Boghead ranter

To be honest, the only people coming out of this entire farce with any credibility are the fans, of clubs at all levels. It's obvious to everyone bar the most blinkered that (an as yet undefined) amount of SPL clubs are behind the current state of affairs being presented to the SFL clubs. If that is not the case, why have none taken their mouthpiece, sorry arsepiece, Doncaster to task over it? A fact that many SPL fans have acknowledged. Some (a dwindling band) SFL clubs have also shown a lack of direction.drive towards clarity also, despite plenty fans views being submitted. And the SFA & most of the media overall? I'm not even going to go there, I can't add anything to the 1000's of posts already made. Fans have played a huge part so far, but I think we're barely at half time. So we can't sit back in the dressing room and enjoy our oranges and think the game's won. There's a lot still to be done to secure the right result in the weeks (I maybe dread to say months) ahead.

When did they liquidate and reform?

5 million views before the day's out.

and the league they're in.

Yeah, that's nearer what the state of play is. The Trust do all the low influence/high effort & time consuming stuff, like youth development, producing and selling matchday programmes etc, while the high influence/club direction business is barely influencable (a new word by me) by the trust & their rep. There's even rumours of 'a board within a board', depending on what's to be discussed. You're also right, there are plenty good guys around the Rock, hopefully like in the cowboy movies, good prevails in the end (especially after a mid-film event looking like the baddies are going to win). See, I'm now beginning to wonder if this is their strategy - If they went straight to 'we want Sevco in D3 rather than out the game altogether', ie the vote options were a) D3 or b) out, there's a fair chance that they wouldn't even get that voted through. However, if they fly the kite that they are at the moment, then the D3 option suddenly seems a far more palatable option, therefore it gets voted for, and not in the league at all gets forgotten about, therefore they get what was wanted in the first place. Could this be the reason why the option being put flies so much in the face of majority opinion? except the guy called Ross Caven, obviously

not quite. Our Trust has a rep on the board, and fund most (all?) of the club's youth development initiatives. We probably have more influence at the club than quite a lot of other clubs' fans, but to say the Trust 'more or less run the club' only starts to be accurate if you lean towards the 'less' part of your statement. To correct an earlier post of mine, the Sons facebook page has now allowed my post, unedited. Maybe if more punters add comments the message might start to get through?

I have a beamer.

Dumbarton's facebook page is being vetted too.

on page 42, surely?

At a push, I'd guess 14th May 2007.

Shame the game with Le Havre isn't on actually, I was looking forward to the novelty of Le Havre playing Le Havre Nots. Coat please.

fairly random observation - I just used 'cockwomble' on Facebook to describe Clive Tyldesley. I mistyped it as 'cokwomble', so got my usual red underline to point this out to me by the software. Added the missing 'c' and the red line disappeared. Has cockwomble already been accepted as a valid word?

Probably doing freelance work for Haudit & Daudit - he was known as 'Fred the Shred' after all.

what did the other 32% of Rangers fans want?

there's 3 pages since 1600 that I'm getting a malware warning on, for a start.

a 200% loss?

So long as the donkey isn't black it should be safe enough.

just the once, a stupid mutt lunged at me, while the fat bint with it looked shocked that her 'wittle puppy dog' could do such a thing. It's hard to do, but when you're approaching a dog, try not to stare at it, or if you can, not even at it's owner. Dogs see direct eye contact as an aggressive action, which will get them on the defensive. Coupled with you running towards their pack leader (assuming the walker has trained the dog to a good enough extent that it sees itself as NOT the pack leader), it will be looking to ward you off. If you can, just look at the ground as you approach, and if possible if the pavement allows, make it obvious you're going round the owner rather than straight towards them.

Just received my stuff for the Torch Relay. Looks like I've got the last leg of the day in Falkirk - I run part of the Grangemouth Road and finish up at the Falkirk Stadium. The uniform is actually quite a good fit too, which is surprising, considering you couldn't get the made to your exact size, you just had to pick from a list from S to XXXXL or something like that. The next 2 weeks of training will consist of really slow 1/4 mile runs (well, I have to string it out) while carrying a burning stick.

A euphemism I used to see for something that was extremely difficult, nigh on impossible, is "like following Queen at Live Aid" (one for older P&B-ers.). I think I'll now update that to "like trying to stay up to date with The Big Rangers Administration Thread on Pie & Bovril". I saw a program once that educated me that everything Northwest of Loch Ness in Scotland is actually part of North America, as the rock composition is the same, and entirely different from the South East side of the loch and beyond. Anyhoo, are they deid yet?

The only shouts I get are when I'm doing Movember - my mouser comes in really thick, really quick. I get the joy of doing my runs with the Larbert nederati howling '118' at me, in that nasal tone that only thick, half-drunk neds can muster.

If you get suspended from work, you don't have to re-apply for your job once your suspension is lifted.

I was in my local athletic club till about 15, then spent nearly 30 years involved in basketball, and have gone back to running now that I don't ball any more, to try to delay the onset of middle-age spread. As a teenager I was horrifically self conscious, I used to hate the non-track season when you got sent out for road runs, so I know what you mean. Now however, it's a lot easier, though my first few times out saw me regress mentally to that 80's haired teenager's hangups. Not now though. I have myself of the mindset that yes, my running style probably isn't going to mimic any gazelles, and I'm sure there are people who drive past me in all weathers scoffing at me. However, I take solace in the fact that most of those drivers are probably overweight, unfit, low-immune system social inadequates, whose opinion of me doesn't matter a flying f**k. Once you've been out a few times the self-consciousness fades and is replaced by pride in the improvements you see in yourself. And it's an area where I felt an iPod helped me. Immerse yourself in your favourite tunes, and you soon don't notice anyone else.

f**k sake, don't visit for 24 hours and I'm 57 pages behind.

I used to think the same, until my ipod was out of commission for a wee while. When I did go out with no music, and just the sound of slapping feet, struggling lungs & my own suffering, my per km times got better! Think I was more focussed. Like you, I get edgy if I haven't been out for a couple of days. Does anyone else get to the stage that if you drive past runners when you haven't been out yourself (especially if you've been laid up with injury/illness) you get so insanely jealous that you imagine yourself smacking them one? Or is it just me that takes that too far?