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  • You've probably heard that saying to the effect that the odds of being on a plane with a bomb on it are incredible low, so you should always take your own bomb onto any plane you fly on, because the odds of there being TWO bombs on a plane are infinitisimal. On that principal, therefore, have you considered picking a fight with some random bloke in Glasgow Central who is out of his face and then having it away on your toes? (Perhaps having a mate waiting in a car round the corner.) The odds of having two...Well, you see where this is going. by TOMSDOTTIR (Sat 12th Dec 2020 1:21pm)
  • I thought taking off and nuking the entire site from orbit was the only way to be sure? by TOMSDOTTIR (Sat 12th Dec 2020 3:48pm)
  • That's what happens when you demand a Milanda. by TOMSDOTTIR (Sat 12th Dec 2020 10:27pm)
  • Sumdy bin murdrd? by TOMSDOTTIR (Sat 19th Dec 2020 4:43pm)
  • Any more than? by TOMSDOTTIR (Sat 19th Dec 2020 4:43pm)
  • Those are the people who read the terms and conditions. by TOMSDOTTIR (Tue 22nd Dec 2020 6:47pm)
  • COME WIDE!!! by TOMSDOTTIR (Tue 22nd Dec 2020 6:46pm)
  • Bearing in mind the fact that they very nearly killed my dad when they bombed Greenock, I don't think it's nearly harsh enough. by TOMSDOTTIR (Wed 23rd Dec 2020 9:22pm)
  • If you reach round the back of your helmet, you'll find an "on"switch for your joke detector. After you've done that, away and raffle yourself. by TOMSDOTTIR (Thu 24th Dec 2020 8:39pm)
  • Off to Boots to pick up my prescription, free (yay Scotland!) then to Morrisons to get cat food for the Bastarding cat, who hates me, and peanuts for the crows, who don't, then home to eat donuts and drink coffee and shout at my computer. by TOMSDOTTIR (Thu 31st Dec 2020 11:40am)
  • They come when I stand at the door and make clicking noises, along with a bunch of other corvids. They're lovely. Meanwhile Mactavish lets me scritch him behind the ear a maximum of ten seconds then gets up and walks away, full of loathing and contempt for me and everything I stand for. by TOMSDOTTIR (Thu 31st Dec 2020 1:52pm)
  • Hey that's a great idea! by TOMSDOTTIR (Thu 31st Dec 2020 7:38pm)
  • Good point: I'll put out some Buckfast. by TOMSDOTTIR (Thu 31st Dec 2020 10:53pm)
  • That, or a telegraph pole eagle. by TOMSDOTTIR (Fri 1st Jan 2021 5:06pm)
  • Just over the road from me at the asylum. I never get tired of the views. This is stunning- thanks. by TOMSDOTTIR (Mon 4th Jan 2021 1:37pm)
  • Scottish Welfare Fund - community care grant or crisis grant depending on your circumstances. Check details [here](https://www.mygov.scot/scottish-welfare-fund/) to see if you might qualify. Running out of money to pay for living expenses (including heating bills) may amount to an emergency, for crisis grant purposes, for example. You apply via your local authority. Seek advice from one of the agencies at the bottom of that page before applying, or if refused and you want a review of the decision. by TOMSDOTTIR (Mon 4th Jan 2021 8:52pm)
  • [Here](https://youtu.be/N87b98jvYkg) by TOMSDOTTIR (Tue 5th Jan 2021 11:11pm)
  • Part of the old hospital was turned into flats over a decade ago - that's where I live. They've also got some new build up. But the main buildings for the most part are still derelict. They've been saying for YEARS they're going to convert them into flats. I'm not holding my breath that's going to happen any time soon. I hope it won't. I love it the way it is. It's easy enough to get to by bus or car and it's only 2 1/2 miles from Glasgow Fort. by TOMSDOTTIR (Tue 5th Jan 2021 11:27pm)
  • There's a real career opening here for retired professional Uruguayan football players. It would only take one or two mask dodgers to have a sinister, swarthy security guard creep up on them and bite them hard on the neck or arm before running away and hiding behind a stack of baked beans for the message to get out. Better still, you could deploy a whole team of them throughout the store, and they could launch savage group attacks, like piranhas. Stepping round a pile of clotted gore which used to be a COVID-denying bawheid, being gnawed on by sharp- fanged ghouls from the back catalogue of World Cups gone by would be a small price to pay for a safer environment for the rest of us. by TOMSDOTTIR (Thu 14th Jan 2021 1:44pm)
