Guest droid Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Yeah, it seems that it doesn't actually have any drainage so won't it eventually flood?Stu that place is quickly filling up,i remember going back to see it at various times and in the last 10 years it has shown a marked difference! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Yeah, it seems that it doesn't actually have any drainage so won't it eventually flood?Just pull the plug out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Stu Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Stu that place is quickly filling up,i remember going back to see it at various times and in the last 10 years it has shown a marked difference!Hmmm, sounds like a good time for the owner to try to offload it on a sucka.Perhaps the council will buy it back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Stu Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Just pull the plug out.Is the chain still attached? I don't think I'd like to stick my hand in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest droid Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Hmmm, sounds like a good time for the owner to try to offload it on a sucka.Perhaps the council will buy it back The council sold it off because they thought it was just a hill and worthless,then it gave up millions of tonnes of high quality granite! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Stu Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 The council sold it off because they thought it was just a hill and worthless,then it gave up millions of tonnes of high quality granite!LOL. And now it's worthless and a possible flood hazard, they'll be sure to pile in millions in funding for an exciting new watersports facility! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest droid Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 LOL. And now it's worthless and a possible flood hazard, they'll be sure to pile in millions in funding for an exciting new watersports facility! They will have to cut the blondin that stretches across it first...congrats on the rusty sheriffs badge! hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Stu Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 They will have to cut the blondin that stretches across it first...congrats on the rusty sheriffs badge! hahahaTa. I'm celebrating with a Guinness or 4. I hope this doesn't mean I gotta run no hoss thieves outta town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 There's a place just on the outskirts of Edinburgh at Ratho where they built a massive climbing centre and it's built up against the side of a natural rock face so it offers both indoor artificial climbing and indoor climbing on actual rock. There are, however a few drawbacks to this plan, with the first being that the Ratho climbing centre is not far from unused and therefore is just a massive drain on resources and the other being that Ratho isn't under about a mile of water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest droid Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 There's a place just on the outskirts of Edinburgh at Ratho where they built a massive climbing centre and it's built up against the side of a natural rock face so it offers both indoor artificial climbing and indoor climbing on actual rock. There are, however a few drawbacks to this plan, with the first being that the Ratho climbing centre is not far from unused and therefore is just a massive drain on resources and the other being that Ratho isn't under about a mile of water Yeah,they are talking about draining it.Fuck me what an engineering challenge that would be eh?Millions of cubic feet of water....mmmmm could be a great source of fresh water,anyone fancy chipping in,30000 worth of mineral water? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nev Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 Mark McGhee should sign it.With Considine injured, he needs a massive hole in defence... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Von Mondragon Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 Plymouth will beat him to it though, Armada repelling bastards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 There's a place just on the outskirts of Edinburgh at Ratho where they built a massive climbing centre and it's built up against the side of a natural rock face so it offers both indoor artificial climbing and indoor climbing on actual rock. There are, however a few drawbacks to this plan, with the first being that the Ratho climbing centre is not far from unused and therefore is just a massive drain on resources and the other being that Ratho isn't under about a mile of water They make most of there money from conference rooms. The climbing just seems to be there to provide interesting views out of there meeting room windows.I was there for a conference a few years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 There's a place just on the outskirts of Edinburgh at Ratho where they built a massive climbing centre and it's built up against the side of a natural rock face so it offers both indoor artificial climbing and indoor climbing on actual rock. There are, however a few drawbacks to this plan, with the first being that the Ratho climbing centre is not far from unused and therefore is just a massive drain on resources and the other being that Ratho isn't under about a mile of water The Ratho one is a truly amazing, but I would guess it does need a fair amount of subsidy. That's not unusual, even a small public swimming pool usually needs to be subsidised by the council. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 I'm no engineer, but surely they should have thought to put a big plug at the bottom. They could have been draining the fucker as we speak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 My great-grandad worked there (in fact my family stayed in the 'quarry' flats in Ord Street, when there were no other buildings around the area), and my old man used to work next door to the quarry in the 40s, 50s, 60s & 70s. He took me along now & again to watch the diggers in action...they looked just like matchbox toys...it was a pretty scary experience.Maybe it could be a fish-farm (do you get fish who live in radioactive rain-water which are edible?).Failing that, Stewart Milne will probably buy it and moor 'luxury' houseboats on it which will possibly capsize if more than 10 people are on board at the same time.Or, if the 'right to die' thing is passed, maybe it could be utilised for a mass-drowning of pensioners. The ceremony could be watched and enjoyed by thousands. And before you accuse me of being cruel, I'd drug or stun the oldies first In fact I'd volunteer for the first batch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 Bring back "The Pottie". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 Just had another idea....helicopters could scoop up water from there to drop on local fires!!! I also thought it might make a half-decent live music venue, but it would probably end up a total dive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 How did they get the water in there in the first place? That's a lot of fucking water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 I think it's just rain....but the flats round the top might have lavvie drainage into it (You have to be flush to live there). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphas Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 Or, if the 'right to die' thing is passed, maybe it could be utilised for a mass-drowning of pensioners. The ceremony could be watched and enjoyed by thousands. And before you accuse me of being cruel, I'd drug or stun the oldies first.Very Monty Python-esque - "Bring out yer dead!". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 The only problem being if it does overflow, a lot of decaying corpses might be washed up around the Queen's Road area, which would cause a bit of displeasure amongst the locals. Of course they could be weighted down with granite blocks, which would be rather fitting (the corpses, not the locals). Another use might be for the world stone-skimming championships. We could maybe even enter an Abdn-Music team......of course, I'd be the skipper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 I also thought it might make a half-decent live music venue, It could be like Red Rocks in that U2 film. But a lot of folk would just want to coup the water back in on top of Bono. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 I'd tie a few bass cabs to his legs and heave him in, given the option! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Stu Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 How about a nuclear waste dump? After all, the background radiation level will already be high and it'll give people jobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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