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Offline rod367th

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« on: November 26, 2005, 03:39:13 PM »
Wife had to go over  and do some Geology. I had blast some of the nicest people I have met around world. And the boat ferris wheel inbtween Endinburg and Glasgow cost me 100 euro's in a lost bet. Our host Doctor Andrew Hurst ( phd Geology Aberdeen Univ) took us on a boat ride  told me that our entire boat and about 8 others would sail onto a Ferris wheel and transfer to another canal. I lol and we bet on it. Sure enough you sail onto a ferris wheel that raises boats from lower channel to upper channel and visa versa.  Glad he only made me pay for dinner, Good chap.

  Then his Brother took me to Flight museum out side Edinburg.  the comet 163  was real joy to see in person. wier w2 heloplane was also interesting to see...  If you can get a chance to go Scotland by all means it is amazing to see its history. And staying in castle is just a bonus....




Will post photo's as soon as picture hanger up.
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« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2005, 04:56:39 PM »
Never get involved in a land war in Russia....and NEVER EVER make a bet with a Scotsman when money is on the line.;)
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« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2005, 06:11:30 PM »
well i usally only bet on sure thing. But was very hard to believe that there is a ferris wheel that holds that many ships. just couldn't think that deep.
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« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2005, 06:25:51 PM »
hehe you were not to far from me....just over the boarder in sunny england.
was it east fortune you went to?.. they have a nice vulcan on display
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« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2005, 03:41:16 AM »
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And the boat ferris wheel inbtween Endinburg and Glasgow cost me 100 euro's in a lost bet.


Scotland doesn't use the Euro ;)
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« Reply #5 on: November 27, 2005, 05:50:03 PM »
Apparently, there is an extant bye-law in York which allows the killing of Scotsmen without fear of prosecution.

Fascinating eh?
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« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2005, 06:21:23 PM »
ther is also an old by law in england which states you can kill an invading welshman as long as you use a longbow
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« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2005, 08:10:45 AM »
I liked the people in Scotland even though I couldn't understand a thing they said hardly...

They thought this was amusing.   Once, while trying to figure out how to do my laundry there were about 4 scotts all trying to explain it to me and none of em spoke American.

They were laughing at my "accent"...  I told em... If I am the one with the accent....

How come you guys can all understand every friggin word I say but everything you say is gibberish?

I told em that maybe they should sing to me since they seemed to lose their accents when they sang.

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« Reply #8 on: November 28, 2005, 08:13:25 AM »
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How come you guys can all understand every friggin word I say but everything you say is gibberish?


lol...I must admit you have a point there.
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« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2005, 09:03:01 AM »
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I told em that maybe they should sing to me since they seemed to lose their accents when they sang.

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Not a wise move Lazs.  The only time a Scotsman sings is before he does battle :D

Amazes me how many accents we have on such a small island.  I'm born & bred in England, but can't understand a word they say in Newcastle which is only 11/2 hours away.

On holiday in New Mexico a few years back and this girl on hotel reception duty asked me what part of Germany I was from!  Thought my accent was German.  Then she called all her colleagues over & asked me, my wife & kids to talk because she thought our accent was cute.

Very friendly. :)
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« Reply #10 on: November 28, 2005, 01:34:44 PM »
Hey rod, Glad you had a good time in my home country lol Going back home to Edinburgh at xmas time with my wife, we live in California and she has never seen Scotland yet so she is excited to say the least!
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« Reply #11 on: November 28, 2005, 02:03:37 PM »
my grandparents were born in Scotland.

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« Reply #12 on: November 28, 2005, 02:20:39 PM »
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Scotland doesn't use the Euro ;)







Like he said "rather have euro's". And euro's are more than welcome in every store and hotel we stayed at. Wife converted spending money to Euro's we had no problems getting fair exchange. they didn't care if Dollar, euro ETC.....



Museum even gave us current exchange rate for euro's so was no problem, Not like here in USA -Canada  where you get surcharge if not thru a bank......................... .
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« Reply #13 on: November 28, 2005, 05:18:16 PM »
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 Then his Brother took me to Flight museum out side Edinburg.  the comet 163  was real joy to see in person. wier w2 heloplane was also interesting to see...  If you can get a chance to go Scotland by all means it is amazing to see its history. And staying in castle is just a bonus....
 


Yep, that'll be East Fortune, around 20 miles from Edinburgh (with an "h"). I lived 2 miles from that airfield for years and used to visit the museum a lot. A hell of lot now I think about it! It was free then and, during the week, I'd often have the place to myself. It's always nice to get close-up to these machines. The 163 ,a Spitfire or two; Vickers Supermarine Type 380 Spitfire LF.XVIe
. a post-war Spit 21 and also a MKV which was being restored to flying condition. They don't have a big load from WWII but what they do have is well worth seeing. A Gloster Meteor (post war,radar test-bed), an Avro Anson, a Beaufighter,,a  V2 rocket engine, a German "Fritz X" guided anti-shipping weapon,   plus some good post-war stuff, including a Mig 15, an English Electric Lightning
and an Avro Vulcan. Their Vulcan was used to bomb Port Stanley during the Falklands War - the missions have been marked up on the fuselage (The bomb symbols (they look like missiles but it was a "free fall" bombing mission) - visible in this photo - which are painted next to tiny Argentine flags).

East fortune is definitely worth a visit if you happen to be in Scotland. A lot of aviation enthusiasts are involved with helping at the museum and with the restoration of the ever-growing aircraft collection. A wee while back, the museum took delivery of a Concorde joining several other, older passenger planes, like the Dan Air DeHavilland Comet (world's first jet airliner)

which was in service until the 70s, making its final flight in the 80s - delivering itself to the museum, never to fly again. The Concorde came by road.:eek:

(Below) Well worth seeing is this Me163 - the one mentioned by the OP - captured at Husum, Schleswig Holstein at the end of the war. It's so very very small when your up close...


They have around 60 planes displayed accross 4 WWII hangers with a pile of related stuff from nuke missiles to bits of WWI aircraft. The airfield itself is a pretty good example of a British WWII base, with  3 concrete runways and a lot of original buildings. Go there.:aok ...if you're ever in the area;)
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