2012/02/27 22:57
Independence sceptics are often worrying endlessly about the jobs that might disappear as a result of Scottish Independence.However, many jobs will be created as a result of independence. Here are a few areas that spring to mind, but I'm sure there will be many more. A lot of countries will open embassies in Edinburgh -- we can't be sure of...
2012/02/18 23:24
When I worked in Champs-sur-Marne (Paris) last week, I was impressed by the way most of my co-workers would jump into their cars at 12 o'clock, drive to a nice restaurant, have a leisurely two- or three-course meal and then return to work around 1.30.I then realised it wasn't just because they were really fond of good food, but also...
2012/02/29 22:59
Our old greenhouse lost a few panes during Hurricane Bawbag, and somewhat bizarrely the insurance company decided it would rather give us a new greenhouse instead of replacing the two broken panes.
So today two guys from Evander turned up with a half-assembled greenhouse.
However, the one they brought was significantly bigger than the old one (same width, but much deeper), so they had to build it in a different location from the old one.
I’m well chuffed, however – I’ve been annoyed for years that the old one was too wee.
The old drawback is that I now need to move the fig tree and the grape vine into the new greenhouse, and the ivy out of it, but I’m sure it’ll be worth it!
2012/02/23 21:11
(An article from the English-language Wikipedia of a parallel universe that slipped through a wormhole and ended up in my inbox.)[caption id="" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Livingstone's statue in Princes Gate Gairdens, Edinburgh"][/caption] David Livingstone was born on 19 March 1813 in the mill town of Blantyre, five years before Scotland would regain her independence as a result of the Napoleonic wars, into a Protestant family believed to be descended from the highland Livingstones, a clan that had been previously known as...
2012/02/22 23:03
I recently installed Ubuntu 11.10 – Oneiric Ocelot – on my work laptop, upgrading from Ubuntu 10.10.I had read about how many people criticised it for making Unity the default window manager, but I had expected it otherwise to be quite a straight-forward upgrade.It turned out to be quite a nightmare, however. Basically, it seems to be an odd mixture...
2012/02/17 7:43
So now David Cameron is promising more powers after a No to Scottish Independence:And let me say something else about devolution.That doesn’t have to be the end of the road.When the referendum on independence is over, I am open to...
2012/02/16 20:51
For the past three days I've been working at a French company in Champs-sur-Marne, a Parisian suburb. Every day we've gone for lunch at a local restaurant, and it's been a pleasant experience every time.Today we went to quite a...
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