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Aesthetics plus it avoids it being side-on to the prevailing winds, would be my guess.

Some very intricate and sadly broken graveyard type stuff:

Excellent.

Meanwhile, if anybody finds a hole in their life that can only be filled by the purchase of a life-size fake bronze gorilla, get down to Castle Douglas:

Big liar that I am, one more. This band never sounded better than this, and they were in Glasgow when they did it. AC/DC - Bad Boy Boogie. Posted it before, but hey:

The Egg Man wrote:

jodieohdoh wrote:Back in the day I'd get a black puddin supper from Crolla's before getting the night bus home. It just about lasted from toon back to EK

Welcome back. You've been missed.

Indeed!

It's a funny thing, Taggart: looking back on old episodes (which they all are now, I suppose) I find myself liking Mark McManus's seemingly defiant non-acting style more.

I can't say I'm convinced. I'd try it, all the same. A long haggis supper - aye! Anent Rebus, I'll confess that I still haven't read the books, but of those I've asked about it, the east coast consensus seems to be that Hannah has the appearance (if a bit young and clean) but Ken Stott gets the worl...

Last from me tonight, honest guv. The Sisters of Mercy - Body Electric. Whatafukkinbassline!

Here's the original and best though - The Vaselines, Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam:

More Nirvana here, I'm afraid, and particularly Drain You, though I quite like the racket that follows (Endless, Nameless):

Reminiscing about Nirvana, who in turn reminisced about the Vaselines. Those of us left reminisce about John Peel. Waah!

It is quite something. How on earth is it possible to learn how to carve stone so it looks like fine cloth? Amazing.

Great find and a great bit of digging to get the info! You should bring it to the attention of this site http://www.scottishshale.co.uk/index.html as they don’t seem to have any record of this and I’m sure they would be very intrested in the remains of the retort, there can’t be many of these left....

Not actually part of Doors Open this year, I happened to see some photos on Flickr from a few years back of the interior of an old church now called the Mansfield Traquair Centre, just off the foot of Broughton Street. I've passed the place any number of times, but never imagined it was anything rem...

Ah, I see. They're not being entirely full of nonsense then - you'll understand my puzzlement.

All at a standstill yet on site, I take it?