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15 minutes ago, forameus said:
Fans of self-important fantasist guff will be gutted to hear that. Shame Pep's not still around.
I'll reply this once, consider it an early Christmas gift.
I'm a self-important fantasist? I find it sad that you think being an author is an unobtainable pipe-dream for a Scottish person. Probably why 55% gutless people voted "No".
You do realise that not all book deals are akin to JK Rowling's deals, don't you? There are literally hundreds of books published on a weekly basis, ranging from major publishing houses to tiny ones.
And yes, I am extremely important.
Merry Christmas.
PS: No idea who "Pep" is.
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40 minutes ago, DublinMagyar said:
Book sales must have flatlined
Awww, someone remembers me! Bet you aren't the only one.
Things are going very well (better than expected actually), thanks for your interest.
This visit will differ from the previous; I continuously engaged and was involved in heated dialogue in my previous visit, but this visit i'll be treating it as more as an observer with sporadic comments. So no one should expect many replies from me.
Hope everyone is well and happy, by the way.
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On 25/05/2017 at 06:54, SlayerX said:
We've been using a flat back four for how long? Since Craig Brown left? And we've qualified for nothing ever since. I'm not saying that the formation is the only reason why we've not qualified for anything major, but it certainly hasn't helped.
Our center backs simply aren't good enough to play in a flat back four, at least not at international level against top players, so it's time to bring back three center back and two wing-backs. If nothing else, the extra center back will naturally fill in a gap. Craig Brown saw this, so why hasn't the previous managers not seen it?
Plus, Andrew Robertson and Kieran Tierney are both marauding players, so why play them as defensive players?
It seems to me that the majority of Scotland fans have been brainwashed into thinking that we SHOULD play with four at the back.
The 4-2-3-1 formation is a defensive one. It's essentially 6 rigid defensive minded players and 4 attacking players. That's fine if the four attacking players are world class, but ours are not. Our striker(s) need as much help as they can get, and they'd get much more ammunition for Robertson and Tierney whipping balls in and pushing forward than they would with those two sitting back. The fact that Strachan plays that formation at home is shameful.
It's OK for Strachan to come out and say that the Scotland players play with fear, but what does he expect when he plays a formation that's built to defend.
I want to see a 3-5-2 or 3-4-2-1... just something different.
England will expect us to play a 4-2-3-1.
I posted this seventeen months ago (and been saying it for nineteen years) and it appears that a Scotlamd manager has finally caught up to my speed.
A 3-5-2 IS the way forward. Football isn't a complicated game: Scotland are weak through the middle, so play eight players through the spine and make it as difficult as possible for opponents to break us down.
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It's nice that he's so confident. He might have a reason to be confident... either that or he's delusional.
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If anyone is still struggling to get Exodus to work: https://addonhq.com/install-exodus-kodi-addon/
Option two worked for me.
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The Orville
in US TV
There's a new Sci-Fi-Comedy on the horizon, written, created and Starring Seth McFarlane.
It comes out in a couple of months (10th September) and it's been commissioned for 13 episodes. No idea when it'll hit our shores, but with the internet that isn't really an issue anymore.
It looks promising, kinda like a parody of Star Trek - trailer
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Well, the lad certainly has belief in his abilities and he thinks that he's on the cusp of breaking into the first team - http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/ryan-gauld-insists-hes-ready-10753165
Gotta give the lad credit for sticking to his guns instead of heading home. Hopefully it works out for him.
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2 hours ago, Mr X said:
I see what you did there
Of course we both know that the reason is P2P takes up considerably more bandwidth than any other usage, so if they let people do it for free it would swamp their networks and slow normal browsing down for everyone else
Can you imagine? It would like surfing the WWW with a Spectrum*.
*No disrespect to the Spectrum, which has my eternal love.
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9 hours ago, Mr X said:
A quick google suggested there were free VPNs supporting torrents but it looks like you're right. Its not something Ive ever really looked into before
Yep. The VPN companies know that the number one usage for their software is for Torrenting, so they charge for it.
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1 minute ago, Mr X said:
I disagree. The main purpose of a VPN is whatever the person using it does most. I use one to browse torrent sites, as they're all blocked by my ISP, but Ive never used one to actually download them. Ive also used one to change my Netflix region and access football clubs non-UK streaming services. For that, the built in Opera VPN has proved sufficient so far (except the Netflix bit)
Some free VPNs allow torrent downloads. They'll likely throttle the speed or limit downloads but its still possible. As I said, you dont need a VPN at all to download torrents
Fair enough. I use my VPN when I'm viewing Kodi, etc, so I suppose it's only as useful as the person who is using it, and how they are using it.
No. No free VPNs are compatible with Torrent applications. Once you open up a program like Utorrent, via the free VPN, the connection doesn't allow you to actually download the thing you are trying to download.
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2 hours ago, Mr X said:
Free VPNs tend to be very slow.Its no coincidence that the paid for version offers faster speeds. Im not really sure why you would differentiate between downloading a torrent and other browsing. You dont need a VPN to download the torrents only to get around the ISP blocks on the major sites.
