Bearsden, Near Glasgow.

[sandyRoe]

Were there many bears there in past times?

[murraymints]

still are !!

[sandyRoe]

Och, away with yea. I canni believe that. :-))

[murraymints]

Especially early Sunday mornings...you'll see one or two stoatin' aboot wi' lastnight's carry oot !! lol

[aelmpvw]

here's one i'm familiar with :-)

https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=hercules%20the%20bear

[murraymints]

ah..Hercules....what a bear he was..

[douglas9401]

Aye murraymints, but in a Waitrose carrier cos it's awfy pawsh. :-)

[murraymints]

well aye !!

[wolf63]

I met Hercules years and years ago in Pitlochry. He was well behaved but we had to stand behind a fence in case we hurt him.

[murraymints]

he was a legend wolf...shame when he died..

[wolf63]

I am not at all certain if bears
can be kept in a city centre flat - but Hercules was pure dead cute.

[murraymints]

he had his own house purpose built in his owner's garden

[murraymints]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3307881/Our-70st-teddy-bear-Told-enchanting-book-childless-British-couple-raised-beer-drinking-8ft-grizzly-son-death-left-huge-hole-lives.html

[aelmpvw]

i bet he still sat where he wanted when it came to place settings at dinner

[murraymints]

indeed !

[wolf63]

I am poor - I don't have a garden.

They were lucky that Hercules was a good tempered bear. I would hate to see the carnage if he was stroppy like my Princess Merlin (aka Slasher).

I am off to bed - if Frankie will let me get a space to sleep in.

[murraymints]

night wolf xx

[Peter Pedant]

There 's a seminary there and the priests in training there were pretty fierce !

My English master Joe Rhymer came to be principal there
Can you imagine it - going from teaching twelve y olds how to construct a sentence to sort of advanved theology for the popes shock troops ( Jesuits )

and what was it like to be taught English by a roman catholic famous theologian ? OK actually. The priests looked on us as service in a penal battalion to be honest, if anyone behaved badly they were sent to teach us - sort of siberia

yes penal - punishment no dirty puns please you dirty boys !

[Peter Pedant]

poor old ercule !

he was in a sugar puffs advert - with his trainer being the 'Dad' in the ad
and the kids looking understandably shocked

The bear's tail was nailed to the floor ( well OK it was restrained )

that was when he escaped and bid for freedom !
involved him jumping overboard and swimming towards an unoccupied scots island ( obviously unplanned escape )
good prog about it
in fact not being a wild thing
he starved
and the difficulty then is that he might go after easy meat ( skool kids )