Saturday, April 12, 2014

12th of April 2014 - Tram Measures

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12th of April 2014

Dear Sir/Madam,

TRAM MEASURES

Whilst reading about the latest problems with Edinburgh's Trams (Evening News 12 April), I couldn't help but notice that the deficient lengths of track were described in metres and kilometres.

The Victorian engineers who built our original system did a very good job using feet and inches. Perhaps it is this fetish for metrication (one unfortunately shared by your newspaper) which has led to uncertainty and imprecision in construction and has brought us to the present fiasco?

In the increasingly likely event that everything has to be dug up again and the tracks relaid, it is still not too late to insist on the use of Imperial measure thus restoring appropriate precision and familiarity to the undertaking.

John Eoin Douglas

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

2nd of April 2014 - Team Rationalisation

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Edinburgh
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E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
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2nd of April 2014

Dear Sir/Madam,

TEAM RATIONALISATION

I really do not see what the fuss is anent the possibly bankruptcy of Heart of Midlothian Football Club.

In this day and age, surely no Scottish city needs to have more than one football team? A merger between Hibernean and Hearts would do much to promote the Scottish Government's anti-Sectarian agenda. And it would also allow either the Gorgie or Easter Road stadia to be re-developed for much needed social housing.

A move like this in Edinburgh could show the way to Scotland's second city and encourage Glasgow to follow a similar approach with Celtic, Rangers and Partick Thistle - not all of whom are even currently active in top league football.

John Eoin Douglas