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Abducted by aliens

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  1. gembo
    Member

    Was on mission to the Faith Mission early am today. BRAID HILLS fantastic. Knew was road Block at Liberton Nursery. Was just going to push round but footerie so I headed up libertin Gardens ? and cut through St Katharines Brae and jinked through drop off at Gracemount Primary.

    At this point I appear to have been abducted by aliens. As instead of going down Ellen’s Glen I found myself in south house Burdiehouse without as far as i can recall crossing Captains Road.

    So much to my surprise I appeared to be heading to the bypass. I then found a pretty big road with no traffic on it that took me back towards Gilmerton and followed signs down to newtoft street and my destination. (Lang Loan)

    I truly cannot fathom what I did

    Posted 4 years ago #

  2. Frenchy
    Member

    You went straight on at the Frogston Road junction instead of turning left? Then came along Lang Loan?

    EDIT: Nope, see now that you didn't. I'm afraid to say that if you didn't cross Captain's Road during that journey then you probably did get abducted by aliens.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  3. amir
    Member

    It is pretty common round there, I hear.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  4. Arellcat
    Moderator

    Can confirm.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  5. gembo
    Member

    My spokes edinburgh map is ancient. A gift from CHDot. 6th edition with the cover photo by CHDot. Certain high flats gone from the route i appear to have taken and certain parkland now covered in housing. I definitely cycled on Lang Loan for the first time - it was great as traffic free.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  6. Frenchy
    Member

    I do like that road. If only Straiton roundabout wasn't at one end of it.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  7. gembo
    Member

    Yes @ Frenchy I had some trepidation approaching that roundabout but the Lang loan was first exit so fine and dandy. Though weird that no cars at all until i was back at Gilmerton

    Posted 4 years ago #

  8. Frenchy
    Member

    Maybe they were abducted too?

    Posted 4 years ago #

  9. gembo
    Member

    @Frenchy Good point and see also the lights story on the Aldi thread, where my back lights appear to have run out of charge forcing me in to LIDL to buy lights, only for them to start working again once out of the Gilmerton Triangle

    Posted 4 years ago #

  10. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    @gembo

    Have you recently been moved to Windows 10?

    Posted 4 years ago #

  11. minus six
    Member

    the truth is out there

    @gembo

    one day this thread will end with

    "... and that's why i decided to move to fife"

    Posted 4 years ago #

  12. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    "... and that's why it was decided to move me to fife"

    Posted 4 years ago #

  13. minus six
    Member

    it was @recombodna that moved me to fife

    are you suggesting he's in on it ?

    Posted 4 years ago #

  14. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    I'll never forgive @recombodna for not being pronounced ree-com-bodnah as I first thought, thoughtlessly. Moving you to Fife pales in comparison.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  15. minus six
    Member

    so you're both in on it, then.. i thought as much.

    when is gembo being moved to the wretched kingdom ?

    Posted 4 years ago #

  16. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    @gembo in the Kingdom of Fib? Unthinkable.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  17. chdot
    Admin

    From link!!!

    “

    This article needs attention from an expert in Mythology. The specific problem is: The tone is perhaps not suited to an encyclopaedic article, and I question the use of the info box which suggests an inappropriate level of accurcay.. WikiProject Mythology may be able to help recruit an expert. (August 2017)

    “

    Posted 4 years ago #

  18. acsimpson
    Member

    @iwrats, some of us still do think it's pronounced that way.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  19. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    This article needs attention from an expert in Mythology.

    Evergreen comment on the whole of CCE.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  20. gembo
    Member

    Fibaid weekend coming up where we all donate to made up stuff

    Posted 4 years ago #

  21. minus six
    Member

    i remember Fife Aid, back in the late 80s

    Sugarcubes played a gloriously bonkers gig. Marillion headlined on sunday night, it was Fish's last gig as frontman for them. he was wailing so much about the state of the world, i remember saying at the time, the only thing that can save this gig now is if Fish declares that the mothership has come down to save us all

    Posted 4 years ago #

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