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Hates #Brexit. Open to an independent Scotland in the EU.Unable to think of a single UK city, town or village that wouldn&#39;t be immensely improved by a vast reduction in motor traffic.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@geomannie","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"geomannie","displayName":"Bob Downie","note":"Retired\/recovering #petroleum #geologist, fascinated by #bicycles, bike fettling, #cycling, #geography, #sedimentology and #GIS. Hates #Brexit. Open to an independent Scotland in the EU.Unable to think of a single UK city, town or village that wouldn&#39;t be immensely improved by a vast reduction in motor traffic."}},"content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@Infoseepage\" class=\"u-url mention\">@Infoseepage<\/a> Your point about Ted I being slipped a dummy is quite possible, but if the symbolism is the issue it doesn't matter if most people think it is the \"real\" stone. <\/p><p>Regarding the footprint at <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/tags\/Dunadd\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#Dunadd<\/a>, this is truly a fake. I'm a geologist &amp; on my first visit I looked at it &amp; realised that the stone around the impression didn't match the surrounding rock. I took my hand lense &amp; realised it was a man made composite. The original is said to be below. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/news\/12357773.coronation-stone-not-all-that-it-appears\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/news\/12357773.coronation-stone-not-all-that-it-appears\/<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-20:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/geomannie\/statuses\/116384752502160733","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/geomannie\/statuses\/116384752502160733","objectType":"note","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@Infoseepage\" class=\"u-url mention\">@Infoseepage<\/a> Your point about Ted I being slipped a dummy is quite possible, but if the symbolism is the issue it doesn't matter if most people think it is the \"real\" stone. <\/p><p>Regarding the footprint at <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/tags\/Dunadd\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#Dunadd<\/a>, this is truly a fake. I'm a geologist &amp; on my first visit I looked at it &amp; realised that the stone around the impression didn't match the surrounding rock. I took my hand lense &amp; realised it was a man made composite. The original is said to be below. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/news\/12357773.coronation-stone-not-all-that-it-appears\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/news\/12357773.coronation-stone-not-all-that-it-appears\/<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@geomannie\/116384752502160733","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"dunadd"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/Infoseepage"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-04-10:objectType=thread:nonce=1e542491b7ab97a1","notice_info":{"local_id":"12434025","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-04-11T07:46:12+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@geomannie\/116384752502160733"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/geomannie","displayName":"Bob Downie","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/99017-original-tmp20240507212856.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/99017-96-20240518152939.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/99017-48-20240518152939.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/99017-24-20240518152939.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"99017"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/99017-96-20240518152939.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Retired\/recovering #petroleum #geologist, fascinated by #bicycles, bike fettling, #cycling, #geography, #sedimentology and #GIS. Hates #Brexit. Open to an independent Scotland in the EU.Unable to think of a single UK city, town or village that wouldn&#39;t be immensely improved by a vast reduction in motor traffic.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@geomannie","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"geomannie","displayName":"Bob Downie","note":"Retired\/recovering #petroleum #geologist, fascinated by #bicycles, bike fettling, #cycling, #geography, #sedimentology and #GIS. Hates #Brexit. Open to an independent Scotland in the EU.Unable to think of a single UK city, town or village that wouldn&#39;t be immensely improved by a vast reduction in motor traffic."}},"content":"<p>I have just re-read The Fifth Elephant by <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/tags\/terrypratchett\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#terrypratchett<\/a> &amp; was a bit embarrassed to say that on my first reading I had missed that a main feature of the story is a parody of the theft and return of the <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/tags\/Scottish\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#Scottish<\/a> Stone of Scone, aka Stone of Destiny, rendered by <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/tags\/Pratchett\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#Pratchett<\/a> as the Scone of Stone. As in life &amp; in the book, is the recovered stone\/scone real or a fake, &amp; more importantly does it actually matter? The symbolism is the thing.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/tags\/discworld\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#discworld<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stone_of_Scone\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stone_of_Scone<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-20:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/geomannie\/statuses\/116382505243154738","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/geomannie\/statuses\/116382505243154738","objectType":"note","content":"<p>I have just re-read The Fifth Elephant by <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/tags\/terrypratchett\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#terrypratchett<\/a> &amp; was a bit embarrassed to say that on my first reading I had missed that a main feature of the story is a parody of the theft and return of the <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/tags\/Scottish\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#Scottish<\/a> Stone of Scone, aka Stone of Destiny, rendered by <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/tags\/Pratchett\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#Pratchett<\/a> as the Scone of Stone. As in life &amp; in the book, is the recovered stone\/scone real or a fake, &amp; more importantly does it actually matter? The symbolism is the thing.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/tags\/discworld\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#discworld<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stone_of_Scone\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stone_of_Scone<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@geomannie\/116382505243154738","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"discworld"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"pratchett"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"scottish"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"terrypratchett"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-04-10:objectType=thread:nonce=1e542491b7ab97a1","notice_info":{"local_id":"12432155","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-04-10T23:24:04+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@geomannie\/116382505243154738"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6311903","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}