fitheach

fitheach, 4 days ago to politics

Stopping support for the genocide in Palestine must become a mainstay of the forthcoming UK General Election.

No candidate will get my support in the election unless they unequivocably and unambiguously condemn Israel's genocide in Palestine.

The UK should immediately halt military support and arms sales to Israel. The UK government must also plainly condemn Israel's genocide on the international stage.

#politics #scotpol #Palestine

fitheach, 6 days ago to Scotland

The ultimate compliment from one Scottish male to another is to call them Big Man.

Happened to me last night when a male acquaintance said to me "See you later, Big Man".

Chuffed!

#Scotland #language

fitheach, 8 days ago to random

That sense of anticipatory excitement when one receives a text message in the morning. What will it say?

Only to discover it is a reminder from the energy company to submit a meter reading. :blobsad:

fitheach, 8 days ago to linux

Surely, 2024 must be the Year of Linux on the Desktop, when the supermarket starts selling collectable Tux stickers. 😃

#Tux #Linux #FOSS

fitheach, 9 days ago to politics

UK General Election on July 4th.
I wish it was Independence Day.

#Yes #politics #Scotpol

fitheach, 10 days ago to Scotland

I'm getting used to the sky looking like this every day. 😃

#Highlands #Scotland

fitheach, 12 days ago to Scotland

By all means, let's protect our natural environment, but, we DON'T need another bureaucracy.

No more national parks.

I'm not alone, I've seen a few such banners in the locality.

#Highlands #Scotland #politics #scotpol

fitheach, 12 days ago to android

This is going to sound dumb...

I've wondered for years why I couldn't send emoji in text messages (MMS).

Quite by accident, I've discovered that, all this time, I could. All I had to do was press, and hold, the enter button on the AOSP keyboard. This raises the emoji selector.

Why did no-one tell me?

#Android #LineageOS

fitheach, 15 days ago to food

Banana Ketchup???

Yuurrrggghh!

Who comes up with these disgusting ideas?

I hate bananas in any form.

#food

fitheach, 17 days ago to random

Who the **** gave my mobile number to Snapchat?

fitheach, 17 days ago to Dogs

I've been noticing lots of weird searches landing on my website, all of them for #Gruoch.

After a bit of detective work I realised I was "benefiting" from searches with a misspelling.

I've become a search typo squatter. 😃

The searchers were looking for Preposterous the Grouch dog from Sesame Street. However, they typed "Gruoch dog", and landed on my website. 😂 😂

#dogs #DogsOfMastodon

What Gruoch, the white Akbash dog, really looks like.

fitheach, 17 days ago to Scotland

We have had a long period of dry, sunny weather The exception was Sunday night when we had two 5 minute thunderous, heavy rain showers. It has since returned to sunny weather.

In consequence, the pollen that was in the air was washed down by the rain, and concentrated in puddles on the roads. The water has now evaporated away, leaving lines of yellow pollen everywhere.

I don't know the source of the pollen, but, judging by the quantity I suspect it is from trees.

#Highlands #Scotland #nature

fitheach, 19 days ago to random

Someone has just told me about Tattoo Flu.

I wouldn't know anything about it, but, apparently it's a "thing".

fitheach, 20 days ago to random

Did I miss something in the sky, last night?

fitheach, 20 days ago to random

Got talking to a biker guy, last night. He told me he has been on the carnivore diet for the last two years. When he started this diet he weighed 178kg (~28 stone). He now weighs 88kg (~14 stone). He is only half the man he was!

His before and after photos were even more impressive.

fitheach, 1 month ago to random

Parking lot rage

Parked the car at the retail park, and then took #Gruoch for a walk. When we returned a car was parking next to our car. However, it parked on the white line nearest to our car.

There wasn't enough room to even get in the sliding door. Gruoch and I both glowered at the driver of the other car as she was leaving. This was enough for her to realise what she had done. She got back in her car, and parked properly this time. 😃

fitheach, 1 month ago to Scotland

It's a nice day.

#DogWalk #Highlands #Scotland

fitheach, 1 month ago to politics

So, Humza's favourite colour isn't Green.

What now?

#politics #scotpol #Scotland

fitheach, 1 month ago to tea

Here's an idea for all you tea drinkers. When we ordered a pot of tea in the café, they brought this three part tea timer. The different coloured sand timers are marked "weak", "medium", and "strong". When your colour of sand runs out it is time to remove the tea bag.😃

#tea

fitheach, 1 month ago to Perth

When in Perth (see previous posts), we visited the Brew Dog pub on George Street. Never again.

Firstly, the default for ordering food is scanning a QR code on the table, and then entering your order via a web app.

Secondly, the pub doesn't accept cash, only credit cards. This only became clear to me when we wanted to pay.

Do they purposely go out of their way to make it difficult for the customers?

#Perth

fitheach, 1 month ago to Scotland

You know one is at a barber's in the Highlands when this is the provided reading material. :ablobsmile:

#Highlands #Scotland

fitheach, 1 month ago to thinkpad

Calling all ThinkPad users.

A while back, I sprayed sparkling mineral water all over my ThinkPad keyboard. Despite drying it immediately, the keyboard always malfunctioned after that incident.

I purchased a replacement keyboard from TellusRem, as they are considerably cheaper than the Lenovo originals.

I can report that the TellusRem keyboard is every bit as good as the original.

#ThinkPad

fitheach, 1 month ago to environment

All this angst about climate and the future of the planet is completely misplaced.

I've got it on good authority that God won't let anything bad happen (see attached letter).

Names and addresses have been redacted.

#environment #climate #religion #politics

fitheach, 1 month ago to Scotland

Is Jessica Alba Scottish? 😃

#Alba #Scotland

fitheach, 1 month ago to Dogs

I've spent an interesting hour or two researching cordless vacuum cleaners. Yes, my life really is that exciting. 😃

It's possible to spend hundreds of pounds on models from the high-profile brands. I've decided on a Russell Hobbs Centaur 2 in 1, which I got for £69, incl. delivery. Time will tell if it is any good. Although, at less than half the price of some other models, it is hard to see how it can go wrong.

The war against dog hair continues...

#dogs #DogsOfMastodon