I do not condone violence and I do not mean to emphasise the Scottish stereotype of the tough man, but simply wish to give a salutary warning to those who are unaware of our culture and customs; don't dodge your fare up here. Or we'll set aboot ye..
I came to wish you a Merry Christmas Julie, and your beautiful Scotland too :-)
But, I'm not too keen on that video because that young person may have a good reason why he hasn't paid and I don't know how throwing him out will fix it either for the train company or that person, or indeed the kind of trouble they throw him out to. So, for me, it doesn't portray the culture of the beautiful people I met in Edinburgh and other cities too, who are just like yourself
The Oldest Sage Witch's Highland Granny has a strange theory.
She says the riots wouldn't have escalated they way they did in England if they had happened in Scotland. She says before you could blink an eyelid the "Big Men" would have come out of the woodwork of the pubs, trains, buses and "bookies" and "set aboot them!"
She says the "Big Men" are an interesting but not usually harmful part of Scottish culture understood by few anywhere else in the world!
I'm afraid that this guy lost my sympathy when he started swearing at the conductor, Sam. This had actually gone on for 10 minutes before the Big Man intervened, so he had the opportunity to put forward his own side of the story, but he didn't. In addition to that, checking of the CCTV showed that he had put out his leg to trip up the conductor when he came to ask for his ticket. He was drunk and abusive to an elderly man and I feel he deserved to get chucked off the train. I'm sure he wouldn't have spoken like that to a ticket collector who was younger and fitter. There's too much of this kind of thing about and sometimes you have to take a stand on these things and intervene. But then, I have a sister who whacked a guy with her handbag when he hit a ticket collector with his beer can, so I think it must be in my genes.
Anyway, thank for the Christmas wishes. I was anon making the comment about the Alexandria Library btw; I don't know why it didn't publish under my own name. I hope that you're ok in Eygpt; it's uncertain times just now and a lot is at stake.
I do not like bad manners either Julie, and if that was the case as well, then fair enough.
Thanks for the Alexandria comment, you know, it wasn't just that Institute that was burned and looted, but the Authority for Roads, Bridges, and Water Ways too ... so you can imagine the security risk of their document get to the wrong hands, we'll find out soon enough
And it is safe in the whole of Egypt, the problem is, people see trouble in one square and think it is all over a whole country. So, modern business/tourism and a country's welfare now depends on distorted reputation ... crazy world!
... and I go everyday/other day to that square and talk to the people, and the media on occasions ... and sometimes you need to run away from the 'peaceful protesters' when they get too 'peaceful' ... excercise, isn't it, brisk too, just as the doctors say
Enjoy Christmas, I hope it will be peaceful and merry :-)
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I came to wish you a Merry Christmas Julie, and your beautiful Scotland too :-)
But, I'm not too keen on that video because that young person may have a good reason why he hasn't paid and I don't know how throwing him out will fix it either for the train company or that person, or indeed the kind of trouble they throw him out to. So, for me, it doesn't portray the culture of the beautiful people I met in Edinburgh and other cities too, who are just like yourself
The Oldest Sage Witch's Highland Granny has a strange theory.
She says the riots wouldn't have escalated they way they did in England if they had happened in Scotland. She says before you could blink an eyelid the "Big Men" would have come out of the woodwork of the pubs, trains, buses and "bookies" and "set aboot them!"
She says the "Big Men" are an interesting but not usually harmful part of Scottish culture understood by few anywhere else in the world!
The OSWHG has seen a lot of Scottish life!
Just another thought regarding the OSWHG's weird notion.
You might call it the Scottish version of "The Big Society"
Rioting v dodging train fares
Makes you question the boundries of right and wrong. doesn't it?
I'm afraid that this guy lost my sympathy when he started swearing at the conductor, Sam. This had actually gone on for 10 minutes before the Big Man intervened, so he had the opportunity to put forward his own side of the story, but he didn't. In addition to that, checking of the CCTV showed that he had put out his leg to trip up the conductor when he came to ask for his ticket. He was drunk and abusive to an elderly man and I feel he deserved to get chucked off the train. I'm sure he wouldn't have spoken like that to a ticket collector who was younger and fitter. There's too much of this kind of thing about and sometimes you have to take a stand on these things and intervene. But then, I have a sister who whacked a guy with her handbag when he hit a ticket collector with his beer can, so I think it must be in my genes.
Anyway, thank for the Christmas wishes. I was anon making the comment about the Alexandria Library btw; I don't know why it didn't publish under my own name. I hope that you're ok in Eygpt; it's uncertain times just now and a lot is at stake.
I do not like bad manners either Julie, and if that was the case as well, then fair enough.
Thanks for the Alexandria comment, you know, it wasn't just that Institute that was burned and looted, but the Authority for Roads, Bridges, and Water Ways too ... so you can imagine the security risk of their document get to the wrong hands, we'll find out soon enough
And it is safe in the whole of Egypt, the problem is, people see trouble in one square and think it is all over a whole country. So, modern business/tourism and a country's welfare now depends on distorted reputation ... crazy world!
... and I go everyday/other day to that square and talk to the people, and the media on occasions ... and sometimes you need to run away from the 'peaceful protesters' when they get too 'peaceful' ... excercise, isn't it, brisk too, just as the doctors say
Enjoy Christmas, I hope it will be peaceful and merry :-)
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