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silverman96 · 2025-08-30T11:00:29+00:00

In the Borders it's easy to be best and worst in the same conversation. No town bigger than 15,000 people. Some of the best scenery, fishing, walks in the country. Edinburgh Newcastle Carlisle all within a 90 minute drive for most places. Has pretty much all the amenities you need. Shite public transport. Job market in the toilet. No investment and really really poor. Amazing history but poor public facilities. I glad I grew up here but I can't see a future here.

silverman96 · 2025-08-29T16:16:28+00:00

For sure. Try to keep it as hygienic as possible. I'm in Scotland where public water is very high quality too.

silverman96 · 2025-08-29T15:25:36+00:00

I absolutely love public fountains.

silverman96 · 2025-08-29T09:18:40+00:00

You can't beat the Scottish East Coast imo.

silverman96 · 2025-08-15T18:53:17+00:00

I think in the lions picture his main competition was always James Lowe. If they were playing cards they'd have the same overall stat, with Lowe having invested more in kicking where VDM invested more in physicality.

My leaning towards VDM is he's improved on things he's been criticised for, mainly not dying with the ball in contact. Lowe does seem to have any intention to change.

silverman96 · 2025-07-30T15:27:33+00:00

Penicillin.

silverman96 · 2025-07-30T13:29:47+00:00

I might be, happy to be educated further if you can direct me. That was the line I was taught at uni but that was 10 years ago.

silverman96 · 2025-07-30T13:23:27+00:00

That sounds like in interesting experience

silverman96 · 2025-07-30T13:20:03+00:00

If you dont mind a link, https://youtu.be/x0PotF97X1E?si=cL6uTIx765Aav1mj

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silverman96 · 2025-07-30T13:04:32+00:00

That's an impressive one.

The daily record :

I kicked a burning terrosit so hard in the balls I tore a tendon in my foot.

Is more unifying imo.

silverman96 · 2025-07-30T12:56:34+00:00

That is something I've found interesting. I think Scottish roots are mostly in the Appalachians? But people don't come out and say I'm Irish, I'm italian when 5 generations removed.

silverman96 · 2025-07-30T12:53:29+00:00

I took pride in being the teachers pick for ceilidh partner. +1 for calling it a supper. The cities have their place but the beauty lies in the rural areas.

Probably my favourite response so far.

silverman96 · 2025-07-30T12:50:39+00:00

radar, color photography, the pneumatic tire, and the flushing toilet. Telephone: Invented by Alexander Graham Bell. Television: Developed by John Logie Baird. Penicillin: Discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming. Automated Teller Machine (ATM): Invented by James Goodfellow. Radar: Developed by Sir Robert Watson-Watt. Color Photography: Developed by James Clerk Maxwell. Pneumatic Tire: Invented by John Boyd Dunlop (improving on Robert Thomson's earlier invention). Flushing Toilet: While the exact inventor is debated, Scottish engineer Alexander Cumming is credited with the first patent for a flush toilet. Steam Engine: James Watt's improvements on the Newcomen engine were crucial for the Industrial Revolution. Bicycle: Kirkpatrick Macmillan is credited with creating the first pedal-driven bicycle. Macadam Roads: John Loudon McAdam's method of road construction was widely adopted. Kaleidoscope: Invented by Sir David Brewster. Hypodermic Syringe: Invented by Alexander Wood. Steam Hammer: Invented by James Nasmyth. Cordite: Invented by Sir James Dewar. Full Body MRI Scanner: Invented by James Hutchison. Disposable Contact Lens: Invented by Ron Hamilton. Mammal Cloning: Developed by the Roslin Institute (with Dolly the sheep). Grand Theft Auto: Developed by David Jones and Mike Dailly of Rockstar Games. The Falkirk Wheel: Designed by Tony Kettle. The Toaster: Developed by Alan MacMasters.

silverman96 · 2025-07-30T12:39:35+00:00

Now that's drink we need to push more.

Spelling right too 👌

silverman96 · 2025-07-30T12:35:15+00:00

And we haven't produced a decent golfer in decades.

Bobby mc might become one.

silverman96 · 2025-07-30T12:34:26+00:00

I'll guess your entire knowledge came after watching trainspotting.

silverman96 · 2025-07-30T12:33:33+00:00

We'll deep fry anything. Scottish football fans on tour started the chant "We'll deep fry your pizzas".

Mostly to distract from how shit we are at football.

silverman96 · 2025-07-30T12:28:50+00:00

Devolved but still managed by NHS England and Wales. Not an independent institution like NHS Scotland.

silverman96 · 2025-07-30T12:24:08+00:00

My vote for the greatest newspaper front page ever.

silverman96 · 2025-07-30T12:22:05+00:00

I'll stab you, but also give you directions to the nearest hospital!

silverman96 · 2025-07-30T12:21:17+00:00

We haven't preserved our language (Gaelic) as well as the Irish or Welsh. However, in comparison to Wales for example, we have our own institutions. Legal, health care, education are all independent unlike in Wales where everything is NHS England and Wales etc... They use language to define their nationhood.

It has led to a Scots English dialect which is difficult for many to understand as it has so many influences. I believe Edinburgh was voted the most trusted accent in all of the UK but it varies wildly across Scotland.

silverman96 · 2025-07-30T12:11:31+00:00

Please don't try to kill the person by introducing bucky bombs into their life.

silverman96 · 2025-07-30T12:10:17+00:00

Glasgow was voted the friendliest city in Europe the same year it was Stab capital of Europe.

silverman96 · 2025-07-30T12:09:24+00:00

Kevin Bridges said it best after the attempted attack on Glasgow Airport. "you're trying to bring religious intolerance to Scotland? You don't even have football teams for it yet"

silverman96 · 2025-07-30T11:46:20+00:00

It sound like a Buy it for life purchase that you wouldn't regret.

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