Originally Posted by Claymores (Post 4191382)

I'm dreading Mary King's Close as it sounds sheise - on the net I've found South Bridge Underground tour which sounds much more spooky - but she's dye'd in the wool Mary Kings close - giri (japanese word for obligation)

Cos I'm quiet really and never done it, Falkirk Wheel sounds ok.

I'll give you feedback on our tourist stuff!!!!

Originally Posted by Pyramid* (Post 4191289)

did the married thing and got rid... !!! Best thing I ever did!! LOL .

Besides: MG's aren't my thing. I prefer Lagondas, Aston Martins.......... just a shame the purse strings didn't match my tastes !!! ;) always a fly in the ointment huh !!! :hugesmile:

Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 4191461)

oh, that's my dream car..............when I win the lotto:wink:

Originally Posted by Claymores (Post 4191633)

Pyr and Naimh - I was being reasonable and not outlandish..............sure I'll take a Ferarri if win the lotto - my little MG is cute bad girls :bawling:

Real life, not fantasy

Originally Posted by Claymores (Post 4191431)

Funnily enough Pyr - all she wants to do is sit at the water and relax - landlocked from Germany I can almost understand. @ Fort I have booked us a hotel that just looks over Loch Linne. I think this will soothe her mind.

Originally Posted by Claymores (Post 4191633)

Pyr and Naimh - I was being reasonable and not outlandish..............sure I'll take a Ferarri if win the lotto - my little MG is cute bad girls :bawling:

Real life, not fantasy

Originally Posted by Stu (Post 4191657)

I just stopped drinking. It's surreal the amount of money I have coming out of my arse because of it. I'd spend maybe 50, 60, 70 quid on a night out. Now I spend about 15. I feel like a million bucks, too.

Originally Posted by Shasown (Post 4191671)

Lemon Juice and vinegar are so much better at cleaning things than modern commercial cleaners, well according to those two quaint old dears who go round cleaning up the drums of those who love to live in squalor.

Personally I find that if you think about needing and wanting before you buy something and only buy the things you need you will save money, the arse might be hanging out of your trousers and you may look like a scruff but you will be a rich scruff.

Originally Posted by Pyramid* (Post 4191683)

I like the smell of lemons, but I refuse to put up with the vinegar!!!

I think one of the best bargain I ever bought was a few years ago: bought a winter coat, cashmere and wool from ebay: Label was Planet. got it for £7.

Thought when it arrived I'd end up finding it wasn't worth it... how wrong I was: it was in brand new nick: fitted like a glove and the last two Winters: I've lost count of how many compliments on the coat. An absolute steal.

Originally Posted by Shasown (Post 4191724)

Oh thats another good way to save money, though a somewhat riskier one.

If your neighbours have nice plants etc, wait until its dark then take a couple and plant in a plant pot, put them into the garden proper a few weeks later.

If you neighbours have nice garden tools, ask to borrow them and conveniently forget to give them back

Dont spend money on an MP3 Player, simply remember your favourite tunes and sing/hum/whistle them as you move around.

Only go for number twos when you are either at someone elses house or at work, that will save on Toilet paper.

Originally Posted by Phlip (Post 4191731)

To those who get loads of tobacco abroad, don't the security guys say anything? Do you get enough for the whole year?

Not that I smoke.

Originally Posted by Pyramid* (Post 4191747)

EU laws allow you to bring 3200 fags back or 3kgs of tobacco..... that's a lot ...... is it enough for a year? Not for me, hence my two trips a year, but am sure it;s plenty for light smokers.