  • I hope you won't take this the wrong way, but are you one of those " bottom feeders" weve heard about? by TOMSDOTTIR (Thu 14th Jan 2021 3:00pm)
  • The sad fact is that nobody tries to sell you any when you walk around dressed like Joan Hickson playing Miss Marple. by TOMSDOTTIR (Thu 14th Jan 2021 5:39pm)
  • Drinking fae a GLASS??? Shameful. by TOMSDOTTIR (Tue 19th Jan 2021 3:36pm)
  • Maybe it was a pre-emptive strike, right enough. We haven't considered any possible extenuating circumstances. My ex brother in law had a huge chestnut mare called Annie who was poitively terrified of goats and wheelbarrows. I shudder to think what had happened to her as a wee foal which left her, despite her gigantic size, still terrified of these two things as an adult. She was feart of nothing else. Maybe these guys' parents were killed by vending machines. by TOMSDOTTIR (Tue 19th Jan 2021 3:41pm)
  • Look up. Something just went right over yir heid. by TOMSDOTTIR (Tue 19th Jan 2021 4:59pm)
  • I doubt that anything you say comes as a surprise to anyone. by TOMSDOTTIR (Tue 19th Jan 2021 6:27pm)
  • Stunning and I love the angle from which it's shown - really unusual. by TOMSDOTTIR (Tue 19th Jan 2021 11:47pm)
  • I LOVE this!!! by TOMSDOTTIR (Thu 21st Jan 2021 5:41pm)
  • It's quite possible this is a scam. Did your brother actually see any proof that the supposed landlord actually owned the property? Did he ask to see the lease and safety certificates? It's not unheard of for scammers to pretend to own a property and take deposits and/ or retainers from several people before disappearing. by TOMSDOTTIR (Sat 23rd Jan 2021 7:03pm)
  • Can be a form of [advance fee fraud](https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/a-z-of-fraud/rental-fraud) by TOMSDOTTIR (Sat 23rd Jan 2021 8:51pm)
  • I had a mate who saw photos of a flat for rent and the "landlord" said that, because of timewasters, he wouldn't show it to her unless he had proof that she had the deposit (several hundred quid). He asked her to wire the money to a friend Western Union, and then just email him a copy of the slip showing it had been sent. She was perennially short of money and asked if I would wire the money. She kept telling me there was no risk since I wasn't wiring the money to HIM, and it took her ages to understand my explanation of the scam: that once the ([presumably Nigeria-based) ](https://www.propertytribes.com/interesting-possible-scam-with-gumtree-western-union-t-5548.html)) landlord had that number on the slip, he had my money. She was mad at me for ages. Much much longer than I thought of her as a friend. by TOMSDOTTIR (Sat 23rd Jan 2021 9:07pm)
  • 🤣🤣🤣👍 by TOMSDOTTIR (Sun 24th Jan 2021 10:49am)
  • That's bandit country. by TOMSDOTTIR (Fri 29th Jan 2021 12:13am)
  • I want that on my gravestone. by TOMSDOTTIR (Fri 29th Jan 2021 9:13pm)
  • ​ who knows if the moon’s a balloon, coming out of a keen city in the sky – filled with pretty people? (and if you and I should get into it, if they should take me and take you into their balloon, why then we’d go up higher with all the pretty people than houses and steeples and clouds: go sailing away and away sailing into a keen city which nobody’s ever visited, where always it’s Spring) and everyone’s in love and flowers pick themselves E E Cummings by TOMSDOTTIR (Fri 29th Jan 2021 9:12pm)
  • Are you sure it's the urge to dance and not the symptoms of something far more sinister? You haven't also been hearing a voice crying in the Wilderness, " Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God "? by TOMSDOTTIR (Sun 14th Feb 2021 1:11am)
