Talk Porty ~ Portobello

StarVanMan

Closure of the bowling club doesnt make sense to me. Overall, the population is ageing, people need more chances to stay active and socialise. Some sort of shared use of the space would be great. An improvement, in fact.

StarVanMan

Not really cheek by jowl. London does cheek by jowl. Edinburgh has ghettos.

StarVanMan

Dog owners: genuine questions from a non-dog owner... can you really see where your dog has pooed on the beach, prom or a park everytime you take it for a walk when its dark? Isnt it easy to miss it when you are texting, chatting, lost in your thoughts etc? Do they poo on every walk ie if you havent...

StarVanMan

My experience is that if you approach young people having a drink nicely and ask them to be careful about their bottles they are pretty civil. I dont know what happens in the end, and it only takes one stupid act to leave glass everywhere, but I like to think that approaching them with some respect ...

StarVanMan

I work at the observatory and the BBC Stargazing Live team has been in touch about running events that coincide with the next series of the show in early January 2013. They are interested in, possibly, holding their main event in Scotland in Porty. It might feature during the live broadcast (no prom...

StarVanMan

Max, you are correct about the protocol.

Geoff: more runs please!

Dan

StarVanMan

This is great. We need to get a better grip on energy, what it is, where it comes from. Porty is actually a window on all this from coal seams to tides. A city wind farm here will really help to bring this home. I read an article the other weekend about architecture revitalising English coastal reso...

StarVanMan

This thread is dreadful. It hasnt revealed any of the very valid information called for in the opening post and has re-hashed views I've read elsewhere (if I've followed them correctly, which is pretty hard).

StarVanMan

Really good Seanie.

StarVanMan

Pleased to se your well-reasoned re-think Wangi.

The beach provides probably the best, safest and most accessible views of dark, star-filled skies in the whole of Edinburgh - looking north anyway.

StarVanMan

Cycle shops often seem to sell bikes on the basis of the strength of the frame and I always thought to myself, "I've never seen a frame break?"!

Did a sudden impact cause this?

StarVanMan

Fresh post, so to speak. Apologies to administrator that I couldnt find an existing topic on this.

Walked boys to nursery along Straiton Place this morning. Hello?? How bad does it have to get before we find a fix?? Stacking up in layers?

StarVanMan

Do any longstanding local residents remember a higher tide than the one we just had? I've often thought that memories ought to be a useful benchmark of extreme weather and perhaps climate change - and I'd have thought high tides would be something that people could remember quite accurately.

StarVanMan

I dont think these ideas will make or break your business, but we find we are often caught short after 6pm without some key ingredients that make our favourite meals, namely creme fraiche, holumi cheese, flageolet beans, fresh herbs!

StarVanMan

We had a great home birth experience 3 months ago. Porty midwife team fantastic. You might pop along to the Cafe Ba breast feeding group at St Phillips Church, to speak to some mums, Monday I think. Sorry can't be more specific - I'm the dad. Not sure how this forum works. My partner would probably ...

StarVanMan

It doesnt really matter whether you think dogs are equals with young children, or not. The problem is at a practical level. Sufficient numbers of dog owners do behave in ways (not picking up the poo, letting pets bound up to small children) that frequently make using beach with young children diffic...

StarVanMan

The nub of John Fraser's letter is to say this is an educational offer just like books, websites etc. If publishers, website managers etc got schools to write to parents he would be making a relevant point. He also says that the rep he spoke to used to be a Head Teacher implying this is significant....

StarVanMan

Keep going Bob. I'm interested to see what the Council says about this.

StarVanMan

I think Archbishop Carey said that faith involves doubt not certainty.

StarVanMan

That Musselburgh park is good. I must get on to Ron. I find it really strange the council doesnt have a plan to upgrade parks across the city. On what basis does it happen?

StarVanMan

I got in touch with the Council last summer and they said "there is no program to upgrade play areas city wide" and to ring... Ron Tulloch. Sounds like its could be done on a first come first served basis?? but I confess I didnt follow it up with Ron. I did however ask for improvements to the prom's...

StarVanMan

... and I was booked in for a meal at Kushis the next day.

StarVanMan

No, I'm afraid not. I'm a bit surprised that no-one has responded sooner, even just to offer wild speculation. The silence is a little eerie.

StarVanMan

There were four police vehicles, including a dog van, on James St at about 5pm today. The police seemed be interviewing residents of various flats along the prom. Does anyone know what this was about?

StarVanMan

Yes, thanks for raising this Tommy. If I read your initial message right, and it's not hard, you invited people to come along to say if this is a good idea. If you get the range of comments on this thread I think that would be a worthwhile event.

StarVanMan

Thanks again, ecm. But depressing reading.

StarVanMan

Thanks, ecm. But my general knowledge of plastic manufacture is poor. Why are they produced and where do all ours come from?

StarVanMan

I keep finding small things disk shaped things in the sand. I imagine many of you will know what I am on about but they are hard to desribe. They are circular, about 4millimetres in diameter and 1-2 millimetre thick. They are a hard material and most of them are opaque though I think some have a str...

StarVanMan

I reckon we need a better playpark, at least on the sea-side of the High Street. The two we have are really forlorn little spots compared to others you see all over the place.

StarVanMan

I've made a couple of trips lately with my toddler to the playpark in the Meadows. If you don't know it, or anything about these sort of places, it's fab. :) Really fab. :D It's quite a contrast with two parks in my patch of Porty, basically along the prom. I am wondering if we are due an upgrade. N...

StarVanMan

I really didnt mean to suggest that you would leave anything untoward on the beach TeddyGirl.

Just to the add to the fun, we had to evacuate Leith Water World this morning when a killer poo was spotted in the pool.

StarVanMan

I've no probs with my wee toddler's doodoos. I wouldnt dream of leaving it on the beach though.

StarVanMan

I've never liked dog poo because I've always thought it smells. Has anyone else noticed that or is it just me?

StarVanMan

Hey Dadaist, cant let your Kebab Mahal recommendation go unsupported! It is just THE best curry cafe in town. Without doubt. I've lived in Rusholme, home to Manchester's curry mile, so I've got a bit of form. Just take a look at the range of people eating there and you know that KM is the real thing.

StarVanMan

Did you ever get a reply from BTOTB to your requests, Izzie?

Talk Porty ~ Portobello

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