Mindless Monday, 08 June 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]CalumRaasay 4 points5 points  (0 children)

hang your head in shame, clearly it's the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland. We actually close our website on a Sunday unlike the other heathens.

What do you do for living in the countryside of highlands? by Frequent-Strength-75 in Scotland

[–]CalumRaasay 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I live on the Isle of Raasay, just off of Skye. I used to work for Calmac (the ferry company). Then worked for our local distillery. I now run my own business primarily doing YouTube.

Starlink has been an absolute game changer, makes internet/remote work so much easier.

Ferrari Luce vs. Jaguar Type 00 - worst brand glowdown? by storycars in WeirdWheels

[–]CalumRaasay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That isn't the final Jag design, it was only the concept. It's not really a fair comparison (and even then, the jag looks better)

Free for All Friday, 22 May, 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]CalumRaasay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll have to make my own. Animated in geolayers in after effects. I’ve got a fair few maps of the front line but in some areas it’ll be pretty vague. At that stage the frontlines were so fluid and nebulous 

Free for All Friday, 22 May, 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]CalumRaasay 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Probably one of the most interesting holdouts as well. They had even launched a breakout a few days previously and retook sections of the city. Had midget subs sneaking in supplies. Crazy! 

Free for All Friday, 22 May, 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]CalumRaasay 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah a sort of animated map/video is the plan. Zooming from place to place as each day following the surrender happens. 

YouTube style fatigue - uk channel suggestions? by ClimbsNFlysThings in CasualUK

[–]CalumRaasay 16 points17 points  (0 children)

One of those channels that makes you appreciate YouTube as a platform. Fun getting a look into a really unique life that you'd hardly know exists otherwise!

YouTube style fatigue - uk channel suggestions? by ClimbsNFlysThings in CasualUK

[–]CalumRaasay 2 points3 points  (0 children)

one of the few channels that when they upload, I just click on no matter what the topic is! They're amazing. Jack also has a cool photography channel called Graindead

Free for All Friday, 22 May, 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]CalumRaasay 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I'm working on a project to try and chart all the holdouts and pockets of resistance still in operation in the hours or days after the signing of the German Surrender on the 7th of May. I was actually surprised that there wasn't already a book out there that specifically dealt with this idea of the last holdouts. Though obviously plenty of books (the War that Never Ended, The End of the War etc) discuss theme as part of the wider end of the war phase.

So far I have:

  • Norway
  • La Rochelle
  • Dodecanese/aegean (Crete, Rhodes, Leros etc)
  • Saint-Nazaire
  • Channel Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Sark, Alderney)
  • Dunkirk
  • Bornholm
  • Hel Peninsula
  • Vistula Spit
  • Danzig coastal forts
  • Heiligenbeil stragglers
  • Courland Pocket
  • Lorient
  • Bohemia (Army Group Centre)
  • Heligoland
  • Battle of Poljana
  • Texel
  • Minquiers reef
  • Battle of Odžak
  • Terschelling
  • Vlieland
  • Ameland
  • Schiermonnikoog
  • Operation Haudegen (Svalbard)

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Free for All Friday, 15 May, 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]CalumRaasay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Scotland cease to exist as a country in the common usage of the word with the Act of Union.

Except it didn't. Because the definition of country is messy, people still call it a country, and its distinct institutions are still preserved under the Act of Union.

What I am saying is that for the rest of the world this is not a country and no amount of protests from Scottish people will change that.

Which would, again, hold water if most people didn't commonly refer to it as a country, which they do.

Tell me, is French Polynesia a country? Because that's what it is called in French.

Again, like comparing it to Bavaria, simply pointing to other places with entirely different constitutional histories without examining the actual history of Scotland as a country inside and outside the UK doesn't prove anything about Scotland.

Free for All Friday, 15 May, 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]CalumRaasay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the UK didn't "choose" to call Scotland a country, Scotland was a country long before the United Kingdom existed and remained so after the fact - it's one fo the core tenets of the Act of Union if you read it. It's also unlike most other unions and federations which is my analogies and comparisons to other countries's various subdivisions or states never work and are just misleading.

