Kenny Hutchison
@kennyfaemacduff.bsky.social
Huh. Could conceivably be fae that then, cos they *are* greetin-faced wee bastards
December 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Huh. Could conceivably be fae that then, cos they *are* greetin-faced wee bastards
It’s OK, I’m friends with enough academics to appreciate the bullet I dodged 😂
December 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
It’s OK, I’m friends with enough academics to appreciate the bullet I dodged 😂
I considered doing a PhD on the Picts and was dissuaded by my dissertation supervisor, who indicated that making a good job of it would involve learning Latin, Old Irish, Old Welsh and Anglo-Saxon.
Swiftly reconsidered my career.
Swiftly reconsidered my career.
December 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I considered doing a PhD on the Picts and was dissuaded by my dissertation supervisor, who indicated that making a good job of it would involve learning Latin, Old Irish, Old Welsh and Anglo-Saxon.
Swiftly reconsidered my career.
Swiftly reconsidered my career.
It is indeed. In Banff or Macduff though, it’s a pyulie.
Wi nae obvious etymology I can think o, apart fae the Gaelic ‘faoileag’
Wi nae obvious etymology I can think o, apart fae the Gaelic ‘faoileag’
December 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
It is indeed. In Banff or Macduff though, it’s a pyulie.
Wi nae obvious etymology I can think o, apart fae the Gaelic ‘faoileag’
Wi nae obvious etymology I can think o, apart fae the Gaelic ‘faoileag’
Likely. There’s heaps o Gaelic in Doric.
Fit’s the Banff word for a seagull? 😂
Fit’s the Banff word for a seagull? 😂
December 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Likely. There’s heaps o Gaelic in Doric.
Fit’s the Banff word for a seagull? 😂
Fit’s the Banff word for a seagull? 😂
Literal ‘no true Scotsman’
Full-fat milk & salt here
Full-fat milk & salt here
December 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Literal ‘no true Scotsman’
Full-fat milk & salt here
Full-fat milk & salt here
Falklands = basically Shetland & we’ve got one of those already.
One of the many good things about independence is that we’ll be able to resolve a number of random territorial disputes (at our end, anyway) pretty much instantly, at negligible cost.
“Falklands? Gibraltar? Cyprus? BIOT? Meh.”
One of the many good things about independence is that we’ll be able to resolve a number of random territorial disputes (at our end, anyway) pretty much instantly, at negligible cost.
“Falklands? Gibraltar? Cyprus? BIOT? Meh.”
December 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Falklands = basically Shetland & we’ve got one of those already.
One of the many good things about independence is that we’ll be able to resolve a number of random territorial disputes (at our end, anyway) pretty much instantly, at negligible cost.
“Falklands? Gibraltar? Cyprus? BIOT? Meh.”
One of the many good things about independence is that we’ll be able to resolve a number of random territorial disputes (at our end, anyway) pretty much instantly, at negligible cost.
“Falklands? Gibraltar? Cyprus? BIOT? Meh.”
Third Napoleon is Best Napoleon
December 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Third Napoleon is Best Napoleon
That’s pretty much why folk with any money in Britain put it in property.
I can think of two things that might make a difference. Easily understandable stats on the likelihood of an investment going tits up; and some sort of baseline FCA guarantee for stocks & shares ISAs (both v. difficult)
I can think of two things that might make a difference. Easily understandable stats on the likelihood of an investment going tits up; and some sort of baseline FCA guarantee for stocks & shares ISAs (both v. difficult)
November 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
That’s pretty much why folk with any money in Britain put it in property.
I can think of two things that might make a difference. Easily understandable stats on the likelihood of an investment going tits up; and some sort of baseline FCA guarantee for stocks & shares ISAs (both v. difficult)
I can think of two things that might make a difference. Easily understandable stats on the likelihood of an investment going tits up; and some sort of baseline FCA guarantee for stocks & shares ISAs (both v. difficult)
You’re preaching to the choir here at this point, I’ve got money in an ETF & I’m v. conscious it knocks the interest on a cash ISA out of the park.
But *I’m* risk-averse, and culturally, most working class folk in Britain are even more risk averse than me. It’s them you’d need to persuade.
But *I’m* risk-averse, and culturally, most working class folk in Britain are even more risk averse than me. It’s them you’d need to persuade.
November 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
You’re preaching to the choir here at this point, I’ve got money in an ETF & I’m v. conscious it knocks the interest on a cash ISA out of the park.
But *I’m* risk-averse, and culturally, most working class folk in Britain are even more risk averse than me. It’s them you’d need to persuade.
But *I’m* risk-averse, and culturally, most working class folk in Britain are even more risk averse than me. It’s them you’d need to persuade.
Hindsight’s 20/20. I put my spare money into property & it’s worked out pretty well thus far.
