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Graham Hazlegreaves's picture of the Orion Nebula M42 has received a prestigious award from the Guild of Photographers.

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One of our local "poo people" has "We are #1 in the #2 business" emblazoned on his truck. Catchy. We had a local guy out to clear the pipe between the house and the septic tank as unmentionables were bubbling up though a rodding point. His van had "My business is going down the drain" on the sides.

Sympathies to Mrs Hydro - the pain can be excrutiating. My knee was drained on two occasions before I had the op, with two steroid injections at the same time which worked for a few months each time. Hope she feels better soon.

….. Scottish Water have a cunning plan to install a giant septic tank but every year it falls off the bottom of Scottish Water's schedule because of "higher priority schemes". I have a contract with Scottish Water to empty our septic tank every three years - the longest period they will accept for ...

BBC News:

Police Scotland will no longer investigate every low level crime after the success of a pilot scheme.

Words fail me. Another SNP government funded success story!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-68501949

A great comment from Penny Mordant in connection with the disastrous Willy Wonka experience in Glasgow recently...... The Leader of the House of Commons has joked that she believed the SNP was behind the viral Willy Wonka experience in Glasgow due to: "...its high cost, its poor return and the fact ...

I have had an American Express credit card, associated with Nectar, since 2005. At the end of every one of those 228 months I have cleared the outstanding balance in full, usually somewhere around £350, mainly for food shopping. Today I received a letter from them to say that they have increased my"...

Condolences k3k3, never an easy time.

The wheels of justice grind slowly...... The pilot was remanded in custody at Edinburgh Sheriff Court after pleading guilty to reporting for duty as a pilot while being impaired through drink or drugs. Sheriff Alison Stirling deferred sentence to later this month for the preparation of reports. http...

Final visit to the physiotherapist this afternoon some four months after my knee op. To paraphrase Larry Grayson, what a grey day - 8/8 at about 400ft, half a mile vis with a constant drizzle.

An Orkney island adjacent to Stronsay is called Eday. On the FR24 map I happened to see tonight that the airport is named as Eday London Airport. That really is pushing things!

It's landed at ABZ so they will be met by an ambulance on stand at Bristows. We were only permitted to take very serious cases direct to the hospital in Aberdeen, otherwise they were taken to the airport as has just happened.

I see that the SAR S92 helicopter from Sumburgh was airborne from Stronsay airfield about 30 minutes ago and looks to be on a direct track to either ABZ or Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. I trust our Stronsay correspondent is fit and well.

I don't have anything so O/H please.

I think it's FD2's turn as he identified the castle not me?

That took some finding....."Broadsword calling Danny Boy"...."Where Eagles Dare" was filmed at that castle. Still have no idea about the Kia-Ora connection though.

Well the Bahrain race was a boring procession. I've had more fun on the Hilton Park Services footbridge on the M6 watching motorway traffic speed - or sometimes crawl - underneath.

From STV News: The SNP should re-examine the issue of whether to withdraw MPs from Westminster following the chaos over its motion on Gaza, the party’s depute leader has said. https://news.stv.tv/politics/snp-should-re-examine-withdrawing-mps-from-westminster-says-depute-leader Sounds like an excell...

Remembering the crash of the Turkish Airlines DC10 near Paris which happened 50 years ago today, also on a Sunday. Sleep well cousin Robert. My goodness, it doesn't seem 50 years ago. A British Airways helicopter pilot from Aberdeen who I knew slightly, Julian P, was on board. He was supposed be St...