ca_gere Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 I'm not saying I've got taxi driver style "knowledge" but if someone mentions a place name/street in Aberdeen I usually know where they mean. I get overwhelmed by the sheer size of bigger places.I miss this about living in Aberdeen. I knew that city inside and out and reckon i've walked about 80% of the city streets. Now, I know little pockets where I live really well but there are parts of the city I have no idea. It took me the best part of a year to begin to 'know' my own neighborhood. Now i've moved and i'm back to square one. And, I live where the streets aren't on a grid system (most of Manhattan is easy coz of the numbered streets and avenues) so it takes a long time to get used to the surroundings. You meet people all the time who live in Manhattan and have never been to Brooklyn. That's like living in toon centre and never going to BOD. It's hard to wrap your head around the sheer size of the city and sometimes I wish I was somewhere a bit smaller, only sometimes. Aberdeen is a good size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keeno Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 are you still studying medicine? what year you in?Yes, 4th year. Stupidly did a Bsc though so actually 5th year at uni. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Green Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Yes, 4th year. Stupidly did a Bsc though so actually 5th year at uni.i know some ppl in 4th year actually.you doing the MBChB? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Green Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 ah your jamie keenan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 ah your jamie keenan, my jamie keenan, his jamie keenan, a'body's jamie keenan. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 I moved into Aberdeen in 1998 from the 'Shire, to go to Aberdeen College. Lived all over, Bridge of Don, Bridge of Dee, Ferryhill, city centre, Kincorth, and loads of other places. Left last year for a few reasons. I was extremely bored in my job first of all, then I broke up from a 4 year relationship in which I'd spent almost all my free time with my girlfriend, landed with a bump when I realised that in that 4 years all my mates had got married and had kids and were all settled, and I never saw them any more. Found myself just sitting at home by myself every night and I felt like I was stuck in a rut so I needed a fresh start somewhere new. Moved to Dublin in October, I love the city but it terrifies me. I miss Aberdeen sometimes, I was critical of the place and I was bored of it, but it was home for 14 years and I consider it my home town, although I grew up in or around Fraserburgh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirsten Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 I know neither of those Kevins.i left oldmachar in 2008 aswell i dont know you though............?Sounds about right. I'm trying to play a guessing game of who you might be, but I have no idea, what's your name?I miss this about living in Aberdeen. I knew that city inside and out and reckon i've walked about 80% of the city streets. Now, I know little pockets where I live really well but there are parts of the city I have no idea. It took me the best part of a year to begin to 'know' my own neighborhood. Now i've moved and i'm back to square one. And, I live where the streets aren't on a grid system (most of Manhattan is easy coz of the numbered streets and avenues) so it takes a long time to get used to the surroundings. You meet people all the time who live in Manhattan and have never been to Brooklyn. That's like living in toon centre and never going to BOD. It's hard to wrap your head around the sheer size of the city and sometimes I wish I was somewhere a bit smaller, only sometimes. Aberdeen is a good size.It's a dream of mine to move to New York someday, but the size of the place does seem overwhelming. I've always preferred bigger places and wanted to move to London for years because I love how it's so huge there's always something going on. New York seems different, though, I'm not sure if I could handle it. Although, I think my reasoning behind wanting to go is "If I wake up at 3am and want a donut, I could probably go out and get one." Judging by this thought, it's obvious I've never actually been! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Green Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 I know neither of those Kevins.Sounds about right. I'm trying to play a guessing game of who you might be, but I have no idea, what's your name?did u leave at the end of 4th 5th or 6th year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirsten Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Evading the question, eh?I'm going to stop talking about this here before I turn into a massive hypocrite. Nobody wants to read a conversation that will inevitably end with two people still not knowing one another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Evading the question, eh?I'm going to stop talking about this here before I turn into a massive hypocrite. Nobody wants to read a conversation that will inevitably end with two people still not knowing one another.Don't stop now, you tease, I'm on tenterhooks. DO KIRSTEN AND LITTLE GREEN KNOW EACH OTHER?!?!?!?!Edit - What is a tenterhook anyway?Edit edit - It's a type of hook, anticlimactically.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenterhook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Green Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Evading the question, eh?I'm going to stop talking about this here before I turn into a massive hypocrite. Nobody wants to read a conversation that will inevitably end with two people still not knowing one another.yes actually.but so did u.i only know 1 kirsten and she left in 2009.unless your kirsten forsyth. but idk who that is. just sum qwine that went to oldie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Jack Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 I got "BoD min" branded on my arse. But now its just a scar.Did you have 'B on one cheek, and 'D min' on the other? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltz Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Why does everyone have to know each other? I don't get that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Why does everyone have to know each other? I don't get that.So life is like Cheers. JakeBassist can be Ted Danson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 I was born in Stirling, moved to Crossford when i was 2, moved to Dumfries when i was 4, then Glencaple when i was 14. All the moves (bar the Glencaple one as it's not far from Dumfries) were with my Dad's work. He got moved up to Aberdeen when i was 16 and i joined my family up here when i was 17 (lived with my grandparents for 6 months as i was right in the middle of my highers). Did my last year of school here and then decided that i didn't want to move again so i went to uni in Aberdeen.Aside from living in Australia for a while in my early 20s i've lived here since and don't really want to move from the area as i like it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 So life is like Cheers. JakeBassist can be Ted Danson.You can be Cliff, i want to be Norm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Yes! Ratzenberger is the man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 I GET TO BE FRASIER. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 I GET TO BE FRASIER.I had you pegged as Woody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oedo 808 Posted January 22, 2012 Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 At one point Lucky Rathen lived in the BOD. True story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted January 22, 2012 Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 At one point Lucky Rathen lived in the BOD. True story.At 2 points. Once with Ryan Massie and once with that Nigerian girl. BOD 4 Lyfe, min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted January 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 I used to be a postman in Bridge of Don; Middletons, Jesmonds, Lee Crescents, and the Ashwoods. I don't recall delivering to an Adam Easy Wishes, though. Before your BOD time, perhaps.Yep, only moved here in December. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oedo 808 Posted January 22, 2012 Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 Yep, only moved here in December. This calls for a pint at the Mains. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Green Posted January 22, 2012 Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 This calls for a pint at the Mains.i'm game!actually i used to work there! :O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkDrummer Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 i'm game!actually i used to work there! You used to work at the Mains? Now I'm scared. When? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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