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MacotheIsles wrote:I'll take a stab Mr PJ ... Is the second one Labelle Place?

You're off by a 5–10 minute walk.

Mitchell Street, on the side of what's now the Celtic Shop. Viewable from Argyle Street, too.

Guess where? The first one's easy, the second one not so much.

BTJustice wrote:

Is that a manufacturer's mark, or an instruction?

The main issue with pushing as many school leavers through University as possible is that it's economically unviable. It becomes impossible to give out grant money to everyone, so we switch to loans and leave an entire generation in £10k+ debt by the time it hits 22. Lecturers and exam markers strik...

Tilt shift miniatures were a bit of a fad a while back. The idea is to make real scenes look like miniatures using potatoshop, viz: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/85/278117523_6600006f0a.jpg (click for uncompromisingly huge version) Essentially, you're faking really shallow depth of field and then b...

At least two people in one of my fifth year classes spelled the word "of" with a v. I'd say a beating was justified in those circumstances.

Is too much schooling compulsory these days? Should children be given a freer hand in their own education? Or is the reverse true? Or, indeed, are things fine just the way they are? What would you change about the education system? Wow, haven't we really digressed from the original topic of this thr...

Ally Doll wrote:These look like toys though!!!

It's been potatoshopped to within an inch of its life to get that effect. They're called tilt-shift miniature fakes. I might make a wee thread on them if it hasn't been done already.

Thanks, Mac.


Dear Glasgow City Council,

Please can we have a new city motto:



"Welcome to Glasgow. Now look up."

It'd be nice if there were a handy list of elevated, publicly accessible spots in Glasgow which allow photography. So, let's make one. Q-Park, Maxwell Street Just behind the St. Enoch Centre, which blocks off your view to the north unless you're particularly excited about the St. Enoch Centre. To th...

Stewart memorial fountain in Kelvingrove:

Aye, I know those squirrels well.

Speaking of which, is this the first confirmed sighting of a squirrel eating a penguin? I should get the boy Attenborough on the phone.

On top of the boxy brick structure by the Gibson St. entrance to KGP:



Er, right you are, sunshine.