  • First time I went to London I (female, about 24 at the time, white, little slip of a thing) got off the tube with a rucksack strapped to my back and was walking towards the stairs with everyone else. This big lassie got a hold of my rucksack and tossed me into the wall, saying, "the FUCK out of my way, bitch". And not a soul paid a blind bit of notice. Now someone MIGHT have laid hands on you in Glasgow Central, but you can bet your life it would have been Avengers Assemble within seconds. I have seen two lads on a hot summer day wade waist-deep into a park pond in Glasgow to rescue a duck which was being murdered by a big fuck-off swan. (Neither of them got a broken arm, in case anyone's wondering, though they did get pecked about a bit. ) And I myself have thrown a drunk man off a bus for bothering a tourist lady and besmirching the reputation of our fair city. He was lucky I got to him before the driver did. by TOMSDOTTIR (Thu 18th Feb 2021 11:37pm)
  • Your cat is allowed to date whoever s/he pleases. by TOMSDOTTIR (Fri 19th Feb 2021 1:29pm)
  • You could call NHS 111 for advice as well. They supported my friend who was worried about her son's mental health and feared he might be suicidal. He's now getting ongoing support in the community. She needed support as well, so that she didn't get overwhelmed. Best wishes to you both. by TOMSDOTTIR (Sat 20th Feb 2021 11:27am)
  • You say "boils my shite"? I've always said "grips my shit". I can add this new one to my patter now. Cheers! by TOMSDOTTIR (Mon 22nd Feb 2021 11:13pm)
  • I like the notion that we should take health advice from a shop door sign rather than the "GOV'T". I'm also going to deduct 50 points for the use of "DUMBASSES" when we can all think of perfectly good home-grown synonyms. by TOMSDOTTIR (Mon 22nd Feb 2021 11:20pm)
  • So THAT'S what Kev was talking about at [4:17](https://youtu.be/nIauOC9PriY)... by TOMSDOTTIR (Mon 22nd Feb 2021 11:25pm)
  • The soaring use of food banks and increasing recourse to GoFundMe type requests underlines the impact of the political decision to implement austerity measures, regardless of the cost and the alternatives. The charity I'm sick of is the different treatment extended to companies who make huge profits in this country and pay the minimum wage or less, secure in the knowledge that you and I will pick up the tab and support low paid work through the increasingly thinly stretched safety net and charitable assistance. The more we go along with it the more normal it becomes. Fuck that shit. by TOMSDOTTIR (Wed 24th Feb 2021 3:42pm)
  • Clearly the reincarnation of Robert the Bruce by TOMSDOTTIR (Tue 2nd Mar 2021 6:28pm)
  • Hard to think of any situation where that is NOT an appropriate comeback. by TOMSDOTTIR (Thu 4th Mar 2021 10:07pm)
  • I tried to adopt a cat from a pet rescue. Live in rural area in ground floor flat surrounded by lots of open space, woodlands and greenery. Only traffic is local residents joining county road, with sleeping policemen keeping speed right down. I was refused on the basis that there was a bus stop nearby. I had no idea what they were talking about at first, then realised there was a dead end at the back of the houses, and one of those small buses comes up at about 10 miles an hour (bumps in the road), stops and turns round. I reckon they must have tons of cash to spare if that's the way they decide applications. Anyway, the local stray, who has been living outdoors and feeding in various people's houses for the last 10 years noticed that I was home all the time when lockdown started last year in March, and decided to move in with me. I'm his new maid/ butler/ housekeeper. Bloody MacTavish. by TOMSDOTTIR (Tue 16th Mar 2021 3:52pm)
  • The best strange letter I received (we're talking about 25 years ago though) was addressed to me personally on Salvation Army headed notepaper and went something like this: "Dear \[Tomsdottir\] I hope you will not mind my writing to you to tell you about a dear friend of ours called Nora. Although Nora came from a loving, stable and financially secure home, she fell in with a bad set of friends at school and began drinking at the age of 13. Her grades deteriorated and she soon dropped out of school and began shoplifting in order to be able to afford alcohol. When shoplifting couldn't raise enough money for her to satisfy her habit, I'm sorry to say that she turned to other, more degrading ways of raising cash. Nora