#solicitors

Rochdale Times (Greater Manchester) (Part of Lancashire when published) - Saturday 19 September 1874

So every day, there's some guy standing around my college campus trying to sell me something. And every day (bc I can't say no), I end up getting caught in a conversation with whoever it is.

But I've discovered the solution to this problem.

And it is to simply: out-yap them.

I noticed there was a exhibition on at the upper floor of The Signet Library, David Eustice: Thereafter. I'd never heard of him, but it gave me chance to see the library an iconic building for Scottish solicitors in its location adjacent to Scotland’s Supreme Courts complex on Parliament Square.

While some of the art, which is modern, was okay, I enjoyed the library for what it is a lot more.

While the collection of books, dates back many years, the building it is now housed in was built just over 200 years ago.

The grand opening of the Signet Library building is linked to its use during King George IV’s visit to Edinburgh in August 1822. The king used the Upper Library as a reception room prior to a great banquet held in his honour in neighbouring Parliament Hall. On seeing the room, the king reportedly declared it “the most beautiful drawing room in Europe.”

If you're in the area during the next week or so the exhibition is on until the 13th, , 10 am – 4 pm each day, it'll be a nice peaceful retreat from the hullabaloo of the annual Festival Fringe that you will have passed on your way in.

The mental gymnastics they jump through to come up with some angle to counter the giant brick wall of what is essentially you telling them “I don’t make these decisions, and I can’t put you in contact with the person who does.” is fun to watch. They always concede pleasantly after a moment or two.

“Well, have a good day.”

“You too, man.”

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