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By definition private provision takes funding out of the service - the scandal that has water companies paying dividends in billions and it almost matching to the pound the debt they have racked up is, I think, criminal, especially with the pollution they knowingly discharge into our rivers and coa...

Also I am not sure that many folk pushing the private sector realise that the private sector trains very few if any doctors, nurses or other professions - they depend solely on NHS staff or international staff to staff their private hospitals. Without the NHS training staff then the whole of the me...

I know of two people that have had wood burners installed, effectively as a feature, and had absolutely no idea about the cost of wood and the issue storing it. They are barely ever used. Apologies re spelling in my previous post. I meant to say rewilding policies. Scotland is per capita the second...

Also I am not sure that many folk pushing the private sector realise that the private sector trains very few if any doctors, nurses or other professions - they depend solely on NHS staff or international staff to staff their private hospitals. Without the NHS training staff then the whole of the me...

I think its reasonable legislation for new builds albeit you would think an exception could have being made for very rural locations by a Scottish Parliament. It is interesting as another example of the once slick SNP pr machine slipping up. When Kate Forbes is raising issues she claimed she did no...

I'm looking at getting one in a house in Edinburgh to replace a fairly lethal old gas fire, other than that I probably wouldn't bother. I'd say for most people it's as much a comfort as a heating thing. It's a lot nicer curling up on the sofa in front of a woodburner than in front of a radiator. Wh...

Burning wood is an expensive way to hear your house It's also really bad for particulate pollution as well as CO2 emissions, however there are situations where it is needed, such as the Highlands and Islands where power cuts occur frequently and these are provided for in the new legislation The goa...

Got diagnosed with a touch of the big "C". operation successful and cancer completely removed - YAY! Now they are talking chemo to eradicate any rogue cells hiding away, not entirely sure I am keen on the treatment and am wondering if the side effects are as bad as the horror stories clai...

I have to admit I was unaware of this, despite just having got a building warrant to convert a building to a house. Said building is currently garages / storerooms / offices heated by electric heaters and a wood burner. I assume since no one has said anything we are fine, but we'd better check with ...

inactionman wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 8:06 pm
Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 7:57 pm If family whatsapps are any guide, middle Scotland is in uproar now that wood burning stoves have been banned…
Have they?

I was just about to get a few quotes as well

See my previous post.

Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 7:57 pm If family whatsapps are any guide, middle Scotland is in uproar now that wood burning stoves have been banned…

But only in new builds. Any existing building can still have them installed.

My friend and I had a moment of amusement at the Bayonne game. My son, and most of his chums, have been quite dismissive of women's rugby. He confessed his guilty secret at the match. He had been watching the Women's 6 N and enjoyed it. More of his chums are getting into it as well on the basis that...

Good to see the 18s beat Italy today given the dominance they have had over our 20s in recent years. They were 17-0 down and won 20-17, so good resilience too. I only saw a little bit of it but the fullback Jamie Thomson looked a great runner and I liked Henry Armstrong at 10. The pack seemed to be...

Tichtheid wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 9:57 amBTW, Weegie, do you happen to know the story behind Kitty MacRae's departure? He left quite suddenly, I was fan of his coaching.

It was personal / family rather than rugby related. That is all I know.

Healy was POTM, even if Mossie gave it to Mish. Either Big Bill is done and his best games are way behind him, or Everitt has found a way to negate one of the best ball carriers and offloaders in the URC if not world rugby. My suspicion is the second option. Edinburgh have gone from a team which wa...

edited out the reputation of info from Weedgie 1's post I'm out tonight so I'll miss it. I expect it will be another Edinburgh recording I'll bin without watching. One of the best times I can recall at a rugby game. The Bayonne fans barely stopped singing all night and have a very wide repertoire o...

Edinburgh game moved to the big hoose because of Storm Kathleen. Tickets are also now reduced, which I am not exactly impressed about. Firstly, the system did not recognise that I am a season ticket holder and apply the 20% reduction. I never noticed as I never knew there was one so was in email cor...

I called my GP as I could not make up my mind if I'd had a heart attack. I had a mild stabbing pain, then felt pressure like you. In my rehab classes we were told that it is actually quite hard to diagnose a heart attack other than by blood tests as the symptoms vary so much. I doubt two out of the ...

Did Glasgow fuck that as badly as the text updates suggested? Yep, lost it in the first half, gave 12 penalties away, Quins had next to no pressure on them. There were some game changing decisions went Quins way, but Glasgow shot themselves in the foot by not taking the points at the end. And that ...

The Nimbys are out against the tram extension though, from what I can gather online, because the proposed route goes on the Roseburn Path and running a tram on a disused railway bed would be too easy/disadvantage the cyclists who currently use that route. You are right about the bus service and den...