drank heavily from the age of 13 until her early 40s. ending up living on the streets in the process. She had innumerable run-ins with the police, and even more frequent spells in hospital as the result of falls, assaults, alcohol poisoning and of course delirium tremens. I first came into contact with Nora through our Community Centre in the City Centre, where she had come looking for food and clothing. As it turned out, however, what Nora craved most was companionship. Within a very short period of time, she was volunteering at the centre, helping with food preparation, setting up rooms for meetings and clearing up afterwards, distributing flyers and so on - all during her occasional "dry" spells. Where Nora really made her most valuable contribution, however, was through the cautionary talks she gave when she was on what she referred to as a "bender". Medical practitioners, social care workers, students and occasionally sixth year pupils would sit enthralled as Nora stumbled around the stage, red-faced and perspiring, wearing clothing which was stained with vomit, urine and occasionally something worse. She would belch and break wind unapologetically,. It could be hard to follow what she was saying, because she slurred her speech and bellowed profanities whilst holding forth at length on the evils of drink. She was a living breathing example of the degrading impact of prolonged alcohol abuse on a hitherto decent and respectable female. Sadly, last week Nora died. I am writing to you to ask if you would be willing to take her place." ​ ​ It took a while, but I eventually found out who sent it. by TOMSDOTTIR (Thu 25th Mar 2021 9:13pm)
  • Yes, it was a mate who did it for a joke. Had me going right up till the last sentence. by TOMSDOTTIR (Thu 25th Mar 2021 10:00pm)
  • Keith. Though he probably re-spawns with different names in different places. by TOMSDOTTIR (Fri 26th Mar 2021 2:37am)
  • G... goldfish? by TOMSDOTTIR (Fri 26th Mar 2021 11:14am)
  • Good bot by TOMSDOTTIR (Fri 26th Mar 2021 11:13am)
  • I knew I was getting old when I looked out the window at work onto Duke St last time and found myself making clucking noises and thinking, "They'll catch their death in those outfits", feeling smug because I'd my semmet on. by TOMSDOTTIR (Sat 27th Mar 2021 1:23am)
  • Is the guy he has moved in with vulnerable in any way? Learning difficulties? Socially isolated? Mental health problems - anything like that? I was at a criminal justice conference shortly before lockdown and I was late joining one of the workshops being run by North East division of Police Scotland. The workshop had been running for about 10 minutes when I arrived. At first I thought I was tripping. The two big husky unsmiling polis up front were talking about "cuckooing". WTF have birds got to do with mental health issues and crime? I looked around at the other people there but no-one else looked baffled. One woman put up her hand. Here were go, thinks I, here comes the What The Hell Are Youse On About question. "Can you give us some examples of signs of cuckooing?" "Yes. They include cling film lying around in places you wouldn't expect to find it: the tenant of the accommodation sleeping on the sofa rather than in his bed; "relatives" or "friends" from Liverpool turning up and moving in..." By now the penny is starting to drop. The officers explained that in Aberdeen it's mainly Liverpool gangs involved in Cuckooing. The gangs aren't rivals with one another, in fact they often cooperate and when one gang is short, another will supply them. Sometimes the cuckoo who "befriends" the tenant will introduce them to drugs and keep them addicted/supplied in order to ensure they can remain in the property. Another woman put up her hand and asked, "Why don't you just go in and arrest them?" And this time I knew who the idiot was. Just say the drugs are in that property. Whose property is it? How do you prove who brought the drugs in? The PF is going to kick that into the long grass. And do you think dealers are daft enough to hand over drugs to folk they don't know? It's a difficult crime to tackle, but just because the