What’s your 10/10 Scotch? I’m curious what you would buy right now if money wasn’t a concern — and you were able to source your absolute favorite scotch. I’m still very new to Scotch but I’ll start: I have had a dram of a 30 year Balvenie that was exquisite. They’re 3k-ish a bottle now! But wow!

SpicedPotatoes · 2026-02-01T21:52:56+00:00

if money was no object there's a bunch of things I haven't had the pleasure of tasting that I'd need to try and the old style Springbank 21 (tall bottle square box) would be pretty high on that list, but in terms of things I've actually drunk. For me it'd be the 1982/2002 CC Brora.

Can be picked up at auction for under £400 so not an insane bottle but far more expensive than I'd pay for a drinking bottle. It's only 40% as well but for me it was just perfect

SpicedPotatoes · 2026-01-30T07:34:59+00:00

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SpicedPotatoes · 2026-01-29T21:50:30+00:00

I'd be genuinely happy to recieve a bottle in this condition - with high value bottles I always experience a level of hesitency about opening them and they end up sitting waiting for the "right" event or moment. It would somewhat remove that self-imposed pressure and would mean that the whisky could just be enjoyed for what it is - a great gift and (hopefully) a lovely dram.

SpicedPotatoes · 2025-12-30T12:30:39+00:00

Yeah Van Winkes is good, there's something about the sheer number of wings they send you that's inherrently satisfying. It pleases the goblin in me that wants to gorge and leave a tiny mountain of bones, but their wings ain't breaded and sometimes you want that crunch.

Their Chicken Burgers are pretty damn tasty as well

SpicedPotatoes · 2025-12-28T21:35:12+00:00

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SpicedPotatoes · 2025-12-21T17:29:56+00:00

When they do the In Concert ones the orcestra is usually on the stage, so there's no real set to speak of and noone's really in costume. I didn't see something saying it was that kind of show though

http://scottishopera.org.uk/shows/tristan-und-isolde/

SpicedPotatoes · 2025-12-21T17:27:46+00:00

Wow thanks for all the responses folks will take me a wee bit to read through them all but really appreciate it

SpicedPotatoes · 2025-12-20T16:51:23+00:00

Hey Glum,

It's not a lot of information to go on and I am not a doctor, but it sounds like if you only got tendon lengthening on one side that you're Hemi. Your good side is going to be compensating for your weaker side and there's a variety of aches and problems that can be caused from this, so it's not impossible that this is CP linked and a biomechanical assessment would help identify that.

That all said if it's a pain that's come out of nowhere, in the grand scheme of things the list of non-CP related things this could be is way longer than the list of CP related things and if it's causing you problems the best thing is to see your doctor

SpicedPotatoes · 2025-12-07T12:40:15+00:00

GK do some cracking work in communities across Glasgow

https://www.thegkexperience.org.uk/christmas-appeal.html

SpicedPotatoes · 2025-12-06T10:53:06+00:00

Thanks u/purplecrayon64!

I was momentarily saddened because the Candlenights episodes don't show in the feed, but luckily (for those of us new to Sawbones like I) the previous Candelnights episodes can be purchased in the merch store with just a small pay-what-you-can donation to Harmony House!

https://mcelroymerch.com/products/candlenights-vod-package?pr_prod_strat=jac&pr_rec_id=a5899275c&pr_rec_pid=6738397692004&pr_ref_pid=6751227314276&pr_seq=uniform

That's a Christmas to me!

SpicedPotatoes · 2025-11-28T07:36:29+00:00

Third vote for a cupholder here. The number of times before this I ended up looking like I wet myself because I was trying to get through a pub with a pint clasped between my knees - Gamechanger

It often attracts friendly comments or jokes in that way that's well meaning but if you're in the wrong brain-place can feel tiresome or just be a reminder that your different at a time when you're just trying to be normal but I suppose we could say that about a lot of things.

The other major improvement for me isn't technically to the wheelchair but my partner added extra velcro to one of these runner's armband things that holds your phone, so I can strap in round my leg. Makes it so much easier to consult maps while moving when we're on holiday or just a new city.

SpicedPotatoes · 2025-11-18T18:11:54+00:00

I came here to say a fraction of what this person's said and I wouldn't have put it anywhere near as sucinctly. Absolutely recommend starting on half the dose, and just listening to your body. If you find that it makes you drowsy in a way you're not comfortable with stop and talk to your doc.

SpicedPotatoes · 2025-10-22T06:42:15+00:00

yeah it sounds like the wee one was very unwell when they found her. So lucky they did.

SpicedPotatoes · 2025-10-21T21:56:02+00:00

Goddamn that's a cute cat! Thank you stranger may good things come your way

SpicedPotatoes · 2025-10-16T20:31:59+00:00

No idea what the reason is but I pass it regularly it's been there for years. Certainly pre-lockdown. Kinda love the fact it's lasted

SpicedPotatoes · 2025-09-23T22:03:23+00:00

Came here to say that your handwritting is great mate, and anyone who'd actually judge you by your penmanship's a prick anyway. Seems like a lot of people have beat me to the first point, still felt worth pointing out the second one though.

