http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: OT - Recent Posts en Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:51:45 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20326#post-338157 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 10:18:03 +0000 fimm 338157@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh excellent - we couldn't make it and would have like to have done. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20326#post-338112 Sat, 26 Sep 2020 21:49:17 +0000 unhurt 338112@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good oh - was WiFiless as well as away! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20326#post-338099 Sat, 26 Sep 2020 19:27:01 +0000 Roibeard 338099@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's been published on YouTube.</p> <p>Robert</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYg7WysHXy4" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYg7WysHXy4</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20326#post-336109 Thu, 20 Aug 2020 14:08:14 +0000 unhurt 336109@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maps-myths-and-other-misrepresentations-tickets-115331509650" rel="nofollow">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maps-myths-and-other-misrepresentations-tickets-115331509650</a><br /> NLS, Thurs 24 September 2020 17:00 – 17:45 BST (online)</p> <p><blockquote>Not so long ago, the impressive Benchichins Mountains lay between Deeside and Angus, until their sudden obliteration in the hands of mapmakers. In this fully illustrated talk, Map Curator Chris Fleet looks at various other things on maps that might never have been really out there, as well as how maps lie, distort the truth and miss things out. How far should we trust the map, and is this a good idea?<br /> </blockquote></p> <p>(I can't "go" as I will probably be w/out wifi out west, bah!) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19877#post-315103 Wed, 02 Oct 2019 18:29:07 +0000 Mandopicker101 315103@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Having worked with Professor Breeze in a previous career, I can wholeheartedly recommend catching his series of Rhinds. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19877#post-315093 Wed, 02 Oct 2019 15:52:05 +0000 unhurt 315093@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.socantscot.org/research/archaeological-research-in-progress-2019-conference-lectures-online-now">Archaeological Research in Progress 2019 conference lectures</a> - now online, in case this is your idea of a nice evening in.</p> <p><a href="https://www.socantscot.org/lecture/2019-rhind-lectures-online-now/">2019 Rhind Lectures</a> are also up now - David Breeze on the long history of study &amp; interpretation of Hadrian's Wall. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19876#post-315091 Wed, 02 Oct 2019 15:45:05 +0000 unhurt 315091@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Free (but ticketed) event at the National Museum:</p> <p><a href="https://www.socantscot.org/event/scotland-creating-a-medieval-kingdom-2/">Creating Scotland: Assembling a Medieval Kingdom<br /> </a>October 14 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm</p> <p>"Lecture: In conversation with Hamish Torrie FSA Scot (The Glenmorangie Company), Dr Adrian Maldonado (National Museums Scotland) and Dr Heather Pulliam (University of Edinburgh)</p> <p>The medieval kingdom called Scotland was not a predestined or obvious outcome of the politics of the first millennium AD. Even in the twelfth century, Britain north of the Tweed was a patchwork of laws, languages and identities. Do the art and artefacts of the 9-12th century provide a different perspective on the formation of a feudal kingdom? This conversation event discusses the impact of ten years of the Glenmorangie Research Project at National Museums Scotland, and the unique perspective which comes from a focus on the material culture." </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18419#post-268225 Wed, 29 Nov 2017 20:06:56 +0000 unhurt 268225@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Distracted from what I should be doing by this: <a href="https://undark.org/article/nazis-aurochs-deextinction-mammoth/">Lutz in particular came to view de-extinction of the aurochs as crucial to National Socialism and the Nazi party’s ideology. He also saw it as integral to recreating the mythical German landscape of ancient times, when the Aryan race was pure and unthreatened.</a></p> <p>(And another book added to my (ever-growing) To-Read list: <em>Resurrection Science: Conservation, De-Extinction and the Precarious Future of Wild Things</em>) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18407#post-267913 Mon, 27 Nov 2017 23:53:00 +0000 unhurt 267913@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, the pliers are amazing! I wish they would let you pick your own set of blades etc. to go with. ...oh. They may even do that now. