I'd like to put another smaller, yet potentially highly destructive group up for further investigation. I'd like to term them the "tartan trolls". These are the hugely frustrating people who make me feel almost ashamed to be Scottish.

Regional threads are always hard to keep interesting for all ...

Talking of inability to use a system. I'm now paranoid I forogot to send away my voter registration form thingy I picked up at school. If I haven't sent it away does that mean I can't vote? Do I get something in the post to say "you can vote" and if so, when does it come?

Going on your Council ...

I'm really into this show now. Only missed it once last week. Clever challenges. I'm looking forward to them getting a bit more adventurous though.

This week showed that management speak and big words get you nowhere. I'm quite glad that Ben got kicked out. Don't care for Miriam much either. Got a ...

Isonstine wrote:If this thread is a showcase of what Metropol is all about then I think it's about time it was wrapped up.

It's funny because this kinda demonstrates one of the points just made about avatars. Your post suggests you're in a bit of a :roll: mood, but the pic shows you being all .

cdd wrote:

scottishtv wrote: If I was to be rather pedantic, I would have to say that the style has been changed recently from above to this

And were I to be rather pedantic, I would have to say that that "was" should be "were".

Meh. You win.

<Lots of Radio Forth stuff here> A page about the history of the station and various logos is here .
There's also an MP3 at the bottom with various audio imaging from across the decades.

Seeing as we're talking about Edinburgh here at the moment, how about a future possible Jenners -> House of ...

NOW:
http://www.edinburgh-hotels-toolkit.com/Images/lothian_bus.jpg
If I was to be rather pedantic, I would have to say that the style has been changed recently from above to this:

http://freespace.virgin.net/s.mcneill/misc/lothian.jpg

Guess the first 'harlequin' design was a little too ...

Ooh, I think I'll indulge in another one (I'm just coming to terms with the fact that I'm a bit of a branding follower and closet trainspotter all in one..)

ScotRail
From British Rail to early nineties (under National Express):

http://freespace.virgin.net/s.mcneill/misc/scot1.gif

Bit of a ...

Okay, then. This thread looks pretty fun.
I'm touching on re-naming which is a wee bit off-topic here as we're on about strengthening existing brands, so sorry in advance.
Got a bit of a BT theme going on here. Here goes:
BT:
From

http://freespace.virgin.net/s.mcneill/misc/1.gif and http ...

My home council is Highland:

http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/tn_hccolour.jpg

As the area is so big (about the size of Belgium they say), they highlight local things like so, depending on which part of the area you live in:

http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads ...

This is Edinburgh's here:

http://www.keytochoice.scotsman.com/img/logo_council.gif

I quite like it. Not to sure about the V instead of the U but it's nice anyway!
I've heard through the grapevine that the City of Edinurgh Council is currently about to undertake a rebranding exercise, so (from ...