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In a recent lock-in somewhere in this city, the ashtrays came out again & it was so nice to see the lights casting beams through the smoke once more!

I think it is considered criminal here as well, common assault possibly & I'm pretty certain I remember reading a few months ago about someone being put on the sex-offenders register for it.

Plenty places don't take kindly to non-punters using their bogs tho, despite a large number of them being on a tax-bung to provide public access to their facilities.

Some people would pay good money for that!

The SNP have always been a firmly left wing party although it is true that they have had to accomodate a small right wing element in their midst. When formed, one of the parties that merged to become the SNP was right wing, pro-independance. However, this was by far the smallest of the parties & frankly it barely qualified as one at all.

Tattoo operations need to be licenced by the local council in the UK. Mainly for compliance with health & saftey & clean-working guidelines. Usually by environmental health but individual practice varies a bit. For conventions elsewhere, the home licence is usually deemed acceptable but apparently this year, Aberdeen insisted that each tattooist's workspace be registered as an individual tattoo studio in its own right for the duration of the convention at 80 a pop. The artists were pretty pissed-off about that & several didn't come because of it. Has given the organiser some worries about being able to stage it again but hopefully they will overcome. American practice varies widely - some places have next to no restrictions whilst other places are exceptionally & stupidly strict. Somewhere insists that they must hold a full medical degree!

You didn't get them at this convention did you?

You are fucked for cash I'm afraid but at least the world will be spared the dubious wonder of yet another ace Beck t-shirt!

Not worth it at all. If you are going to contest it with anyone, why not get on to the council about their closing almost all the public bogs in the first place & putting us in a position where we sometimes have to go in the street. Either that, or the next time, go piss on the main door of St Nicholas House!

Not a chance! The tattoists are all established & otherwise licenced professionals. Any work by new artists would only be non-permanent. If you are talking about the gear/supplies aspect, yes there is a trade room but again, you are going to need your licence to get in. General public/amateur artists are not welcome in there.

Lineup on website now: http://www.tartanheartfestival.co.uk/2006/

Latest line-up from Efests Embrace Mystery Jets Guillemots Forward Russia King Creosote Biffy Clyro Seth Lakeman Dreadzone Desmond Dekker Chris Difford Martha Wainwright Errol Linton's Blues Vibe Martin Stephenson and the Toe Rags I See Hawks in LA Tony Gilkyson Union Avenue Hobotalk The Moonshiners David Ogilvy Christina Kulukundis Joe West Feis Rois Arlo Guthrie & another source is claiming Belle & Sebastian as well

I remember the year the supply at Chapel of Garioch failed. A truck turned-up & dropped-off a few pallettes with cases of big bottles of Evian. The water co decided this would do in the meantime. Within a few hours, cars from all sorts of places out of area were turning-up to fill their boots with a few cases. Barmy!

Following a stint in hospital once, involving a prolonged period without food. As I began to recover, they fed me soup. As I'd been fed by drip, my guts took some time to get used to eating again & initially I would hurl just after eating. After a couple of weeks of this eat-puke-eat-puke cycle, I'd become unable to tell the difference between soup on its way up or down. To this day, the mere thought of soup is enough to make me heave!

Absolutely yonks ago. I was eliminating them from theatre kit back in the late 80s/early 90s It wouldn't be illegal to buy & use them at home but if you were to put one on stage, no insurances would cover you & if you or anyone else got hurt/place damaged you & the responsable person at the venue could well face negligence charges.

I. Must. Resist. Last thing I need is more ink!

Sounds awfuly like the old Kincardineshire planning office in Stonehaven TBH! Then they would tell you that whatever you wanted to see had been sent to Banchory!

The Vogons - A true role model for planners everywhere! Except that for many of the folk living along the route, it really is no excuse. Plenty of builders/building trade, architects, engineers etc - all folk who are well-versed in the arcane procedures of planning/building lore. Never mind a fair number of councillors & no small number of senior council officials.

From what I remember, there was little consideration given to any other route, except for the impractical, cheapo-option of beefing-up Anderson Drive. The Myrtle rote was the only one that reflected/complemented traditional traffic patterns in any effective way. The additional routes are merely recent innovations for consultation purposes & to give people the illusion of choice or a say in the matter.

Yes. IMO, the whole farming/Steiner issue is just a bit of a smokescreen for those who live north of the Deeside road - I doubt they would get much sympathy if they protested on their own terms as many of themare the very people whose buisness interests over the last 30 years have contributed so much to the traffic problems we face today. As long as I've known it, the council have dreaded going up against this lot as they have access to the legal skills & money to keep this whole thing in litigation for ages.