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Truth is that Britain in the 1970s was s**t - the music might have been good but life was pretty grim (and I was one of those who studied for his O-level prelims by candlelight so I know). Thatcher ripped the old ways apart and used North Sea Oil as a healing ointment - unfortunately in ripping the old ways apart she in the process destroyed many of the communities built on these ways. Healing is a process not an event - and the sticky plaster bought with North Sea Oil and applied to these communities lost it's stickiness pretty quickly and new sticky plaster wasn't very forthcomong. That said, my perception is that today's Britain is certainly nothing like as grim for the vast majority as it was back then - only God knows what Britain would be like today if it hadn't been for Thatcher - and not being God (last time I checked) I can make no judgement on that.

Whatever I might have thought of her and the policies she eschewed at the time - I find it unseemly and demeaning to dance upon her grave. I have no time at all for those who are in my opinion being quite disgracefully disrespectful to someone recently deceased. It does not right any wrong.

I only watched from the last 5 mins of ET (on BBC Alba - just as well I can imagine I speak gaelic - makes it sound not quite so weird that I can speak a little than if you didn't know any gaelic at all). Anyway - quite an eventful last 5 mins and pens. Cracking. I didn't take to the antics of the QoS goalie in any way, shape or form though. Well done QoS.

Awesome player - and my Mrs is well impressed by his hair implants. Fortuntely I have all my own

He's going to be charged with murder according to R5L news.

Nothing today - a card - on celebrating 25th anniversary of us first meeting (at a Valentines Day engagement party ). Soon after I gave her a great treat and took her to the Glasgow Garden Festival (still got the t-shirt) - what must she have thought!

A bit off topic but when a kid I knew how to tap out a telephone number in a public phone box to get the call for free - you lifted the handset and tapped the handset rest. there was a code you tapped first - then the number.

I was aye jealous of my Morayshire/Aberdeenshire cousins who got a tattie holiday when we Glaswegians had to be at school. Mind you from what they tell me - tattie howking was hard backbreaking work.

Just watched the highjlights. What an excellent goal by Vine - neat wee bit of shimmying to unbalamnce defender - before cutting inside and hitting a peach of a shot. Third goal - was that Saints I was watching passing the ball beautifuly, incisively and with an end result? What a very good goal.

Wise words

They are stupid rising to the bait. And in truth we know that to an extent we are baiting them - albeit baiting them with bucket loads of truth. I don't get why they don't just ignore the stuff they don't like (everything and everybody except themselves). The only opinion out there that REALLY matters to them is that of whoever sits judgement on the HMRC tax case. The only institutation or outside agency that will bring Sevco Newco down will be HMRC - and you don't hear much from them. Sticks and stones...and all that. We now seem to have the playground bully cornered by a load of wee kids he's bullied in the past - and he is cursing and swearing and threatening one and all with dire consequences. Whilst in the background stands the 'playground champion'. The big, quiet, intelligent guy with a dislike of playground bullies, who believes in fair-play, and has a grudge against this guy. Just biding his time, listening to what is going on, but preparing for the moment he'll step in and lay the bully flat on his back with one sweetly timed punch to his porcelain jaw.

First taste of 'working to earn' was Cub Scouts Bob-a-Job week - most folks were good about it, but some really took the piss. Then from age about 13 (guessing) until 16 had a morning 7 day a week paper round. In the shop at 6am - back 6:45am for breakfast before my Dad went to work. Also did an Evening Times one for a couple of years. Then when 17 and a student, first 'proper' job was as a Hall Porter (Scotlands Hotel Pitlochry) - up at 5:30am to get the rolls from the baker on the main road, handed over to the Night Porter at 10:30pm. £16 a week (meals and accomodation provided ) My lad found it near impossible to get a wee job through his teens. Age restrictions (connected with serving alcohol and alcohol being served) and competing with adults doing things very competitively. Who's going to pay a 14yr old £5 to wash their car when you can get it done 'professionally' in Sainsburys Car Park and elsewhere for the same cost.

You'd think a butcher would be able to tell the difference between mutton and lamb. That's not to say that mutton can't be succulent

'Will ye nip to the shops and buy me 20 Regal - here's 4s6d and a note for Mrs Binnie' Except you can probably tell that that wasn't yesterday

'aye - they'll last a good couple of years' as you stuff cotton wool into the toes of your gym sannies.

Don't think it's that drastic for them. I'm guessing the winding order will force Newco to declare their assets and therefore reveal their ability to pay what they owe (or indeed not as they ase is unlikely to be) - but I'm still baffled as to why they keep getting themselves in such pickles. Maybe they just like being in the news as it suits their 'everyone hates us' agenda and bolsters the deluded pride of their followers.

Morag - a cousin of mine age 63 - died Monday afternoon My mum (81) called to tell me 'well - it's probably for the best, sad for Morag' You're not wrong mum - that's the traditional British stoic acceptance of sad events,

Plans and elevations standard stuff - maybe a perspective drawing. But a section? BTW - a plan is a horizontal section Only (the usual) reasons that I can think that they might ask for cross-sections would be to see construction detail (foundations, wall and roofing structures), and maybe to check on any internal ceiling height - ceiling height being something that defines whether or not a space can be defined as a habitable space. But for a garden shed or greenhouse?

aye - that'd be right!

The whole frickin' club walked away from their creditors.

Don't hear The Continuity Chiefs mentioning another record being set by 'Rangers/Sevco' - first time 'Rangers/Sevco' have gone six major cup comps in a row not reaching the quarter final stage. Also like the fact that the crowd for the match was greater than that for the last SPL meeting between DUFC and Rangers (deceased).

Getting a fair amount of ribbing about the likely result of the CC match tomorrow. I shrug serenely and say what will be will be - but remember dear supporters of the English cause - we are made of pretty stern stuff - remember Andy Nicol 2000. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/21251711

I think this has to be a key target audience. They like football and will watch it - but they have zero allegiance to Saints and hence have no incentive to attend. They once upon a blue moon may go to a game if it sounds like a biggy or the club makes it cheap to go - but chances are it will be poor fare compared with what they are used to (watching!) - won't be impressed, and probably won't return on the same grounds. Gotta change the ball-game and get folks interested - and once interested they'll want to see what happens next...etc etc. After all - football is just a soap opera. Stumble across it one evening whilst channel-hopping and watch it cos nothing else on, and you don't know who anyone is, don't know the story lines, acting is pretty rubbish - and you think it's crap and you don't watch again. But if your current squeeze watches it you might find yourself almost 'forced' to watch it too. And after a few episodes you get to know, like or dislike some characters - the storyline catches you and you simply want to know what happens next - and you can talk to your partner about it. Then before you know it the squeeze is no longer current and no longer on the scene - but you find that you're sat by yourself watching it. The storylines and the acting are no better than when you thought it was crap.- but you've become involved, and interested, and want to know what happens next - and so you watch.

And you'd probably snap her in two

Absolutely - and competing will cost money - but it needn't be that much - and short term loss for long term gain.