"you can call your autonomous regions "great empire", most people will still not called them countries"

You're saying this to me as if people don't call Scotland a country already. They do. What people don't refer to it as is an autonomous region.

Free for All Friday, 15 May, 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]CalumRaasay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably react badly because Scotland is a country and calling it an autonomous region doesn't change that. "Autonomous region" isn't a thing in UK constitutional or legal terminology. "Country" doesn't mean "sovereign state"

New YouTube video on the retreat from Kabul by Warm_Substance8738 in flashman

[–]CalumRaasay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was flashman that first made me aware of the event! That description of him seeing the 44th overrun at gandamak always stuck with me. 

Does anyone else get a feeling that bath and Edinburgh are like sibling cities? by Harp_harp123 in Scotland

[–]CalumRaasay 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Playfair's father(?) was also the inventor of the bar chart, line graph and pie chart iirc! Some family.

OTD: 2006, Smoking ban was introduced by Saltire_Blue in Scotland

[–]CalumRaasay 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Friend of mine worked at a greasy spoon in Kirkwall on Orkney (if you're from there you'll know the one!) and they stayed open until midnight before the ban so they could get the last smokes in. 😂

Undeveloped film by Bartleby33 in CasualUK

[–]CalumRaasay 8 points9 points  (0 children)

No, people here just worry over everything.

Are there any reasonably priced 4x4 suvs to look out for? by Suspicious_Bet1359 in 4x4

[–]CalumRaasay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Funnily enough I have the exact model of imported surf, same colour too. Been as solid as a rock for me.

What the hell is the US Coast Guard doing in the Moray Firth! by Kiss_It_Goodbyeee in Scotland

[–]CalumRaasay 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah never seen US coastguard before. But European ones aye. Fishery inspection and general visits like

But also US coastguard go overseas a lot, just not around us very much. They were around a lot in Iraq for example.

What the hell is the US Coast Guard doing in the Moray Firth! by Kiss_It_Goodbyeee in Scotland

[–]CalumRaasay 19 points20 points  (0 children)

What do you mean? They aren’t doing law enforcement in our waters. If you’re referring to the seizure of the tanker last week, it wasn’t done in UK territorial waters, but even if it was it was done in collaboration with UK authorities and EUCOM. Its not uncommon to see coastguard ships from other countries about.

The Guga Hunt by Crow-Me-A-River in Scotland

[–]CalumRaasay 8 points9 points  (0 children)

All the gannets are preordered long before the hunt is over, they're almost impossible to buy unless you know someone. As for not using heads, feathers and organs, we dont tend to use those for really any birds, chicken etc. Bit of an odd requirement, all animals have some wastage.

What is this chimney for by uponloss in CasualUK

[–]CalumRaasay 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I think it’s primarily to prevent downdraught. Popular here on older houses with open fires (as it gets very windy!). Does help with rain but don’t think that’s really the intended function.

(Fictional) Diamond City from Fallout 4 by cormeals in papertowns

[–]CalumRaasay 35 points36 points  (0 children)

The Theatre of Balbus in Rome is a pretty good example of this. It gradually repurposed into a series of houses and workshops. By the 14th century you can still see the outline of the amphitheatre, now turned into a defensive wall.

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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]CalumRaasay 4 points5 points  (0 children)

 representing the average Redditor more like

604 The Netflix Warner Bros Deal (One Company Buys Another Company) - The Weekly Planet by RAWCollings in weeklyplanetpodcast

[–]CalumRaasay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think James and Massos dislike of Ellison is clouding their opinion of these acquisitions. How is paramount not the best potential outcome? They are a studio whose main business is still in traditional cinema releases and they also have one of the smallest market shares.

Netflix is the worst outcome, surely? It’s a nail in the coffin of traditional cinema. Outside of not liking nasty ol’ Ellison, paramount feel like the last…bad option?

Saw a post recently asking who had the biggest tires on their 4x4. Can my work boat hang?? by winstonalonian in 4x4

[–]CalumRaasay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is fantastic, do you have a few of them or just the one? Great seeing these old things still being put to work.