Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Oldest great-nibling, who is 8, can run faster than all of us. I am attempting to teach the other three kids how to hunt by one person chasing him towards the rest of the child-pack. 000
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Queue for O2 Academy is insanely long. Don't think I will be keen for gigs here in future. 101
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Toilets in Nicky Tams in Stirling are labelled 'Loons' and 'Quines'. Also they have a very nice dark ale : St Philips from Moor Brewery. 110
Reposted by NickyCharlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 16/09/2026As a footnote, if a mechanism exists to deprive ANY group of civil rights—no matter how reviled they are, and by however many—then that mechanism WILL eventually be weaponized against YOU. You do not have to be trans or pro-trans to be against deprivation of anyone's rights. (PS: I am pro-trans.) 12520132
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Does anyone have a large battery power pack that Arden could borrow this weekend please? 100
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I'll be stomping around a local battlefield next weekend. Free event. www.battle500.org.ukbattle500.org.ukHome | Battle 500 | Battle of Linlithgow Bridge West Lothian2026 marks the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Linlithgow Bridge. To mark this properly the Linlithgow community and other groups across Scotand are coming together to organise a series of exciting... 011
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Just the thing to wear in 35C heat. .... we were pouring water on our hats and shirts all day, which actually worked pretty well. 010
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 15/05/2026GP surgery is refusing to do a repeat prescription unless I sign up to Patient Portal. How bad is this? Should I use a burner phone? 000
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 04/05/2026In hospital for a scan. I'm the most mobile person in the ward so I have been making myself useful moving curtains and seeking lost socks. 000
Reposted by NickyNoun Verber 🏴🇺🇦🇵🇸 @froblivion.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Grift springs eternal 001
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Drinking chocolate from one of my Grandma's cups. It feels really weird because the bone china is so thin that there's barely any rim there. 010
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 24/04/2026While I am not thrilled by early mornings all the time, they do have their compensations. 010
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 18/04/2026John Bayne Mausoleum stone lift so far : Us: "Argh, they're going to break it.." The Stone : "CRACK" Team : "Well, there were pre-existing fracture lines...". . Also Health And Safety... one single strop on the lift... truck reversing with people not clear... and gantry not clear... 010
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 11/04/2026I'm finding it hard enough that one of the kids asked me 'What is war?'. Meanwhile there are families in Gaza, Iran, Ukraine, etc living that reality every day. 000
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 15/03/2026So 'The Other Bennet Sister' Quite fun, but a) the character bears no resemblance to the Mary of the book b) nobody needed a sex scene from Mr and Mrs Bennet. 101
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 07/03/2026I have discovered a new migraine trigger. On Thursday I arrived to look after grandkids and pretty much immediately had a blinding migraine. Cue frantic rearrangement of childcare. Turns out it was a bunch of flowers. They must have been sprayed with artificial scent. Fellow sufferers beware. 000
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 23/01/2026By the way, don't try sending me messages on Bluesky. Ironically I am too old to faff around with their age vetification thing, so I can't see messages here. Email me? Or comment on a post? Or try Mastadon - I think that still works 130
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Rewatching some old historical dramas, and being boggled by how much the modern narrative on Henry VIII focuses on his sex life as his sole motivation. Whereas "A man for all seasons says Wolsey fell primarily because he was trying to become pope ( which he was) 110
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Slightly sad to be taking down the decorations. Holidays seem to have flown by. 020
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Bliadhna Mhath Ùr! Happy New Year. We had a few people round for drinks, then went out to see the fireworks. There were some new ones that had looked like creepy hands, which was weird and cool. Two of the 4 kids managed to stay awake for them. 010
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 31/12/2025I'm adding crisps to my list of things not to put in orders of shopping for delivery. Three multipacks put at the bottom of the tray under tins and bottles... sigh... I long ago gave up on ordering any fresh produce because they kept sending short dated stuff. 000
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 28/12/2025Hopefully nobody wants to send me messages through Bluesky? It's currently demanding age verification, which sounds like a trick to get hold of ID. I can be reached on Discord, Whatsapp, text and email. 000
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Taking the kids to IKEA so that R can tidy the flat. Oldest demolished a portion of meatballs, and now they're playing with the toy kitchen. I have coffee 000
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Lisbon is like the 1970s : really salty food and the waiter argued with me when I tried to order a beer. 110
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 26/11/2025I still buy my kids (and their partners) advent calendars. Grandchild (aged 4) : "Where's mine?" Me: "Your Mum and Dad buy yours." Grandchild: "Cool"... then negotiates with parents for going to the shops this weekend to choose one. Husband: "Where's mine?" Me: "Ask your Mum." 010
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Can we extend the firework ban to include not selling eggs to teenagers in October? ... have just got up early on a Sunday morning to clean eggs off the windows of a disabled person's flat. 010
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 25/10/2025I have a terrible pain in all the diodes down my left hand side. ... pulled the muscles by coughing. 000
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Taking down my hood in the rain to show the nervous woman ahead of me on the path that I'm not a bloke... Sigh. I also slowed my pace to create a bit of distance when I realised she was looking back nervously and speeding up herself 020
Reposted by NickyAndrew Ducker @andrewducker.bsky.social · 14/10/2025The Commissioner for human rights for the Council of Europe warns that Britain’s treatment of trans people could breach the ECHRindependent.co.ukTreatment of trans people risks breaching ECHR, UK warnedA European human rights watchdog has warned Britain’s treatment of trans people could breach the ECHR 056
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Signs that I may be a Goth : Xmas shopping in the Halloween section. 000
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Okay, so in the unlikely event that I was ever hanging up a union flag, I would have no idea which was supposed to be the top, but the Lion Rampant really ought to be obvious 120
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 03/09/2025I have applied for my bus pass. With the usual bad language caused by stupid online systems that don't really work with a desktop computer. Hopefully that's sorted out and I never have to reapply 000
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 08/08/2025The chip shops here close at 9pm on Friday. #NoLongerInACity 000
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 14/06/2025This weekend I am babysitting at a LARP event. Having finished babysitting the grandkids, I am now babysitting the fire while everyone else is off fighting 000
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Older grandchild (4) just wrote their name for the first time in a Fathers' Day card for Grandpa 041
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Bus took a wrong turn... oops. It then did a 3 point turn on Lothian Road... 131
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Exhibition at Portrait Gallery on James VI had quite a few accessories on display. And it wasn't even us who set the alarm off by trying to get close enough to see obscure details on portraits. 031
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 21/05/2025First Aid training today. Very useful, but I definitely need a drink. Fortunately AJ and Feorag are prepared to help out. 121
Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Stressful morning going to politely ask for a TERF sticker that a friend had spotted to be removed from a local pub. I was a bag of nerves but barman was actually fine about it when I asked. Still a bit adrenaline jittery, but massively relieved it was so easy in the end 041
