Gilt picture frame edge to pic with hackground pattern repeated image of The old North Bridge,bfrom the west, with Calton Hill in the background, in 1829 Thomas Hosmer SHEPHERD (c.1810 to c.1842) "NORTH BRIDGE CALTON HILL &c FROM THE BANK OF SCOTLAND", from Modern Athens then a title of Absacus Universale Ludus Mutante then 3 columns % Argaxian and Bridge Bricolage with numbers and words depending on column acting as an rpg rosetta stone style translation device

I also made an #Absacus Universale Ludus Mutante #rpg rosetta stone style translation device if you like it let me know! #Argaxian #StewBum #Gallous #Reekin #Glaikit #GangTaeFreuchieAnFryMice

This plaque has been around for a while, but I passed it a few times while training for last weekend's Great Scottish Run, and it always makes me smile when I do, so I thought I'd post it again. It's on a wall beside the Maryhill Locks in Glasgow.

#glasgow #humour #plaque #glaikit #elephants

Absent-mindedly wondering why I can’t feel my phone in my pocket while 1) listening to music streaming from it and more importantly 2) scrolling through Mastodon
🤪 #glaikit

Hey Elon, how about reviving Archibald Watt's Sky Carriage as mode of luxury transportation? It's just as viable as your Hyperloop idea, and you get to travel in real style, too!

#glasgow #glasgowhumour #glaikit #glasgowgreen #humour #elonmusk

Our plaque marking this auspicious event is sited on Queen Street opposite the statue of the Duke of Wellington, probably the most famous example of the tradition of Coning anywhere in Glasgow.

#coning #dukeofwellington #roadcone #glasgow #glaikit #AprilFoolsDay #AprilFoolsDay2024 #humour

It's now been almost a year since the Glasgow tradition of putting cones on statues gained official protection under the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intagible Cultural Heritage.

#glasgow #humour #glaikit

Today is the 573 anniversary of the Saint Mungo Mile, the world's first mass participation sporting event, which first took place in Glasgow on New Year's Day 1452. Our plaque on High Street tells the story of this historic event.

#glasgow #happynewyear #glasgowhumour #glaikit

This one is in by the abandoned railway station in the city's Botanic Gardens, and there are about a dozen similar Glaikit plaques in all at various points around the city.

#glasgow #glasgowhistory #triffids #glasgowbotanicgardens #glaikit #plaques #streetart #flashfiction #streetfiction

It seems there's an entire history of Glasgow which no one never knew existed until someone starts putting up plaques about it. And once there are plaques, it must be real, right?

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#glasgow #glasgowhistory #triffids #glasgowbotanicgardens #glaikit #plaques #streetart #flashfiction

The story presented in this plaque took quite a bit of research to uncover. It's about Glasgow's most flamboyant billionaire and the forgotten reason why he built the Finnieston Crane.

#glasgow #glaikit #humour #streetart #glasgowhumour #glasgowstreetart #finniestoncrane #nessie #lochnessmonster