Reverend Maynard

People leaving the football early. Against all odds a team that has had a shaky start is 4-0 up with 5 minutes of normal time to go. Why not stay to the end and cheer a well needed victory? Traffic in Dundee is that bad?! Er no, it isn't . Just don't understand the mentality and it disproportionately annoys me.

The Blue Label is unopned, I have however drunk a 20cl bottle of the blue and I can honestly say it is a wonderful drop, that said my personal preference is for the Gold (18 year old, not the Gold reserve), IMHO a much smoother blend, don't get me wrong Blue Label is a very, very nice whisky, just can't quite justify it's £200 a bottle price tag Thanks for that. It'll have to be a very special occasion to open that blue! I've seen gold in my local tesco and am keeping my fingers crossed they do some sort of promotion on it. Can but hope. Mind you I go through airports quite often so might buy one there.

Good work! Have you opened the Blue label? Only ever tried black and am intrigued. Old P and talisker are class malts.

And there's your answer.

Anyone tried the Ben Riach PX cask finish? Fancy giving it a go as was well impressed by the laphroig PX. Good effort on those deals lads.

^^^^^^^^ harm vs risk Different concepts.

Post of the day!!! Well done sir, well done!

Yeah, if it was at that concentration it would be much less risk. The alcohol one is interesting as I'm guessing that it takes a lot more chronic use to induce permanent psychotic symptoms ?( ie you need to be an alcoholic ) I know a lot of the drug induced psychosis guys we being picked up in gereral adult psychiatry. The alcoholics who had psychotic like symptoms were mainly seeing the drug and alcohol guys. So what's our conclusion? Weed/alcohol - used in moderation at low doses you'll be fine - used chronically at high doses you will potentially lose your mind HTH

One of the points Proff Murray makes is that if everyone smoked the groovy weed that was available in the sixties with THC concentrations of 3% then there probably wouldn't be an issue. However skunk and the genetically modified weed has THC concentrations of > 13% and there does seem to be a link. Some argue that folk who have drug induced psychosis would have developed it anyway, and that the weed just speeded up the process. Others though see a clear link with smoking to much, and having increase paranoid symptoms leading to full blown schizophrenia . Given the maket led nature of what people want and the increasing strengths of weed available is it worth the risk? As you say though Proff Nutt was "off message" and rather than using it as an opportunity to have a debate about the risks involved in all drug use ( including alcohol) they sacked him before the daily mail could start a campaign.

A couple of other points to add to the debate ( not read full thread so if already covered, tough) Prof David Nutt, former drugs Czar talks a lot about the relative risks of taking drugs such as ecstasy. Essentially it is much safer than many other day to day activities. Not seen his latest work but fewer deaths due to ecstasy than due to alcohol. So that's pretty clear - legalise on safety grounds. However, there is a growing concern in psychiatry about drug induced psychosis. Proff robin Murray at the Institute of psychiatry has done a great deal of research on this, and concludes there is a greater risk of developing serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia if you are a regular smoker of cannabis. ( all weed isn't equal. High concentrations of THC to CBD can increase the risk). As it is mainly young-ish people who will smoke large amounts, and as the common onset of psychotic symptoms can occur in the 18-24 age group, it seem pretty clear- don't leagalise on health grounds. so if anything should be legalised , it should be ecstasy , but not sure what the effect on mental health would be in the long term.

Taxi not turning up on time , resulting in a mad dash to make the train this morning. w****r slept in.

Spotted a trashy blonde at the airport wearing a v short skirt , exposing her bruised and red knees. Somebody somewhere had a great weekend!

Creed- Green Irish Tweed This is a classic / sophisticated after shave. There are a few creed ones that I have used but I always go back to this.

One from Mrs Maynard. People who pull out in front of you on the motorway and then drive really slowly .

People who drive along with their indicators on --------- and don't change lane!!!!!! How is it possible to ignore the clicking noise coming from the dashboard???!! Irritates the life out of me.

Words fail me!

Folk with their ears pierced and then enlarged with rings so they have circular holes. Apparently they are called ear plugs, or flesh tunnels. Anyway, why??!!! Can't stand it when I see folk with these things in.

Gay rum and coke. Moving onto a bottle of Malbec soon . Malt whisky ( ardbeg) to finish. Agreeable.

What is this...new devilry??!!

People that are surprised when they reach airport security and find they can't just walk through and are astonished that they have to take off their belts, remove phone from pocket and cant take liquids through in their hand luggage. Should be a special lane for these fuds.

This thread is destined for gold status! A quick question. Are there many boats beside you? Like, do you have neighbours ? Could be the making of a P&B flotilla ?

Not so much a hoop, more a barcode

I think folk should remember that the EBT scheme was introduced for the purposes of tax avoidance. You can argue about the semantics of loans vs wages but if they hadn't tried so strenuously to avoid paying tax on earnings they would never have been of interest to HMRC.

Hideous !!!!!!! What about some pictures of really fit chearleaders ( with some witty anti sevco caption?) Im sure the rest of the train would appreciate that more than those freaks!

Maybe the thread needs an "interval"? What is the Internet equivalent of an usherette?