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I was just about to head for bed and was logging out of YouTube when I noticed these videos. Watching them made me feel quite emotional. I'm so jaded with Edinburgh after having been here for thirty years that I can hardly be bothered to leave the house and I've become blind to what's right outside my door. It does look pretty spectacular when you ( Read more... )

I was reminded of this classic scene from Father Ted when someone posted it on Facebook the other day.

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I meant to do a Daily Prompts post this evening, but I was out getting some bits'n'pieces earlier and was too exhausted to do it when I got home. I'll get onto it tomorrow. Meanwhile, it's time I was heading off to join my hot-water bottles. ( Read more... )

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Right, I'd better get my boots on. I need to head down to the hospital shortly as I've an appointment for a pacemaker check at 2.15pm. I'll be glad to get that over with, but the sun's miraculously made an appearance in Edinburgh today and I'd rather have spent the afternoon wandering around town with my shades on!

I'm just out of the bath a few minutes ago. I had music playing while I was in it, and this song came on. Marty Friedman is best-known as the lead guitarist in Megadeth during their classic era, but he released two solo albums of much more serene and melodic music. The album that includes this song was released a whole thirty years and three days ( Read more... )

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Pantyhose isn't a word that's used in the UK; we think of pantyhose as being the American word for what are universally known here as tights. However, I recently saw someone saying they wore tights when they were younger and didn't start wearing pantyhose until they were older, as if the words referred to two different things. Maybe they just didn' ( Read more... )

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I don't know if you're still here, velvetechos, but if you are, Happy Birthday! I hope you're having a most excellent day indeed!