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So how do you train to run 1/4 mile, carrying a 2-foot flaming object, without getting lifted?
"Dear Dougie,
We are delighted today to confirm your place on the Olympic Torch Relay. You have made it through the selection process, you have passed background and security checks, and you will have your moment to shine as a Torchbearer carrying the Olympic Flame!We have done our upmost to make sure that you carry the Flame within an hour from the home address provided with your nomination. Your slot is in Falkirk on 13 June 2012. Please note, this is non-transferrable. We will let you know the time and exact location approximately four weeks before the day of your slot.
You are now part of the London 2012 team. We will be in touch soon... congratulations again,
The London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay team"
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Dear oh dear... as a graphic designer myself, that's a shocker. There's never much text on your average 800x2150 bannerstand anyway, so not a lot of proof-reading to be done in the first place. So, the designer messed up, no-one else picked up on it, not during the printing, or the mounting and laminating... not even when they fitted it into the carcass and checked it extended and fitted to the support pole properly?
Dear oh dear, oh dear. Shoddy.
Maybe 'E's are cheaper than 'A's?
another cost saving towards the £million a month.
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Am I being thick or is Paul Murray using Ticketus/season ticket money to finance his bid?
It's quite possible that Ticketus aren't putting any (more) money in - they have maybe agreed to take less back if the Blue Knights takeover is successful, provided they have someone on the new board, and have a say in the future running of the club.
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Craig Whyte set to mount legal challenge ?
This gets even more confusing - what part does Whitney Houston's estate play in all this? Was she a creditor or an investor?
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The Stranglers tomorrow night in Dunfermline.
Assuming Jet Black (73, drums and has a dodgy ticker) doesn't appear in the Dead Pool thread first.
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Shit, I tossed a coin and went for Fred McAulay show on Radio Scotland, reckoned there was more chance of news on there. Epic Fail, not a word.
Edited : put Fred McAulay shot instead of show, though I could equally have left it and it'd be just as good a statement.
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Apologies if this has already been mentioned but i've been told for their game last Sunday against ICTinks they FLEW up on the Saturday. If so that really beggars belief. Christ knows where they stayed but in the past its been what are probably the two most expensive hotels in and around the town, the Kingsmills and Culloden House Hotel.
if there's truth in this i'd love to hear their justification. The Megabus still runs up here on Sunday.
edit to add: I know flights and hotels would already've been booked but surely it would still've been cheaper to pay the cancellation fees and get the bus. Although it will be the closest they get to feeling like being in Europe for a while.
Flights would've been 100% cancellation charge, so if there would have been no saving to be made in cancelling.
Better getting the staff to all drive to away games from now on - isn't business mileage a tax deductible item?
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It would have taken less effort to type - yes, they will go into the spl.
No rush - this thread's going nowhere at the moment.
There's always tomorrow though, always tomorrow. Or maybe even Liquidation Thursday, as has been mentioned on one of the pages not mentioned by me previously above.
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Without going through 3 weeks worth of postings
As Rangers are an SPL team, liquidation, and reinvention would mean that they would go back into the SPL, NOT Division 3, as it is SFL.
Is that a correct assumption? - clearly all other SPL sides would vote to have them amd their money back in asap, so no time in the lower leagues.
see pages 26, 38, 39, 45, 54, 69, 70, 74, 85 or something like that.
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Whyte basically saying that if Rangers exit administration he will consider gifting his shares to the Rangers supporters.
1st item underneath the statement
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Members
* (Chair) Lord William Nimmo-Smith... ex-CJ Senator and Judge
* Professor Niall Lothian OBE... ex-Institute of Chartered Accountants president
* Bob Downes... Deputy Chairman of SEPA
* Stewart Regan
strange choice, or maybe not, in this farce.
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One aspect i've been thinking about here (i'm bored) is the timing of the Tax Case. The Administrators want the club to continue in it's current form, and exit Administration in time for the 31st March deadline for European competition licensing etc. I heard the tax case won't be until April possibly, therefore any agreed CVA would surely not cover this money as no decision has actually been reached on whether Rangers are liable for it or not.
