Notices by Fitheach (fitheach@mstdn.io), page 4

@GreenandBlack
We went to the Hogmanay celebrations in Edinburgh many years ago. We thoroughly enjoyed it. Started with the fire procession down Arthur's Seat, concert at the Ross Bandstand, the fireworks from the Castle Esplanade, and finally a party at a friend's house in the city.

Do they use the kettle to make tea?

@GreenandBlack
Last time I was in Edinburgh at Hogmanay, you couldn't even *walk* along Princes Street unless you had the event ticket.

@deejoe
Kind of similar problem, recently...

I had a really old PC, with a really old kernel. Decided to upgrade, but that necessitated a new kernel. However, the 100MB boot partition wasn't big enough for a modern kernel. :blobsad:

@ParadeGrotesque @alex

Clearly, on-street parking on Edinburgh's Princes Street wasn't a problem in the 1930s. For those that could afford a car in those recession hit times.

@clacke
You forgot the fourth one. Village in Anglesey, Wales:

Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyll

#Cymru #Wales

Make of this what you will. Allegedly:

"The key scandal here is not his sexual relationship with Arcuri.
It’s Boris."

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1176839648406122497.html

#BoJo #MiloYiannopoulos #Breitbart

@sajith
Don't worry, it's not you, it's me. When you see examples of the rule of thirds, the subjects (objects) are just as commonly on the right as they are on the left.

I've looked through hundreds of my photos and I've noticed my own preference (bias) for having the subject on the left, and I don't know why.

@sajith
So, you don't have a preference for any of the photos? Are you right handed? Only use a l-to-r language?

I just can't determine why I prefer the photos with Neachdainn on the left. Some extension to the rule of thirds that I don't know.

"A drummer! Not even a real musician, just makes a noise."

#music #drums

In my previous post Neachdainn was right-adjusted in the frame, but he is looking right. Is that why the photo is less satisfying? I don't think so, as I have some photos where he looks left, and I still find them less satisfying.

Here is another photo from the set. Again, Neachdainn is left adjusted in the frame, and he is looking right. This also means there is a catchlight in his eye. Is that a sub-concious consideration?

#photos #photography #dogs #DogsOfTheFediverse #MastoDogs

@gemlog
"You might very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment." As Francis Urquhart often said.

I could imagine his wife would've found the "technology lessons" excuse hard to believe.

#Woofday Wednesday

I took several portrait photographs of #Neachdainn on Saturday. I posted one photo already:

https://mstdn.io/@fitheach/102830670104721479

Some of the photos have Neachdainn right adjusted in the frame, instead of left. For some reason I find these photos less satisfying. Is it because I have a right-handed bias? Is it a cultural thing because I am used to using left-to-right writing? Something else? I don't know.

#photos #photography #dogs #DogsOfTheFediverse #MastoDogs

@edavies
Some great pun potential in this story. I'm finding it difficult to resist .

@mhamzahkhan

@mhamzahkhan
If it's a euphemism, it is not one I've heard before.

@wizardofosmium
I should think so. Probably not done intentionally. I understand Ms Arcuri is from the US.

@GreenandBlack
I had a choice of several photos, but I know BoJo loves Union Flags, so I chose that one.

Investigations are on-going into why a company owned by pole-dancing ex-model Jennifer Arcuri received £100,000 in public funds, after she became close friends with Boris Johnson while he was London Mayor.

Ms Arcuri explained that BoJo's frequent visits to her flat during office hours was for technology lessons. Questions also raised about a reception she held in Westminster, which was facilitated by one of the PM's political allies.

I must say #BoJo is providing great entertainment value.

@strypey
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Having a "buy" component isn't a requirement for providing social housing. You would need to argue that requirement as a policy on its own.

Councils (& housing assoc') consider their Capital Budgets and Revenue Budgets separately. RBs are for spending in the current year, CBs have longer lives. Excesses from the RB (e.g. rents) can be put towards the CB, but their is tremendous political pressure to spend it on those annual council services.