HOODLUM65 Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Oi - those photographs are not for print ! Never heard of blackmail Ancient.!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aitchy Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Got mine delivered today. Great stuff Sleepless, outstanding effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Drummonds Perm Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 It's great to see so many fan's involved in it. It really is a fantastic book from start to finish. HOODLUM65 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepless Posted August 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 And a nice wee feature in the PA today. At least the picture is small so my ugly puss won't put you off your breakfast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOODLUM65 Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Run out of " likes" for today, but like your style Sleepless Incidentally, what do you have a "doctorate " in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepless Posted August 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 PhD in American literature, specifically Cormac McCarthy. No use to man nor beast but it kept me quiet for five years... JEccles621 and garydavidson 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOODLUM65 Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 PhD in American literature, specifically Cormac McCarthy. No use to man nor beast but it kept me quiet for five years... Cheers. Yeah hah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Percy Johnston Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 PhD in American literature, specifically Cormac McCarthy. No use to man nor beast but it kept me quiet for five years... Good (Child of) God man, what is our educational system coming to if this is the standard of grammar used by a self-styled 'Doctor of Literature'? You should have said either "No use to man or beast" or "Use to neither man nor beast". Great book, by the way! For anyone swithering over buying - it's worth every penny. sleepless 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepless Posted August 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Good (Child of) God man, what is our educational system coming to if this is the standard of grammar used by a self-styled 'Doctor of Literature'? You should have said either "No use to man or beast" or "Use to neither man nor beast". Great book, by the way! For anyone swithering over buying - it's worth every penny. Bang to rights... My only excuse (and it's a crap one) is that McCarthy himself is notoriously cavalier about matters grammatical. Still, when you're writing about necrophilia who needs grammar? Glad you like the book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Percy Johnston Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 "McCarthy himself is notoriously cavalier about matters grammatical" Decent comeback, but personally I never trust anyone who doesn't use semi-colons. I've heard that John Paul McBride doesn't do so either, and Sandy Clark is notoriously averse to using quotation marks ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Drummonds Perm Posted August 16, 2014 Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 Meadowbank 4 seats? I remember matches at Meadowvank. Hellish. Soulless, no atmosphere and we usually lost. What's the 4 seats? A quote used by some saints fans to describe a WAP member lying across 4 seats at Meadowbank stadium in the mid 80s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOODLUM65 Posted August 16, 2014 Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 Picked up my copy of the book today. Now looking for sleepless to sign my book. Hope he's at today's game. Good spread of food laid on by Denise at the Bayhorse pub. Well done and thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepless Posted August 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 I'm in morrisons cafe, wondering how to get into the ground. I can seeit, but not the way in. It's like driving through dundee's one way system... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepless Posted August 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 So now Hoodlum and my sister are the only people to have signed copies of the book. They'll be worth thousands in years to come... And saints will be champions of Europe... StSerfSaint, Cagerf, HOODLUM65 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOODLUM65 Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Cheers Sleepless, another fact became clear yesterday, my daughter's boyfriend's Dad is pictured in the Seventies team on page 29. He is between Buck McGarry and Gordon Whitelaw. Your book has" reached the parts others can't reach". Well done on your achievement and thanks once again for signing my copy of the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE LARK SAINT Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Still speak to the Stranraer Gorilla now and then and can get my hands on some braw photies of that day. Also can tell ye some stories from the 80's The Queen of The South Crash Hat Aberdeen Parka Working with Willie Brown and Charie Adam The Muirton Stand/Pitch Paint incidents Eggs Airdrie Skipping Rope And a few more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slf Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Still speak to the Stranraer Gorilla now and then Does that mean you speak to yourself ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancientsaint Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Still speak to the Stranraer Gorilla now and then and can get my hands on some braw photies of that day. Also can tell ye some stories from the 80's The Queen of The South Crash Hat Aberdeen Parka Working with Willie Brown and Charie Adam The Muirton Stand/Pitch Paint incidents Eggs Airdrie Skipping Rope And a few more Can you no write yer ain book -ya lazy bugga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edstar101 Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Can you no write yer ain book -ya lazy bugga Struggles to write his own name!