Three Minute Boy » Tram Dickage http://www.threeminuteboy.net Life in Edinburgh, Scotland's Capital City Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:45:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Boo http://www.threeminuteboy.net/2009/05/07/boo/ http://www.threeminuteboy.net/2009/05/07/boo/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 17:03:04 +0000 Mark http://www.threeminuteboy.net/?p=591 Me Audioboo-ing about the ‘boadies’. Do I sound like Taggart?

Listen!

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]]> http://www.threeminuteboy.net/2009/05/07/boo/feed/ 1 The tale of the old man and the Constitution Street body count http://www.threeminuteboy.net/2009/05/07/the-tale-of-the-old-man-and-the-constitution-street-body-count/ http://www.threeminuteboy.net/2009/05/07/the-tale-of-the-old-man-and-the-constitution-street-body-count/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 12:23:41 +0000 Mark http://www.threeminuteboy.net/?p=588 Skull - Constitution StreetFor a long time now, I’ve occassionally noticed an old man sitting at the bus stop in the mornings. Quite clearly beyond retirement age, he assumes his position in the bus shelter and watches the world go by.

Over the last few weeks, it’s started to dawn on me that he isn’t actually heading anywhere. He’s not checking the bus times or looking at his watch. In the course of the last few weeks, I’ve also realised that at some point or other, every bus service which stops at this bus stop has passed him by without him making a move to get on the bus.

I suspect he is going nowhere. Just killing time in the bus shelter watching the world go by. Perhaps he wants to stay a part of the working world for a little longer. I don’t know whether to admire him or feel sorry for him.

In other news, it appears that archeologists have recovered 18 medieval bodies from the big holeright outside our front door. I knew they had been busy but 18 bodies? Our street is giving up it’s dead like Dennis Nilsen’s drains. The photo in this post was taken by my wife and shows a skull and some bones which made an appearance about two weeks ago.

Read the full story courtesy of the BBC here.

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]]> http://www.threeminuteboy.net/2009/05/07/the-tale-of-the-old-man-and-the-constitution-street-body-count/feed/ 1 Shaking with rage http://www.threeminuteboy.net/2009/04/28/shaking-with-rage/ http://www.threeminuteboy.net/2009/04/28/shaking-with-rage/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:00:10 +0000 Mark http://www.threeminuteboy.net/?p=585 I spend a lot of time on this blog railing against one perceived grievance or another. Most of it is purely for comedic value. Whilst I often claim to be ‘shaking with rage’, I very rarely am. Until last night that is.

Living where we do, we have experienced major disruption at the hands of the new Tram Network. Not being able to park your car in your street may sound trivial. Build that up over a period of 9 months though. Then add the fact that the having the car outside the house is critical for us with a small child and add the further fact that the guys undertaking the work for the trams arrive on site at 6am every morning and have a shouted conversation the length of the street then you can probably see how the annoyance builds up.

Imagine my rage then when I stumbled round the corner from Lidl last night to see a fully constructed, replica tram at the top of my street full of ‘dignitaries’ quaffing champagne and patting themselves on the back for a sterling job well done. That’s champagne. Not tram pain. Tram pain is for those of us who have to live with the consequences of their decisions.

- Cheers lads. Mine’s a pint of Best.
- Oh, sorry Mr Palmer. I’m afraid you are not invited. Your name’s not down so you’re not getting in.

I’m starting to feel this is becoming the tram blog so I’ll hastily change the subject.

Chimpanzees on Segways.

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