Salt n Vinegar

Be good to see some progress on the issue. At least we'll have some evidence for the supporters and opponents of the experiment to discuss.

I had an event last night that I couldn't miss and have only watched the second half. It seems to me that based on what I've seen so far, the level of praise in the post-match comments doesn't quite match up. I thought we were quite fortunate not to concede and end up with a draw (or worse). I suppose at this stage the result is the important thing. Am I being too critical?

Wayne Rooney sends his regards.

"Hard" my @rse. Poor fekker's only got 3 legs.

Threads like this with these recent "oh woe is me" posts... or threads about Scottish clubs forays into European competition. It's hard to know which ones are more depressing. Jury is out.

Of all the pleas I've heard of, a recaptured prisoner pleading not guilty to escaping generated the biggest "eh?" I can recall uttering.

Will you be buying 'a four-legged shark on a lead' to accompany the child, or do you already have one? Seriously though, enjoy. However much you imagined your life might change, I think you've probably underestimated it. (Sleep is overrated!)

Weird hobby. Presumably the combined Trainspotting and Philately Club wasn't taking any more members.

Are we allowed to keep our firstborn now as well? Talk about icing on the cake. Long live Rishi!

So the good folk of Birmingham can look forward to better services and lower taxes! (Isn't that what the Tories usually say in the HoC whenever the subject of local government comes up?)

Slightly off topic I'll admit, but last night I had a dream that Douglas Ross was driving a mini festooned with union flags that knocked the front bumper off a police car, then fled the scene. Looked like the location was the Jock's Lodge junction in Edinburgh. See? He's even a bad 'un when we sleep!

Meanwhile in a part of the planet Earth that is still inhabitable... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66857551 "Rishi Sunak considering weakening key green policies" From article - "First, the government would push the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars - currently set to come into force in 2030 - back to 2035. The 2030 date has been government policy since 2020. Second, the government would significantly weaken the plan to phase out the installation of gas boilers by 2035, saying that they only want 80% to be phased out by that year. Third, homeowners and landlords would be told that there will be no new energy efficiency regulations on homes. Ministers had been considering imposing fines on landlords who fail to upgrade their properties to a certain level of energy efficiency. Fourth, the 2026 ban on off-grid oil boilers will be delayed to 2035, with only an 80% phase out target at that date. In addition, Britons will be told that there will be no new taxes to discourage flying; no government policies to change people's diets; and no measures to encourage carpooling. Mr Sunak is also likely to rule out what he sees as burdensome recycling schemes." It's clearly going so well.

We were on Mull last month. On the road to Tobermory we were impressed when a campervan ahead of us actually pulled over into a passing place to let us pass. The illusion of cooperation was shattered when I saw the occupants jump out of the campervan to take photos.

If this is now a thread whose contents bear no resemblance to title, I'd just like to say that I like cheese and tomato sandwiches. Thanks.

Aye, and I'm going to "negotiate" free food and drink at the pub. The UK HAD a great deal as members of the EU. The Tories pissed it up against a wall. The EU will tell Starmer to eff off unless he is discussing rejoining the EU or at least the customs union. The gammonati won't stand for that, so he is urinating in a hurricane.

Not up to standard then, Donny boy... https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thescottishsun.co.uk/money/11242573/donald-trump-aberdeenshire-hotel-fail-food-certificate/amp/ Manky! Quote from article "Despite the kitchen being closed for two days before the announced officials visit, inspectors found dirty cooking equipment, including a chopping board, a raw meat vacuum packer and lids on the floor. Other chopping boards were badly damaged and scored from knives that they could not be cleaned effectively. Sausage meat dated 83 days before the inspection was found in the freezer with the label "keep refrigerated" and vacuum food with a shelf life of five days was in circulation for ten."

Tones of "yes, I voted for the face-eating leopard party, but I didn't think my neighbours' faces would be eaten" in some of the reaction to this long overdue public safety measure. Eejits.

Coz c***s are useful? (Ressurected from 1970s schoolboy banter.)

Maybe it's becoming a bit like saying "Voldemort". We know Tories exist, but it's socially unacceptable to refer to them in public. Maybe we should say "they who must not be named" instead?

I know. The depressing thing is that so many Cupid Stunts actually believe that the Tories have any interest in running the country for anyone's benefit but their own. Over 21% of the votes in constituencies and over 23% in the regional lists for the Tories in 2021 just demonstrates that a depressingly high proportion of our fellow countrymen (and women) vote for these lizards. They won't be happy until they pay no tax at all.

Aye, but when he eventually gets in, he's often out again before the other guys using the pissers are finished.

Pal of mine suffers from that. He is not embarrassed by it as he's been aware of it for years. It's probably more common than people think. He does find it annoying when he goes for a pee in a busy pub but the traps are occupied... he waves folk in past him to use the urinals - some are a bit confused.

@Soapy FFC agree with you. If there is any budget flexibility it should not be used for tax cuts until the public services and facilities are in a helluva better state than they are at the moment. Anything else would demonstrate beyond reasonable doubt that in the government's view the less well off and those who depend on public services can go and eff themselves.

Folk who have been through a difficult time saying "it's been a journey". No, it really hasn't.

Dunno about that. Although I have no time for religion, some of the buildings are quite nice to look at. Same as I can admire the Parthenon without believing in Athena. Better use would be accommodation for the homeless or use as community facilities.