Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Novelty socks

The morning radio shows informs listeners that the air is remarkably clear. Seems you can see for 70 miles. How you would measure this is left unexplained.

Lots of fighter jets flying high and in pairs heading North. I'd usually put this down to training exercises but these days you're never entirely sure. 

Who'd have thought Tylenol would become so controversial ?

One late flowering Poppy adds a touch of summer to the wind scoured barley field. A solitary out of season Poppy seems a hundred times brighter than its summer cousins.


Justin Timberlake and Tiger Woods have taken over the old cinema and are turning it into a golf themed sports bar. This morning a group of workmen are fixing new signs to the front of the building. Can this signify it's going to be open in time for next weeks golf tournament ? The  workmen seem to be bustling around in a most un-Scottish way. Perhaps the promise of a bonus is driving them on ? Will the Tiger/Timberlake duo make an appearance ?

A photo of a sheep arrives, suitably framed, from the photographer in Edinburgh. A blade of grass sticks out of the ewes lower jaw.


The Natural Juice Store that closed ( leaving a pile of unpaid bills on the doormat ) has reopened as a ' Fun for your feet ' novelty socks outlet. The new proprietors clearly think this must have potential.  Angus looks at the socks in the window and decides he is unlikely to become a novelty sock buyer. 


Things I didn't know about forks :https://theconversation.com/the-thousand-year-story-of-how-the-fork-crossed-europe-and-onto-your-plate-today-260704

Hot under the collar :https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/your-brain-on-food/202509/why-are-men-always-so-warm

Students have better mental health when there are more females in their class :https://www.nber.org/papers/w34269



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