We all have mandatory workplace pensions now, so we’re all gambling to some extent, it just doesn’t ‘feel’ like it (unless you open your pension app & Trump’s said something stupid thats cost you a grand)
We all have mandatory workplace pensions now, so we’re all gambling to some extent, it just doesn’t ‘feel’ like it (unless you open your pension app & Trump’s said something stupid thats cost you a grand)
November 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Hindsight’s 20/20. I put my spare money into property & it’s worked out pretty well thus far.
We all have mandatory workplace pensions now, so we’re all gambling to some extent, it just doesn’t ‘feel’ like it (unless you open your pension app & Trump’s said something stupid thats cost you a grand)
We all have mandatory workplace pensions now, so we’re all gambling to some extent, it just doesn’t ‘feel’ like it (unless you open your pension app & Trump’s said something stupid thats cost you a grand)
Speaking as *I’d* have seen it in my 20s in 2008 - “Even if I figure out HOW to put this into the stock market, there’s an unknown & unknowable risk it goes up in flames.”
To a deeply cynical population that’s not an acceptable level of risk.
To a deeply cynical population that’s not an acceptable level of risk.
November 29, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Speaking as *I’d* have seen it in my 20s in 2008 - “Even if I figure out HOW to put this into the stock market, there’s an unknown & unknowable risk it goes up in flames.”
To a deeply cynical population that’s not an acceptable level of risk.
To a deeply cynical population that’s not an acceptable level of risk.
- Most of us know less than nothing about it
- In an age where it’s finally been ‘democratised’ (apps) many now have little spare money for anything
- We’ve been through multiple ‘throw yourself off a building’ financial events which are lodged in the popular consciousness
My experience, anyway
- In an age where it’s finally been ‘democratised’ (apps) many now have little spare money for anything
- We’ve been through multiple ‘throw yourself off a building’ financial events which are lodged in the popular consciousness
My experience, anyway
November 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
- Most of us know less than nothing about it
- In an age where it’s finally been ‘democratised’ (apps) many now have little spare money for anything
- We’ve been through multiple ‘throw yourself off a building’ financial events which are lodged in the popular consciousness
My experience, anyway
- In an age where it’s finally been ‘democratised’ (apps) many now have little spare money for anything
- We’ve been through multiple ‘throw yourself off a building’ financial events which are lodged in the popular consciousness
My experience, anyway
‘First recorded incident of drink driving’
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
‘First recorded incident of drink driving’
Loch Ness hoteliers reading these statistics
a man in a yellow jacket has a label on the sleeve that says ' brooks brothers ' on it
ALT: a man in a yellow jacket has a label on the sleeve that says ' brooks brothers ' on it
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Loch Ness hoteliers reading these statistics
Should probably get that seen tae, looks sair
November 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Should probably get that seen tae, looks sair
If scattering ashes at the top of a hill, be v. careful.
The wind changed direction when I threw my handful, and I ended up with a mouth/nose/eyeful of my Granny and Granda.
Which they would have gotten a great laugh at, to be fair.
The wind changed direction when I threw my handful, and I ended up with a mouth/nose/eyeful of my Granny and Granda.
Which they would have gotten a great laugh at, to be fair.
November 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
If scattering ashes at the top of a hill, be v. careful.
The wind changed direction when I threw my handful, and I ended up with a mouth/nose/eyeful of my Granny and Granda.
Which they would have gotten a great laugh at, to be fair.
The wind changed direction when I threw my handful, and I ended up with a mouth/nose/eyeful of my Granny and Granda.
Which they would have gotten a great laugh at, to be fair.
I know a few French folk and their children in NE Scotland, & you just wouldn't know unless you asked.
They're neither a visible, nor audible minority, and they're as likely to live in the countryside as the city. They also tend to marry locals, so any 'distinctiveness' vanishes quickly.
They're neither a visible, nor audible minority, and they're as likely to live in the countryside as the city. They also tend to marry locals, so any 'distinctiveness' vanishes quickly.
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I know a few French folk and their children in NE Scotland, & you just wouldn't know unless you asked.
They're neither a visible, nor audible minority, and they're as likely to live in the countryside as the city. They also tend to marry locals, so any 'distinctiveness' vanishes quickly.
They're neither a visible, nor audible minority, and they're as likely to live in the countryside as the city. They also tend to marry locals, so any 'distinctiveness' vanishes quickly.
I fail to see how this would be even vaguely cost effective compared to, say, a tamper-proof ankle tag that delivers massive, incapacitating electric shocks if you try to leave the house.
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I fail to see how this would be even vaguely cost effective compared to, say, a tamper-proof ankle tag that delivers massive, incapacitating electric shocks if you try to leave the house.
I think the correct term is “pished against a wall”
November 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I think the correct term is “pished against a wall”
Hearing 'Crawling' by Linkin Park on Radio 2
a man is sitting on a couch with the words emotional damage written on the screen
ALT: a man is sitting on a couch with the words emotional damage written on the screen
media.tenor.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Hearing 'Crawling' by Linkin Park on Radio 2