MrsDoyle

I’ve had a lot of good food in Scotland, but one of the most memorable meals was in the Crinan Hotel’s seafood bar - a big plate of langoustines that had been caught that morning, served with perfect chips and aoli. On the menu they were called Loch Crinan jumbo prawns.

My current phone came with usb-c earbuds. I use them occasionally.

I was in Glasgow a fair bit during the Commonwealth Games and the locals were almost aggressively friendly, it was pretty funny. I live in Edinburgh and I like going to Glasgow for a break from all the tourists.

And then there’s the superb lyrebird…

Excellent, thanks! I’ll be sowing those seeds in autumn.

It originates off some legend that a large team of monks gathered to meditate and pray together on a given day. The city’s crime rate drastically fell on that day.

Probably the claimed “Maharishi effect” in 1974. The Transcendental Meditation organisation (Maharishi Mahesh Yogi) said that the quality of life would noticeably improve if at least the square root of 1% of the population practised the TM technique. They claimed the crime rate fell in some cities in 1974 because of it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendental_Meditation

Fellow beekeeper here and I concur.

Having said that, my heart sinks when I read about these crashes, and the bees are described as “loose” or “escaped”. Very few of those colonies would survive. They’ve lost their home and their queen.

So you don’t have to take the grass out first? I have clover seed but thought I had to dig up the lawn.

Southern NZ here, sounds like our summer hols, minus computer games (not invented yet). We had endless freedom, roaming the hills until dinnertime, damming streams and lighting fires. I remember biking eight miles to the beach and back with a friend - our parents had no idea. The only time I got into trouble was one time I stepped in deep mud and came home minus a wellie.

Thanks skeltal but I already have good bones - I know because I fell down hard and they didn’t break. A major tendon ruptured though, so if you know anyone blowing a trumpet for good connective tissue let me know.

I’m eternally grateful for all the medical expertise that meant I could get about on crutches, but omg it feels great to walk unaided.

My sister’s cancer treatment is going well.

I’m walking without crutches at long last.

Duck Duck Go is my default, but increasingly I use the Wikipedia app, because usually I’m looking for detailed information, and it’s a cut-to-the-chase option.

My solution is to not live in the USA.

I’ve been called for jury duty three or four times here in Scotland and only once got through to the selection process. The judge gave us a talk about our duties, and how we must say if we knew the defender. Then the clerk drew 15 names out of a big glass bowl (Scottish juries have 15 members) and the rest of us were dismissed. No challenges, no questions about education, nothing. Just 15 random people.

I have zero shame. If I’ve had a bad day I watch a couple of episodes to get back on track.

There are three legal systems in the UK: England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Scots law in particular has distinct differences from England - for example juries have 15 members.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_law

It’s because the UK is four countries smooshed together.

BLUEY!

I got to ride in this Auburn. Smooooth.