Hedgecutter

"Is that Chinese? I also like Chinese..."

Mackie injecting money into the club in an attempt to gain promotion whilst keeping Price would be the definitive example of an oxymoron. A classic case of 'heart over brains' from somebody who's a successful businessman away from the game.

That Record article is an absolute cringe of a read. Will the toys also be thrown out the pram next season if Buckie face a Broch team riddled with injuries/ suspensions in a rearranged fixture, or we have to play Buckie (or any other side) with a weakened squad? "Why did they choose that particular day instead of the week after when it would have been fairer, wah". Looking closer to home where the league's top goalscorer was demoted to the bench might be a better place to explain how we lost out on GD. A single point against the Broch or Buckie would have avoided that utter embarrassment of an interview.

This is where I have to take off my Brechin bonnet and say that I don't think it should be passed down. As much as "an externally funded billy big baws club without a decent ground shouldn't stop the progression of other ambitious clubs" might seem a sound principle, it would be absolutely mental for every playoff semi-final to be LL winners vs Strathspey (in a hypothetical case that Brechin didn't have bronze, or has been promoted already). Saying "give it to the next team down as long as they're not a certain standard of pi5h" doesn't seem particularly practical.

A roundabout way of saying 'buying success', much like Man City showing the ambition to play in the CL rather than settle for mediocrity.

Those button operated car boots that open at a glacial speed. Just let me close the ba5tard door.

I've been mostly wearing the same shoes for over a decade now, and they feel brand new. That said, I only bought them last month as I just buy an identical pair every few years once the sole wears through seeing as they've not been discontinued yet. Quickest shoe shopping ever. ETA: I regularly wear my Scotland strip from 2006 (the 'Gary Caldwell vs France' one) whilst hill walking / caving as it makes a handy light underlayer and stays warm even when wet.

Hate to say it, but told ya.

Unless you're Buckie. They seem to be very slow at reporting opposition goals, sometimes only acknowledging them via the HT & FT updates.

10-man Brora equaliser. Don't even get on the bus Price.

^^^ Crown's legal representatives.

Almost had a heart attack there until I clocked that 'RR' refers to Rob Roy rather than Raith Rovers.

Being east of the strait at Craigton Point, it's actually the (Inner) Moray Firth.

I was recently informed by my mother that if she died anytime soon* then I'd automatically inherit all of the timeshare guff that's she's been trying to offload for years (including asking me if I'd want it before I told her where to go), and I'd have to continue paying for it whether I wanted to use it or not. It makes me wonder how many of these sly little ticking timebombs are hidden in various other T&Cs. *I actually need to ask her if it'll get passed down as part of an estate regardless of timing.

Today's itchy throat and occasional sneeze marks my first day of the hayfever season, and it's only mid-April. Grass hasn't even starting growing properly, so I'm assuming it's the trees. Death to the leafy deciduous b*****ds.

As kids with rich parents would say.

I won't lie, I've been guilty of a few faux pas during work in my time. Ones I'd be expected to be called up on had I been caught.

Aye, a valid TTTTT, and theft is theft. The value should be irrelevant imo. Might seem trivial at first, but it's a slippery slope when one starts arguing that "theft is fine up to a certain level". If tired (feasible on nightshift tbf) then it's more likely to have been poor judgement rather than a mistake (especially when you know exactly how the machines work). A reason in that instance, but not an excuse. Harsh, I know. ETA: a key underlying principle: what would Sainsbury's have sought to do if they caught a shoplifter (putting the overstretched police thing aside)? I suspect it wouldn't be a mere slap on the wrist. It would be at least a store ban, and you need consistency.

Exactly. Plus, if kids truly cared about their safety then they'd pay some attention to the safety brief. Even that always says "put your own lifejacket on first before helping others", so even the airline is effectively saying get them tae f***.

I think if I had the money and young kids, I'd fly private whilst sticking the kids on a regular Ryanair* flight. Not just for the peace, but also so the nanny can get some duty free in, and if we're paying her to look after the kids already then they may as well go with her**. Also, understanding how voters from the lower echelons of society act, and the practicalities of changing terminals are valuable life skills. *otherwise you get an overall loss when extra seat prices exceed the duty free savings. They also get to see more countryside with their destination airport being 50 miles from where I'd be. ** in case you're probably wondering, kids under 17yo get no duty-free allowance, and even if they did it's non-transferable.

There's also the added benefit of dogs being babe magnets. "Awww, cute! What's his name?!" [nice one Bertie boy, nice one]

For me it was indeed superb, but entirely about keeping promotion hopes alive. Without the playoff qualification it would have been no different to winning the HL cup, for me at least. Will obviously be different to fans for which winning the closed-shop league would have been everything for years.

When Price came in we'd had 8 clean sheets out of 11 league games. Granted most of those were against teams outwith the current top five, but under Price we've only kept 5 clean sheets in our last 11 games against non-top-five opposition. Of those 11 games, we've played five against teams from the bottom four (Forres x2, Vale, Clach & Strathspey) and we conceded in every one of those bar Clach.

Or the weather. Much of the chat for ages has been along the lines of 'hopefully Buckie get tired legs because of their huge fixture backlog'. We've had every advantage handed to us this season, yet still blown it.