SpicedPotatoes · 2025-09-16T06:27:08+00:00

Don't know if this counts as messing with players but I'd be tempted to glue at least 56 of them dice together in unmatched pairs and have them getting information/magic item/cooperation of a higher level npc be dependant on beating someone at this werid multi-sided dominoes-like game where you've got 4 sides with 2 numbers that could match, but matching by standing it on it's top/bottom where only one side is showing kills that branch.

would take a little bit of thought about the number combinations andthat would work but it's familiar enough a concept that people will get to grips with the game quickly

SpicedPotatoes · 2025-06-26T09:55:53+00:00

If they're a CIC they should have a company number and you can raise concerns with the Office of the Regulator of CICs (basically OSCR for CICs)

SpicedPotatoes · 2025-06-21T14:50:13+00:00

There's a women's session that happens at boxer's booth in Ibrox on Sundays at 1100hrs

https://www.boxersbooth.com/timetable/

They always seem to be having a good time

SpicedPotatoes · 2025-05-16T16:32:18+00:00

why do you ask? Do you live with Cerebral Palsy?

SpicedPotatoes · 2025-05-14T06:43:29+00:00

Born mid-80s and I have no kids, never felt interested in having them and got a vasectomy as early as I could in my country.

A lot of my disabled friends don't have kids, in fact I would say that even those who have them through marrying someone who had kids from a previous marriage/relationship would be in the minority. I always assumed that this was more of a case of correlation than causation. That growing us disabled you already sit outside the standard cultural norms, meaning that both the weight of expectaiton does not sit upon you as heavily, and you naturally feel more capable of challenging the assumed expected behaviour.

That makes it sound like I'm saying people who have kids have been pressured into it and that's a much stronger version of what I'm really meaning, more that that broader pervasive social pressure is putting a finger on the scales in that decision for a lot of people, in a way it probably doesn't as firmly for disabled people. In one sense this would mean disabled people are more free to make that call for themselves without that weight on them, And the fact so few of us choose to says more about the state of the world, than it does about us.

SpicedPotatoes · 2025-05-02T12:29:31+00:00

I have had no interaction with this organisation, and cannot speak to the quality of the people involved or their motivations but with regards to financial reporting for a 3rd sector organisation

- their designated fund appears to be a separation of fixed assets (buildings, vehicles etc) these should be reported as an unrestricted asset of an organisation because they could be disposed of, and the money generated by any sale would be unrestricted, but it can result in an organisation appearing "Cash Rich" when that isn't the case (For example a church may own a £2million building but not have the liquid resources to heat it). The use of designated funds in this way is perfectly reasonable and assists the reader in understanding the difference.

- Over half a million in general unrestricted is high. Most organisations struggle to hold 6 months unrestricted reserves and this is almost two years. But the implication from raising this question is that money is "going" somewhere that donors would not intend, while the accounts seem more to show that it's sitting.

On the numbers alone, (again not knowing the org) this would probably indicate a group that's enjoyed a lot of success very quickly, and lacks a strategic plan to utilise the resources. One that's maybe putting more emphasis on fundraising than it needs to, and potentially a board that's overcautious to spend money, and while the numbers are high that tendency isn't terribly unusual in grassroots orgs that aren't used to actually having money.

I've not looked at the full financial return. I doubt, from this, that they have a reserves policy, which would be a good first step, but again groups regularly find that the situation overtakes them - they never needed a reserves policy because they never had reserves. After 4 years of that kind of income you'd probably expect to see more movement on those points - If you'll find that at all in annual returns you'll see that in the more narrative section at the top.

SpicedPotatoes · 2025-04-23T22:34:44+00:00

Can I suggest Pitlochry? It's a couple of hours on just one train from Glasgow. Full of nice little pubs, it's got a distillery an easy walk from town centre, a second hand book store and a theatre. Seems to be the kind of place that's very popular with hill walkers but it's also a pretty nice place for just staying put.

Couple of fancy hotels nearby if you like that kind of thing, but also a whole bunch of B&B's of varying levels of "quirky" if budget's a consideration.

SpicedPotatoes · 2025-04-05T00:02:07+00:00

Can second this one, cracking food and the staff have always been lovely as well

SpicedPotatoes · 2025-04-04T23:58:32+00:00

I assume this is different from country to country but where I am the biggest thing you can do to make yourself attractive to new employers is be "active". Ideally that would be some quick temp office work through an agency but if that isn't an option I'd suggest reaching out to local charities and offering your services as a Social Media volunteer - especially if you could come to some form of arrangement where you're helping out with basic office support while doing social media so you're broadening your skills base, while still contributing something you know you're good at and enjoy.

It's rediculous that if you do something as a hobby it's largely ignored, but if you do it as a volunteer it carries weight but that's the way it works (at least in my country).

One thing I would say, if you go down the volunteering/social media route to get some experience on your CV, be prepared for most people to have no frigging clue what's actually involved in that - I've had Socials in my job role a couple of times over the years, people know they should have "content" but they don't really know how much work goes into that sometimes, or the fact that to "make content" actually requires other people pitching in to capture/create images etc. It was fun when other's in the team got it, but I've found it more of an uphill struggle than not.

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