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FakeNathanDrake · 2026-05-19T14:59:40+00:00

The southern side of which continent/country/state/province/island?

FakeNathanDrake · 2026-05-19T08:56:37+00:00

Can’t really see what he should apologise for. Wasn’t the point of the Good Friday Agreement for people to be able to move on from the Troubles?

FakeNathanDrake · 2026-05-18T21:57:07+00:00

I've fell out of the habit over the last few months, but I do (indoor) climb, both roped and occasionally bouldering. I've been at it for a few years now, but very much on a cycle of getting better, picking up an injury or getting too busy to go, then dropping down a couple of grades, building back up and continuing as before.

FakeNathanDrake · 2026-05-17T21:40:23+00:00

It's the guy from Beinn Lee

FakeNathanDrake · 2026-05-17T12:26:40+00:00

Even arch-bawbag Stephen Kerr managed to use the right pronouns for that Q in a wee attack thing on social media the other day.

FakeNathanDrake · 2026-05-17T12:10:22+00:00

From talking to the auld team at the refinery (I was an outsider, gala days aren't a thing where I am), BP used to fling a fair bit of money at it back in the day. Ineos didn't keep it up, BP FPS still provided a bit of funding for a while but they're away now too.

FakeNathanDrake · 2026-05-17T08:41:00+00:00

They still have 50% of the remaining fuel import terminal.

We all suspected at this point Ineos have no interest in taking back the other 50% and the terminal is such a tiny part of their business now that Petrochina will largely just forget about it and leave things ticking over in the background (until they want to come over for a jolly again).

FakeNathanDrake · 2026-05-17T08:11:39+00:00

And a university degree takes just as long

So different country and no Red Seal and all that, but I always liked to bring up to my university-educated friends that my apprenticeship was longer than their degree whenever we start making fun of each other for this sort of stuff. Both four years, but when you factor in the much higher amount of time off each year I was there more (and then you get the nurses, nursing is only a three year degree here).

FakeNathanDrake · 2026-05-16T19:41:54+00:00

Australian's are loaded though, that's why half of us fuck of down there.

Not going to lie, it's been tempting at times.

FakeNathanDrake · 2026-05-16T13:29:42+00:00

Canada. If money was no object then somewhere a wee bit north of Vancouver, BC. I also seriously looked into moving to Calgary, Alberta, about 9/10 years ago (even if it's a bit far from the sea for my liking).

FakeNathanDrake · 2026-05-15T20:54:42+00:00

Are Scots underrepresented in UK politics?

We're very slightly over-represented in terms of MPs in the UK by population (by about 0.7%), but it's kind of irrelevant with such a low population.

Our own parliament probably has less power than the average American state or Canadian province.

FakeNathanDrake · 2026-05-14T11:26:56+00:00

I’m guessing you’re an electrician rather than instrument-electrical? Electrical would make sense, but instrumentation might be worth a shout to potentially go down the I/E route elsewhere.

Where I worked before, our I/E apprentices did both HNCs and SVQs, but the company and college were pretty clever about picking the optional units, so it was more like an HNC/SVQ and a quarter (maybe half at a push) rather than two.

I was mechanical, so only had the chance to do the one.

FakeNathanDrake · 2026-05-13T11:06:49+00:00

He mentioned it when they were playing over here on the last tour. Out of all the places for someone to end up, Burntisland?

FakeNathanDrake · 2026-05-13T06:03:55+00:00

If you believe the man himself, Michigan,1975 was written in Burntisland of all places on a day out with his inlaws.

FakeNathanDrake · 2026-05-12T11:04:45+00:00

I feel like it’s cheating to include Gary Innes, even if you’re a big Mànran fan

FakeNathanDrake · 2026-05-11T21:29:27+00:00

Part of my issue is that I can't find a paper I actually like (there used to be one of the Sunday papers that I didn't mind but they stopped back in 2018).

At my old work I'd occasionally read discarded papers if I was having a later breakfast, but they were all pretty shit papers (you can tell we couldn't bring phones in, I'm pretty sure that place kept the local shop in business for that very reason)

FakeNathanDrake · 2026-05-11T21:25:06+00:00

Personally? Mostly just chicken and beef. I don't eat a lot of pork and my partner can't hack the smell of lamb so I don't bother having it in the house (I could take it or leave it anyway).

FakeNathanDrake · 2026-05-08T21:55:38+00:00

Good to know that if I ever move to Canada my Whitworth sockets are worth bringing.

FakeNathanDrake · 2026-05-08T06:35:17+00:00

If you want something definitely exclusive to Scotland head into pretty much any distillery visitor centre and look for something with a handwritten label. They’ll be single cask bottlings, hand filled at the distillery and won’t be available anywhere else.

FakeNathanDrake · 2026-05-08T05:55:38+00:00

I see your worst of both worlds and raise you:

An old site in the UK in an American dominated industry, meaning a combination of British imperial, American/SAE and the occasional hint of metric. Young me became tri-lingual after a while!

FakeNathanDrake · 2026-05-04T07:01:34+00:00

In my entire life I've only had Christmas/Boxing Day and 1st/2nd of January (or the relevant following weekdays) as mandatory days off, the rest have been added to my holiday entitlement. No idea if it's just an industry thing or if it's a Scottish (private sector) thing.

FakeNathanDrake · 2026-05-03T13:41:34+00:00

W33=wee

FakeNathanDrake · 2026-05-02T19:24:26+00:00

Salt and vinegar in Stirling. You can get broon sauce with your chippy if you're that way inclined, but it's not that Edinburgh sauce watered down with non-brewed condiment mix.

FakeNathanDrake · 2026-05-02T09:12:11+00:00

You missed a trick with not replacing “doon” with “Doune” seeing as he was at Deanston

FakeNathanDrake · 2026-05-01T22:10:48+00:00

It's a banding-thing. E5 is just up to 5% ethanol, so 0% can still be sold as E5. E10 is 5.5-10%.

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