nelbo009
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I went for 5 days in 2002 and probably was only the last night and 7 hours the next day before heading to the airport where I started to kick my heels about feeling fed up, as every day there was just something more to see and do.
Red Square, Kremlin, St Basil Cathedral etc (main tourist stuff)... that is a good half to 3/4's of a day to do, but there is a lot of good hidden and out of the way stuff to see.
Nelbo says 3 days he is planning.... if he makes the most of every day, then that should be enough.
Aye, I had a look at a few websites, and most have said that if you make the most of it, 3 days will allow you to see/do everything you want to.
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You're right, £125. FFS. Still, Moscow is high on my to-do list so I'll probably stump that up - easily saving that in flights cos of Avios. Not that fussed about Azerbaijan - Armenia could be a shout though!
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Good route, though remember Russian and Azerbaijan visa's are ridiculously expensive (though you will probably get away with a cheaper transit visa for Azerbaijan)
Aye, £32.40 for Russia isn't bad; but £100 for Azerbaijan
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I'm looking at the following:
Heathrow-Moscow
3 nights in Moscow
Moscow-Tbilisi
3 nights in Tbilisi
Tbilisi-Baku
Overnight in Baku
Baku-Heathrow
All using Avios so cheap as chips. Just waiting on flight schedules to be confirmed.
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I was involved in a traffic incident last week.
The guy in front suddenly stopped to allow a car to turn right in front of him.
I stopped too but an unmarked police car hit me from behind.
I was told we had to wait for a senior officer to arrive as it was standard procedure when a police vehicle was involved in a RTA.
When the officer arrived I was taken into his van & given a caution prior to making a statement & breathalysed.
I'm now told that the officer shouldn't have given me a caution & that this goes on your record & could affect car insurance in the future.
The leader of Sheffield City Council is a personal friend of mine & believes the police have acted beyond their powers & would like to take it further.
Does anyone know about police cautions?
Reading up about them seems to suggest they are given to people who admit an offence but I didn't as I don't believe I committed any offence.
Any advice/views would be welcome before I consider my position & next move.
Even if it was an "official" caution, it wouldn't affect your car insurance. Only actual endorsed convictions affect policies - things like speeding fines (SP30), traffic light offences (TS10), etc. If there's no possibility of you receiving a driving endorsement, there's nothing to declare to the insurer (other than the accident itself, obviously).
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5 of us on the Monday
1 more (me!) on that one on the Monday too.
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Pollok - go see Pollok.
Might take you up on that.
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I can see why folk i know, that also know you, speak highly of you. 
To be fair, most of it's probably lies.
No, I don't!!
And you're probably telling the truth... As far as you can remember, anyhow.
Top post Nelbo.
For the record I wasn't advocating that people verbally challenge these morons and fair play to you if you've done that in the past. I realise that challenging a bunch of Neanderthals single handedly wouldn't be conducive to good health.
I meant more protest by not going until the club took action..........which you've already done.
I do mind nearly getting a kicking on one occasion at Ibrox (CL game vs. Inter, I think) when some utter caveman next to me started shouting at a lad waving a Saltire to "shove that fukking fenian flag up yer arse". I went a bit mental, not realising he was in a group of 10 said cavemen... Stewards moved me to another seat.
And aye, he was Scottish...
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This is the first of only two posts I am going to make today. There was only going to be one, but after the events of last night I felt compelled to make this one.
I have quite simply had it with the vile scum that is Rangers FC. Absolutely everything from cheating conniving top, to knuckle dragging bottom. The sight of their disgusting so called followers last night had me close to tears on a day when I already felt like my guts had been ripped out. Christ, not even the rarity of my team scoring a last kick winner could bring even a smile to my face.
And incidentally, please don't anyone try to suggest that last nights morons were anything other than 100% Rangers fans.
Never before have I felt such hatred towards an institution or its followers. As a football fan, I was actually glad when Rangers didn''t go out of business because I thought I didn't want that for any club. I was wrong. Football and Scotland would be better off without this poison. I simply cannot put into words, the contempt that I hold these sub humans in.
I accept I'm no stranger to anti Rangers sentiment and this is the point in a thread I'd normally be excluding our Rangers supporting friends on here. The likes of Tartan Teddy, Wolfie, Nelbo, Fairbairn, Mitre etc etc but I'm sorry guys. I've come to the conclusion that every time you silently plank your arses in that theatre of hatred without protest or demonstration, then you are effectively complicit. An apologist. A silent supporter of this behaviour. How any right thinking Rangers fan (if such a thing even exists) can watch the scenes of last night and still associate themselves with that shameful institution is beyond me.
Also just in case the mods are in any doubt, this post is deliberately in Anything Goes because it is nothing to do with football.
I expect this to be a very unpopular posts, but I simply had to get this off my chest.
