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Title	The Steamie - Thursday 22 October 2020
Author	SteamieBot
Body	Weather [(Powered by Dark Sky)](https://darksky.net/poweredby/) Light rain until later this morning, starting again tonight. Around 7 to 11 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 this day in 1871, Sir Roderick Murchison, the Scottish geologist, died. Murchison began his working life as a soldier, only becoming interested in geology at the age of 32. He wrote an important work, the "The Silurian System", in 1837, and went on to classify the Cambrian, Ordovician, Devonian and Permian eras. He rose to become Director-General of the Geological Survey, the most important official post in British geology. Today in 1989 Ewan MacColl, the multi-talented, Scottish socialist, folk singer-songwriter and playwright, died. George Bernard Shaw said of him in 1947, Apart from myself, MacColl is the only man of genius writing for the theatre in Britain today. MacColl recorded a huge volume of traditional Scottish and English folk songs, as well as creating a vast body of his own work, which ranged from satirical protest songs to tender love ballads, the latter most popularly renowned in his composition, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, written for his wife, Peggy Seeger (another folk singer), but made most famous by Roberta Flack. /r/GlasgowMarket Digest [Personalised gifts](/r/glasgowmarket/comments/jflgwj/personalised_gifts/) [Habitat Kota sofa bed, hardly used, excellent condition. Collection from Alloway, Ayr. £200 or best offer](/r/glasgowmarket/comments/jfbk12/habitat_kota_sofa_bed_hardly_used_excellent/) [2 bed flat in Dennistoun for rent - Private Landlord (no agency)](/r/glasgowmarket/comments/jf6xlr/2_bed_flat_in_dennistoun_for_rent_private/) [Vape Juice (Various)](/r/glasgowmarket/comments/jdw0le/vape_juice_various/) [Wired Gaming Keyboard USB Backlit (Boxed As New)](/r/glasgowmarket/comments/jdvr33/wired_gaming_keyboard_usb_backlit_boxed_as_new/) [Looking to buy PS4](/r/glasgowmarket/comments/jdl4t4/looking_to_buy_ps4/) Tune of the day [Boards of Canada - 1969](https://youtu.be/-6th_CqdjXc) (suggested by /u/AhYeah85) Picked from 3 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	Thu 22nd Oct 2020 6:00am
Status	normal (Removed by [])

**Weather** [(Powered by Dark Sky)](https://darksky.net/poweredby/)

Light rain until later this morning, starting again tonight.

Around 7 to 11 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 this day in 1871, Sir Roderick Murchison, the Scottish geologist, died.
Murchison began his working life as a soldier, only becoming interested in geology at the age of 32. He wrote an important work, the "The Silurian System", in 1837, and went on to classify the Cambrian, Ordovician, Devonian and Permian eras. He rose to become Director-General of the Geological Survey, the most important official post in British geology.

Today in 1989 Ewan MacColl, the multi-talented, Scottish socialist, folk singer-songwriter and playwright, died. George Bernard Shaw said of him in 1947, Apart from myself, MacColl is the only man of genius writing for the theatre in Britain today.
MacColl recorded a huge volume of traditional Scottish and English folk songs, as well as creating a vast body of his own work, which ranged from satirical protest songs to tender love ballads, the latter most popularly renowned in his composition, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, written for his wife, Peggy Seeger (another folk singer), but made most famous by Roberta Flack.

**/r/GlasgowMarket Digest**

[Personalised gifts](/r/glasgowmarket/comments/jflgwj/personalised_gifts/)

[Habitat Kota sofa bed, hardly used, excellent condition. Collection from Alloway, Ayr. £200 or best offer](/r/glasgowmarket/comments/jfbk12/habitat_kota_sofa_bed_hardly_used_excellent/)

[2 bed flat in Dennistoun for rent - Private Landlord (no agency)](/r/glasgowmarket/comments/jf6xlr/2_bed_flat_in_dennistoun_for_rent_private/)

[Vape Juice (Various)](/r/glasgowmarket/comments/jdw0le/vape_juice_various/)

[Wired Gaming Keyboard USB Backlit (Boxed As New)](/r/glasgowmarket/comments/jdvr33/wired_gaming_keyboard_usb_backlit_boxed_as_new/)

[Looking to buy PS4](/r/glasgowmarket/comments/jdl4t4/looking_to_buy_ps4/)

**Tune of the day**

[Boards of Canada - 1969](https://youtu.be/-6th_CqdjXc) (suggested by /u/AhYeah85)

Picked from 3 eligible links submitted today. [Suggest tomorrow's tune](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=SteamieBot&subject=SongRequest&message=YouTube link here).