http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Christmas drive-in cinema at Ingliston en Fri, 22 May 2026 01:40:59 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15740#post-207116 Mon, 21 Dec 2015 19:24:29 +0000 Fountainbridge 207116@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"That's clearly a press release simply reprinted"</em></p> <p>Sadly seeing this more and more. I'd guess 80% of the Royal High stuff was press releases from the developer re-written by a junior. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15740#post-207098 Mon, 21 Dec 2015 14:23:02 +0000 crowriver 207098@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fools and their money... etc. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15740#post-207097 Mon, 21 Dec 2015 13:26:46 +0000 acsimpson 207097@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/anger-as-edinburgh-s-drive-in-movie-event-hit-by-technical-problems-1-3980678">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/anger-as-edinburgh-s-drive-in-movie-event-hit-by-technical-problems-1-3980678</a></p> <p>At least the weather is warmer than some feared. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15740#post-204168 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 18:43:36 +0000 crowriver 204168@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just Deputy Provost. Adding Lord is just over egging it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15740#post-204162 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 17:31:38 +0000 acsimpson 204162@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah, I see what you're saying now. Perhaps Provost Underbling would be a suitable title then. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15740#post-204161 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 17:23:04 +0000 wingpig 204161@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes. Hence "doesn't <strong>sound</strong> right, <u>whilst being perfectly descriptive</u>". </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15740#post-204158 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 16:51:56 +0000 acsimpson 204158@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I assume Lord Provost is a position rather than a title so I think can have a deputy. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15740#post-204151 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 15:53:13 +0000 wingpig 204151@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote><em>"...Deputy Lord Provost..."</em></blockquote></p> <p>Deputy Lord doesn't sound right, whilst being perfectly descriptive. Lordling? Lordlet? What's the rank beneath Lord in the posho system? Lords' sons are Honourables but the eldest ones assume Lordship upon their accession. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15740#post-204142 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 15:11:05 +0000 chdot 204142@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes. </p> <p>Due to get worse in that building soon (even fewer staff). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15740#post-204141 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 14:45:00 +0000 Firedog 204141@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's clearly a press release simply reprinted. Have standards slumped that badly? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15740#post-204137 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 14:22:33 +0000 dougal 204137@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I really enjoyed visiting the drive-in at San Luis Obispo, a genuine American family experience. We saw two features, ate sweets whose names we only knew from TV (Milk Duds!) and delighted in seeing kids in their pyjamas making pillow forts on the backs of huge SUVs.</p> <p>But it was firmly a Californian experience that I wouldn't attempt on any but the warmest of UK days! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15740#post-204133 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 13:48:39 +0000 cb 204133@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/what-s-on/film/uk-s-biggest-drive-in-cinema-comes-to-edinburgh-this-christmas-1-3944011#axzz3r5jNViCc">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/what-s-on/film/uk-s-biggest-drive-in-cinema-comes-to-edinburgh-this-christmas-1-3944011#axzz3r5jNViCc</a></p> <p>"Councillor Steve Cardownie, Deputy Lord Provost, said: “[...] Families will love it"<br /> "</p> <p>Sitting in a freezing car for two hours, kids in the back complaining that they can't see the screen (a) through their parents heads and (b) through the rain and mist.<br /> Breathing in the fumes from nearby cars who will inevitably run their engines.<br /> Queuing for 40 minutes at the end to get out of the field to deal with the usual traffic at the Gyle.</p> <p>Sounds great! </p>