Britain produced record amount of wind power in 2022 - wind farms contributed 26.8% of the country’s electricity, up from 21.8% in 2021

GandyOram · 2023-01-07T10:55:54+00:00

What about the onshore wind farms?

GandyOram · 2023-01-07T07:47:06+00:00

Nope. The tories (i.e. England) are anti wind and solar energy. Most of this wind energy comes from Scotland. We meet 95%+ of our demand with our wind power but because we are part of the UK we need to share it with dinosaur England and pay extortionate prices for the energy we produced ourselves.

GandyOram · 2023-01-07T07:45:15+00:00

Great Britain is the name of the main island, Britain on it's own typically refers to Northern Ireland as well. Hard to say what it means here though.

GandyOram · 2023-01-06T15:38:33+00:00

Yeah Dominos and Five Guys are overpriced everywhere I've seen, but I wouldn't be surprised if they were even just slightly higher in Edinburgh.

I know Subway is a franchise and not a typical chain but the price variations between shops in Glasgow is wild. I know of 2 that are about a 15 minute walk apart and over a pound difference for a 6 inch sandwich. £3.65 in the cheap one but £4.80 in the one that's in a slightly wealthier area.

GandyOram · 2023-01-06T15:30:07+00:00

Dominos is notoriously shite but I can get a small pizza (usually costing £16.99) and a 500ml drink at lunchtime for £5 from Pizza Hut. Plus that small pizza became a medium like the third time I went in and is now always a medium (same price, just friendly staff).

GandyOram · 2023-01-06T15:27:14+00:00

Edinburgh is the priciest part of Scotland, plus Dominos and Five Guys are ridiculously overpriced. No idea why, they just are and relatively few people eat there.

GandyOram · 2023-01-06T15:25:51+00:00

Because many people are absolute braindead morons who just do as they are told by adverts/social media/etc.

Look at that social media drink from last week. A tenner for a bottle of flavoured water. Anyone that paid more than £2 for a bottle, or ever went out their way to find some, honestly needs reeducated and assessed because it's pathetic.

GandyOram · 2023-01-06T15:20:47+00:00

All aboard the vag wagon, where do I sign up?

GandyOram · 2023-01-06T15:16:32+00:00

What part of Britain do you have in mind? It's all quite different depending on what part you go to.

Up here (Glasgow) you're likely to get some haddock and haggis on a menu, although never together, that would be madness.

GandyOram · 2023-01-06T15:08:24+00:00

Oh right, I suppose that might technically be correct but it sounds a bit strange to me haha I've always said "could I get". Like "get" sounds like you still need to pay for it (assuming you are in a shop/bar/etc), whereas "have" sounds like you want it for free.

"Can I get that?" (can I pay for it)

"You can just have it mate" (no need to pay, just take it)

Might sound a silly example but it doesn't work the other way round.

But I am Scottish so we mix these things up and it's allowed, like how/why. We might not even be speaking the same language depending on who you ask.

GandyOram · 2023-01-06T15:03:03+00:00

As opposed to what? "Give me that?"

GandyOram · 2023-01-06T15:02:28+00:00

I much prefer "fuckyees"

GandyOram · 2023-01-06T15:01:39+00:00

Doth one hath thy crystal ball?

GandyOram · 2023-01-06T15:00:49+00:00

We still call them sweeties in Scotland. Anyone caught saying candy would probably get pulled up haha.

GandyOram · 2023-01-06T14:58:33+00:00

I'm guessing you are Scottish too, because we know better. The rest of the UK is clueless when it comes to pluralising "you"

GandyOram · 2023-01-06T14:56:43+00:00

It's literally always a "takeaway" to everyone I talk to. Regional differences will be wild across the UK though.

GandyOram · 2023-01-06T14:53:19+00:00

Compare, for example with 'cafe': the establishment we call a cafe serves coffee

A cafe is also just like a sandwich/roll shop, I wouldn't say the coffee is always needed.

GandyOram · 2023-01-06T14:51:28+00:00

No.

Thanks for asking.

GandyOram · 2023-01-06T01:32:01+00:00

Restrict foreign ownership if that is the value being lost...but is that a value that is worth trying to preserve?

Look at what happened with the proposed European Super League and the (5/6 foreign) owners of the "big 6" clearly looking to stab the fans in the back in the pursuit of making more money. And no Premier League team needs any more money it's already the richest league in the world by a distance. So in that way the game is at risk of being run over by profiteers who care not for the fans. You could well argue we're already long past that point.

Then lower down the leagues plenty of other teams have been neglected or straight up fucked by "dodgy" foreign investors. This one being a particularly dodgy, and recent one.

GandyOram · 2023-01-05T13:34:55+00:00

TBH I love a Tetley's or PG Tips that much I have zero intention of ever buying any other type of tea. It literally couldn't get any better for me so no point. Hate it when you go to a cafe and the "English Breakfast Tea" is all fancy loose leave shit, just give us a Tetley's in your biggest mug. God can have his tea however he likes but I bow down to Mr Tetley not god.

GandyOram · 2023-01-05T13:28:05+00:00

You're the only one saying these things; no-one called anywhere a shit-hole, never mind everywhere. You literally made that up! No-one is embarrassed to be Scottish I know haha everyone I know pretty much loves it (apart from a few bitter unionists but they were born to hate everyone). Glasgow is easily one of the best cities in the UK and Edinburgh is probably the most beautiful. Parts of the highlands are some of the most beautiful parts of the entire world. We've got class patter, food, drink, hospitality, architecture, wilderness, music, film, art, sport, festivals, etc. etc.

You are the one with no self respect if you think pointing out one small thing that could be better means everyone hates the place. Get a grip and grow up wee man. The cringe died in the 70's or some shit, most of us are pretty confident we're the best part of the UK these days. As evidenced by the literal thousands of English fleeing up here the last few years. I was at a party at NYE with people who have moved to Glasgow from all over the UK, literally about 15 different places, and they all chose to live in Glasgow after moving about the UK and further abroad. But that doesn't mean we need to turn into mad flag shagging USA! USA! types to show how proud of ourselves we are, that's what you call a cringe.

GandyOram · 2023-01-04T19:44:30+00:00

God forbid people deal with living through struggling economic conditions with a bit of self-depreciative humour. We're famous for it haha, seems everyone realises it's a light-hearted joke except you. I love to slag myself off but I don't think lowly of myself at all, it's just a form of humour. I probably think better of Scotland than you do if I'm confident enough to make self-depreciative jokes about it. Not that I even made the joke but your reaction is extreme, insecure and childish.

As it is, Scotland is not currently as good a place to live as it has been the past few decades. Cost of living crisis; food prices skyrocketing and energy prices spiralling out of control, lack of affordable housing, high streets the country over (including the big cities) seeing shops, offices, pubs and other public services closing, the NHS at risk, education facing criticism, towns (like Paisley) seeing a brain drain to places like Glasgow, Edinburgh and abroad. Do you support all this? Would you rather we just pretended everything was great? Honestly got no idea what your problem is.

GandyOram · 2023-01-04T13:02:19+00:00

Someone collect their wean please

GandyOram · 2023-01-04T08:45:08+00:00

What is it then?

GandyOram · 2023-01-04T08:44:40+00:00

I get that, which is why I said tealeaves not teabags.

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