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Just a reminder that tick bites if untreated can lead to Lyme disease and really fuck you up...

Open day at Stirling University today… impressive place. Very clean. Nice and chilled. My boy loved it.

None of the details matter… blah blah everything is stupid and evil blah blah my lifelong dreams of traveling to Scotland/UK (and Sweden and Italy and Japan and literally fucking anywhere) and connecting with the world outside of Americanized hell are pretty crushed and I am really struggling with it. Woe is me. It’s a privilege to even get to dream of such things; americans are annoying, me included

But being autistic, I am so passionate about it and love learning about other places and people so much and I FINALLY had the opportunity do to The Big Thing and… Ugh. It’s the only thing I’ve ever wanted and the only goal I’ve ever had due to my narrow interests.

So I guess I am gonna ask different international subs for pen pals and hope for the best 😂

Starting with y’all because you are my favorites and the OG special interest country… and the most likely to roast me alive for being cringe so it’s good for character development. Perhaps my next post will be better LOL

I collect stationery, and never get to use it, just hoard it, so I was wondering if anyone would want to write letters?

I would love to hear about the mundane and every day, and hear different perspectives, outside of US brainrot. It feels more important than ever to have small connections like this to tether me to a broader, world community, instead of to american individualism.

(……the 1930s are soooooo back! 💌📝)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0jznpepyn6o.amp

One year after Kristian Stevenson bought his first flat, the 34-year-old received an unexpected demand for £4,000.

The property factor who looks after the roof, garden and maintenance of his tenement flat in Cessnock, Glasgow, claimed that he was liable for a debt owed by somebody else in the building.

The letter from 91BC, which manages almost 4,430 properties, said: “Our role as factor is to facilitate communal works and charges relating to your building. We have exhausted our debt collection process and as a last resort, we must reapportion this debt to you.”

The £16,000 bill for the building, which Stevenson said was run up before he purchased the two-bed property, had never been mentioned in conveyancing and he was liable to pay £4,200. Nothing existed in the title deeds to suggest he would be culpable for somebody else’s debt. The factor said the deeds were outdated and he must pay the bill according to their written statement of service, which he said he did not receive until two years after moving into the property he bought for £180,000.

The statement of service did state that homeowners were jointly liable for debt, even if they did not cause this themselves, as is the case for most property factor contracts.

Stevenson, a freelance TV and film production co-ordinator, pays about £130 a month to 91BC and said the “absurdly high bill” included £6,000 in late payment fees and legal fees the property factor paid when chasing the other owner’s debt.

“If I was to pay this off it would wipe out any savings I’ve rebuilt,” he said. “A substantial bill without notice, consultation or even a real explanation is both unethical and a poor business strategy.

“Dealing with a massive sum of money like that puts significantly a lot of pressure on me.”

There are hundreds of thousands of property owners like Stevenson across Scotland collectively paying tens of millions of pounds each year to factors who are almost impossible to hold to account.

A long multi-step complaints process, which requires homeowners to compile evidence and documents and often take legal advice, has been blamed for poor regulation and accountability of property factors.

Hi Scaatland!

So, after a lot of soul-searching, ancestry.com results, and a can of sugar free IRNBRU extra I decided to move to Scotland, from Scotland! I just can't take Starmer anymore. I didn't vote for him, and he's ruining Cumbernauld's reputation. Not everybody here is a gun loving bible bashing people hating miserable cunt. Some are only one or two of those things.

I'm considering moving into a croft on Saracen St where my clan ancestors lived, and reconnect with the tarmac.

Do you have some tips about how I can get a visa, adapt quickly, and keep wild haggises away since I'm terrified of animals?

Great day out yesterday. Fresh breeze while walking up but the sun kept one warm.

A lot of these posts are main character syndrome.

Hello! I am moving to Edinburgh this September as a postgrad student at the University of Edinburgh. I am from America (Texas specifically) and was wondering if anyone could tell me about any tips I should know about the culture, especially with clothing and things like that!

For example, I hear that no one carries umbrellas, is that true? What kind of purses/bags are typical that won’t make me look silly and unaware of the norms? What is a typical outfit in Scotland? I know college students in the States wear a lot of athletic wear (leggings and t shirts) so would that be okay?

Thank you!!

Weird one for Reddit but I don’t grace Facebook, has anyone got a spare yellow “lovie” toy from the baby box I can buy? Terrified of the day that eventually gets dropped and lost.

Hiya! I'm aware this is likely gonna be hyper specific but it's been on my mind for a good while.

As far back as like 2018, I recall seeing a store that had one of those old "licenced product" stickers GW gives out to their distributors, and even as far back as 2018 (I think even a few years prior) I noticed it, and it was always just sitting there, closed.

Am I going insane or does anyone know/can confirm that was once there?

(Also I'm aware that 'Swords and Sorcerery' has recently opened, but I'm not sure if that retailer even has any GW/WH products)

Thanks :)