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18407#post-267912 Mon, 27 Nov 2017 23:47:09 +0000 SRD 267912@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@unhurt. understand, but the blade on the leatherman is so much better. and the pliers! that's about all I ever use it for. agree it's heavy though. New ones seem lighter. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18407#post-267911 Mon, 27 Nov 2017 23:25:48 +0000 unhurt 267911@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Iwrats understandable</p> <p>@SRD it's very underused because the wee Swiss Army weighs so much less and does 75% of the same stuff (and has a corkscrew...) - so the blade on mine is still pristine. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18407#post-267910 Mon, 27 Nov 2017 23:11:18 +0000 SRD 267910@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@unhurt you struck me as the sort of person who might :)</p> <p>Mine's not as good at skinning/filletting fish since I snapped the tip off the blade, but still quite a good cutting edge. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18407#post-267908 Mon, 27 Nov 2017 23:09:39 +0000 I were right about that saddle 267908@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh no rush. Just fancied typing that sentence. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18407#post-267897 Mon, 27 Nov 2017 21:05:52 +0000 unhurt 267897@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Er. I forgot to bring the seat post home on Friday night because I was distracted by curry and wine and exhaustion. But if you need Third Reich technology back ASAP I can bring it along tomorrow? (As seat post collection attempt #2 might not happen till this Friday/Saturday.)</p> <p>@SRD Hmm, I have a leatherman... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18407#post-267895 Mon, 27 Nov 2017 20:55:58 +0000 I were right about that saddle 267895@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Mullet are delicate. Easily shredded. Swap you a proper whetstone for a Nazi micrometer if you like. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18407#post-267894 Mon, 27 Nov 2017 20:52:16 +0000 SRD 267894@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo 'pisky'</p> <p>@unhurt my best fish knife is the blade on my Leatherman </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18407#post-267891 Mon, 27 Nov 2017 20:43:25 +0000 unhurt 267891@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I don't think I'm allowed to eat them? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18407#post-267889 Mon, 27 Nov 2017 20:40:58 +0000 gembo 267889@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I thought this was going to be an issue around Episcopalians.? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18407#post-267882 Mon, 27 Nov 2017 20:18:34 +0000 unhurt 267882@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Either I need remedial fish gutting / filleting classes OR I need a better knife OR I need both.</p> <p>(Poor, mangled red mullet.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18378#post-267466 Thu, 23 Nov 2017 14:49:27 +0000 Ed1 267466@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I see with the minimum pricing we will have to cycle to Berwick upon tweed to get the Aldi £3.49 bottle of wine. A booze cruise on bike. lucky I got that rear tandom wheel fitted </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18378#post-267219 Tue, 21 Nov 2017 13:54:18 +0000 PS 267219@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Trips to Norway offer a bit of a window into a world with no cheap booze. </p> <p>Yes, a pint of beer is eye wateringly expensive (one particularly strong IPA was something close to £13 for a pint - I should have gone for a half), but folk still drank beer. They just seemed to do it in a calmer and more relaxed fashion. They savoured it, made a pint last. Nights out in town centre pubs had a friendly and convivial atmosphere.</p> <p>The result was in an entire weekend in a mid-sized (popn c.60,000) we saw one (that's one) visibly drunk individual. And he was still able to have a bit of a conversation with us. Certainly couldn't say that about any similarly-seized settlement in the UK. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18378#post-267217 Tue, 21 Nov 2017 13:25:33 +0000 kaputnik 267217@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Methylated spirit sold in the UK normally has denatonium added which is the allegedly most bitter chemical known.</em></p> <p>Discovered (by mistake apparently) in Edinburgh by T&amp;H Smith, one of the predecessors of Mcfarlan Smith. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18378#post-267213 Tue, 21 Nov 2017 13:08:48 +0000 Cyclops 267213@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Methylated spirit sold in the UK normally has denatonium added which is the allegedly most bitter chemical known. Having inadvertently licked my hand about 15 minutes after spilling some meths on it I can testify it is truly bogging. Swallowing even a mouthful of the stuff would require your taste buds removed first I think. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18378#post-267209 Tue, 21 Nov 2017 12:50:16 +0000 kaputnik 267209@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>However that minimum pricing does seem to disproportionally effect the young.</em></p> <p>It all depends what the "young" are drinking and if it's cheap, high-strength alcohol, e.g. white cider (actually a by-product of sugar beet refining), white-label vodk,a "super lager" or any form of fortified wine.</p> <p>I would say that the minimum pricing will disproportionately affect anyone who likes to drink to excess on the minimum budget. If you're a well off soak who specialises in red wine and gin, this won't hurt your pocket, if you're scraping together the fiver for a bottle of White Strike cider then this significantly increases what you need to pay to get soused.</p> <p>Of course, inn theory nobody under the age of 18 should be affected (of course we know this is wishful thinking).</p> <p>I do imagine that the bootleg black market spirits market is going to boom, which is dangerous considering what can end up in that stuff. But then again it's dangerous enough drinking the genuine stuff on the cheap...</p> <p><em>is going to have to get back on the white spirit </em></p> <p>I thought white spirit just refers to mineral-based solvents e.g turpentine substitute which come from naptha or petrol. Don't you mean methylated spirits? Which you can buy very easily in large quantities now off the shelf because of the fashion for "real flame" burners and scented wicking vapour things that burn alcohol. And fondue is making a comeback too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18384#post-267200 Tue, 21 Nov 2017 11:20:50 +0000 unhurt 267200@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Dangerous to finances bookshop... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18384#post-267178 Mon, 20 Nov 2017 19:57:39 +0000 gembo 267178@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Great wee book shop </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18378#post-267176 Mon, 20 Nov 2017 19:53:42 +0000 gembo 267176@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Think it works the other way in Majestic. In England there is a six bottle reduction that is maybe available on a single bottle in Scotland. Do not quote me but the s something like that . </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18378#post-267174 Mon, 20 Nov 2017 19:42:45 +0000 Ed1 267174@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>in 48 of the pubs there’s no twin-pitcher deal available at all — including, curiously, the whole of the Scottish fleet."</p> <p>Not really very curious! </p> <p>Yes the Scottish parliament does seem to be somewhat nanny state. Although the no deal rule makes some sense. However that minimum pricing does seem to disproportionally effect the young. I suppose what the Scottish government should do is cap the non funded government employees pensions at 15k and use the balance to give the under 25s a citizens income. Invest in the future rather than reward yesterdays dodgy official's. Another vote winner I am sure. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18384#post-267169 Mon, 20 Nov 2017 19:00:48 +0000 LaidBack 267169@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Canada is lot more complex though than just the Scottish 'Anglo' connections - certainly from reading Michael Ignatieff's book <em>Blood &amp; Belonging</em> (Bought £1 at charity bookshop on Pitlochry Station waiting for train!)</p> <p>I've just finished the Canadian / Scottish special issue of <em>The Geographer </em> quarterly magazine of RSGS. (With contributions from RCGS / La Société Géographique Royale du Canada)</p> <p>Now looking for Quebec authors - so many Scottish sounding names but less of French origin. First nation is in of course. So Canada is bi/multi ethnic with two nations / three if you include Cree / First Nation.</p> <p>SRD - expect this will be of interest? As Newfoundlander your view will be also quite different no doubt. Michael Ignatieff's book looks at what were called 'separatists'. He thinks that a nation doesn't need to be a state and is trying to find out why some countries thought they were 'beyond nationalism' etc (Book is from 1994 so some things have changed of course).</p> <p><em>Thread drift lock needs applied warning...!</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18384#post-267166 Mon, 20 Nov 2017 18:17:55 +0000 unhurt 267166@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://goldenharebooks.com/event/idea-canada-evening-granta-magazine/">Publication event for Granta 141: Canada. 6pm Tuesday 5th December. £3 (redeemable against a copy if you incline that way):</a></p> <p>"Our special guests will be in conversation to discuss the new issue, the history, current state and future directions of Canadian Literature including the relationship between Scottish and Canadian literature. </p> <p>Alexander MacLeod, Canadian author and contributor to Granta 141 and Professor Rob Dunbar, Chair of Celtic Studies at the University of Edinburgh and Canadian expat."</p> <p>(I was too germy for geopoetics, but this is nice and central.) </p>