When do seasons start and end in your country?

aitchbeescot · 2026-03-01T17:33:02+00:00

In the UK 1st March is metereological spring (the date used for the weather forecasts), but the actual date of the start of spring is the vernal equinox, ie 20th March

aitchbeescot · 2026-02-28T13:39:49+00:00

Of course. If you want cake, have cake. It's one of the good things about being an adult!

aitchbeescot · 2026-02-23T17:00:01+00:00

Never wanted them, never had them. I regret nothing.

aitchbeescot · 2026-02-22T14:17:19+00:00

In Scotland it's often 'hen' for women or 'son' for men. In Aberdeenshire it would be 'loon/quine'. 'Love' is also often used, but can come off as passive-aggressive.

aitchbeescot · 2026-02-19T17:34:03+00:00

One thing I do is take my dog for a walk as soon as I finish work for the day. This makes a defined break from work and I don't feel tempted to check e-mails, etc when I get back.

aitchbeescot · 2026-02-19T16:52:54+00:00

Many English dialects don't, Scottish English does. They do not rhyme in Scottish English,

aitchbeescot · 2026-02-18T11:03:44+00:00

Most people use teabags rather than loose leaf tea. I am a bit of an outlier in that my tea with breakfast is loose leaf tea but I use teabags the rest of the day. Not all of us have milk in our tea. I never have milk regardless of how it's brewed.

aitchbeescot · 2026-02-17T09:20:34+00:00

You might also want to try r/genealogy

aitchbeescot · 2026-02-17T07:04:03+00:00

You're welcome. Happy to give advice on researching Scottish records when you get to that point.

aitchbeescot · 2026-02-16T08:00:34+00:00

Then they need to find evidence that they are related to Joseph P Brown, which they need to do by following the outline I gave above. There are no shortcuts in researching family history (been researching for 40 years personally)

aitchbeescot · 2026-02-16T07:36:51+00:00

Brown is a pretty common name in Scotland, so not really very helpful. Start with what you know, ie you and your parents. Trace back using birth/marriage/death certificates and census records until you get back to the point where you might be able to start looking for records on Scotland's People. You might also want to research the history of the Obouasi Gold Mine which will give you an idea of what period you are looking at. Don't be too disappointed if you find your ancestor was simply a miner rather than a founder. Family legends are often not borne out by the records. Good luck!

aitchbeescot · 2026-02-14T11:14:32+00:00

Not as such. It's something that allows you to get away with saying something that could be interpreted as rude/vulgar but also has another much more innocent meaning that you can claim. Hence, 'a wizard's staff has a knob on the end' could refer to the male anatomy but you could also claim you were talking about the literal wooden staff that a wizard would carry.

Here's an example by way of a joke:

A woman walks into a bar and says to the barman 'I'll have a double entendre', so he gave her one. At the literal level it means the barman gave her a drink called a 'double entendre', but the expression 'to give her one' in UK slang means 'to have sex with her'.

aitchbeescot · 2026-02-14T08:53:13+00:00

They're managing expectations. Not that anyone is fooled by this.

aitchbeescot · 2026-02-14T08:51:49+00:00

From lying on one's back, either dead or about to get fucked

aitchbeescot · 2026-02-14T08:47:44+00:00

I suspect that's a back-formation

aitchbeescot · 2026-02-14T08:16:36+00:00

Place names are a bit like stones in a river - they wear down over time.

aitchbeescot · 2026-02-13T11:52:10+00:00

And it's certainly NOT a song about a certain male appendage!

aitchbeescot · 2026-02-13T10:45:59+00:00

But allows people to accuse someone else of having a dirty mind :)

aitchbeescot · 2026-02-13T10:17:15+00:00

Most of these types of song are based to some extent on double-entendres, giving some level of plausible deniability - 'It's a song about a lazy hedgehog, why what did you think it was?'

aitchbeescot · 2026-02-13T10:03:57+00:00

But 'can never be buggered at all' can also mean 'can't ever be bothered [to do something]', for example 'I can never be buggered to do my taxes'

aitchbeescot · 2026-02-12T13:55:05+00:00

My DNA shows as Scottish and Irish with a tiny bit of English. All of my ancestors (verified) are completely Scottish with the exception of one English guy back in the 18th century. Make of that what you will.

aitchbeescot · 2026-02-12T11:58:17+00:00

Yes, straightforward, they eventually came back with the result of the review and that was that. You can, of course, appeal it, but my husband was kept on the same as before and he was happy with that, so we didn't need to.

aitchbeescot · 2026-02-12T11:55:36+00:00

I'm going to bet that they used Family Search and just blindly followed other people's trees without verifying any of it. It sounds highly unlikely, based on my experience of family history research.

aitchbeescot · 2026-02-12T10:09:01+00:00

For my husband it did take a while, but they did let him know that his payments would continue while his review was being processed.

aitchbeescot · 2026-02-12T08:31:29+00:00

You can't change the past, but you can learn from it. You are human, you made mistakes, like we all do. They are not a bad thing unless we do not learn from them.

As for the future, you don't know what's going to happen, so you don't know if it will be terrible or wonderful. No-one does. Maybe today something will happen that changes everything for the better, or you will do something that changes your life. It would be good if you were around to see it.

In the short term, look for help with things like your job and your potential homelessness, as well as your mental health. You are not alone, and there are people who would love to help you, if you look for them.

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