police don't seem to be doing anything, doesn't mean they aren't. I know from the investigation into my father's murder (by a heroin addict) that the police aren't going to compromise an investigation by telling you everything they're doing until after they've completed it. If it really IS what's going on, getting rid of one guy with an accent which doesn't fit, won't stop another from moving in. Threatening one member of a gang - the one you can see - is a seriously bad idea. Of course, I may be way off with all of this. But every time I hear a cuckoo now, I think, I think "scouse bastards". by TOMSDOTTIR (Wed 7th Apr 2021 12:08pm)
  • Thank you. It does help when someone acknowledges it. I think what really helped was that the police caught him so quickly. They already had him in custody in connection with another crime. So we weren't left wondering the way some families are. The thing I'll never forget is the senior detective who stood up when I came into the room and told me he was sorry for my loss. That small gesture meant such a lot. by TOMSDOTTIR (Wed 7th Apr 2021 8:19pm)
  • Oh God now I'm doubting myself. Are there any uh undercover polis here or recovering addicts (I know none of you do drugs) who can tell me whether is cling film or tin foil they wrap that shit in? by TOMSDOTTIR (Wed 7th Apr 2021 8:23pm)
  • Now you and I would get along. by TOMSDOTTIR (Wed 7th Apr 2021 8:20pm)
  • Packaging drugs. It's unusual to see it outside a kitchen. by TOMSDOTTIR (Wed 7th Apr 2021 8:20pm)
  • Can I be the first driver to jump in and blame the cyclists? Clearly this problem is down to cyclists. If only cyclists blah blah blah Margaret Thatcher blah blah blah right of way blah blah blah that bloke off top gear he's a card blah blah blah anyway cyclists. by TOMSDOTTIR (Wed 7th Apr 2021 8:31pm)
  • Any chance you'd record yourself on an average day and post it, because that sounds brilliant. by TOMSDOTTIR (Wed 7th Apr 2021 11:24pm)
  • Down with this patriarchal nonsense! What makes you think that some nice line drawings of a lady's furry front bottom wouldn't do the trick? by TOMSDOTTIR (Wed 7th Apr 2021 11:28pm)
  • You monster. by TOMSDOTTIR (Thu 8th Apr 2021 9:50pm)
  • I dunno. Might be of interest to civic-minded people with catapults who lurk in bushes. by TOMSDOTTIR (Sat 10th Apr 2021 2:56pm)
  • [Naw ye urny](https://youtu.be/7BBfH3vw7Wk) by TOMSDOTTIR (Wed 14th Apr 2021 3:36pm)
  • I live on the outskirts in a semi rural area. I never feel scared, living alone, if we're talking about the highly unusual stranger attack. You are far more likely to be attacked by someone you know than by a stranger. I am not going to live in fear simply because the media sell papers based on ramping up fear. Honestly, the number of people who will stand with a cigarette in their hand, and warn you about strangers!!! So if you live alone, here is my take on how to stay safe: If you are going up a ladder to change a light bulb, ring one of your friends and tell them, "I'm going to change a light bulb. I may fall and knock myself out. Would you like to stay with me on speaker? " Then, make sure you are wearing clean underwear and have done your make up so that you are not mortified when the ambulance comes. If you are having a bath or a shower, tidy the house first, so that if you drown or slip and bang your head, the emergency services don't need to feel ashamed of their judgemental thoughts. ( Clarty little bitch: look at the STATE of her bedroom. ) If you're going to worry, worry about the stuff that's LIKELY to happen, not what's NOT likely to happen. And if you ARE going to worry about stuff like stranger danger which isn't likely to happen, then it's only fair to worry about all the other nonsense that's not likely to happen. Like waking up on the morning with the ears of a Springer Spaniel where your own used to be. It *could* happen. by TOMSDOTTIR (Mon 19th Apr 2021 5:56pm)
  • Then you must simply puree all your food - including fish suppers- before eating, or else do what I do and sit on the front doorstep to eat whilst making aggressive contact with passers by. Slurping soup is a good alpha female move, especially if you get it in your hair. by TOMSDOTTIR (Mon 19th Apr 2021 8:41pm)