Surely IF Rangers get through this Administration unscathed, by the end of March THEN lose the tax case, they'll be instantly fucked again.
I would think this would increase the likelihood of them going down the "Rangers 2012" route (ie HMRC unable to claim the tax case money), or coming to a settlement with them. After all, i can't imagine the Administrators spending a few weeks trying like f**k to save the company, when they know full well there's a near-future decision on the way that could land them with a £75million bill.
1 admin = 1 set of fees. 2 admins = 2 sets of fees?
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Milan Mandaric aye? You`ve got to be having a laugh! I hear Nick Leeson is on board as Chief Executive and Gerald Ratner has been sounded out as potential head of commercial activities.
with Chris Huhne driving the team bus.
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Well, that was 10k in 48:20. Had 48 mins in my head as a target time for the race so delighted with that time. Got 3 and a half weeks now to try to knock a few more minutes off
Even though you scudded my PB by 9 seconds, still felt compelled to greeny you. Well done.
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geekstat attack - that's me over 700km of measured exercise since starting using Endomondo in May last year. Bring on the 1000!
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Big Country last night - much awesomeness.
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Big Country this Tuesday at Dunfermline Alhambra, then The Stranglers at the same venue on 2nd March.
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took the plunge and entered the Great Scottish Half Marathon today.
7 months to get ready.
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Well I went along and the guys were very welcoming. Straight in there with Hill Reps/intervals. 7 times in total. Total distance covered was 13km including warm up run and cool down run. This was exactly what I was looking for. Recommend them if you are in the area. Going to go along to the track session on Thursday night.
That's great, restored my faith in amateur sports clubs. maybe the person who corresponded to me just wasn;t that great at written communication (or just lacking in people skils).
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Anybody run with falkirk Victoria harriers. I quite fancy going along to their training tonight as its just across the road from me. Can you just turn up and join in.
I e-mailed them in the summer of 2010, when I quit basketball and decided to get back into athletics, to ask about joining up, but their reply was, to be polite, less than encouraging. In fact it was downright dismissive. Must be plenty of members and finds sloshing about that club.
The worst line was along the lines of "contact me back when you're able to do 5 miles + in *canny remember amount of time*.
Since then, I've just used the advice of 2 mates who are very good athletes and trained myself.
I hope you get a different response.
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Had a great run last night, fantastic night for running. Did just over 8k, tried out a new strategy (recommended by a mate of mine who's run for Scotland) of taking it really easy for the first mile or so, then ramping the pace up.
My fastest 2 km's were my last 2, and (by my standards) I was going like a train at the end, & felt brilliant.
Some of the less-used pavements were a bit 'sparkly' and slippy, which was a bit disconcerting, but at least I didn't have to swear at the wind!
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I was out today, and I've probably said it earlier in this thread, but I fecking hate the wind.
I ran a big square roughly, and on 3 sides the wind felt like it was howling right into my face. Especially bad on the home stretch of 2km or so.
I even growled "f**k off wind" out loud at one point, when I seemed to be going 2 steps forward and one back. Must've looked a right lunatic.
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Most folk get bored as hell running the same route every day. Best to mix it up a bit and use a standard route for a weekly 'progress' run.
yup, I can accept that. what I should have added is that I can't do interval training as I have a slight heart problem that means my heart can't cope with sudden changes in pace, going from fast to slow to fast again etc. That caused me to have to give up basketball (which I find far more interesting than plodding for miles) as during a bball game you tends to either be standing relatively still or sprinting full out for short bursts. What my heart CAN cope with is long periods of a fairly nice steady pace.
It worked for me doing the same route and then just building on it, as it gave me easy comparisons as to how fast I went and how I felt when I got home, and I took excitement from any improvements. I use the term excitement very, very, very loosely.
The one thing I did notice is that my pace went up when I stopped listening to music while running. One day my phone refused to play music, so I just went out anyway, and my average pace was better than before, so I tried it again deliberately and got the same result. Ever since then I just run to the sound of my slapping feet, struggling lungs and pounding heart, and the every km updates from the 'coach' on Endomondo.
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you're the second person that's planted that seed in my head this morning.