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I remember when I was a kid we went to Edinburgh castle and in the chapel there, there are (or were) books of remembrance, never forget looking over at him and he was stood over a book tears streaming down his face, I'm guessing it was his regiments book, mam just ushered me away sort of "come and see some this over here". Strange how memories come back to me, god knows what his memories were

As a further aside, other grandfather "went through" as they called it (active service right from 1914 to 1918) was at the Somme and god know what else, wounded a couple of times and he HATED remembrance day, used to bring it back I guess, he would never ever talk about the war all I remember is him coming into the room one time when I was a nipper and the cenotaph thing was on the telly, he spun round and left and I heard him mutter, "I don't need this shit to remember my friends".

Isn't that the point, i.e. the dead, I am not a poppy fascist, but I do and will always wear one (not this fucking early though) and hate how it's been weaponised by the cunts. I wear mine in memory of my great uncle Gordon, who was killed in September 2015, at the battle of Loos, we have all his letters home from when he joined up right through to the telegrams of when he went missing, missing presumed killed and then letters from his mates describing how he supposedly died, both say he died painlessly/instantly, one said he was shot through the heart and one says he was shot in the head, the contradiction makes you wonder ! there's also letters from the mother of his young Lieutenant who was with him/went missing at same time asking my great grandmother if she's heard anything. They're an emotional read, goes from "we'll give the Hun a bloody nose, can't wait until Charlie (my grandfather) can get out here and help" rhetoric - Charlie was 14 but had joined up" through to descriptions of them having to help sort casualties out in shelled villages through to a completely different tone "I really hope Charlie doesn't have to come" and the letters are replaced by small cards with pre-printed "delete which not applicable" choices, I am fine, I have been wounded etc etc. So I'll wear my poppy in the spirit in which it was intended. Gordon has no known grave. Postscript, Charlie never did have to go, when Gordon was killed his mam told the army he was under age and he was discharged because they "officially" knew he was too young, we have photo's of him with his platoon, he's a fucking bairn.

When I was a kid, circa mid 60's, got taken to a county show/exhibition thing in Exhibition Park (aptly named) and one stall was mobbed, bloke was chucking these little flakes into a big chip pan and they'd fluff up like magic (basically quavers before quavers were a thing) had a big audience and loads of "oooh Aaah's" going on, needless to say mam and dad bought some, they tried at home, chip pan had to be up to napalm and indeed they fluffed up but then burned in seconds, if they did get them right they were OK but greasy a fuck.

Thick as whale spunk fucking hell !! had the misfortune to look at her twitter profile 8.5K followers as well, geezus

German car manufacturers will sort it out for the airlines

Yet another project fear item becomes reality

To week ending 2nd October, total registered deaths, all causes from ONS, remains at 5% (circa 600) above 5 year average (been around that for last 3 reported weeks).

Trampdalf obviously magic'ed himself into a stately home

Not for me

Evidently this app only checks you in, and not out, so if you only go to one place and you don't check in somewhere else afterwards it logs you as being at first place until midnight - fucking shambles

Thoughts and prayers for all those little fish out in the Pacific with (checks notes....) no water 🤷🏼‍♂️

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7222830-Foege-Letter.html ex CDC director not mincing his words

but. but but, household spread is the main cause they said

I think you're right, immunity pisses off sharpish evidently But we'll not know until someone gets a positive test but is asymptomatic and then gets it again later and again tests positive

https://mobile.twitter.com/devisridhar/status/1313733782235680768

Always amazes me, if Scotland is such a HUGE drain on the rest of the UK, why the fuck are Westminster so desperate to keep hold of such a patently deep money pit !!!

What a fucking surprise https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54455666

or

There was a Doctor I follow on twitter this a.m. it said he could maybe become a paramedic

I just wish Hadrian's wall was the border, as every thick southern fucker seems to think, as a proud Northumbrian (of Scots heritage) I'd have best of both worlds

When mate, when, I think it is inexorable now

I'm planning on living up there after Indie (or closer to it), I think a lot of people miss that point you make, once Indie happens SNP will have served their purpose and will morph into something else and other parties will appear and as you say PR will be way more democratic.

Don't think like that, hang in there, we've got sunlit uplands and unicorns from January.

Yep, and that is down to lack of funding of the NHS and nothing else, there's been zero steps to mitigate the effect of Covid on other services.