A quick look and I can't find anything, so what is wrong with Boffelli? I went for an MRI at Spire today and met him coming out. They said he'd had a back spasm. I've had really bad ones that floored me for over a week and left me almost unable to walk for around three weeks. I am a martyr to my ba...

A quick look and I can't find anything, so what is wrong with Boffelli?

I went for an MRI at Spire today and met him coming out.

https://x.com/urcofficial/status/1774184338030043545?s=61&t=cnPq5mbZVv_innPXVLAY7w Can’t believe the obstruction wasn’t given here. I’ll believe it wasn’t deliberate, just about, but regardless of intent, seven red steps directly into the path of a potential tackler and then backs into him. Wel...

🇩🇪🤝🇺🇦 Germany announced the transfer of a large package of military assistance to Ukraine It will include: - 5 tracked repair and recovery vehicles Warthog; - 9 tracked Warthog all-terrain command vehicles; - 6 WISENT 1 mine clearance vehicles; - 2 BEAVER bridge laying machines; - engineers of ARV ...

I nearly put this in the 'Things that don't deserve their own thread' but decided it did deserve its own thread. Glasgow vet Jasmin Paris becomes the first woman ever to complete the Barklay Marathon. A race so hard that there were no finishers at all from 2017 to 2023. In 2019 she was the first wom...

Glasgow Warriors for Cardiff Strongest Team we can probably put out considering injuries & Scotland players out. Interesting to see Thompson not listed , and no 10 cover on the bench, maybe RT is indeed heading to Edinburgh- but then with Franco's 6-2 split who knows A win , or even better a 5 ...

Fun fact in relation to Edinburgh v Glasgow 10s and 12s. Jordan had an offer from Edinburgh before Glasgow, and was so close to accepting it he had a flat share organised. Then Glasgow stepped in with an offer and he went there. If Hastings goes to Glasgow they will need to alter their style of play...

Don’t know if anyone has listened to today’s BBC podcast, but Warburton’s comments on Scotland’s attitude/mindset are very interesting and chime with something I’d been struggling to articulate for a bit. I understand what he is saying, but I also think there is a little bit of unconscious belittli...

I think Tom English is pretty much spot on here.

Ireland 17-13 Scotland: 'Unpredictable Scotland go down fighting in wasted chance campaign'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/68589468

No. I simply described them as homesick children. You felt the need the need to provide a context. Look at the timeline above. So I did not go straight in with the British are appalling angle as you so dishonestly assert here. Please. Context does not detract from the appalling truth of children be...

You are right - it is silly it was not my intention in posting that pic to start a Boer war kerfuffel. It is the first time I have seen a pic depicting so many young Boer POWs together and it was a bit of a shock. But it seems I saw only the narrow picture - I had omitted the context. I’m just a li...

I had a look. Apparently the youngest of the Bermuda POWs was aged 6. Given that there is significant literature stating that boys from the age of 12 were supporting the kommandos I would expect there to be quite a few early teens captured and imprisoned, and I would not be in the slightest surpris...

I had a look. Apparently the youngest of the Bermuda POWs was aged 6. Given that there is significant literature stating that boys from the age of 12 were supporting the kommandos I would expect there to be quite a few early teens captured and imprisoned, and I would not be in the slightest surpris...

Monk wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:36 pmYou are / were in the British Army ? I think.

Nope.

I did however live in SA for 10 years and had to learn the history, especially since I had two Afrikaner girlfriends when I was there.

Probable rather than possible here but so what? Context does not detract from the appalling truth of children being shipped off to Bermuda as POWs - why would the British do that? Sending POWs overseas was a matter of policy for the British. There was no provision for POWs in SA, and it was far eas...

Probable rather than possible here but so what? Context does not detract from the appalling truth of children being shipped off to Bermuda as POWs - why would the British do that? Sending POWs overseas was a matter of policy for the British. There was no provision for POWs in SA, and it was far eas...

Just homesick children Service in Boer kommandos started at 16. The kommandos were supported in the field by younger teenagers from the age of 12 who were too young to fight but cared for the spare horses etc. Without having any context for why those in that photo were prisoners, it is quite possib...

Boer prisoners of war, Hawkins Island, Bermuda, 1902. Please enlarge the pic to get a good look at these miscreants https://scontent.fcpt1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/431721440_383992221160720_2707955988115277627_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_eui2=AeGIK2VpQvQdEWLF7xh1qm...

With the Super6 teams and their players needing to be re-integrated back into the club game, Scottish Rugby have issued a working document into how this will be done. Lots of options ranging from putting all S6 teams into Premiership to even having some Nat 3. Will need to sit down in a darkened ro...

dkm57 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 8:49 pm Paterson is a bit of a revelation

He says that playing for Scotland, and realising he could hack it at that level has given him a huge boost.

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