Scotland - what is it like, compared to England!

absolutebounder

GiveItBack wrote: »

But some of it is a locality thing - I'd probably not find anything good in you area - I don't know your area.

Judging by the amount of bull Dr Ding Dog spouts it may well be Splot in cardiff.:rolleyes:

PolishBigSpender

Dr_DiNg_DoNg wrote: »

The main memory I took from Scotland, was the filth, its one of the dirtiest places I have been.

Edinburgh only just beats Dublin by a short head in the "filthy City stakes" , but my gosh its a dirty old place.

AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

Maybe your glasses were filthy?
I've been to Scotland several times, found it beautiful, green, picturesque and very friendly. I absolutely loved Edinburgh with its amazing castle and its old, narrow streets. Only the accents were terrible

freyasmum

Dunno why I'm wasting my time with a numpty like offhisdingdong, but scotland has fantastic food. The venison and beef are but two examples of that.

OrkneyStar wrote: »

We don't have GCSE's in Scotland, its standard grades (used to be ordinary grades), highers, advanced highers (used to by sixth year studies) and also Int 1 and 2 (not sure what the 'int' stands for though ).

Intermediate

Zara33

PolishBigSpender wrote: »

Maybe your glasses were filthy?
I've been to Scotland several times, found it beautiful, green, picturesque and very friendly. I absolutely loved Edinburgh with its amazing castle and its old, narrow streets. Only the accents were terrible

The only thing i dislike about Edinburgh you get lost so dam easily :rotfl:so many one way streets! Actually i hate the Forth road bridge also _pale_ driving across it.

Dr_DiNg_DoNg

OrkneyStar wrote: »

If you base your experiences only on what supermarkets sell then it will not be a representation of what is available overall, including in local and corner shops. Many parts of Scotland are lucky not to be overrun by supermarket chains and small suppliers are still covering wide parts of the community.

It was a good tool for comparison, the standards are so much lower IN MY EXPERIENCE, maybe I just picked 4 bad supermarkets on 4 different but very bad days.

Fifer

Zara33 wrote: »

Actually i hate the Forth road bridge also _pale_ driving across it.

Leaving Fife is always a bit sad.

Sheel

I think I could quite happily live in Scotland . I've loved it since I first holidayed there when I was 16.

My sister moved to the Inverness area last year although it's not the first time she's lived in Scotland as she's lived in Glasgow and Inverness for a few years when she was married to her first husband. This time it's probably for good as she and her husband are having a house built up there. I'm not sure i'd like to live as far out into the country as they are , but it will be nice to go and stay there for holidays.

chunkymonkey2144

Scotland is great! i live in Paisley and i love it. Prescriptions are only free under special circumstances, eg, contraceptives, life dependant medicines, and if you are on the dole or working less than 16 hours a week.

poppyolivia

Zara33 wrote: »

The only thing i dislike about Edinburgh you get lost so dam easily :rotfl:so many one way streets! Actually i hate the Forth road bridge also _pale_ driving across it.

At least you got on it....we couldn't find it at first....we got below it though!!!:rotfl:Mind you this was more than 10 years ago...we kinda know where to go now!!:o

reduceditem

Fifer wrote: »

Leaving Fife is always a bit sad.

Not as sad as trying to enter the flippin place when the Forth Road Bridge works were being done.