The free, built in, VPN in the newer versions of Opera is perfectly fine for browsing torrent sites.
The main purpose of a VPN is to download torrents anonymously, as that's pretty much the only thing that can land a person in hot water. I don't think people get in trouble for browsing Sky Sports, etc.
You can browse torrent sites with a free VPN, but you can't use a torrent application using a free VPN, therefore, you are unable to download whatever it is that you are trying to download. You have to pay for that particular privilege.
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3 hours ago, Mr X said:
That has a free version but then so do many others, but they're trying to get you to upgrade to the paid one. In my experience free VPNs aren't worth bothering with.I've tried a few free ones, but this is the only one that I've stuck with.
Yes. they do try to get you to upgrade, but not aggressively so, it's not like they only give you an allotted number of hours to use it per day, before it cuts you off.
If you need a VPN to download torrents with, then you must pay for one, as you simply can't download a torrent using a free VPN, however, if all you do is browse, etc, then I don't see why you wouldn't use a free VPN.
There's also a list of free Firestick VPNs: http://www.streaming1tv.com/2016/10/top-best-free-vpns-for-your-firestick.html
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Talking of VPN:
For the people who want a free VPN for their computer - Cyberghost VPN
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This might be of help to people.
As they've said in this website, the real story will probably unfold in the coming weeks.
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OK. It's official, I was watching "Dee Gives Birth" and a part of the score that was in that episode was also the theme tune to "Siblings".
The writer of "Siblings was definitely a fan of "It's always sunny in Philadephia".
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"Former Real Madrid youngster Jack Harper will step up to Malaga’s first team squad in 2017/18.
The Scottish star has found his feet after a difficult spell with Brighton and the La Liga side will give Harper a chance to prove himself in La Liga this season.
Harper has starred for Scotland’s Under-21 side in the past and this promotion could mean opportunities for the senior Scotland squad."
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3 hours ago, Busta Nut said:
I fucking love Always sunny. I got into it a few years ago and I was late as f**k. I love that folk are still getting into it just now.
I thought season was was pretty poor initially but 2 on wards are magnificent, then going back to rewatch 1 you appreciate it more.Amen, brother.
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1 minute ago, Arch Stanton said:
Ah now you see, I only started watching it on Friday and have blitzed my way to "Mac and Dennis Break Up"
I have to say during the first three series I think laughed maybe 5 times in total. Since then it still has been very inconsistent but has tickled me more often than not.
Series 5 has been great so far and I'm looking forward to it getting even better.
I did the same thing. I first watched it in April and pretty much burned through it in a week or so.
Really? Since watching this show I've began reavuating my taste is sitcoms. Seinfeld was always the pinnacle for me, and I never thought that anything would trump it... till April.
In my opinion every season was top-notch, and for any show that's rare to say. The only episode that I thought fell below the standards is "Frank's Brother", I think it's in season 7. But in fairness, I've only seen it once and it's a little bit different to all the other episodes.
I would say that it gets better after season 5, but I can't really differentiate between the seasons. But yes, if you've liked it so far then you not be disappointing with what follows.
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For the people watching it for the first time, the quality doesn't lessen.
It's a monster of a show from season one onward.
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21 minutes ago, pandarilla said:
That's a very respectable career, surely? He's made a very good living out the game and represented his country loads.
I might be being whooshed here but I really don't think you can accuse him of not achieving his potential.I'd agree with this.
Yes, he had one magnificent match against Barcelona when he was a teen, but so did Tony Watt. I don't think Watt will have half the career that Marshall had.
So yes, I do think David Marshall fulfilled his potential. Let's be honest, no one thought that he was going to be the next Peter Schmeichel or anything.
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Just now, The Moonster said:
You realise if you keep up this "woe is me" victim nonsense that folk will continue to bait you, yes?
Yeah, I'm not keeping up anything, least of all "woe is me". It's very much the contrary, as I feel that the superiority complex has become whole and morphed into a case of absolute superiority.
Thanks for the tip, though, but it's not needed.
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4 hours ago, The Moonster said:
Everyone was getting too carried away with SlayerX that this piece of bullshit went unchallenged. Which Syrian refugee are you referring to?
Nah, people were much too preoccupied by my highly controversial comment that "Garry O'Connor, Derek Riordan, Tony Watt" haven't reached their true potential. (Which, by the way, was my reply to the message that you quoted) Which, as any fair minded individual knows is far and away more offensive and odious than racism, apartheid, sexism and any of other ism known to man and God.
Quite obviously I am Satan, Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin rolled into one.</Sarcasm>
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"Siblings" is worth a watch. Think of a show with Dee and Dennis, but English.
If you have the DVDs of "It's always sunny" you must listen to the commentaries, they're brilliant.
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I've never seen it.
I presumed that it was still on its first season.
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New formation
in Tartan Army Ramblings
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Almost four years old and this post aged INCREDIBLY well.
Four years on and Scotland are now playing with a back three, as Steve Clarke came to the exact same realizarion as I did. And Scotland qualified for Euro 2020 as a result.
You're welcome.