coprolite Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 39 minutes ago, Glen Sannox said: Harvey Nics as they call it. Archerfield, Cameron House, St Andrews Bay. Aspiring middle class, trash cash venues. Rugby, rental properties and holidays in Dubai. Voting for Alex Cole-Hamilton. Working in Edinburgh’s financial sector. Charity auctions at the Sheraton, Prestonfield House etc. Miller and Carter (posh Wetherspoons) Golf. I did the table service for a charity auction at Prestonfield House one time, and while clearing glasses at the end of the night there was a young lady in tears with a signed, framed rugby shirt crying about how she couldn't afford to go on holiday that year now. Ha ha ha. Still, was all for charity. They probably raised almost as much as they spent on hats and wine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 Voting for Cole-Hamilton isn't the sign of being middle class. It's the sign of being a chunt. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MazzyStar Posted July 1 Author Share Posted July 1 3 hours ago, Bairnardo said: TL;DR I think perception of class in this country (as fucked up a concept as it is) is mostly coloured by bitterness and jealousy It’s not though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 2 hours ago, Glen Sannox said: Harvey Nics as they call it. Archerfield, Cameron House, St Andrews Bay. Aspiring middle class, trash cash venues. Rugby, rental properties and holidays in Dubai. Voting for Alex Cole-Hamilton. Working in Edinburgh’s financial sector. Charity auctions at the Sheraton, Prestonfield House etc. Miller and Carter (posh Wetherspoons) Golf. By Archerfield are you meaning Gullane or is there another Archerfield? I went to a charity auction in the Sheraton in May, I didn’t feel particularly middle class. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 3 minutes ago, MazzyStar said: It’s not though. ^^^ bitter and jealous and in denial. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MazzyStar Posted July 1 Author Share Posted July 1 Just now, Granny Danger said: ^^^ bitter and jealous and in denial. What’s the weather like in Spain btw? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 14 minutes ago, MazzyStar said: What’s the weather like in Spain btw? Heavy clouds until mid day then gets better. Been like that for a couple of months. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Green Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 Genuine middle classes with cash don't flaunt it, I've worked in plenty of their houses. There's a world of difference between people who drive around in a 15 year old Golf, while owning a big place in The Grange and a summer house in Barbados.....and those desperados who think buying a jetski to tow behind the G Class Merc they park outside their new build Cala home makes them middle class. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Sannox Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 23 minutes ago, throbber said: By Archerfield are you meaning Gullane or is there another Archerfield? I went to a charity auction in the Sheraton in May, I didn’t feel particularly middle class. I didn’t realise there was more than one Archerfield. I was referring to the one on the easterly road out from Gullane frequented by “Edinburgh trash cash” who have Range Rovers and go to Dubai on holiday. Is there another Archerfield? Real money people with “class” play at Luffness or Muirfield. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Green Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 2 minutes ago, Glen Sannox said: I didn’t realise there was more than one Archerfield. I was referring to the one on the easterly road out from Gullane frequented by “Edinburgh trash cash” who have Range Rovers and go to Dubai on holiday. Is there another Archerfield? Real money people with “class” play at Luffness or Muirfield. Garry O'Connor had a place at Archerfield back in the day.......before the crashed Ferrari incident ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 19 minutes ago, Glen Sannox said: I didn’t realise there was more than one Archerfield. I was referring to the one on the easterly road out from Gullane frequented by “Edinburgh trash cash” who have Range Rovers and go to Dubai on holiday. Is there another Archerfield? Real money people with “class” play at Luffness or Muirfield. I don’t know if there’s another one - I just didn’t think the one you’d mentioned was that well known. I take the kids there for the fairy trail fairly often, I was there 2 weeks ago. There’s serious money down there and in North Berwick. Way beyond middle class sort of money! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 When they were building the new Archerfield Country club there was an open day as they'd discovered a mediaeval house. It was basically a but n' ben with folk in one room and cattle in the other. The house was covered over again by a fairway. I suppose the poor peasant who lived there might have looked at the rich classes teeing off and thought "not much has changed in 600 years" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 *crying You can't just say anything is Middle Class, it's about relationships to the means of production and social status. *laughing See that pigeon over there ? It's Middle Class. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 12 hours ago, Granny Danger said: Heavy clouds until mid day then gets better. Been like that for a couple of months. You over there permanently now? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 13 minutes ago, Ross. said: You over there permanently now? Yip, almost two and a half years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 9 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: Yip, almost two and a half years. I struggle with the heat here during the summer but I sure as f**k would prefer that to moving back home. I expect that to be more the case if I am lucky enough to survive to your age. Fair play to you, you mad old Arab b*****d. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 2 minutes ago, Ross. said: I struggle with the heat here during the summer but I sure as f**k would prefer that to moving back home. I expect that to be more the case if I am lucky enough to survive to your age. Fair play to you, you mad old Arab b*****d. Yeah we certainly don’t miss the Scottish weather. Going back in about three weeks (four days in London then a week in Dundee whilst some of the family are over here) but would never visit Scotland outwith the Summer months. It’s not practical to lie out in the sunshine all day or eat/drink as you might if on holiday but it’s a far more pleasant life style. Despite popular myth we pay more income tax here because the amount of allowance before paying tax is significantly lower than it is in the U.K. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 On 29/06/2024 at 23:15, Tartan Dave said: Scoddish * I've noticed John Swinney says it like that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 On 30/06/2024 at 05:01, SlipperyP said: Having a gardener, cleaner or nanny. Owning a piano. Guilty. Je suis bourgeois. Also, using french superfluously in conversation is pretty wanky behaviour, as is using terms such as Kafkaesque and Quixotic when you've read neither Kafka nor Cervantes. These things I also do.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 On 30/06/2024 at 05:01, SlipperyP said: Having a gardener, cleaner or nanny. Owning a piano. I don’t own a piano but my gardener does and my cleaner has a nanny. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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