  • Hrr by TOMSDOTTIR (Mon 19th Apr 2021 11:26pm)
  • Report and block. I like to think about all the people we've been hearing about of late whose nasty little comments online, sometimes made years ago, have resulted in their careers disappearing down the toilet, or a knock on the door by a couple of police officers straight out of a Brothers Grimm story inviting them to accompany them down to the station. Not so tough then. Here's the thing: not ONE of those idiots thought at the time they made those comments that they were going to get into trouble. by TOMSDOTTIR (Tue 20th Apr 2021 12:26am)
  • This is glorious - thankyou! by TOMSDOTTIR (Tue 20th Apr 2021 10:13pm)
  • Contempt prior to investigation. It might be surprisingly soft. by TOMSDOTTIR (Tue 20th Apr 2021 11:37pm)
  • What are people confusing children *with*? Small adults? Made-up creatures out of a Tove Jansson story like those Hemulen things? Shaved cats? I didn't realise this was a problem and now I'm worried. by TOMSDOTTIR (Tue 20th Apr 2021 11:41pm)
  • Mine arrived this morning. I see what you mean. Way too slippery. by TOMSDOTTIR (Wed 21st Apr 2021 2:54pm)
  • I feel like this could be a good excuse in all kinds of awkward social situations. ​ "...Er...I was just practising the Heimlich manouevre on myself" ​ "And I was just helping her" by TOMSDOTTIR (Wed 21st Apr 2021 6:47pm)
  • Getting into fights with neighbours is a good way of setting yourself up for disaster. My mother, the Wicked Witch, drove out 7 sets of neighbours. They all started off with this, "You won't win" attitude. Getting the police involved didn't help as they knew what sort of person she was and wanted as little to do with her as possible. She had lodged countless complaints about them and made various allegations. In the end, she made their lives hell and they couldn't take it any more. If you inspected every street she had ever lived on, you'd be able to spot her house without being told. It would be the one where the neighbours on both sides had put up tall fences in an attempt to keep her at bay. Didn't even slow her up. She would just talk shit to them through the fence. Stull, at least it gave us kids a break from being on the receiving end of that non stop hell. I'm not suggesting you cave in, but maybe pause and reflect about the long term consequences of starting a feud with someone whose basic character is not yet known by you. Remember: no plan survives first contact with the enemy. by TOMSDOTTIR (Sun 25th Apr 2021 7:34am)
  • Welp, we cremated her and she hasn't bothered us since. by TOMSDOTTIR (Sun 25th Apr 2021 8:02am)
  • They weren't messing about with those moustaches. by TOMSDOTTIR (Sat 1st May 2021 7:01pm)
  • Throughout my childhood and adult life I've lived, studied and worked in a number of different countries, as did my parents before me. My parents were Scottish and Irish. We moved between Scotland and a several different countries in Africa when I was young, then moved to a tiny island in the South Pacific and I went to school in Australia. I returned to Scotland for a while, then moved to the USA for a few years and I'm now in Glasgow, though I've lived and studied in other Scottish (and English) towns and cities. When people catch that slightly unusual tone in my accent and ask me where I'm from, I usually reply that I'm not sure. The reason I'm saying all this is that I've come to understand how easy it is to feel that you don't fit anywhere. Living elsewhere can change you and your outlook permanently. Friends are never permanent and you hold back something of yourself, knowing that they won't be in your life forever. Work, ditto. Family scatters and you lose the sense of self which comes with living in the same place as them. I don't make an effort now to socialize the way I used to. Instead, I find what it is that I enjoy and do that- regardless of whether I find others who enjoy that too. Pretending to be someone I'm not in order to belong is EXHAUSTING. Happily for me, the things I enjoy don't require teams