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Sorry guys. I just got carried away....

Dennon Lewis

100% agree. When we hear team radio along the lines of: "Manage your tyres , Max" "I can't drive any slower!" Then something has gone wrong with this system.

Another day, another Advance Construction Scotland van driver making an arse of himself on the M9.

If you had the right kind of recorder, you could use the code from the TV listings and it would record around the show you wanted. Sometimes you'd get the first half, sometimes the last bit.

For your viewing pleasure

He's 64, and too old (apparently) to undertake any new tasks.

Barbie. I enjoyed it more than I should. If anyone is passing by the Falkirk retail park later on, can they please nip to Cineworld and collect my testicles? I think I left them there last night.

OK, question for those with heat pumps. My mum's cousin lives in a council house in a village near Falkirk. It has no gas, and she's had 10 years of the Thermaflow wet electric system which is useless. Expensive to run, and doesn't heat the house or water very well. The council relented to villager's demands, and have offered her (and the other residents) three options. Stick with Thermaflow (not gonna happen) Get gas installed next year when they get a gas pipeline connected Get an air source heat pump and solar panels installed She doesn't know which way to go here. The house itself is well insulated (the council installed triple glazed windows and doors, external insulation and a new roof in recent years), an end-terrace place. So...genuine question - if faced with the choice of gas or heat pump/solar panels, which is best in terms of thermal comfort and cost? Cheers,

I'm too old, but best of luck anyway!

8 for Wednesday Guesstastic

If I weren't at work today I'd be looking this up to check...

That might be a tough gig. Remembering what stadium you're at, and who gets the penalties this time.

I'm sure they are. Bleeding from happiness, no doubt.

We haven't had a Star Trek Fun Fact in ages... In a few scenes you see characters drinking whisky. Specifically "Wee Bairns" whisky. You get the clearest view in the episode of Deep Space 9 The Explorers, where O'Brien and Bashir get pished. Also in Strange New Worlds and Discovery.

Yesterday afternoon I was an independent panel member on 3 interviews for a lecturer in German Language. We always have someone from another School/department sitting in on these, and it was my turn. My role was to ask the first question (what attracted you to the post). Then, the rest of the interview took place in German. At the end, the chair asked my opinion of the candidates...and no, I don't speak any German. Have any P&Bers ever had a role that was both utterly meaningless and a little bit important at the same time?

It's more just a case that she was pished on Saturday. She ordered a Lego grand piano (£270!!) the same night, and it arrived on Sunday.

There's still time...

Certainly not monkey-like. More like...lizard

Last week, I told Scott that we would go and see Oppenheimer. I had today pencilled in for this. On Saturday, the wife (after a couple of glasses of wine) said it would be great of all 4 of us went to see Barbie instead. My daughter didn't fancy Oppenheimer and isn't all that keen on Barbie, but she went along with it on the promise of a big bag of popcorn and a slush. No worries. I told Scott we'd see Oppenheimer next week instead, and the wife booked the tickets. I could endure Barbie, I thought, as it was a family night out. This morning... "I really don't fancy the cinema tonight. Why don't you just take the kids?" So a 43 year old guy, his 18 year old son and 13 year old daughter - none of whom actually chose this movie - will be going. Just hope it turns out to be a pleasant surprise...

Scott has refused to go down the text route. The postie for him, at about 1pm ish. It's a bit of a dead rubber for him as he's already been accepted onto his course, but I still hope he does well.

6 for NZ - and I'm delighted with that!

This all has reminded me about a German bongo movie that was doing the rounds at school in the 90s. I got my hands on it for a few days, and then the stars aligned. Dad at work, siblings all away and mum out for a couple of hours, I had the house to myself. Got the video recorder from my bedroom and took it downstairs,. Hooked it up to the one in the living room and started copying. Only took a minute to set up. And then began the most nerve-wracking 2 hours I had known. What if my mum came home early? How could this be explained? Every time a car drove past or a person walked past the house, I was jumping out of my seat and looking out. Amazing, when you think today of the ease and sheer quantity of this stuff available online. By the end, it all went smoothly and I had made my own copy. What I remember of the movie itself is 3 things. First, it was Medieval themed, and set in a castle. Second, it starred Sarah Young, who was popular in the genre at the time (an English woman starring in German movies). And finally, the main guy in the movie had what can only be described as a bent boaby. I mean, it was at right angles. If he was facing North, it was facing West. It went with all my jazz mags when I solemnly took them to the woods and dumped them under a bush.

I've been staying at a four-star hotel. It was ****

I remember a time when we signed an international player. He played 99 times for his country, including at the World Cup...and never made a first team appearance for us.