HPR3076: Keep calm and Virion

Introduction

Two HPR hosts from Scotland get together over Mumble to chat about all manner of stuff.

• Andrew Conway
• Dave Morriss

Apology

Dave’s sound was a bit muffled in this recording. It turns out that it’s important which USB port the microphone (Zoom recorder) is plugged into. Who knew!

Notes

Some of the topics we discussed

• Accent differences in Scotland
  • What is Butcher Meat? Is it an Edinburgh expression?
• The Fish Van from Pittenweem
  • The mysterious non-Crab Crab meat
  • Dressed and live crabs in Cromer
• Handling enforced isolation; the response to COVID-19
• The type of disposable masks sold for DIY use can be impractical
• Supermarket online shopping and delivery versus local shopping
• The etiquette of distancing when out walking or cycling for exercise during the lockdown
• Cycling anecdotes
  • Slime tube sealant
  • Old railway lines turned to cycle paths (e.g. Balerno line in Edinburgh, Marriott’s Way in Norfolk)
• Industrial archaeology and historical buildings
  • Water of Leith, Edinburgh
  • Paper making (Esparto grass)
  • River Kelvin, Glasgow
  • Lord Kelvin
  • Warrender Baths, Edinburgh
  • Govanhill Baths, Glasgow (ref. steamie)
• Electronics
  • ESP8266, ESP32
  • Sonoff home automation
• D&D sessions
  • Initiated by Klaatu in New Zealand
• Shortages during the pandemic: toilet rolls, flour, etc
  • Supply chains: wholesale versus domestic
• Dracula by Bram Stoker
  • Whitby, Yorkshire
  • Brașov, Transylvania, Romania.
    • Called Corona at one point in its history.
    • Near to Bran Castle, known outside Romania as Dracula’s Castle.

Links

• Pittenweem, a fishing village in Fife
• Cromer, a town on the Norfolk coast, famous for its crabs
• Whitby, a seaside town in North Yorkshire

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