On my recent trip to Scotland, I realised that for a pure accident, totally not intentional, I took some midges with me (according to bites on my body about a couple thousand) in my van, I really like Scotland and Scottish people and I would like to return and some point to Scotland to travel more, so not to upset any one, what is the best way to deliver them back to you ?

£5.20 for the short journey from Falkirk to Grangemouth on McGills. Almost had a heart attack when they said the price i had to make sure I hadn't been given a return or day ticket.

Open it on NYE or keep for another 30?

Right who was it 😂

Personally im pro black market tobacco

Loved my trip, I’m sure it won’t be long till I’m back.
1. Purple Sandpiper
2. White-throated Dipper
3. Grey Wagtail
4. Northern Gannet
5. Ruff
6. Northern Eider
7. Ruddy Turnstone

Hi! I’m 16 and currently in S5, and I’m considering leaving school after S5 and going straight to university rather than staying on for S6. I’d be 17 when I started uni. My mother is heavily against the idea, however I have a few extended family members who are in favour.

I’m mainly interested in applying for Maths at Edinburgh, Glasgow and St Andrews. In S4 I got 7 As at National 5 and 1 A at Higher, and I’m fairly confident I could meet the 5 As required for the courses, especially as I already have one. I got full marks in my National 5 Maths exam, although I don’t have loads of Maths-related supercurriculars (I never did UKMT, for example). I have done a one-week engineering course at Strathclyde and generally just really enjoy Maths.

Medicine is the dream, but I’m unsure if I can go down that route. Most of my friends are leaving after S5, and I also have mild cerebral palsy, so I’m currently contacting medical schools to find out whether that would cause any issues with applying/going into medicine. I’m also considering applying for Maths and then deciding later whether to accept, defer or reject the offer depending on how things look with Medicine and potentially my UCAT.

I want to know if I'd even have a chance of getting a conditional, and whether there would be any massive drawback to going to Uni at 17. From my perspective, plenty of people who are young forv their year do it after S6 anyway, and I don't plan on drinking.

I'm trying to find a particular Oor Wullie story. I remember reading it in an annual published in the early 1970s or perhaps early 1980s. I've hunted about, but neither Google nor ChatGPT/Claude has been able to find it. I wonder if any of you can help.

In the story, Wullie is frustrated by not having a football team to play in, so he decides to create his own. He goes around all his friends and picks the best players from among them, position by position, until he has a crack team. I think he maybe called it "Wullie's Wanderers", but I'm not sure.

The story's punchline panel shows Wullie appearing the next Saturday, kitted out for their first game, but with one of the team asking, confused, why he is there. It turns out that Wullie had actually assembled a full team of eleven players, forgetting to leave a position free for Wullie himself to play in. IIRC, the final panel has Wullie, sitting on his bucket, grumping to Jeemy about his mistake.

Trigger any memories? Any idea of the year?

I’m married to a Brit but I’m from Toronto Canada 🇨🇦 so I’ve never seen a hedgehog in real life before! Thought I’d share here.😊

https://archive.ph/BOgwc

I used to live the wind up when I was wee and vividly remember one of the guys car getting crashed by the young garage apprentice, guy asks if he’s died on the call 😅 can’t find it anywhere online now, anyone have a link to it?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq0lrz6j0ylnt#player