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  1. 15 hours ago, MallanandFlanagan said:

    Why oh why oh why oh why is Marvin Bartley comparing our players and having the expectation that they can play like Kevin De Bruyne!?! Isn’t that a little too high and unrealistic an expectation to have?

    but they do play like De Bruyne..

    Spoiler

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    speaking here to a Queen of the South defender.. 

     

  2. 5 hours ago, JustOneCornetto said:

    Akebono Taro the Sumo wrestler has died aged 54. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/04/11/sumo/former-yokozuna-akebono-dies/

    Had him in my 2020 team and I'm sure he's been picked by others previously but nobody seems to have him in their team this year

    Perhaps they thought there was fat chance of him dying

    2 hours ago, D.V.T. said:

    Life has finally taken it’s toll on Ted

     

    I have Murray Walker in my head saying "AND THERE GOES TOLEMAN..." 

  3. 9 hours ago, scottsdad said:

    Driving round the Falkirk area is just about impossible now. Gas, electrics and water have dug up loads of the roads in the towns and villages. If you manage to find a section of road without roadworks on them, you have to swerve around to avoid the craters that make up 40% of the road surface. 

    Take an example - the roundabout at the Klondyke Garden Centre, which joins the M9 and heads to Grangemouth. It underwent a huge upgrade about 2 years ago, and the surface is horrendous. Potholes have joined forces and formed a posse. 

    I assume it's the same story elsewhere in the country but it's just really annoying the hell out of me right now that I cannot go anywhere without stopping at temporary lights or having my skeleton rattled as my car goes over what feels like railway sidings.  

    I'm from Edinburgh

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  4. 6 hours ago, stu2910 said:

    Can't reply to all in detail but basically:

    Transport Scotland are happy and more qualified than the Civic Trust.

    Maybe more car use, especially short term, but it moves it away from the city itself.

    There will be a couple of concerts a year and they always cause congestion.  I'd rather they caused congestion here than in another city.

    Residential maybe is contrary to the plan, but plans can change if a better option comes along.

    A big events site needs a hotel, it would be stupid not to.

    Everyone knows there is demand for a crematorium.

     

    But is it a burning demand? 

  5. 14 hours ago, Wacky said:


    Speculation is that they could also jam up road networks at the press of a button by remotely switching cars off, causing lost revenue to world economy. 
    It’s not that far fetched I suppose. 

    So Thatch was right- British Leyland workers must have been KGB stooges in the 1970s then! Da Comrade, we will bring their economy to its knees by bunging up the roads with broken down Princesses and Allegros. 

    I'd laugh if their button also included e-bikes. All those courier tossers suddenly coming to a halt and going arse over tit. 

     

  6. I've seen 4 partial eclipses: 

    1994 in Aberdeen but it was cloudy. I have it recorded in a diary...

    1999 in Edinburgh

    Some other time in Edinburgh. Can't remember exactly when but Edinburgh City won ther League by default that day. 

    June 2021- these are taken from Spott, East Lothian, safely using a pair of eclipse glasses held over the lens. Don't look directly at the sun, folks, if you've ever set fire to things with a magnifying glass and sunlight then a lens is similar with a similar effect on your eye...

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  7. 7 hours ago, Thane of Cawdor said:

    Seemingly, we've been playing fute-ball for 700 years. You'd think we might have got quite good by now.

    The world’s oldest football was discovered during an excavation project at Stirling Castle in the 1970s; it had been lodged in the rafters of the Queen’s Chamber in Stirling Castle during the reconstruction works commissioned by James V, which dates the hoofing of it to the 1540s. The ball, made from cowhide and a pig’s bladder, is prominently displayed at the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum.

    https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/apr/09/where-tourists-seldom-tread-part-9-crewe-boston-barnstaple-stirling

     

    You're offside, your Majesty. 

    Not according to James V-AR one is not, peasant

    Ok, Sire, I concede

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