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Title	The Steamie - Tuesday 29 December 2020
Author	SteamieBot
Body	Weather [(Powered by Dark Sky)](https://darksky.net/poweredby/) Clear throughout the day. Around -1 to 3 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 Today in 1766 saw the birth of Charles Macintosh, the inventor of waterproof clothing, in Glasgow. He created the first rainproof cloth in 1818 by joining two sheets of fabric together with dissolved rubber. Although Macintosh is best known for the coat, for the naming of which a "k" was added, he also made significant advances in many fields of chemistry. As well as inventing a revolutionary bleaching powder with Charles Tennant, he discovered a fast method of using carbon gases to convert iron to steel, and devised a hot-blast process which produced high quality cast iron. On this day in 1809 William Ewart Gladstone, the British Prime Minister, was born. Though born in Liverpool, both his parents were Scottish and he always considered himself a Scot. He served a record 61 years in the House of Commons, becoming Prime Minister on no less than four occasions, the last at the age of 82. He was a gifted speaker, and in a famous election campaign in Midlothian in 1879 an estimated 20,000 people heard Gladstone speak. /r/GlasgowMarket Digest [Stolen Huawei P30 Pro. £200 REWARD!](/r/glasgowmarket/comments/kjpf6e/stolen_huawei_p30_pro_200_reward/) Tune of the day [Gladys Knight & The Pips - Bourgie, Bourgie](https://youtu.be/klpihHnnUjA) (suggested by /u/wyzo94) Picked from 2 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	Tue 29th Dec 2020 5:00am
Status	normal (Removed by [])

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

Clear throughout the day.

Around -1 to 3 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**

Today in 1766 saw the birth of Charles Macintosh, the inventor of waterproof clothing, in Glasgow.
He created the first rainproof cloth in 1818 by joining two sheets of fabric together with dissolved rubber. Although Macintosh is best known for the coat, for the naming of which a "k" was added, he also made significant advances in many fields of chemistry. As well as inventing a revolutionary bleaching powder with Charles Tennant, he discovered a fast method of using carbon gases to convert iron to steel, and devised a hot-blast process which produced high quality cast iron.

On this day in 1809 William Ewart Gladstone, the British Prime Minister, was born. Though born in Liverpool, both his parents were Scottish and he always considered himself a Scot. He served a record 61 years in the House of Commons, becoming Prime Minister on no less than four occasions, the last at the age of 82. He was a gifted speaker, and in a famous election campaign in Midlothian in 1879 an estimated 20,000 people heard Gladstone speak.

**/r/GlasgowMarket Digest**

[Stolen Huawei P30 Pro. £200 REWARD!](/r/glasgowmarket/comments/kjpf6e/stolen_huawei_p30_pro_200_reward/)

**Tune of the day**

[Gladys Knight & The Pips - Bourgie, Bourgie](https://youtu.be/klpihHnnUjA) (suggested by /u/wyzo94)

Picked from 2 eligible links submitted today. [Suggest tomorrow's tune](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=SteamieBot&subject=SongRequest&message=YouTube link here).