Glasgow The Dear Green Place

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  • neeps and tatties, cheap windows 7

    burns night of course means – veggie haggis (not the animal stuff yeuch) and neeps and tatties – yummy and the old special wee timirous beastie.

  • SECC

    spent the whole day at the SECC Scottish food and trade fair – really great show this year much better than last year’s. There was a buzz and found some really interesting items for the gift store. This is the only large major trade fair here as we cannot always get down to manchester or birmingham or earl’s court in london to attend. Too far to drive and too tiring after spending a whole day walking and talking and browsing non-stop. Came home exhausted

  • honest brokers

    theme today is honest brokers why – well a businessman has been arrested cos he sold false bomb finding equipment to Iraq? because of him our troops die trying to unfuse the bombs what a bad man. Then the other is Egypt. Are they really an honest broker between the Palestinians and Israel? here are some facts:

  • trains, banks, light knots, jack straw

    This is like an inventors dream – phsyicists in London have learnt how to tie light in knots – a feat that is truly remarkable. Not only that but it was led by someone from glasgow uni. Can you imagine all applications that can be used and invented and created because of this?

  • fish and chips, sky news, mumbai bombings

    Atlantic Fast Food in Coatbridge (Suburb of Glasgow – though they would not agree he he) has been named the best fish and chip shop in the UK. In the last three years a Scottish fish and chip shop has won. Yummy yummy.

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