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Title	The Steamie - Monday 6 July 2020
Author	SteamieBot
Body	Weather [(Powered by Dark Sky)](https://darksky.net/poweredby/) Possible light rain tomorrow morning. Around 9 to 15 degrees. Travel No line problems reported. What's On Today Fuck all. Go out if you must, but stay safe. Don't be a fanny. Today in Scottish History On 6 July 1747 Scottish naval figure, John Paul Jones, was born. He was born John Paul in a small, white-washed cottage at Arbigland near Kirkbean, Kircudbrightshire. Regarded as the founder of the American navy, Jones became an American national hero during the War of Independence. As captain of the "Bonhomme Richard", on 23 September 1779, he scored one of America's greatest sea victories against Britain when he attacked a Baltic merchant fleet protected by the British warships, "HMS Serapis" and "HMS Countess of Scarborough". When he was asked Do you ask for quarter?, he made his famous reply, I have not yet begun to fight!. He was victorious but his ship sank two days later. In later life he was appointed a Rear-Admiral in the Russian navy, although he was later relieved of his post after a quarrel with Catherine the Great's lover, Potemkin. At around ten o'clock in the evening of July 6th 1988 the Piper Alpha oil platform in the North Sea was rocked by a huge explosion. Blasts continued on the platform throughout that night, and by morning 167 men had died. Only 61 men were taken from the platform alive, and two seamen on the rescue vessel, Sandhaven, also died. /r/GlasgowMarket Digest No recent posts Tune of the day [The Foot of the walk](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hc3TxrauHO4) (via /r/ScottishMusic) No eligible links submitted today. [Suggest tomorrow's tune](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=SteamieBot&subject=SongRequest&message=YouTube link here).
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Created	Mon 6th Jul 2020 6:00am
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**Weather** [(Powered by Dark Sky)](https://darksky.net/poweredby/)

Possible light rain tomorrow morning.

Around 9 to 15 degrees.

**Travel**

No line problems reported.

**What's On Today**

Fuck all. Go out if you must, but stay safe. Don't be a fanny.

**Today in Scottish History**

On 6 July 1747 Scottish naval figure, John Paul Jones, was born.
He was born John Paul in a small, white-washed cottage at Arbigland near Kirkbean, Kircudbrightshire. Regarded as the founder of the American navy, Jones became an American national hero during the War of Independence. As captain of the "Bonhomme Richard", on 23 September 1779, he scored one of America's greatest sea victories against Britain when he attacked a Baltic merchant fleet protected by the British warships, "HMS Serapis" and "HMS Countess of Scarborough". When he was asked Do you ask for quarter?, he made his famous reply, I have not yet begun to fight!. He was victorious but his ship sank two days later.
In later life he was appointed a Rear-Admiral in the Russian navy, although he was later relieved of his post after a quarrel with Catherine the Great's lover, Potemkin.

At around ten o'clock in the evening of July 6th 1988 the Piper Alpha oil platform in the North Sea was rocked by a huge explosion. Blasts continued on the platform throughout that night, and by morning 167 men had died. Only 61 men were taken from the platform alive, and two seamen on the rescue vessel, Sandhaven, also died.

**/r/GlasgowMarket Digest**

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**Tune of the day**

[The Foot of the walk](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hc3TxrauHO4) (via /r/ScottishMusic)

No eligible links submitted today. [Suggest tomorrow's tune](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=SteamieBot&subject=SongRequest&message=YouTube link here).