Monthly Archives: October 2015
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Posted: October 29, 2015Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
Owl Grabs a Helicopter Lift
A short -eared owl was this week flown to safety off an oil rig. No it hadn’t been earning extra cash as a roustabout, or delivering mail like Harry Potter’s owl Hedwig. Instead its inner sat nav had gone awry and sent it out a hundred miles to sea. The owl was on its last legs when it found its way onto the oil rig as the only landing place in thousands of square miles...
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Posted: October 21, 2015Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
Back to the Future- Re-United with a Wallet
Teenager Now a Grandfather Gets His Wallet Back in a DeLorean Moment
It’s one of those heart warming stories you only occasionally hear about. It’s how a young British man was in a ski bar in France and how he got distracted and lost his wallet and then presto 55 years later it gets returned to him. Could it be true, or one of those urban legends we used...
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Posted: October 12, 2015Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
UKhisimusi omuhle, Vrolijk Kerstfeest, Joyeux Noël, Frohe Weihnachten and Happy Christmas
The Countdown Has Begun
Now you might recognise how to say Happy Christmas in French or German from the above, but did you spot Zulu and Flemish. Well good for you! Yes it’s that time of year again where you have to start paying attention to those notices in the post office about the last days to post your letters...
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Posted: October 12, 2015Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
The Pound in Your Pocket
Glasgow Has a New Currency
It’s been years since that phrase was coined by Prime Minister Harold Wilson and we all take it for granted that we all have the same currency in our handbag or wallet, but an enterprising group have set up a local currency the Govenhill Pound. It follows the launch of local currencies in the south, in Brixton, Bristol and Totnes. It is designed...
