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Streetwalker, struggler, stravaiger, strawwoman
Scots has a rich & colourful lexicon, which I love, but try as I might, I can’t see it as more than something between a register & a dialect, in its living form. I’d have done one Act for Gaelic, & another for Scots, Doric, Orcadian, Shetlandic, & Galloway Irish, etc #youcanallblockmenow
November 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Scots has a rich & colourful lexicon, which I love, but try as I might, I can’t see it as more than something between a register & a dialect, in its living form. I’d have done one Act for Gaelic, & another for Scots, Doric, Orcadian, Shetlandic, & Galloway Irish, etc #youcanallblockmenow
It’s not on my list #displacementactivity but today I mowed the lawn and tidied the garden, trimmed the hedge, refreshed the hanging basket, tidied the patio, & uprooted* MANY brambles - why did no one tell me it was so easy in December?!
* well, not all entirely uprooted, I’m assuming nothing 😬🧟
* well, not all entirely uprooted, I’m assuming nothing 😬🧟
November 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
It’s not on my list #displacementactivity but today I mowed the lawn and tidied the garden, trimmed the hedge, refreshed the hanging basket, tidied the patio, & uprooted* MANY brambles - why did no one tell me it was so easy in December?!
* well, not all entirely uprooted, I’m assuming nothing 😬🧟
* well, not all entirely uprooted, I’m assuming nothing 😬🧟
A8 The Christmas Sparkle in Dr Neil’s Garden this weekend is worth checking out! #EdinburghHour
November 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A8 The Christmas Sparkle in Dr Neil’s Garden this weekend is worth checking out! #EdinburghHour
It’s not an idea, but a wee plug for the Vittoria Group vittoriarestaurant.com who have started giving away £1,000 per month in cash or gifts after 55 years living and working Edinburgh. Nice to see! #EdinburghHour
November 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
It’s not an idea, but a wee plug for the Vittoria Group vittoriarestaurant.com who have started giving away £1,000 per month in cash or gifts after 55 years living and working Edinburgh. Nice to see! #EdinburghHour
Multitasking with chess as childcare isn’t really working!
November 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Multitasking with chess as childcare isn’t really working!
I’ve been redecorating our small living room*, & it’s like chess - after 3 decisions, 120M more open up - cost, colour, fabric, shape, pattern, size etc etc etc. You can’t see it in advance, & you have to live with it a long time.
It’s been like the ultimate in ADHD for me.
*parlour/study/TV room
It’s been like the ultimate in ADHD for me.
*parlour/study/TV room
November 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I’ve been redecorating our small living room*, & it’s like chess - after 3 decisions, 120M more open up - cost, colour, fabric, shape, pattern, size etc etc etc. You can’t see it in advance, & you have to live with it a long time.
It’s been like the ultimate in ADHD for me.
*parlour/study/TV room
It’s been like the ultimate in ADHD for me.
*parlour/study/TV room
Not sure about the wisdom of holding a tray bake sale in a school that has a stomach flu outbreak, but there you have it.
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Not sure about the wisdom of holding a tray bake sale in a school that has a stomach flu outbreak, but there you have it.
It gets high praise! Peter Bradshaw calls it “one of the most purely lovable films in British cinema history”.
If I can get a sofa before Xmas Eve, I’ll watch it then!
youtu.be/EVXs_bUXQ_8?...
If I can get a sofa before Xmas Eve, I’ll watch it then!
youtu.be/EVXs_bUXQ_8?...
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
It gets high praise! Peter Bradshaw calls it “one of the most purely lovable films in British cinema history”.
If I can get a sofa before Xmas Eve, I’ll watch it then!
youtu.be/EVXs_bUXQ_8?...
If I can get a sofa before Xmas Eve, I’ll watch it then!
youtu.be/EVXs_bUXQ_8?...
Great story about the first time #Gaelic is heard in a feature film.
I’ll maybe try to give this a watch over the Christmas period.
I wondered if it had influenced Compton Mackenzie in Whisky Galore, but I see he’d already written Keep the Home Guard Turning (1943).
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I’ll maybe try to give this a watch over the Christmas period.
I wondered if it had influenced Compton Mackenzie in Whisky Galore, but I see he’d already written Keep the Home Guard Turning (1943).
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 27, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Great story about the first time #Gaelic is heard in a feature film.
I’ll maybe try to give this a watch over the Christmas period.
I wondered if it had influenced Compton Mackenzie in Whisky Galore, but I see he’d already written Keep the Home Guard Turning (1943).
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I’ll maybe try to give this a watch over the Christmas period.
I wondered if it had influenced Compton Mackenzie in Whisky Galore, but I see he’d already written Keep the Home Guard Turning (1943).
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
With the 25% discount*, child & I could 🔁 to London with 2 bed nights for £367.50.
I wonder how many people who are travelling in a twosome (few would want to share with a stranger, I think) are attracted by that price point, + bunkbed.
Seems really finely balanced.
*outwith holidays oc 🫤
I wonder how many people who are travelling in a twosome (few would want to share with a stranger, I think) are attracted by that price point, + bunkbed.
Seems really finely balanced.
*outwith holidays oc 🫤
November 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
With the 25% discount*, child & I could 🔁 to London with 2 bed nights for £367.50.
I wonder how many people who are travelling in a twosome (few would want to share with a stranger, I think) are attracted by that price point, + bunkbed.
Seems really finely balanced.
*outwith holidays oc 🫤
I wonder how many people who are travelling in a twosome (few would want to share with a stranger, I think) are attracted by that price point, + bunkbed.
Seems really finely balanced.
