Talk Porty ~ Portobello

If I am being too forceful then I apologise. I was perhaps being unnecessarily pre-emptive about the "we-have-the-right-to ski" argument. I am not suggesting mob rule, rather a way of recognising appriopriate and inappropriate use of common areas. Anyway it was *last* years resolution not to get int...

Porty -- the conversation with Freestyler is useful and constructive. There is happy haitus is that respect about essentially a disparity in infomation. However I am entitled to respond to Thumper. The point about rights to walk on the beach is to observe that to use whatever on common areas is not ...

Ah Thumper you are making my case much better than I could. The fact that you perceive me to seek a ban because because I am "envious" of your "rich mans toy" is its own story. This probably explains why owners want to seek the maximum audience and hug the beach. Freestyler; I'm sorry, but I am incl...

Thumper that is just perverse... my point is that one person effects lots rather than one. Oh, and I stopped rock climbed partly because it became so crowded at the crags I could no longer support the unequivocal rights of access for that sport. It has reached a kind of equilibrium thourgh negotatio...

With regards the wildlife. I'm very aware of this from rock climbing. There have been frequent sore points with bird lovers with the result that certain areas are, largely volountarily, off-limits at certain times of the year. And it has been accepted by the climbing fraternity. Around the shore her...

Hi Freestyler, Thanks for taking the time. For me this all comes down to noise. The basic problem is that lots of people use that beach and one jet-skier makes sufficient noise to annoy 10's if not 100's of people. We live in a packed place and there is point where you have to simply say that they a...

Much as dialogue is useful I fail to see why residents of an area should accept that people causing a disturbance purely for their own entertainment are entitled to rights and dialogue. If jetskis were performing some necessary or even useful function then this discussion would not be happening. I w...

Hi Bob,

Thanks for the sympathy! I would note that the issue on Kings Road is not the quantity unlike the other roads in Portobello; there is always space at the bottom of the road. This is a question of idleness and possibly paranoia...

Cheers

Jamie

Ok. Here is my view. I live in portobello. I chose to live in portobello because I wanted somewhere to live were I could walk and enjoy a break from the city. In the summer I can hear the damn things in my garden. My principle objections to jet-skis are the noise. People drive in from outside of thi...

Hi all, I've been steaming about this for a while, but wanted to guage opinions here. Basically it is now the convention of a minority of car owners on Kings Road to perpetually park their vehicles adjacent to the communal bins as an "acceptable" car parking spot. This annoys me for three reasons. 1...

I would be careful of draawing to much from that poll -- like most of the polls peddled by EN they are biased by careful phrasing of the question and limiting of the answers... That is 88% of people who are likely to use the hovercraft servive think its an interesting idea is very different from 88%...

What about truck racing then?. Great fun, exciting spectacle, sure to bring in lots of money. Would you be happy with that?

I was an early signatory and would love see the things banned. The beach should be able to be enjoyed by everybody, one person and place sounds like a motorcross rally. If you want to listen to an internal combustion engine go anywhere edinburgh. I moved to porty so I could enjoy the beach, one of t...

These questions look suspiciously like the early round ones for the Mathematical Olympiad. Explains why they are hard