Notices by NormanDunbar (normandunbar@mastodon.scot)

For goodness sake! Just went to the local hotel for supper. The place was full of a chess convention with chess players everywhere in Reception telling us all how great they are at chess. Honestly, there's nothing worse than chess nuts boasting in an open foyer.

I've just read the findings of a scientific study into the effects of LSD on seabirds. Apparently, they left no tern unstoned.

@selzero The BBC news even pointed out that both the arrested people were British born. But still the f*wits blame refugees. Sigh.

The problem with sweeping generalisations is, they are all wrong.

@dgar Every day, for two weeks, a chicken walked up to a librarian and said "Book! Book!" The librarian gave the chicken a book,and off it went.

One day, the librarian decided to follow the chicken after giving it a book. It led her to a small pond with a frog in it.

The chicken handed the Book to the frog, who looked at it and said "Reddit!" 🤣

@skinnylatte The two things I remember best about a trip to the US a few years ago, Monterey Bay Aquarium and La Brea.

I also visited the Grand Canyon but wasn't all that impressed!

I'm often mistaken for an adult. I think it's because of my age.

Am I the only one who thinks that Trump "demanded' his NATO allies up their contributions to 5% because he thinks (yeah, I know!) they would spend the extra on US equipment?

Given how he's offered the UK "detuned" jets, and can effectively turn them off on a whim, I think (yeah, I know) it would be a bad move to buy anything US made these days.

Just wondering out loud.

Good morning fellow Mastos and hello Sunday. A day of rest! We three are off to visit Pat and Peter, our elderly friends, again today to see how they are doing and sort out a few jobs for them. Should be fun.

Have a peaceful Sunday, whatever you happen to get up to today. Have fun, have a few laughs, tell bad jokes. Take care.

Today's photo is nothing special, just BCK11 leaving harbour on a flat calm sea on a sunny evening.

Good morning fellow Mastos and hello Saturday. A slightly moist Saturday at that. Have you had your first proper rain in weeks yet?

Today is looking like a chores day. Shopping and the like, fun. For certain values of "fun". Anyway, have a great Saturday whatever you are doing, or have to do, have fun, have laughs, have a gin if you want, but take care.

Today's photo is the old ice houses at Tugnet, now the Scottish Dolphin Centre at Spey Bay, operated by Whale and Dolphin Conservation.

@evan Never.

@argv_minus_one @nazgul Especially if you carry a clipboard!

@MaJ1
Me too. Not as many as I used to, I was an avid book buyer and had "many" bookcases. I read quite a lot but never got round to reading all of them

These days I buy ebooks (pdf, epub or Kindle) on various topics and read them when I'm in the bath! I have still got quite a few to read though.

Nothing has changed!

@si_irini @skyfire747 @HistoPol @GreenFire @mattotcha @mina @energiepirat @2ndStar @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @VeroniqueB99 @forthy42

@si_irini
I'm not sure that not understanding "A Brief History Of Time" is cool? Unless you meant the fact the Stephen Hawking didn't sign my copy! 😉

@MaJ1 @HistoPol @mina @energiepirat @2ndStar @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @VeroniqueB99 @forthy42 @SarahEx @GreenFire

@MaJ1
I have the original, with maths.
Unsigned by S. Hawking esq.
And, I have read it from cover to cover, three times.
Because its well above my brain's capacity for understanding!😉

@HistoPol @mina @energiepirat @2ndStar @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @forthy42 @SarahEx @GreenFire

@PaulNickson @RosePuckey @MaJ1 @Snowshadow @ravensrod @SteveClough @weirdfolks Add uBlock-origin for SD removal too.

Or install a pi hole.

@evelynefoerster
But, you're not a bad person. We all make decisions that we look back on and think about changing. Hindsight is always 20-20 as they say, foresight, not so much.

Take care. You *are* a good person. ❤️

@HistoPol @MaJ1 @DoubleTreble @skyfire747 @si_irini @mina

@evelynefoerster
Sorry, Im not good with languages, so I translated your toot.

Sorry to hear about the cat. Sad news. But you gave him/her love and that counts. ❤️❤️❤️

@HistoPol @MaJ1 @DoubleTreble @skyfire747 @si_irini @mina

There seems to be a plague of squirrels around Leeds today. There are 5 in my garden ATM and Wesley chased at least that many on his walk this morning.

@MaJ1 might know why, he's the Fediverse's resident squirrel! 😉

A Russian meteorologist, lying in bed at night, with his wife. She said "It sounds like hail, Rudolf!"
"Nonsense", he replied, "It's rain."
"No! It's hail!"
"I tell you, it's rain!"
"I'm certain it's hail."
"Listen, my love, Rudolf the Red knows rain, dear."

@weirdfolks