And secondly, as boys in my day, we always wondered why none of the low walls in Eglinton Road had railings like the ones shown in that card. All the top surfaces of the walls had holes in them. Threetowners taught me that the owners had all responded to a war-time appeal to donate the metal. Appar...

Meg wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 7:39 pm Enjoy

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-61783493

If you cropped the jellyfish picture you'd say it was the Crab nebula

Finished listening earlier to a riveting hour on Radio 4 - their usual Monday morning 'Start the Week' slot, followed by 'Book of the Week', and featuring a man I'd never heard of, viz., Darren McGarvey. He's a multi-talented Glasgow boy in writing, poetry, music, history, and more. A revelation.

stivis wrote: ↑Sat Apr 02, 2022 10:32 pm I noticed today between Stevenston and Largs about eight Flags of Ukraine been flown,
Unusual that in years I have only seen about three Catalonia flags , I do know of course it's a different situation

I'm intrigued - why would Catalonia flags be flown in Ayrshire?

First of all- I have never had a Cat before. My dog Billy seems to like them on his walk.So i might get one in the Autumn. Would it be better for Billy if this was an inside Cat.. one that never leaves the house to create the bond. Do you think They would get on? and should i get a Kitten or a resc...

Meg wrote: ↑Sun Mar 20, 2022 5:52 pm

bonzo wrote: ↑Sun Mar 20, 2022 5:38 pm Brilliant Meg, well done, good luck to you and George

Thanks Ian - the ward is Alloway, Doonfoot, Town Centre, Seafield and a tiny part of Wallacetown - so as I said, Tory through and through, but we’ve got the PM working for us

M

I thought this was an apolitical forum

It's an indicator of how far Scotland Rugby has advanced that the rationale for inviting Italy into the 6 Nations was that they were just as capable of winning the Grande Spoone de Woode as Scotland, altho' I think that somehow we'll never go back to those dark days... Meantime, the fact that Stuart...

Meg wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 9:36 pm LOVE the Doobies, thanks for this Stivis.

Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, once Doobie Bros lead guitarist, has the highest level of Pentagon security clearance, and for a while was acting Chair of the Strategic Missile Defence committee.

Kilmarnock Herald and Ayrshire Gazette October 7, 1949 Snippet from Getting Around and about by The Coaster new licensee at the Kilmeny Hotel when the I.C.I. clear out to Glenfoot . Does anyone know what this means? Glenfoot, on the North Shore, was the ICI guest house for visiting execs and trade ...

Grand pictures.
I'm sure the overgrown car is a Rover 2000.
You knew you'd arrived if you had one of those back when.

glensheena: The U.S. withdrawal was not down solely to Biden who was honouring an agreement made by his predecessor. It was started by the Trump administration during February 2020, when his administration negotiated a withdrawal agreement with the Taliban which freed 5,000 imprisoned Taliban and s...

We should credit the New Taliban for finally bringing their 12th-century values right up to the 15th.