Well, the good news is, I didn't sit in silence. I've challenged many a person, at both Ibrox and away games; and have reported the worst offenders to police/stewards. But yes, sometimes I had to sit and ignore it, because challenging someone indulging in the bigoted bullsh*t when they were a part of a much larger crowd just wasn't worth the risk to myself. One man vs. many - you've got to play the odds.
But now, I'm done. I'm not going back to Ibrox. I used to be able to disassociate the bigotry from the club & the team, but no longer. I couldn't go back to Ibrox and listen to that bollox, watch the morons glorify in the No vote and gloat over the fact the Union is still intact (barely), and see all the UJs and RHOUs being waved. I used to argue that the club were fighting against the bigotry - I was wrong. They encourage it, they feed it, and they thrive because of it. And I refuse to participate in that.
So now, if I'm going to football when I'm back in Scotland, it won't be to Rangers games. I'll go to one of the local teams - Motherwell, Accies, or Albion Rovers (not Airdrie!). I might even go to the Juniors, never having experienced that before. I'll still look out for Rangers' results, and I'll still hope that they win etc., but I'm not putting my money into the club anymore. I'm not feeding the sectarianism. I'm done.
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Just realised that Times link I posted is actually reporting LAST night, not tonight. I have no idea how accurate or inaccurate it actually is then.
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This is how the Times are reporting it - http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/scotland/referendum/article4211236.ece
Stunning lies.
When it comes to Rangers, I reckon I'm done. For years I've went to Ibrox and blanked out the idiots, ignored the sectarianism, and concentrated on supporting the team. Now? I can't stomach the thought of being surrounded by these triumphalist c*nts, gloating about a No vote. I can't see me being back at Ibrox (apart from the Georgia game) anytime soon.
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Will I sing FOS? Damn straight I will.
I'm as gutted as the next person at the referendum result. But FOS isn't about having risen - it's about working towards the day when we WILL rise again. We lost yesterday, true; however, look at the gains. Even 10 years ago, I could never have envisaged 45% of Scottish voters opting for independence. Even 12 months ago, everything predicted an absolute landslide for No. That didn't happen. We've made tremendous leaps forward, and having slept on it, I truly believe that we will achieve independence within the next 20 years. I'll keep campaigning for it, just as I have been, and so FOS doesn't change its' meaning for me.
As for not supporting Scotland anymore as we don't have the right to a national team... bollocks. OK, we're still in the Union, but we are one of four countries within that Union. I don't like it, you don't like it, but that's the facts. We're not a region like, say, Norfolk - we're a country. The No vote doesn't change that - all it does is tie us politically to other countries. By that same argument, you could say that any country who opts into the EU should forego their national team and just play as Europe - it's utter nonsense.
Come the Georgia game, I will be there, in my Scotland top & kilt, proudly belting out FOS. And I'm sure thousands of others will be too.
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I live down south and I'm absolutely cacking myself. I have nothing but respect for those of you who've gone out, campaigned, canvassed, and did your bit for Yes back home. I've tried to play my part through social media etc., and know I've managed to convert at least two people from No to Yes.
I'm dreading a No vote, because if that's the way it falls, it'll be unbearable down here. Thankfully I've got Friday-Sunday off work so I'll miss the immediate fallout, but I don't want there to be any...
I'm another as well who's all over the place confidence-wise. One minute I'm convinced that Yes will win it by a canter, the next I'm sure it'll be a No. All I can do now is pray for a Yes...
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WOW that is all.
Yep, pretty much my reaction.
It would be good to know what finally persuaded someone to change their mind - it might help us to persuade others.
Probably going to vary a lot, but it's all useful information
This is what my aunt said:
"Just wondering why they are so desperate to keep us and I don't and never have liked the way that the English keep saying that they support us when I know that they don't".
Just looks as though the penny dropped...
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Is that the lady that kept arguing with folk on FB?
The very one.
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Seen plenty of previous No and undecided voters now declaring for Yes on social media. My aunt was a staunch No until very recently, but said the other day she was voting Yes.
The momentum is with us.
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Have you got Sky, aye?
You can save STV to 'other channels'
Just google search for 'Tune STV Sky other channels' and there will be a few websites telling you how to do it. If you don't find any, let me know and I'll send you a link
Sorted, cheers
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Anyone able to advise how I can access STV living down south? Doesn't seem to be on the EPG for Sky. Am I stuck with hoping that STV Player works?
Kraków
in Poland v Scotland
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I'm flying up to Krakow on the Wednesday lunchtime from Warsaw, then flying home on the Friday night. I've booked an Auschwitz tour on the Thursday, and am planning to spend most of Friday wandering the city.
What would folk say is the best way to see the main sights in a fairly short period of time? I saw there's a free walking tour, but don't know how long it takes; and I also noticed there's the usual hop-on/hop-off buses. Any suggestions?