http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: Greyhounds - Recent Posts en Mon, 18 May 2026 02:31:59 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574&page=4#post-381594 Thu, 16 Oct 2025 08:26:42 +0000 jdanielp 381594@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have now seen posts on Facebook suggesting that the cat may actually be lost. Hopefully it will sort itself out. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574&page=4#post-381578 Tue, 14 Oct 2025 11:18:40 +0000 jdanielp 381578@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Two non-highlights this morning were dogs running off the lead back and forth across North Meadow Walk with the owners doing the minimum to prevent them from being run over. The highlight was a long-haired black cat which was sat washing itself by the community/wild garden area next to Lonsdale Terrace. Had I been walking instead of cycling, I would have tried to befriend it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574&page=4#post-353055 Fri, 23 Jul 2021 11:19:03 +0000 Frenchy 353055@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>After six weeks, our foster dog gained the courage to climb the stairs yesterday.</p> <p>She's barely stopped since. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574&page=4#post-352998 Tue, 20 Jul 2021 21:14:18 +0000 Frenchy 352998@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A sheep at Drum estate standing on two legs to get at the otherwise-out-of-reach leaves it wanted to eat.</p> <p>Four legs good, two legs better! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574&page=4#post-343494 Wed, 06 Jan 2021 21:59:48 +0000 Frenchy 343494@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Have been watching this: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000lwqw/this-farming-life-series-4-episode-1" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000lwqw/this-farming-life-series-4-episode-1</a></p> <p>An entertaining*, interesting and honest look at the lives of a few different farming families. Including some folk trying some fairly unusual things.</p> <p>Disclosure: Eagle-eyed/eared viewers will notice that I may have reasons to be slightly biased.</em></p> <p>Second half of this series started tonight, in case anyone's interested: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b094mqlx/this-farming-life" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b094mqlx/this-farming-life</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574&page=4#post-343164 Sat, 02 Jan 2021 15:29:22 +0000 I were right about that saddle 343164@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A guy trying to coax his homing pigeon back to the loft by bowing and making pigeon noises in the street. Thought he was insane at first. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574&page=4#post-340885 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 17:03:59 +0000 I were right about that saddle 340885@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@jdp</p> <p>Some kind of Mexican stand-off by the sound of it? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574&page=4#post-340881 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 15:48:01 +0000 nobrakes 340881@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Played chicken with a black cat with the most incredible green eyes at Blainslie today. It sat in the middle of the road and stared at me as I hurtled down towards it on the trike. The cat won - I had to swerve around it as it stared me out. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574&page=4#post-340873 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 13:00:42 +0000 jdanielp 340873@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@IWRATS neither of them were actually walking at the time. The cat was sat down and watched me intently as I walked past, while the student just stood there watching the cat. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574&page=4#post-340870 Fri, 27 Nov 2020 23:53:43 +0000 I were right about that saddle 340870@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Small</em> cat? Pussy. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574&page=4#post-340868 Fri, 27 Nov 2020 22:53:50 +0000 gembo 340868@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@jdanielp, how do you know the cat wasn’t walking the student? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574&page=4#post-340867 Fri, 27 Nov 2020 22:49:16 +0000 jdanielp 340867@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Today I saw a student walking a small cat on a lead at George Square. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574&page=4#post-340742 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 18:38:14 +0000 jdanielp 340742@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Apologies. I will try to remember to restrict that kind of language to the Whatsapp group in the future </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574&page=4#post-340730 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 16:36:53 +0000 ejstubbs 340730@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@jdanielp: <em>purr-pose-built</em></p> <p>There's no call for that sort of thing, totally unprovoked. Yellow card. One more like that and you're off. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574&page=3#post-340729 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 16:34:16 +0000 ejstubbs 340729@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>&lt;oops&gt; </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574&page=3#post-340724 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 15:58:49 +0000 jdanielp 340724@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Somebody taking their cat for a 'walk' along the canal towpath this afternoon. The cat wasn't walking, but was enjoying the ride in a seemingly purr-pose-built wheeled and enclosed animal carrier. It had a brand name on the side, which I have now forgotten. Quite a strange sight. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574&page=3#post-340141 Fri, 13 Nov 2020 16:13:54 +0000 unhurt 340141@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Took myself to the Botanics glasshouses at lunchtime and made happy discovery: they now have a resident cat - an big old lump of a black tom with torn ears and a clicky little meow. Quite a friendly beast. He even has a cat bed on a bench. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574&page=3#post-338084 Sat, 26 Sep 2020 15:41:16 +0000 Frenchy 338084@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Aye, up fir a hale year apparently. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574&page=3#post-338023 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 09:10:58 +0000 I were right about that saddle 338023@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/25/magawa-the-landmine-detection-rat-given-gold-medal-for-bravery">I do not know if rats can give informed consent</a> but I like the idea of a half-hour working day, food and retirement.</p> <p>@Frenchie</p> <p>Hope that iPlayer's still up. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574&page=3#post-336058 Wed, 19 Aug 2020 15:11:06 +0000 Frenchy 336058@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Have been watching this: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000lwqw/this-farming-life-series-4-episode-1" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000lwqw/this-farming-life-series-4-episode-1</a></p> <p>An entertaining*, interesting and honest look at the lives of a few different farming families. Including some folk trying some fairly unusual things.</p> <p>Disclosure: Eagle-eyed/eared viewers will notice that I may have reasons to be slightly biased.</p> <p>*fair warning, it also has its sad bits. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574&page=3#post-335146 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 16:56:45 +0000 wishicouldgofaster 335146@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Working away at the PC when something moving catches my eye. One of next door's cats had decided to pay a visit by climbing in through my bedroom window via the extension roof. Got it out before my wife came back with our dog as he may have not taken kindly to the intrusion :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574&page=3#post-335137 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 16:24:31 +0000 gembo 335137@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>When new apprentices started at FERRANTI BACK when we had industries, one time served wag would distract him or him whilst another time served wag welded his toolbox to the floor.</p> <p>The sensible apprentice always kicked his or his tool box gently upon returning to work bench </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574&page=3#post-335136 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 16:19:04 +0000 I were right about that saddle 335136@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Arellcat</p> <p>I <em>am</em> impressed. (And a little shocked.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574&page=3#post-335132 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 15:51:04 +0000 Arellcat 335132@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A good one for colleagues who don't lock their screens is to set their desktop background to a screenshot of their desktop, and then hide all the icons. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574&page=3#post-335130 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 15:46:36 +0000 I were right about that saddle 335130@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes this was when I was in my larval stage. The best one was the Windows shortcut that turns the screen display upside down. We used that to torment new starts in a team that was a bit of a bear pit. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574&page=3#post-335127 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 15:33:42 +0000 acsimpson 335127@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@iwrats, you are showing how time served you are that you were not caring before the invention of roaming profiles.</p> <p>Although I have worked IT support for long enough not to be surprised to find people playing such practical jokes and wondering who played it back on them after their desk move. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574&page=3#post-335125 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 15:24:29 +0000 I were right about that saddle 335125@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Back in the day when I worked in a very big office and Did Not Care whenever I moved desk I set my old PC's spellcheck to turn 'month' into 'moth'. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574&page=3#post-335124 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 15:16:15 +0000 acsimpson 335124@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Although effective paraffin is probably not a sensible anti moth item. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574&page=3#post-335056 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 22:44:45 +0000 unhurt 335056@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This is a good update. As is the previous face punching one.</p> <p>@Bill if still troubled by moths I am sure Corson is reopening very soon. He sells various anti-moth items if you are able to pass his tests... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574&page=3#post-335045 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 20:04:05 +0000 Frenchy 335045@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The greyhound just lost a fight with a fly.</p> <p>He tried to catch it, missed, turned tail and ran out of the room. Nimrod, he is not.</p> <p>I put the fly outside before it could inflict physical as well as psychological damage. </p>