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Being, as I am, a tad peeved at always hearing the opinion that music isn't as good as it used to be, I've been listening to some new and newish music...

Enjoy. That's the Jockbox over for today folks.

I had that a couple of weeks ago. It came with some sort of creamy foam, some black caviar, and slices of thin toast. I liked it a lot.

It's a long way from this to "Trainspotting ... actually helped glamorise it in the strange minds of many Scots", but this debate should be settled in...

You got a few things right there. Russian, like some other European languages, doesn't have the /?/ or /ð/ sounds, as in bit and that, respectively. W...

You said it seriously, so it's clear that you believe it. Repeating it doesn't make it more convincing. I continue to think it's a ridiculous opinion,...

I think that's ridiculous, and also mostly beside the point when judging the film. Incidentally, it was my wife's favourite film even before I met her...

I was referring to the book, which uses that kind of spelling, but I like the film. Not so much the sequel, which was a bit lame.

Aye, totally Jekyll and Hyde.

I guess it's effective in Trainspotting though. :chin:

Well, I dislike that way of rendering Scots or Scottish dialects in English that you use. Obviously it would sound roughly like "Aye ah did", but that...

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Aye I did.

Should've said Jockbox, obviously.

I'll have you know I was in Scotland just a couple of months ago, where I patronized several authentic Stockbridge wine bars.

You looking to get malkied?

Wouldn't mind some whisky this evening, but I'm on the wagon. And Spanish haggis is crap.

Someone should rename this thread "The Scottishbox". I've had enough.

Quite common in Edinburgh. Risky in Glasgow. Not often seen in England.

Good stuff. Very modern sounding. At times it reminded me of Riley and Reich. I've been getting myself back into jazz. I've always liked Wayne Shorter...

@"schopenhauer1" First, it's not just antinatalism: we do try to merge discussions on the same topics if they're happening simultaneously, or if they'...

Mikie had our full support.

Gong, "Wingful of Eyes", from the album Shamal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehbowA_pzJE

I find the "Jazz and Classical" a bit restrictive, because a lot of the music I like doesn't quite fit in either. I'm going to assume that the other i...

At the same time, it's shocking to see some Russians turn on such an intimate neighbour and cheer--as I've seen some ultra nationalists do--the bombin...

Where I am is now Spain. I made my way via Antalya and Munich. There is a lot of support for the war in Russia, with varying levels of intensity and r...

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Don't worry: Agent Smith hasn't either.

It's a nice story, very European, but I must admit I was expecting you to say the woman went out into the woods with a gun to get your rabbit.

I may have told my langoustine micro-anecdote before. I was in a cafe at the harbour in the town of Portree on the Isle of Skye and I asked for some m...

Scampi is only a dish in the US.

I see there’s a definition in Merriam-Webster: “large shrimp prepared with a garlic-flavored sauce”. I wasn’t aware of that. In any case, I can recomm...

Scampi isn’t shrimp.

Reminds me of Greyfriars Bobby, immortalized in film by Disney in 1961.

Having struggled to use the Istanbul metro, I'm impressed.

I heard about those dogs long before I had any connection to Moscow, about ten years ago when the story was going around the world. There was a local ...

It depends where you are. In Spain, for instance, it's against the law to take photos of people in public without permission. I didn't know this when ...

No, we can't.

The way I see it, it would've been disrespectful if I'd done it without mentioning Jack (so that he got a notification). Since I did mention him, I th...

Only you can decide whether to make that change :wink:

There aren’t many members who use a photo of themselves as their profile pic, but @"Jack Cummins" does, so I made this: /uploads/resized/files/rv/hn5h...

Likely. No doubt there’s an incel out there who’s fallen in love with his female self. What happens next we’ll never know, but it’s good material for ...

I was meant to be reading Borges tonight but now I’m sending regendered pictures of myself to everyone I know.

I like that you went for the natural look.

I think the second looks better because I was slimmer of face and had less of a beard.

Don’t be shy. I’m asking you very directly, how do you want me?

Based on a different photo: /uploads/resized/files/of/ox1ny4e7vc3t3c8m.jpeg Which do you prefer?

I decided not to remove the glasses. I like glasses on a woman, and I especially like glasses on a female version of myself. For some reason I wasn’t ...

Younger version: /uploads/resized/files/7p/xy2crhk7cj7hyxsw.jpeg

/uploads/resized/files/jt/oifvsxkbwoy8j83h.jpeg I spent too much time on that.