ForfarFairLady

ForfarFairLady, 1 month ago to knitting

I started #knitting a pair of shorty socks with this bright spring-like yarn from @baabaabrighouse. It's their Mario kit and I think they still have some left on their website.
@knitting

ForfarFairLady, 1 month ago to knitting

. @knitting
#knitting #history #Scotland

"Sanquhar gloves were traditionally knitted in an intricate, black and white pattern and were sold by villagers to subsidise their income in the 18th and 19th centuries.

May said the majority of designs had never been written down.

There are 16 heritage glove patterns and she has already committed 11 of the patterns to paper.

"These things get lost if they're not recorded and you don't want that in a tradition," she said."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-68469193

ForfarFairLady, 1 month ago to random

"The first identified death of a red squirrel from squirrelpox virus north of Scotland’s Central Belt has been confirmed on the outskirts of Dunfermline, Fife. This news could have serious consequences for the area’s red squirrel populations, and people living in the region are urged to remain vigilant.

The case was confirmed via post-mortem examination of a red squirrel by the University of Edinburgh’s Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies..."

https://scottishsquirrels.org.uk/2024/04/05/first-case-of-squirrelpox-virus-confirmed-north-of-scotlands-central-belt/

ForfarFairLady, 1 month ago to random

Yarn ordered so I'll soon be productive again. 🧶

Rasta, 1 month ago to random

IF THE MASK OFFENDS, STAY HOME

They shouldn't fly. Ill equipped

'Yellowstone' star Forrie J. Smith says he was 'kicked off' flight for refusing to sit next to masked passenger

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/yellowstone-star-forrie-j-smith-says-was-kicked-flight-refusing-sit-ma-rcna144887

'I just told them I didn’t feel comfortable about sitting next to somebody that had to wear a mask, and I’m off the plane,' Smith said in a video posted on Instagram Saturday.

That_One_Guy, 1 month ago to random

We're going to see "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" today around 12:45. I'm not sure if I am expecting much, but I did secure tickets with heated recliners so I can nap if it goes to shit. 😉

#today #ghostbusters #ghostbustersfrozenempire

Slime from Ghostbusters eating off the room service tray.

Rasta, 2 months ago to ireland

THE DAY EVERYONE IS IRISH!
#StPatricksDay 🍀 Well, except..
@ForfarFairLady

#Irish #Ireland #Scots #Scotland

iamgaarden, 2 months ago to bookstodon

This might be a weird request for @bookstodon, but I'm watching the TV show Absentia and was wondering if there are any books (standalone or series) like it? Specifically something FBI/Military+ psychological thriller + some weird shit going on ? Women leads are preferred but it's not a deal breaker.

#bookstodon

purplepadma, 2 months ago to random

Lord, I’m tired. I slept so badly last night and was up earlier than I wanted to be to say thanks and goodbye to the cat sitters. I have to finish unpacking my suitcase but I think I need a nap first. My sleep is still out of whack from the overnight flight home, it’s been 48 hours but I’ve still not adjusted.

ForfarFairLady, 2 months ago to random

"Scotland entered a political & economic, not a territorial, union. It remains in law a sovereign territorial nation.

There's no ‘UK Crown’. The addition of Scotland to the English Crown is without legal foundation obviating ‘UK' territorial authority in Scotland.

The territorial assets of the extant Scottish Crown remain the exclusive property of the nation of Scotland."

https://yoursforscotlandcom.wordpress.com/2024/03/01/salvo-acts-on-freeports/

KissAnne, 2 months ago to Marriage

I got #engaged #today 💍♥️☺️ #loveisintheair #suomimastodon #finland #engagement #kihlajaiset

slessans2, 2 months ago to Tennis

Saudi Arabia is now putting money into the Association of Tennis Players (ATP). I have thoughts about the PIF having any investment/involvement in American sports.

#Tennis

ForfarFairLady, 2 months ago to tennis

Time to multitask and pick up the knitting while watching ATP tennis in Dubai.
@tennis

ForfarFairLady, 2 months ago to random

Westminster didn't want us to know about this report.

"This paper has shown that the advent of North Sea oil has completely overturned the traditional economic arguments used against Scottish nationalism. An independent Scotland could now expect to have massive surpluses both on its budget and on its balance of payments and with the proper husbanding of resources this situation could last for a very long time into the future."

https://www.thenational.scot/news/17461406.westminster-doesnt-want-read-mccrone-report-full/

ForfarFairLady, 2 months ago to random

"Transmission charges-
In spite of Scotland holding such extraordinary levels of renewable energy, the country still gets the raw end of the deal.

For a Scots energy company to connect to the grid, it would cost £7.36 per megawatt-hour (MWh) in the north of Scotland and £4.70 per MWh in the south, in the Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway.

By contrast, connecting to the grid in England and Wales costs just £0.49 per MWh."

https://www.thenational.scot/news/23351986.energy-bills-scotland-pay-england/

Mrfunkedude, 2 months ago to random

I don't know why anyone would want to listen to the news first thing in the morning?

Why start your day with so much negativity? Give yourself a few hours to wake up and adjust to the day.

THEN bombard your mind with the atrocities of life.

purplepadma, 2 months ago to random

Here’s your view for the day, pocket pals

The view to the right. You can see from here that the sky is a little cloudy. An expanse of golden sand with three thatched beach umbrellas and sun loungers in front of a salt lagoon. The land on three other side of the lagoon is greyish green scrub and cacti. Again, very few people, I feel we made a great choice to be here and not by the main pool, where it was packed

ForfarFairLady, 2 months ago to random

"Given the extreme asymmetry of the UK, this means decisions about Scotland's future lie in the hands of the English electorate.

Further, the lack of a written constitution means that there is no clear way to identify how Scotland could be given a route to determine its future.
Scotland has expressed its wish for a 2nd independence referendum through the Scottish Parliament but it has been blocked by the British Government, which has minority support in Scotland."

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24143694.scotland-right-independence-says-european-left/

ForfarFairLady, 2 months ago to random

" FORMER US president Donald Trump, his companies & some executives have been found to have fraudulently inflated the valuations of non-existent Scottish golf club properties by up to £200m. It comes as it emerged it has run at a deficit since it opened & has amassed total losses of more than £13m in 11 years.

A US judge found it had been wrongly stated that 2500 homes had already been built, but there was permission to build only 500 & no development had taken place.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24143657.donald-trump-found-fraudulently-boosted-value-scots-homes-200m/

ForfarFairLady, 2 months ago to Tennis

As a follow-up to my last post, I'm going to torture myself by watching Andy Murray play Denis Shapovalov in Dubai's ATP500. #tennis #ATP @tennis
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ForfarFairLady, 2 months ago to random

I've had a busy couple of days and am suffering because of them #today. #Fibromyalgia sucks.

We went to look at cars on Thursday and all the salesmen recommended that we DON'T get an all electric car for various but consistent reasons. So hybrid it will be when we decide which car to get. We're waiting until 1st March when the new reg's come out and people will be trading in.

On Friday I saw baby John and we took him to the park. He went on his very first swing and chute and loved them both.

Rasta, 2 months ago to random

I may have mentioned before @ForfarFairLady , but don't remember if it was this platform. Handle? A petty officer in the Navy, my subordinate, named me in the 80s, and it's been my name since then, except family..
He used to say, "You know what you are? You're a black man, born inside out. You think you're black"

ForfarFairLady, 2 months ago to random

At last, the SNP have grown a pair and walked out of Westminster.