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No AI. Alternative photography. IR and alchemy. Prone to the bee in my bonnet.

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See that pig in a poke.. Its a bargain..

07.03.2026 22:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cuba ?

07.03.2026 21:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Strangely that's where I saw them. We used to drive to Drymen and picnic and bathe in the River Endrick there in the summers in the late fifties.
The smell of the Primus getting lit with methalated spirits, panicking when the dog chased sheep because I knew the farmer would shoot him..

07.03.2026 21:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

metal ...

07.03.2026 21:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

God I feel ancient. Tearing the lead letal seal of a bottle was most satisfying. They should bring them back. ๐Ÿค”

07.03.2026 21:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How to make friends and influence people.

I give you a reverse Churchill salute.

History books will shred you, arsehole..

07.03.2026 21:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I also remember the cast iron mileposts at the roadside on rural roads. I guess if you were trudging from town to town it was satisfying to know how many miles you had done and still had to go.

I have one near me in Ayrshire. I must get a photo of it.

Meanwhile here is one I saw this summer..

07.03.2026 21:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I guess that an extra quarter mile is important if you are on Shanks's pony...

07.03.2026 20:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Up here in Scotland.. you know.. keep going after Watford.. it's a beautiful sunny day.. ๐ŸŒž

07.03.2026 14:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I passed a Brewdog pub in Glasgow yesterday. Looking in the windows, everything is in place. It's ready to open but the staff are not there. They are out looking for a job. Unlike the owners.

07.03.2026 09:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Easy answers to hard questions are not the way forward. So what would you do? Go full green and see what happens ? It shouldn't be party politics surely ?

07.03.2026 01:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Private Eye. Satirical magazine UK.

07.03.2026 01:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 30 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No images of little girls killed and injured ?

07.03.2026 01:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

" "The overall mission in this operation is to ensure that Iran can never again possess a nuclear weapon. "

No its the usual. Be poor, stay poor. Give us your wealth. Do what we want.

07.03.2026 01:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Be the first one on the block to have your boy come home in a box.
And it's one, two, three, what are we fighting for
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn, next stop is Viet Nam ( Eye-ran )
And it's five, six, seven, open up the pearly gates
Ain't no time to wonder why, whoopee we're all gonna die ..

07.03.2026 00:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Glasgow University tower from the The Stewart Memorial Fountain in Kelvingrove park.

Robert Stewart was the Lord Provost at the time of the planning and construction of the water supply from Loch Katrine to Glasgow in the 1850s. Its 34 miles long.
#IR #InfraRed #720nm #KelvingrovePark #Glasgow

07.03.2026 00:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A memorial to another war.. The Highland Light Infantry memorial. Boer War.
Kelvingrove Park Glasgow #InfraRed

06.03.2026 23:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Who does the orange buffon think he is ? Roosevelt?

Playing stupid games with people's lives has already resulted in permanent damage to how the world sees the US.

06.03.2026 18:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Who did you pay your ยฃ9.71 to ?
A&E is free.

06.03.2026 12:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Croydon's low-traffic neighbourhoods unlawful, High Court rules The High Court finds Croydon Council unlawfully implemented Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs).

It's connected. There is a democratic deficit and local people are sick of decisions being made, mainly just to extract more money from the ratepayer's goose.
See car park charges protests in Cornwall and the recent overturning of the Low Traffic Zone scam in London.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

06.03.2026 10:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Amiriyah shelter bombing - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiriya...

06.03.2026 10:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Intentional ? Unintentional ?

How about just an utter contempt for other human beings ?

There are reasons for the Geneva Conventions. Something the swaggering murderers in the Whitehouse fail to realise.

#Iran

06.03.2026 10:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hellufafunny.... Having a laugh while innocents have their lives wrecked.

Nobody will forget.

05.03.2026 21:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In these difficult days, the phrase 'singular impropriety' ought to make a comeback

05.03.2026 15:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes. Very nippy.. but 80 mile range ?

05.03.2026 15:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I always wanted a Ducati. Especially a desmo one. It never happened and after two hip replacements it's not happening now.
I may get an old man's Enfield...

05.03.2026 15:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How does an old git manage to sit on that Ducati?
Asking for a friend...

05.03.2026 15:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You call me a balloon... how many other Scots do you hate ?

05.03.2026 15:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey USA ! How many little girls have you killed today ?

#Iran #EpicFury #Cowboys

05.03.2026 15:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Starmer's news conference came on suddenly. I changed channels because I knew he would have nothing much to say
I was correct...
The man could bore for Britain. Sadly he's probably all we have. Like a decimated army, a navy with no ships at sea and an airforce where a squadron is four aircraft

05.03.2026 14:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0