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejksjfc Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 If my memory serves me correctly I think Saints can claim the "unofficial record " for football at Meadowbank Stadium. When we played there in the 1983 League Cup there was a cat show or something similar on in the function suites located in the main stand and the normal turnstiles were not available for use that night. Because there was quite a large Saints support that arrived relatively late they opened the exit gates and let us in for free. (I know for a fact that I did not pay to get in that night) . As I have previously said in another thread some people on this forum have obviously not experienced the low points of the 80's going by the pish they are spouting just now. Sorry for going slightly off thread but mention of Meadowbank just about gave me a heart attack.......... I am thoroughly looking forward to getting my hands on a copy of this book. (hopefully on Saturday from Campus) uphallsaint and Abernethy Saint 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john.w Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 Mine was in the mail yesterday when I came home from down south looks good Rob congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepless Posted August 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 Re the 1980s, what I'm thinking is this: It would be good (if mentally painful) to chronicle the day-to-day Saints supporting life over the years 83/4 and 84/5. I know there were some hardcore fans who stuck with the club through those years. And despite the terrible stuff on the pitch, those were still fun days in many ways. As a historical record, I think it would be fascinating. There is also a lot of interest in the 80s period at the moment, probably because most of the people who were there are now in their early/mid fifties and are suffering various forms of midlife crisis and thinking back nostalgically to their youth. Alongside that, it would be ideal to do the players' recollections of the same period. I know some of those guys are still knocking about and may be interested. Any views? What I'm thinking is something a bit more detailed than the stuff in One Final Hurdle, but different from Bristling with Possibilities, because it will be as much about the off-field activity than on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denzil Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 Re the 1980s, what I'm thinking is this: It would be good (if mentally painful) to chronicle the day-to-day Saints supporting life over the years 83/4 and 84/5. I know there were some hardcore fans who stuck with the club through those years. And despite the terrible stuff on the pitch, those were still fun days in many ways. As a historical record, I think it would be fascinating. There is also a lot of interest in the 80s period at the moment, probably because most of the people who were there are now in their early/mid fifties and are suffering various forms of midlife crisis and thinking back nostalgically to their youth. Alongside that, it would be ideal to do the players' recollections of the same period. I know some of those guys are still knocking about and may be interested. Any views? What I'm thinking is something a bit more detailed than the stuff in One Final Hurdle, but different from Bristling with Possibilities, because it will be as much about the off-field activity than on. Sounds like a great idea, although 85/86 and 86/87 were a whole lot more horrific... and more of a laugh looking back JEccles621 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deej Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 Campus still have stock? Looking to head through tomorrow and get one. sleepless 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slf Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 Re the 1980s, what I'm thinking is this: It would be good (if mentally painful) to chronicle the day-to-day Saints supporting life over the years 83/4 and 84/5. I know there were some hardcore fans who stuck with the club through those years. And despite the terrible stuff on the pitch, those were still fun days in many ways. As a historical record, I think it would be fascinating. There is also a lot of interest in the 80s period at the moment, probably because most of the people who were there are now in their early/mid fifties and are suffering various forms of midlife crisis and thinking back nostalgically to their youth. Alongside that, it would be ideal to do the players' recollections of the same period. I know some of those guys are still knocking about and may be interested. Any views? What I'm thinking is something a bit more detailed than the stuff in One Final Hurdle, but different from Bristling with Possibilities, because it will be as much about the off-field activity than on. real horror show,living from game to game thinking this could be the last time stjohnstone play ever.yeah go for it. fans that weren't around back then would'nt believe it.for us that were there it could be either theraputic or suicidal to relive again.i blame my grey hair on those days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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