*outwith holidays oc 🫤
Torduff Reservoir and the Firth of Forth #todayswalk
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Torduff Reservoir and the Firth of Forth #todayswalk
A movie that takes place where you’re from
November 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
A movie that takes place where you’re from
From V3 of VW’s diary:
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
From V3 of VW’s diary:
The people at Argonaut Books have written an open letter to CEO James Daunt calling on him to reverse his decision to open a 6th Edinburgh @waterstones.bsky.social within a few metres of their independent shop. It’s picking up signatures at a lively rate: ✍🏼
c.org/X7zT8nyC2W
c.org/X7zT8nyC2W
November 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The people at Argonaut Books have written an open letter to CEO James Daunt calling on him to reverse his decision to open a 6th Edinburgh @waterstones.bsky.social within a few metres of their independent shop. It’s picking up signatures at a lively rate: ✍🏼
c.org/X7zT8nyC2W
c.org/X7zT8nyC2W
I think we’re going to look at the King’s Indian Attack today, but this is some great marketing copy for the Defence:
November 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I think we’re going to look at the King’s Indian Attack today, but this is some great marketing copy for the Defence:
I’d hoped to catch some sunset reflected in the windows of Drummond Community HS, but the sky wasn’t quite pink enough at the time #todayswalk
November 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I’d hoped to catch some sunset reflected in the windows of Drummond Community HS, but the sky wasn’t quite pink enough at the time #todayswalk
Home is where one starts from:
1. And not the lifetime of one man only
But of old stones that cannot be deciphered.
2. There is a time for the evening under starlight,
3. A time for the evening under lamplight
(The evening with the photograph album).
…We must be still & still moving
#todayswalk
1. And not the lifetime of one man only
But of old stones that cannot be deciphered.
2. There is a time for the evening under starlight,
3. A time for the evening under lamplight
(The evening with the photograph album).
…We must be still & still moving
#todayswalk
November 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Home is where one starts from:
1. And not the lifetime of one man only
But of old stones that cannot be deciphered.
2. There is a time for the evening under starlight,
3. A time for the evening under lamplight
(The evening with the photograph album).
…We must be still & still moving
#todayswalk
1. And not the lifetime of one man only
But of old stones that cannot be deciphered.
2. There is a time for the evening under starlight,
3. A time for the evening under lamplight
(The evening with the photograph album).
…We must be still & still moving
#todayswalk
Two bike shops told me that I needed my handlebars modified to take a wing mirror (and I believe them!) but my expectation was for something more like the picture on the right… I’m not sure how I’m going to get on with the one on the left 🫤.
No more torn, claggy gel grips, though!
No more torn, claggy gel grips, though!
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Two bike shops told me that I needed my handlebars modified to take a wing mirror (and I believe them!) but my expectation was for something more like the picture on the right… I’m not sure how I’m going to get on with the one on the left 🫤.
No more torn, claggy gel grips, though!
No more torn, claggy gel grips, though!
… so it’s only now 🙈 I see that the cost of checking his airbags came in at…
approaching five thousand pounds!!!
What an utter scam. Some garage has creamed off £4,500 pounds for checking airbags. How can this be allowed???
(And would this happen to a male motorist? Certainly not the shouting.)
approaching five thousand pounds!!!
What an utter scam. Some garage has creamed off £4,500 pounds for checking airbags. How can this be allowed???
(And would this happen to a male motorist? Certainly not the shouting.)
November 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
… so it’s only now 🙈 I see that the cost of checking his airbags came in at…
approaching five thousand pounds!!!
What an utter scam. Some garage has creamed off £4,500 pounds for checking airbags. How can this be allowed???
(And would this happen to a male motorist? Certainly not the shouting.)
approaching five thousand pounds!!!
What an utter scam. Some garage has creamed off £4,500 pounds for checking airbags. How can this be allowed???
(And would this happen to a male motorist? Certainly not the shouting.)
That said, I do also kind of love it. The way Blake, the narrator’s skygazing and her horoscopes all triangulate, in this remote part of Poland, near the Czech border.
The page I’ve reached:
The page I’ve reached:
November 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM
That said, I do also kind of love it. The way Blake, the narrator’s skygazing and her horoscopes all triangulate, in this remote part of Poland, near the Czech border.
The page I’ve reached:
The page I’ve reached:
“And I can't have fun if I can't have...
Be my NY when Hollywood hates me” 🎶
I’ve definitely been online too much when I start wondering if Mamdani’s sign is jumping onto Showgirl era orange. But no:
grapheine.com/en/magazine/...
Be my NY when Hollywood hates me” 🎶
I’ve definitely been online too much when I start wondering if Mamdani’s sign is jumping onto Showgirl era orange. But no:
grapheine.com/en/magazine/...
November 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
“And I can't have fun if I can't have...
Be my NY when Hollywood hates me” 🎶
I’ve definitely been online too much when I start wondering if Mamdani’s sign is jumping onto Showgirl era orange. But no:
grapheine.com/en/magazine/...
Be my NY when Hollywood hates me” 🎶
I’ve definitely been online too much when I start wondering if Mamdani’s sign is jumping onto Showgirl era orange. But no:
grapheine.com/en/magazine/...
Even Liz Truss did better…
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Even Liz Truss did better…
I used Voi for the first time yesterday. It was very useful having one parked next to my child’s school. But I found it quite unwieldy to control (the basket not turning with the handlebars completely unnerved me). Also, I should have checked where the NoGo cordon is 😬.
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I used Voi for the first time yesterday. It was very useful having one parked next to my child’s school. But I found it quite unwieldy to control (the basket not turning with the handlebars completely unnerved me). Also, I should have checked where the NoGo cordon is 😬.