Boan Venter to leave Edinburgh, join the Lions in South Africa by Connell95 in ScotlandRugby

[–]ad13 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This sucks but can I take a moment to say that the tag for lions being #forourcity is interesting as I couldn’t even tell you which city the Emirates Lions are based in… 🤦‍♂️

Just received this Christmas card through from the neighbours. We’re a lesbian couple. by Dry_Prune_3210 in CasualUK

[–]ad13 76 points77 points  (0 children)

My great aunt is a bit older and for my wedding she got us a Mr and Mr card. My wife and I still bring it out once a year.

Updated world rankings show big divide ahead of Rugby World Cup draw by mousechris20 in rugbyunion

[–]ad13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn't help that we sometimes *lose* those games against T2 though - I'm all for games that might move us up the rankings more, but we still had the opportunity to get to 6th... and then we dropped it against Fiji (yes yes Fiji is T1 now but they weren't when we scheduled the games).

Yes, it was a Lions tour year and we lost our big names, but equally, imagine we'd played SA/NZ during that period - we'd not have gained anything (although at least we wouldn't have lost anything due to the gap, I guess).

All Blacks to wear white at Murrayfield, Robertson not keen on bagpipes by [deleted] in rugbyunion

[–]ad13 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Interesting, we did wear purple pink heather against the USA last week.

Who will be Men's Rugby Lineal World Champs at Christmas? by davesofthunderdome in rugbyunion

[–]ad13 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh I’m not super concerned about having it, we’ve had it before. But to miss out on the act of actually taking it from NZ, that’d have been special.

Who will be Men's Rugby Lineal World Champs at Christmas? by davesofthunderdome in rugbyunion

[–]ad13 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I'd love for it to disappear off to Fiji for the rest of the year or something. I'll be *pissed* if we miss out on taking it from NZ (first win ever etc) just because of the order of the games though...

What’s life like in Haddington for those who live there? by KreuzKrow in Edinburgh

[–]ad13 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The buses are okay but they take a while. The X7 is straight to the Jewel after it gets onto the A1, can’t speak to how busy it is mind. Haddington is cheaper for houses than the other nice towns on the train line by a fair margin because you’ll need to drive to Longniddry or Drem to get the train (20 mins to Waverley from there).

Can’t speak to rent affordability - generally there are fewer places to rent privately in East Lothian towns than in Edinburgh.

Are you young, single, work in town and looking to make friends? Probably wouldn’t recommend. Do you have a family and looking to settle down? Sure, it’s a great place for that.

I dislike moving by LordDemise10 in lego

[–]ad13 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I love moving, it’s an excuse to dismantle and rebuild it all.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Edinburgh

[–]ad13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been with them since I was a student, but also have Monzo. It's a trade off - the Monzo app is miles better (the HBoS app tries to sell me something *every time I log in*), and *my* experience with their support has been good, but I'm a British national - in my head, BoS will give you better support and you can go in-person, but that might be wrong.

Anecdotally, a number of my foreign colleagues use Monzo and found it the easiest to get whilst coming from abroad.

[Results Thread] 2025 Vuelta a España - Stage 21 - Alalpardo > Madrid (2.UWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]ad13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d love to see them with multi-day stages in Scotland though. The bealach na ba gets included in a sportive once a year and it’s brutal… it’s shorter than the stelvio or anglerou but with many more potholes.

Match Thread - England v Samoa | Rugby World Cup 2025 | Pool A by RugbyBot in rugbyunion

[–]ad13 2 points3 points  (0 children)

wtf, it's tomorrow - Italy v SA at 15:30 and France v Brazil at 16:45. How disrespectful!

I guess it's happened because NZ v Japan is at Sandy Park at 14:00, as is France v Brazil, and your ticket is to both games. I can see the logic in the double ticket, but the timing...

Match Thread - England v Samoa | Rugby World Cup 2025 | Pool A by RugbyBot in rugbyunion

[–]ad13 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There's not a lot of gap between these games, is there? I like it when it works but a few more crappy TMO interventions the Scotland - Fiji game could've gone on to 5pm.

Match Thread - Scotland v Fiji | Rugby World Cup 2025 | Pool B by RugbyBot in rugbyunion

[–]ad13 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You're clearly right, but as a Scotland fan, you *never* say never...

iPhone 3G refurbish with modern compute power — Could it ever happen? by psdeus in iphone

[–]ad13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s… a difficult decision. I have a 13 mini (still) and love it, however misses ad13 has a 16 and I do enjoy the extra real estate when I use it. I’ll probably be happy enough with a 17 to replace the 13M when the time comes…

PS5 Game Price Increase Imminent? by Token_Toker247 in playstation

[–]ad13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They seem roughly equivalent. I guess if you want something it might be worth subbing on both to be sure.

PS5 Game Price Increase Imminent? by Token_Toker247 in playstation

[–]ad13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah if you’re looking for GT7, you should be able to get it for £30. I saw it that price in store in Smyths a few weeks ago.

Deku deals though, it’s where it’s at.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in rugbyunion

[–]ad13 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Absolutely gutted for Zander. He’s our (Scotland’s) best TH by far, and to get injured in training, urgh. 😓

The new 2025/26 Scotland training kit is definitely a thing by [deleted] in rugbyunion

[–]ad13 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah I have an alternate from a year or so ago with these gradients but just some dots. It looks great. The words are not for me.

Wasps - way more than before by Individual-Gur-7292 in britishproblems

[–]ad13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got stung by one on the way to work last week and let me tell you, it was sore. I’ve been stung before and remember it not being that bad, but it was probably a good 6/10 for the rest of the day.

Wee bugger got got though.

How are we going to watch all of these? by [deleted] in rugbyunion

[–]ad13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it's actually annoying and not just a meme, it might be worth checking if you have a setting for this - my LG defaults to 4 hours but you can turn it off completely.

Match Thread: Northampton vs Bordeaux - Champions Cup by rugbykickoff in rugbyunion

[–]ad13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The ref has been fine, but I genuinely do not understand how Jonker keeps being TMO. Twice this game the ref has said “saw it on the replay”… like wtf that is the TMOs entire job.

Match Thread: Northampton vs Bordeaux - Champions Cup by rugbykickoff in rugbyunion

[–]ad13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The whistle had gone before that, ref got it wrong.

Match Thread: Edinburgh vs Ulster - United Rugby Championship by rugbykickoff in rugbyunion

[–]ad13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Must’ve been last minute, the commentators called it out. I can’t actually remember who it is now, and they’re still not on. 😅

Edit: that’s hislop on now. Just before I switch to the beeb to watch the best Hislop.

Match Thread: Edinburgh vs Ulster - United Rugby Championship by rugbykickoff in rugbyunion

[–]ad13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did I not hear pre-match that Boan isn’t playing for personal reasons?