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Posted 10 years ago #
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Four of your Gs but maybe only two of your seven a day?
The other thing I do with peas is Cheesy Pea Curry. Takes a bit longer but four out of the five Gs who live at Gembo Tower's love it.
You must buy the paneer cheese from sainsburys. Clawson brand. The other supermarkets sell very inferior paneer.
Cut the block of paneer into 16 squares, approx 2.54 cm square and.75 cm thick. This is easier than it sounds when you see the block of cheese.
Fry these squares in a wok or similar pan, little bit of oil, you want them browned but not burnt on both sides. When done quarter each of these squares, leaving 64 little cubes of fried cheese.
During the meanwhilst (from Life of Brian LP spinoff) in your big pan fry a big onion until translucent, then add good big spoon of patak's Balti curry paste.
Chuck in the paneer, then a bag of peas, tin of chopped tomatoes and leave to simmer.
Cook some basmati rice, some Scotmid Indian starters, some share woods brand poppa doms, a Mrs Unis coriander naan and the mango chutney on table. By which time the curry will be ready, you can tell when the peas go from bright green to light green, give the curry a stir as you go along. Enjoy.
I have no more pea recipes, though will add to a risotto verde, I do not like arborio rice, prefer carnaroli or just normal rice. Carnaroli good as can make risotto with it using mushrooms and stock tht is quite runny, bung it in oven and bakes up no hassle (delia smith recipe)
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Stop Press April 11 - Letter forwarded by Cllr Lesley Hinds, Transport Convener [pdf 56k]. Council will consider Spokes Haymarket/Morrison Street proposal [below] as part of their investigation into an east-west route."
http://www.spokes.org.uk/wordpress/2014/04/tramlines-take-care-take-actionPosted 10 years ago # -
Sounds positive, let's hope other 'stakeholders' don't chip away at Spokes' proposal during the consultation until it's hopelessly compromised...
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They should also take a look at York Place, there have been cracks in the concrete since the contractors left!
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Pretty poor finish in St Andrew Square too - big hollows in poured sealant at edge of rails.
Whole on-street track sections are appallingly finished and most seem to fail in meeting ORR recommended standards.
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I was cycling west on Princes Street on Saturday morning and it seemed like the red light outside of Princes Mall was taking forever, more than 5 minutes i think, to let the tram turn into Princes Street.
With the whole left lane free, it was begging for RLJ, but me and a fellow cyclist waited there, enjoying the sun.
I can only imagine the chaos at rush hour during weekdays.Posted 10 years ago # -
Noticed trams running regularly and late on saturday. I raced one from roseburn along to haymarket. Was good fun!
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"I raced one from roseburn along to haymarket. Was good fun!"
What happened when you (both) got to Haymarket Yards?
Posted 10 years ago # -
@robyvecchio
Yes, that's part of my daily commute and it's now an absurdly long time. I can't imagine 'they' won't do something about it though - not for cyclists but because buses start to back right back up North Bridge at peak times (even more than they always did).
Posted 10 years ago # -
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“Our drivers have to be constantly aware of pedestrians stepping out and they are trained to react to that,” insists trams boss Tom Norris, confidently. “If the driver sees someone who hasn’t made eye contact then they slow down and ring the bell. It’s no different to driving a car.”
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"they slow down and ring the bell. It’s no different to driving a car."
I wish.
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Having emailed them with details of a tram driver (who I presume passed training as she was alone in the cab) who went through a tram stop light at the crossing on Shandwick place a few weeks ago I heard nothing back. She hadn't noticed the pedestrians starting to cross until she was half way across the junction then slammed the brakes on making people walk round. Only when everyone was very close to the tram did she then drive off!
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Anyone else started waving at the tram drivers in the hope of getting a wee 'ding-ding!' on the bell as they pass?
Since it's usually just them and me on the new route between Balgreen and Broomhouse around 6.20am, I've been giving them a cheery wee wave at they approach.
Only one's dinged the bell in response so far. The rest probably think I'm a simple-minded eejit! :-)
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His company Citroen wasn’t on the tram lines and tucked neatly away on the central reservation.
So that's alright then. There seems to be this impression amongst too many bad parkers that if you're on the "wrong" side of the kerbstones that parking laws don't apply to you.
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Shame they've banned people with electric chairs of the likes of Tom Gilzean, considering they had him along as a guest of honour at the Project Salvador public test-run.
A license scheme seems to be a sensible compromise. As for space concerns, I've seen the sort of luggage tourists try and bring onto the Airport bus and it's considerably more bulky and unmanouvrable than a lot of mobility scooters.
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Er That is not a mobility scooter as far as I'm aware - it is an electric assisted wheelchair, which does rather unfortunately fall between the definitions of Class 1 Invalid carriage (a manually propelled wheelchair) and a Class 2 Invalid Carriage (what is generally taken to be a mobility scooter restricted to 4 mph, and generally also restricted in weight).
Most train operators permit Class 2 Invalid Carriages with the proviso that they can fit within the operating and parking envelope of a standard reference wheelchair. The pictured wheelchair will do this, possibly better that a standard reference wheelchair due to its smaller driven wheels and trailing casters, and it is very specifically designed to be an electric equivalent of a wheelchair - for those who often cannot walk at all. Many mobility scooters are ridden by people who can walk but cannot (or for some - will not) walk any great distance.
Only Class 3 Invalid Carriages are banned from almost all trains, trams and buses because they are generally heavier and road going vehicles capable of speeds of up to 8mph, but with a switch to limit the speed to 4 mph on footways, a detail that many owners seem to have forgotten, as you ride along pacing one storming along a footway. Such vehicles have ploughed on to metro trains in Newcastle and trams in Manchester with the occupant so incapable of controlling them that the scooters with occupant has crashed through the doors on the opposite side of the tram/train and on some occasions landed on the adjacent track.
If it helps TfE get to grips with the issue I may have an electronic copy of a leaflet produced by CPT, and signed up to by most of the main bus operators, (Lothian Buses are a member), describing their policy line on carriage of mobility scooters, and electric wheelchairs on buses and trams.
I'll pass this on to Ann Bates - who was a member if DiPTAC advising on access to public transport for people with disabilities, and a user of a wheelchair not unlike the one pictured in your story. I'm sure she will have some helpful advise for Ms Bruce and her management team
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THE long-waited launch date for Edinburgh’s trams will be announced tomorrow, and is expected to be around the end of May.
Transport minister Keith Brown, who opposed the project, will join city council transport convener Lesley Hinds and Transport for Edinburgh chief executive Ian Craig for a “major tram announcement”, the council said today.
The news will be broken shortly before 9am at the tram stop beside the Gyle shopping centre.
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http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/edinburgh-trams-end-of-may-launch-date-expected-1-3396033
Live report from CCEer(s)??
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Ahhh... Lesley Hinds... Never knowingly avoided a positive-spin news opportunity.
Never knowingly spotted within a mile of a negative no-chance-of-positive spin news story (witness the Mr. Gilzean situation).
Apologies, mods; delete if inappropriate.
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Transport minister Keith Brown, who opposed the project
But is quite happy to don a hard hat and fluorescent jacket if there's press cameras near it.
Posted 10 years ago # -
Who's up for racing* the tram then on the day of launch?
*all road laws observed. No recklessness involved.
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