Sergeant Wilson Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 18 minutes ago, 19QOS19 said: 14 hours ago, TxRover said: Being here in the States, and having not be made aware of the “American Candy Store” phenomena, is it as simple as it sounds? If it’s true, it’s a truly mind blowing concept given the quality of British/European candies over most American ones. At its most basic, American candy is massively handicapped by shite chocolate. Pretty much. They do tend to have a shitload of normal sweets as well mind you but there are a lot of the things you hear on America Sitcoms: Tootsie Rolls, Twinkies, Milk Duds etc. There's a bit of a novelty factor about it but as I say, given the amount they cost there can't seriously be much repeat custom. Most of it goes in the bin anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: Most of it goes in the bin anyway. Better than the stomach! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 14 minutes ago, ICTChris said: These American Candy Stores are all money laundering fronts. Same with dessert shops, nail bars, Turkish barbers, tanning salons. Those naff tartan souvenir shops that have taken over Edinburgh, Inverness and Glasgow city centres are also all as crooked as f**k. Allegedly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 I think some of these places are fronts to launder drug money. Others are shops to facilitate tax fraud, specifically VAT fraud. Some of them sell counterfeit goods and doubtless other criminal activities. One of the tartan tat places in Edinburgh used to sell a tartan rug with Princess Diana's face on it, surely a crime more seriious than all of the above. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Those naff tartan souvenir shops that have taken over Edinburgh, Inverness and Glasgow city centres are also all as crooked as f**k. Allegedly.They must be in Stirling too then, since Inverness is just Stirling but 10 years behind. In fact, if they are gone from Stirling, its good new for Sneckie..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/best-in-edinburgh/popular-edinburgh-bar-shut-down-24711465 The former Carters on Morrison St claiming to be a victim of it. Edited August 9, 2022 by renton 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSaints1877 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 1 hour ago, ICTChris said: One of the tartan tat places in Edinburgh used to sell a tartan rug with Princess Diana's face on it, surely a crime more seriious than all of the above. Was that tartan rug used to transfer her body from the Paris tunnel and has evolved into something similar to the Turin Shroud? Surely the Conspiracy Theories thread for this claim? -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 23 hours ago, Hedgecutter said: I recently had the opposite in Dunfermline's 'bier helle' where you weren't far off needing a torch to find one's way about the place. Eta: just me or have they f***ed up 'beer halle', with 'bier helle' (somewhat ironically) meaning beer light? @Shandon Par Welcome to Helle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Think the Edinburgh based owner probably gave the name to the signwriter over the phone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 20 hours ago, Lyle Lanley said: Mentioned this in the Covid thread but when I was at the Three Sisters in Edinburgh the other week there. I was charged £29 for 4 pints and a vodka-coke. Can see pubs/clubs struggle to survive in the coming months like you said with prices like the above. I hope they do struggle to get people, city center Edinburgh has been robbing c***s for years unless you know the right places to go. However Three Sisters won't struggle as it always appears to be heaving despite it being a shite boozer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 6 hours ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said: Some crematoria use the heat generated, which would normally go to atmosphere, to heat water, which in turn heats the building. I worked on a project about 8 years ago looking at Sustainability scoping for Glasgow City Council's crems, and was surprised to see this was the case. Its theoretically possible (wasn't my part of the project so can't remember the ins and outs of it) to use the amount of heat generated to power a turbine as well and generate enough power to supply about half the electricity required for an electric cremator. Was a fun job, walking past the queue of coffins waiting for their shot on my way to get lunch every day. Saw a skull implode once. Great days 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aufc Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 The pub is fucking class 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 The pub is fucking classCorrect 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 5 hours ago, ICTChris said: These American Candy Stores are all money laundering fronts. Same with dessert shops, nail bars, Turkish barbers, tanning salons. ...and P&B Platinum 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 29 minutes ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said: I worked on a project about 8 years ago looking at Sustainability scoping for Glasgow City Council's crems, and was surprised to see this was the case. Its theoretically possible (wasn't my part of the project so can't remember the ins and outs of it) to use the amount of heat generated to power a turbine as well and generate enough power to supply about half the electricity required for an electric cremator. Was a fun job, walking past the queue of coffins waiting for their shot on my way to get lunch every day. Saw a skull implode once. Great days So what you're saying is more auld c***s need to die so they can power turbines and lower my electricity bill? I'm willing to make that sacrifice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 44 minutes ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said: I worked on a project about 8 years ago looking at Sustainability scoping for Glasgow City Council's crems, and was surprised to see this was the case. Its theoretically possible (wasn't my part of the project so can't remember the ins and outs of it) to use the amount of heat generated to power a turbine as well and generate enough power to supply about half the electricity required for an electric cremator. Was a fun job, walking past the queue of coffins waiting for their shot on my way to get lunch every day. Saw a skull implode once. Great days Do fatties burn better? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Shandon Par said: Welcome to Helle. That's a brothel, surely? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 8 minutes ago, Mr. Alli said: That's a brothel, surely? ^^^ regular customer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 I hope all pubs, even the shit ones I don't like, survive and stay open. Else all the wankers who drink in them will start going to the ones I do. Provided the good pubs don't go the way of Rangers an'all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Rider Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 10 hours ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said: I worked on a project about 8 years ago looking at Sustainability scoping for Glasgow City Council's crems, and was surprised to see this was the case. Its theoretically possible (wasn't my part of the project so can't remember the ins and outs of it) to use the amount of heat generated to power a turbine as well and generate enough power to supply about half the electricity required for an electric cremator. Was a fun job, walking past the queue of coffins waiting for their shot on my way to get lunch every day. Saw a skull implode once. Great days I did some work in one of the GCC crematoriums recently as part of a heat recovery system. Really interesting stuff. I’ll never forget seeing a skull on fire through one of the portholes. It was reassuring to see that what goes in comes out as, mostly, ash. I originally thought that there was maybe a big pile that got divvied up at the end, 3 scoops for big Jim, half a scoop for wee Betty. There was a room where they put the remaining chunky bits into a cremulator to grind them down to a finer ash. Any bionic body parts that remained were removed for recycling. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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