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If you're ever in Edinburgh, this is an excellent place to visit and spend an afternoon. One of the funniest parts was upon walking in the door, the gentleman

If you're ever in Edinburgh, this is an excellent place to visit and spend an afternoon. One of the funniest parts was upon walking in the door, the gentleman who greeted me asked "What kind of engineer are you?" Very worthwhile.

arethuza 3y ago
And of course, everyone should go to Edinburgh.... But Edinburgh is a mad god’s dream Fitful and dark, Unseizable in Leith And wildered by the Forth, But irresistibly at last Cleaving to sombre heights Of passionate imagining Till stonily, From soaring battlements, Earth eyes Eternity
- joebig 3y ago
  Where is this from? I find Edinburgh cemetery to be a wierdly welcoming tourist attraction.
  - arethuza 3y ago
    It's the poem Edinburgh by Hugh MacDiarmid: https://nishsrivastava.wordpress.com/2012/04/26/edinburgh-by-hugh-macdiarmid-2/ https://nishsrivastava.wordpress.com/2012/04/26/edinburgh-by...
dboreham 3y ago
Shamefully, I grew up in Edinburgh, am an EE, my Dad was an EE, also lived in Edinburgh, and I never knew there was a Maxwell house there. I suppose I assumed he only lived on his estate or in Cambridge. There's a statue of him at the end of George St also.
- actionfromafar 3y ago
  Could have been a good thing you didn't know about it. The house might be haunted by demons.
  - lovemenot 3y ago
    It's now proven that demons never could have dwelt there. You can be forgiven for not remembering this, since there's a cost to accumulating information.
oh_sigh 3y ago
Does he ask everyone, or do you just have the je ne sais quoi of an engineer?
- lovemenot 3y ago
  He is sorting visitors into two distinct rooms.
  - craz8 3y ago
    There’s a room on the left and another on the right
WhitneyLand 3y ago
Ha, kind of makes sense though. I can’t remember where I heard it but there’s a quote about him being the greatest scientist the average person has never heard of or something like that.

arethuza 3y ago

And of course, everyone should go to Edinburgh.... But Edinburgh is a mad god’s dream Fitful and dark, Unseizable in Leith And wildered by the Forth, But irresistibly at last Cleaving to sombre heights Of passionate imagining Till stonily, From soaring battlements, Earth eyes Eternity

joebig 3y ago
Where is this from? I find Edinburgh cemetery to be a wierdly welcoming tourist attraction.
- arethuza 3y ago
  It's the poem Edinburgh by Hugh MacDiarmid: https://nishsrivastava.wordpress.com/2012/04/26/edinburgh-by-hugh-macdiarmid-2/ https://nishsrivastava.wordpress.com/2012/04/26/edinburgh-by...

dboreham 3y ago

Shamefully, I grew up in Edinburgh, am an EE, my Dad was an EE, also lived in Edinburgh, and I never knew there was a Maxwell house there. I suppose I assumed he only lived on his estate or in Cambridge. There's a statue of him at the end of George St also.

actionfromafar 3y ago
Could have been a good thing you didn't know about it. The house might be haunted by demons.
- lovemenot 3y ago
  It's now proven that demons never could have dwelt there. You can be forgiven for not remembering this, since there's a cost to accumulating information.

oh_sigh 3y ago

Does he ask everyone, or do you just have the je ne sais quoi of an engineer?

lovemenot 3y ago
He is sorting visitors into two distinct rooms.
- craz8 3y ago
  There’s a room on the left and another on the right

WhitneyLand 3y ago

Ha, kind of makes sense though. I can’t remember where I heard it but there’s a quote about him being the greatest scientist the average person has never heard of or something like that.