of friends. I usually end up with three or four close friends when I've been living somewhere long enough, and then another group of acquaintances as well, who I get on well with. For me, finding work that I enjoy and that feels worthwhile and meaningful has always been critical: my sense of self has always depended heavily on that. It's not always possible, but I've made that a priority. You've had a number of disappointments and upheavals since you arrived: these would bring anyone down - especially when compounded with loneliness. It doesn't mean that it will always be like this for you. I've felt really bad and really good everywhere I've lived but you know what they say: wherever you go, there you are. I seem to be pretty resilient and I try to make the best of whatever is happening. Congratulations on having the courage to move to a new country. That takes guts and optimism- two qualities which make for long term happiness. And welcome to Glasgow - I'm glad you're here, contributing your experiences and effort. Finally, when I feel defeated, I like to remember the story about the two frogs who fell into a bucket of milk. The bucket is made of steel so they can't crawl out. The milk is too deep for them to reach the bottom and jump out. One frog says "We're doomed. No-one is coming to save us." He gives up trying to escape and drowns. The other frog can't see any way to escape either, but he keeps paddling round and round in circles saying to himself, There MUST be a way out, there MUST be a way out. And after he has been doing this for a while the paddling of his little legs has churned the milk to butter, and out he hops. Keep paddling. by TOMSDOTTIR (Wed 19th May 2021 7:09pm)
  • Clearly you've never tried making butter with mice. by TOMSDOTTIR (Wed 19th May 2021 9:25pm)
  • Not going NEARLY far enough. They should also refuse to see people who have had the polio vaccine, because, you know, vaccines. And as far as spotting who those people are, well, those would be the people who don't have polio. by TOMSDOTTIR (Mon 31st May 2021 4:56pm)
  • It means exactly the same as 'aiming', except that it also stands for the type of typing mistake made when you select the letter next to the one you were aiming at. by TOMSDOTTIR (Sat 5th Jun 2021 3:49am)
  • Audis have indicators? by TOMSDOTTIR (Tue 8th Jun 2021 8:10pm)
  • Help! I'm being mugged! by TOMSDOTTIR (Mon 14th Jun 2021 1:10pm)
  • Do you wish to apologise for [your country's disgraceful conduct during the war?](https://youtu.be/kRP48qsBLoM) by TOMSDOTTIR (Mon 14th Jun 2021 1:15pm)
  • I used to live round the corner from Auchengreoch Rd. Dodged a bullet there. by TOMSDOTTIR (Mon 14th Jun 2021 11:41pm)
  • "Well I tell you [hwhat."](https://youtu.be/QqOwzQjgmiQ) by TOMSDOTTIR (Mon 21st Jun 2021 5:01pm)
  • At least he wasn't [feeding sausage rolls to a vegetarian police horse](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-21383945#:~:text=A%20man%20from%20Glasgow%20has%20been%20found%20guilty,Pollokshaws%20Road%2C%20Glasgow%2C%20on%2026%20September%20last%20year). by TOMSDOTTIR (Tue 22nd Jun 2021 6:44pm)
  • I think it's the sound of people's souls leaving their bodies. by TOMSDOTTIR (Mon 28th Jun 2021 2:14am)
  • I don't think that anyone is suggesting that this not extremely challenging behaviour. None of us want to be around it. But there's a difference between feeling understandably angry with someone and using slurs when you describe them. Once you start labeling other human beings as scum or "less than" or maintaining that you don't care how they ended up in that situation, it becomes OK to treat them worse than animals. That's not good for any of us. We can be pissed off, we can quite reasonably say that it's not our job to resolve the problems other human beings are encountering, but when we start insulting them, or saying that we don't give a shit about the suffering of others - that's on us, not them. Can you think about the worst time in your life - the absolute worst you've ever felt? Now imagine that everyone you encountered at that time (including those closest to you) made it clear they despised you and that they called you names. Welcome to the world of addicts and alcoholics. That's how they feel all the time except when they're high or drunk. by TOMSDOTTIR (Tue 29th Jun 2021 1:18am)
