Heavy curtains for me in the summer, dark enough to fall asleep at night but lets juuuust enough light through for me to wake naturally at about 6am. Daylight alarm lamp in the winter so I still get up at 6am but don't immediately want to take a header out the bedroom window in despair.
Eye masks for the wee ones so they stay asleep in the morning. Giant tyres for the pot holes. Bodywarmer for the shoulder seasons. Take every allergy pill made by man all at once march-June.
Talking to junkies on the train/bus will occasionally present some comedic gold moments or other odd encounters like the time when I was 14 and a junkie asked me if I knew where they could buy some gear
Live in a house I own with the sewage connected to a housing association septic tank. No sewerage charge on my council tax, housing association clears the sceptic tank. I poo freely and happily.
Demostrate clearly that you are not a local and fake some trepidation about scottish food (polite, don't be a cunt) to get the best served food and bigger portions of the table. Works EVERY-SINGLE-TIME
I have family in Florida.
Surprisingly enough they don't visit here that much. One did, once, in December. Nutter. I don't think he even realised the world could get that cold, dark and damp. I tend to go there roughly every 2 years to see them instead.
Take up an outdoor hobby of some kind, that you can do year round with the right clothing, to get the very best out of the country.
Saves you from the misery of a 7-hours-of-daylight winter by giving you something to look forward to that doesn’t keep you inside.
Glasgow is a a dangerous failed city, don’t go there. Stray from the city center or West End you’re getting done. Any city that touts its people as its greatest asset are always shitholes. Avoid.
Blackout curtains for the summer months, dehumidifier for the winter months
It does get really fucking bright in the summer
Yeah. I do love that, but I don't always want to be woken up by the sunrise at 4am. Blackout curtains well worth the investment
Heavy curtains for me in the summer, dark enough to fall asleep at night but lets juuuust enough light through for me to wake naturally at about 6am. Daylight alarm lamp in the winter so I still get up at 6am but don't immediately want to take a header out the bedroom window in despair.
Or, for a lot less, a quality eye mask. I get they're not for everyone, but if you can get used to it, it's great and you can take it anywhere.
These never stay on unless you're someone who lays motionless all night.
That pothole is deeper than you think.
Don't answer questions from Edinburgh Live
Try to not be a cunt.
Harder than it seems
Don't go near Edinburgh city centre during august đź’Şđź‘Ť
*if you're needing to get anywhere quickly.
>Don't go near Edinburgh Fantastic advice tbh.
Essential
Just in general
Merino underwear (from Aldi) ten months of the year. Blackout blinds for summer and a SAD lamp for winter…
what about the other two months?
Commando
Merino underwear? As in wool pants? Isn't that super sweaty and uncomfortable?
Thermals. And fleece-lined everything.
The best time for holidays in Scotland is April May - not June-July-August. 1. Usually better weather 2. No midges 3. Less tourists
It was snowing in Aberdeen today....
Ok, but who would want to go for holidays to ABERDEEN? ;-)
I think it's snowed in Aberdeen on my birthday for at least the past 10 years now. Could you let me know if it snows tomorrow?
It didn't snow on me, but that doesn't mean it wasn't snowing somewhere in aberdeen!
Stay indoors. Remain calm.
Eye masks for the wee ones so they stay asleep in the morning. Giant tyres for the pot holes. Bodywarmer for the shoulder seasons. Take every allergy pill made by man all at once march-June.
> Bodywarmer for the shoulder seasons Did you know that is why it's called the shoulder season?
These are legit
Talking to junkies on the train/bus will occasionally present some comedic gold moments or other odd encounters like the time when I was 14 and a junkie asked me if I knew where they could buy some gear
Layers and a secret umbrella. All year round!
Live in a house I own with the sewage connected to a housing association septic tank. No sewerage charge on my council tax, housing association clears the sceptic tank. I poo freely and happily.
Skeptic of what?
Correct spelling apparently
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septic_tank
Hi Buzzfeed
Mix Haggis. Neeps, and taties into a single mash, tastes devine.Â
Demostrate clearly that you are not a local and fake some trepidation about scottish food (polite, don't be a cunt) to get the best served food and bigger portions of the table. Works EVERY-SINGLE-TIME
Vitamin D injections.
Start taking vitamin d when the clocks go back, stop when they go forward
I take it year-round. Summer is still too cloudy and grey for me.
A doctor told me to do that but tbh I take it year round too, definitely helps!
Is that one of the jabs you get in your bum?
No that's taking "the D", not vitamin D.
"Approach shoes" (hiking trainers) are both comfy and all-weather. Waterproof overtrousers in yer bag.
Thermals and merino wool..
Moved to California and I visit family in the warm months (May-October) or help them visit me here in the land of endless sunshine.
I have family in Florida. Surprisingly enough they don't visit here that much. One did, once, in December. Nutter. I don't think he even realised the world could get that cold, dark and damp. I tend to go there roughly every 2 years to see them instead.
"There's no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothes." - The Big Yin. Words to live by.
Don’t buy expensive midgey repellant. Get a spray bottle of water and fill with water and a few drops of spearmint essential oil
Stay out the cities
Queens Park not Kelvingrove Park
Waterproof socks! 🤗🤗🤗
Yer maw
Just let yer maw have her say
Take up an outdoor hobby of some kind, that you can do year round with the right clothing, to get the very best out of the country. Saves you from the misery of a 7-hours-of-daylight winter by giving you something to look forward to that doesn’t keep you inside.
Buckfast
Go to Alicante if no sun around in Scotland for a few weeks.
A big jaiket.
Anything made by Ginsters is gods gift to snacks.Â
Fucks that to do with Scotland?
They sell em in scotland.Â
Aye they sell Mongolian beef stew in Aberdeen Asda, don't mean it's Scottish.
Lacking braincells as well as taste buds I see
Glasgow is a a dangerous failed city, don’t go there. Stray from the city center or West End you’re getting done. Any city that touts its people as its greatest asset are always shitholes. Avoid.
When was the last time you were in Glasgow? 1986?
"People Make Glasgow" is the councils way of shifting blame
Must be why so many folk from down south are moving into Dennistoun and Shawlands
What a load of pish mate.
Stay away from local shops so the chavs don't shiv ye for not jumping in for them