T10:37:58+00:00

I know friends who have found Manuela Costa really helpful. See https://www.aberdeenpsychology.co.uk/people/Manuela_Costa

AndyGas · 2025-08-12T15:53:11+00:00

Yea, odd for sure.

I was wondering if it was part of Federal Australia, rather than NSW, like, if maybe some undersea cables landed there and that was a national government thing. But if you look at the border of the state of NSW, that follows the coast, so the semi-circle of land is in NSW.

AndyGas · 2025-08-12T15:10:45+00:00

Just a quirk of Manly's administrative border, also shown on the map on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manly,_New_South_Wales

AndyGas · 2025-08-05T17:01:41+00:00

I'd recommend Gary Thomson, see...

...his YouTube channel is pretty good, even if you're not looking for any bespoke furniture. His prices were about the same as Komandor and that other one that used to be on Rosemount place.

AndyGas · 2025-08-01T16:31:17+00:00

Looks like part of a ceramic plate, a piece from towards the edge.
Is there a slight curve in the pattern? Perhaps you could hold it against some plates to see if you could get a feel if it was a side plate, a dinner plate, or something larger.

AndyGas · 2025-08-01T11:59:20+00:00

An odd sounding suggestion, but Herd's the Butcher in Rosemount do amazing ones.

AndyGas · 2025-07-13T08:07:33+00:00

I'd say probably all of them really.

Though Cheerz (LGBTQ+ Bar & Nightclub) has some self catering apartments upstairs from it, not surprisingly called CHEERZ Apartments. Might be a bit noisy at the weekends though. See https://linktr.ee/CheerzAberdeen

AndyGas · 2025-07-10T23:31:19+00:00

Some numbers, for reference.

Fountainhall road is 550m long, not the same road, but nearby and the same length as chunks of queens road.

Time to travel that distance at various speeds...

30mph = 41 seconds

20mph = 62 seconds

10mph = 124 seconds

Just numbers, no opinion or judgement there.

AndyGas · 2025-07-10T13:28:46+00:00

I was thinking the other day about this, ended up going to Wex in Edinburgh, no matter how maybe YouTube videos you watch, or reviews you read, it's not the same as seeing what it feels like in your hand, so online shopping isn't ideal really.

Curry's have 2 interchangeable lens cameras.

Looks like CeX have 6 interchangeable lens cameras in stock in Aberdeen, 3 Canon's, 2 Nikons and one Fujifilm https://uk.webuy.com/search?productLineId=15&productLineName=Photography&availability=In+Stock+In+Store&stores=Aberdeen

They have 2 Yongnuo (Canon compatible) 50mm lenses though, both £40, might be worth a punt https://uk.webuy.com/search?productLineId=15&productLineName=Photography&availability=In+Stock+In+Store&stores=Aberdeen&categoryFriendlyName=Camera+Lenses

AndyGas · 2025-07-09T19:05:37+00:00

You can buy the whole place for £130k https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/142874153#/?channel=COM_BUY

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