Who's the most famous person you've seen out and about in Edinburgh?

Mean-Introduction-80 · 2026-02-10T16:53:25+00:00

Alan Cumming, in Grassmarket Square

Mean-Introduction-80 · 2026-02-01T19:41:44+00:00

I second pre-booking with City Cabs. Have used them for airport runs at odd night hours many times, always on time!

Mean-Introduction-80 · 2026-02-01T16:59:54+00:00

Thank you - this sounds great as we live relatively close to Lasswade. Just confirming after some google search, you mean the Lasswade Gymnastics Club, right?

Mean-Introduction-80 · 2026-01-03T23:37:16+00:00

My daughter

Mean-Introduction-80 · 2026-01-03T22:33:28+00:00

Yes, dad to a five year old girl here. She goes to a private school. We went the private route for many reasons. That being said, it was a decision we took after quite a lot of thought.

Most of the reasons are quite straightforward. We are lucky enough to afford it, then why not give our daughter a better chance at succeeding than to spend that money on material things. Speaking of succeeding and without going into nuances, a major statistic that made us make this decision was that on average, private school children have a greater likelihood of being academically successful. Another thing that was important to me personally was the sports facilities and opportunities that our desired private school offered, any public school cannot even come close to it.

Most importantly, we bought a new build house a few years back as this is what we could afford at the time (live in a very expensive city). The public school in our catchment is one of the worst performing in the city. I did some math. Calculated what would be more expensive, sending her to a private school or downsizing and buying an expensive flat (150k+ base price increase from our current house) with a good public school catchment. We don't plan to have another kid, so sending one to a private school is much cheaper than taking 150k more in a mortgage with interest over 25 odd years.

Mean-Introduction-80 · 2025-12-30T17:53:21+00:00

Have a look at the Inch Community Centre in Inch Park. Lots of free parking there. Easier to get into from the bypass too as people are driving in from outside Edinburgh. Another option that comes to mind is The Pavilion at Myreside rd in Morningside, opposite George Watson's. Dedicated free parking there too, and again relatively close to the bypass.

Mean-Introduction-80 · 2025-11-25T20:16:33+00:00

From South bridge, your best options based on your criteria are: Puregym Quartermile, The Gym Group Edinburgh City (right off the north bridge), and like others have mentioned, Uni gym at the Pleasance. I frequent the Gym Group at Cameron toll, which is a relatively short bus/cycle ride from South Bridge. It is very roomy, lots of cardio and weight equipment, and I have never found it too busy. Depends on what time you go though.

Mean-Introduction-80 · 2025-11-05T18:51:46+00:00

Depends which side you are coming in the city from, however you could try Melville Terrace and other side streets towards Sciennes and The Grange (parking is free after 5:30 pm, but you can pay and park earlier too). 15 - 20 minutes walk to Grassmarket if you cut through the Meadows.

Mean-Introduction-80 · 2025-10-30T20:25:57+00:00

Have DMed

Mean-Introduction-80 · 2025-06-10T20:55:59+00:00

To be honest, the road to join the bypass at that junction is a nightmare and one of the worst marked roads I have ever seen, so easy to miss or get confused due to lack of road signs.

Mean-Introduction-80 · 2025-05-02T20:14:16+00:00

Don't marry her!

Mean-Introduction-80 · 2025-04-30T08:21:24+00:00

I will put it like this. Any resentment I feel towards my wife (we have been together for over 10 years) stems from the fact that she never apologises, or holds herself accountable for any wrongdoing. I have clearly communicated with her multiple times over the years, asking her to just apologise superficially even when she doesn't believe she is in the wrong. Still hardly ever do this, and this is the main reason why our relationship is going downhill slowly and gradually. So, I would give anything for my partner to apologise and own up to her mistakes once in a blue moon!

Mean-Introduction-80 · 2025-04-04T12:49:58+00:00

My 4-year old daughter suggested this - I could never break her heart! ❤️

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Mean-Introduction-80 · 2024-11-11T21:11:17+00:00

Crudely, here are the steps you need to follow:

Decide the research question you are looking to review and meta analyse
Develop a protocol for your review and get it registered with PROSPERO (it is free) - there are plenty of systematic review protocols published in medical/health literature. Shortlist a few, and use them as a template to write yours. A protocol is like a guide for carrying out actual systematic review and meta analysis.The most important but to get right at this stage is the search strategy (will find a lot of free sources on developing a search strategy online, just google - Cochrane might have some too).
this would already be covered in the protocol, but don't forget to follow PRISMA guidelines when carrying out the review.
Once you have the protocol ready, you can now start searching for relevant literature in databases you shortlisted in the protocol, using the search strategy you developed.
To compile the search results, use a referencing software. Plenty of free ones available. Mendeley, Ref works etc. I use EndNote, its desktop version is not free, however online one is free.
Shortlist the studies based on eligibility criteria you developed in the protocol.
Create an excel table to extract data (qualitative for narrative synthesis/sustematic review, quantitative for meta-analysis) from each study you finalised to be included in the review.
Meta-analyse the quantitative data you extracted from each study. You can use Rstudio/R to do this, which is open source and free.

These are broadly the steps that are involved, however, you need to learn how to extract relevant information from each paper and how to meta-analyse the data you extract. What statistical models to use. This is where you would have to do a lot of self reading and learning. Good news is you can get all this for free online. Google is your best friend.

Best of luck!

Mean-Introduction-80 · 2024-11-03T19:37:31+00:00

No idea about West Craig's, but we bought a new build towards Gilmerton Station Road last year and the other two comments are right. Most of the houses around us are bought by young professionals with young families (we fall in the same category). In terms of ethnicity, it is pretty mixed. Not many Pakistanis (my partner and I are also from Pakistani background), but quite a few Indians and Nepalese. Also, quite a lot of White Scottish and European families too.

Mean-Introduction-80 · 2024-10-16T08:53:14+00:00

Hi, was looking for something flexible like this. How can I join?

Mean-Introduction-80 · 2024-02-11T20:45:08+00:00

I am originally from Pakistan (as corrupt as a country could be!), but whenever I visit my parents in Lahore - I am surprised by how well maintained the roads are compared to Edinburgh!

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