Peter McNiven
@peadairbeag.bsky.social
Place-names, history, archaeology, Celtic (hard & soft C), politics, EU, foster carer. Ex-Glasgow Uni. 'Graveyards are full of indispensable men' attrib. Charles de Gaulle.
I drew a few maps for Simon Taylor's Rhind lectures and I felt so guilty and annoyed (especially having dug on Shetland) at not putting Shetland in its proper place. But I think I can just about justify it by saying the maps were of Gaelic cill-names and British/Pictish eccles names, but still...😞
October 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I drew a few maps for Simon Taylor's Rhind lectures and I felt so guilty and annoyed (especially having dug on Shetland) at not putting Shetland in its proper place. But I think I can just about justify it by saying the maps were of Gaelic cill-names and British/Pictish eccles names, but still...😞
Phone the school and tell them she's spewing like a dog at the thought of that perverted decrepit old cunt visiting...
October 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Phone the school and tell them she's spewing like a dog at the thought of that perverted decrepit old cunt visiting...
Well, I wouldn't go that far! I've written a couple of things in two of these books...!! 😂
October 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Well, I wouldn't go that far! I've written a couple of things in two of these books...!! 😂
The Place-names of Fife, Kinross-shire, Clackmannanshire, and Bute all have sections on Gaelic.
October 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The Place-names of Fife, Kinross-shire, Clackmannanshire, and Bute all have sections on Gaelic.
Please allow me to introduce myself/
I'm a man of wealth and taste/ I've been around for a long, long year/
Stole many a man's soul and faith...
I'm a man of wealth and taste/ I've been around for a long, long year/
Stole many a man's soul and faith...
September 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Please allow me to introduce myself/
I'm a man of wealth and taste/ I've been around for a long, long year/
Stole many a man's soul and faith...
I'm a man of wealth and taste/ I've been around for a long, long year/
Stole many a man's soul and faith...
I wouldn't trust that c@nt if he told me there was water in the sea!!
September 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I wouldn't trust that c@nt if he told me there was water in the sea!!
Is it just me or does Rapture Day come earlier each year...?
September 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Is it just me or does Rapture Day come earlier each year...?
I spent the 1st 15 years of working life finishing at 1.30 pm on a Friday. Then I went to uni at the age of 32. I had one class at 2 pm on a Friday and I was outraged...! 🤣
September 12, 2025 at 6:33 AM
I spent the 1st 15 years of working life finishing at 1.30 pm on a Friday. Then I went to uni at the age of 32. I had one class at 2 pm on a Friday and I was outraged...! 🤣
I went to my local Co-op and there was plenty of what she is looking for there. I even bought one for myself.
September 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I went to my local Co-op and there was plenty of what she is looking for there. I even bought one for myself.
My wife is currently a senior nurse and this would be fairly unrecognisable to her (apart from the basics), especially the uniform, which changed before she started her training in 2006.
August 23, 2025 at 9:26 AM
My wife is currently a senior nurse and this would be fairly unrecognisable to her (apart from the basics), especially the uniform, which changed before she started her training in 2006.
There are some of this series here, including the Nurse - archive.org/details/the-...
The Nurse (Ladybird People at Work Series 606 B) : I. & J. Havenhand : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
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August 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
There are some of this series here, including the Nurse - archive.org/details/the-...
My grandfather fought in WW2, he wouldn't agree with this idiot. In all his life he never came near one part of the Empire, with the exception of Gibraltar. Even then he didn't see it, cos he passed it in the dark while part of Operation Torch!
August 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
My grandfather fought in WW2, he wouldn't agree with this idiot. In all his life he never came near one part of the Empire, with the exception of Gibraltar. Even then he didn't see it, cos he passed it in the dark while part of Operation Torch!
No idea, I've never stood still long enough around the little blighters to find out!!
August 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
No idea, I've never stood still long enough around the little blighters to find out!!
Or even Bridge of Allan!
August 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Or even Bridge of Allan!
In my part of central Scotland, near Stirling and Dumyat, we were hating fish long before it was woke, as Cassius Dio testified in his book. We also didn't like shoes or clothes...
August 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
In my part of central Scotland, near Stirling and Dumyat, we were hating fish long before it was woke, as Cassius Dio testified in his book. We also didn't like shoes or clothes...
Interesting. I just wondered cos I've never seen such a movie with other zombie beings and wondered if it was only a human thing or just lack of imagination or detail on the part of film makers?
August 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Interesting. I just wondered cos I've never seen such a movie with other zombie beings and wondered if it was only a human thing or just lack of imagination or detail on the part of film makers?
Congratulations, Geraldine! A magnificent achievement!
August 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Congratulations, Geraldine! A magnificent achievement!
Yes, but can you imagine the angst and panic if it happened in the mid teens, such as the hour or two before the prom date arrives, for example...!
July 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Yes, but can you imagine the angst and panic if it happened in the mid teens, such as the hour or two before the prom date arrives, for example...!
Currently reading Fredrik Logevall's Embers of War and the French paras have just jumped out of their planes! Fab book!
July 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Currently reading Fredrik Logevall's Embers of War and the French paras have just jumped out of their planes! Fab book!
Err, any old rubbish from the Big Book that took her fancy and could be used to justify her decision...?
July 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Err, any old rubbish from the Big Book that took her fancy and could be used to justify her decision...?
Academia recently did an AI review of my PhD thesis! I pressed delete...
July 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Academia recently did an AI review of my PhD thesis! I pressed delete...