I always thought that wagon wheel biscuits used to be much bigger than they are now... Of course, that could be a false memory based on a young boy's impression of biscuit size. Today I found some evidence in the form of a wagon wheel wrapper. My guess is that this dates from late 60s. As now, they ...

Saw this on a coin site - a Load of Coals Brass Token from Peck's Ship Saltcoats: http://www.abccoinsandtokens.com/ST.702.001.jpg There is mention of the same token at this museum site: https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1221897&partI...

With thanks to Iain, here is an aerial illustration of the walking route that we took through the Ardeer factory area on Wednesday. Most surprising to me was the sheer scale of the place...

Here are a few pictures from our anniversary day... At Winton Rovers: https://personal.cis.strath.ac.uk/george.weir/3t/july2019/wr.jpg https://personal.cis.strath.ac.uk/george.weir/3t/july2019/foot1.jpg https://personal.cis.strath.ac.uk/george.weir/3t/july2019/foot2.jpg https://personal.cis.strath.a...

From my office Window in central Glasgow I can see four flags flying at or near George Square. One is the St Andrews Cross (on the City Chambers, I believe), others are less readily identifiable from my distant viewpoint. This made me wonder whether there should be more flags flying on government bu...

Bruce wrote:Back home. Still very sore, and walking with crutches. But home, and pretty much in one piece...

Glad to hear that your infrastructure is on the mend. Doesn't sound to me like a good enough excuse to miss work

JD, As I said, the immediate future is not clear. Sorry If I am a bit vague but it is better for us foreigners to keep quiet about such matters. You might want to try the Bangkok Post web site. Again sorry for being vague Alex JD, I can vouch for the genuine affection demonstrated by Thais for thei...

Sixty three days until Christmas . Each year the event comes round more quickly than before. It's not yet halloween and lots of the shops already have their Christmas items on offer. Meg and I usually make a point of buying Christmas tree ornaments when visiting foreign lands (as mementos with an a...

This topic is especially relevant to someone like me who is prone to collecting...

Here is an earlier topic on a similar theme:

http://www.threetowners.net/forum/viewt ... 439#p25439

Get the software while you can. Rumour is that Google will no longer develop and stop supporting the tools in the near future.

A recent news story suggests that Microsoft is using subtle measures to 'encourage' users to upgrade to Windows 10. According to the BBC news web site : Microsoft has faced criticism for changing the pop-up box encouraging Windows users to upgrade to Windows 10. Clicking the cross in the top-right h...

Thanks for that George. Being of an era, truthfully, where schoolchildren were provided with a slate-board and chalk upon arrival, I don't challenge my laptop to do anything other than fairly basic functions. [...] As you might expect, we have modern data projectors and screens in most university t...