  • "Mary had a little lamb But it was always gruntin' She tied it to a five- bar gate And kicked..." I forget the rest. by TOMSDOTTIR (Wed 30th Jun 2021 5:52pm)
  • HOW!! YOU!!! Shut up about they wee Fegs! by TOMSDOTTIR (Wed 30th Jun 2021 11:14pm)
  • r/Bandnames by TOMSDOTTIR (Sun 18th Jul 2021 11:01pm)
  • Similar issue with my bin area, which houses 6 bins for owners/renters, two paper/plastic/ cans recycling bins, a brown bin and a glass recycling bin. For a while after I moved in 5 years ago I would routinely find that other residents had dumped their trash in my bin because either they were too lazy to recycle and/or they produced so much rubbish. Apparently it never occurred to them that several households might be dumping in my bin leaving me no room or that I might not want punctured trash bags containing spoiled meat in there. Dog walkers would routinely step in and dump their little bags of shit (well, presumably, not actually *their* shit) in the nearest bin, too. The day I went out to dispose of my non- recycled stuff and found maggots - literally hundreds of them- crawling all over the bin was the last straw. I bought a bin padlock, which is simply a small metal bar with holes in it which the padlock fits through and fitted it. It's sad how happy that made me. Now, any time I go out there and there's crap on the ground or someone else's bin is overflowing it doesn't bother me any more. It has become an SEP (someone else's problem). I don't know why it works that way for me but it does. I've schooled myself to identify problems I can do nothing about and ignore those. The lovely scenic approach to my place is regularly blighted by fly tippers, who must certainly go straight to hell when they die. I used to fantasise about hiding in the bushes in the darkness with a flame thrower and roasting the feckers. Or following them home and setting fire to their cars (years of playing The Sims has taught me that setting fire to things can resolve a lot of problems). But I gradually realised I was getting mad about stuff that I couldn't change, however annoying it was. I try nowadays to view those things like the weather: it just is, whether i like it or not. The less I think about it, the less it bothers me. I'm not suggesting this as an option for anyone else, but it works for me. by TOMSDOTTIR (Tue 20th Jul 2021 5:48pm)
  • The escape rooms. I took my friend's teenage kids (15, 16 and 18) there when they were visiting from The Smoke and they loved it. INSIST they go to the loo before you get locked in. One of them (the oldest) developed a painful need to go number 2 the minute the door was locked. Some kind of psychological thing I guess. by TOMSDOTTIR (Thu 5th Aug 2021 1:01am)
  • That is AMAZING! 20 years from now, the way your life will run, it won't look at all odd that you don't use the stuff, any more than it looks odd that someone who has never used it in their life doesn't touch it. You don't walk into the house of a 67 year old retired vicar, clutch at your heart and gasp, "Nae weed!!!" But the white knuckle days, they're the ones that show you who you really are. When we're numbing out with drugs or alcohol or gambling or whatever we're choosing short term gain with long term pain. Making that decision to quit is also the choice for short term pain and long term gain. I have been reliably informed by those who have never done drugs or alcohol to the extent I thought they were supposed to be done, that this is known as "adulting". by TOMSDOTTIR (Tue 10th Aug 2021 11:32pm)
  • That goes for online too. It's all very well criticising someone here for making a woman feel unsafe and unwelcome in a public space because she's a woman. You have to speak up when you see misogyny online too, otherwise you're not opposing it. You're just running alongside it, keeping it company. by TOMSDOTTIR (Thu 12th Aug 2021 12:27am)
  • Gaunnie naw dae that? by TOMSDOTTIR (Tue 28th Mar 2023 9:07pm)