Archie McSquackle

It's quite a big book. Don't worry - I paid for it! Mind you, I had been talking to the sales assistant about it so he knew I was about to buy it.

Yeah, I think that makes an appearance somewhere in this thread. That picture and the one of the half built stand at Tannadice being used despite not having stairs make you realise that health and safety regulations have their place!

I picked up the Lifted Over The Turnstiles book from Waterstones this week which shows fantastic old pictures of all (almost) the old grounds, only a few I recognise from this thread. Don't know if it's been mentioned before but it's an excellent book (you can skip by the Chick Young foreword). Supposed to be a Christmas present for my dad but I can't help flicking through it.

Thought that might be the case. Price seemed too good to be true.

Has anyone tried the Aerstone 10 year-old from William Grant & Sons? Available for £20 at Tesco in either Sea Cask or Land Cask.

Yeah, I got both done on the same visit but think I only got sedation for the endoscopy as it helps reduce the resistance as the camera goes down the throat. Didn't seem to be bothered about the other end - just plenty of lubricant and away they went. Started drinking the solution the previous morning and spent the day between the kitchen and bathroom- as someone else said, have plenty of reading material to hand! I missed the Motherwell v Celtic game that evening as I didn't have the confidence to be far from a toilet. Spent the evening pacing up and down, listening to the radio waiting for the inevitable last minute penalty and equaliser.

They seem to have a transfer window that lasts four hours! We struggle to make decent signings in four months.

I'd had a long day so didn't actually watch it, just saw the water-skiing wifie getting eaten and then Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 had finished so my wife deigned to talk to me. Can't believe I missed Jaws eating a helicopter- serves me right for talking to my wife.

I think it was John Beattie I heard on the radio discussing this being a ticking time bomb for athletics in popular and will become one of the biggest issues in sport. I think it was following the case of the 400m runner with the unnaturally high testosterone levels. To exclude her would be discriminatory and the next step would be trans people bringing a legal case.

Last time I looked, Tesco had 12 yo Highland Park and Bowmore for £25 and 10 yo Laphroaig for £28. Pretty good whisky for the price.

The Juke gets a reasonable write-up but only some models are actually 4x4 so you would need to check.

Flicking the channels and stumbled on Jaws 2. Tremendous music- you can just tell the water skiing bird's getting it.

Just arrived in Edinburgh and saw a group of people standing outside the station. It looks as there's a few families of Well fans through early, I thought. Naw, f'ing Harry Potter tour.

She's 46 - must have had a hard paper round. Had to laugh at the son filling the hole with Lego.

Great news - must be a huge relief.

The UK adopted European design codes to replace a lot of British Standards years ago. I still get annoyed by the decimal comma.

Yeah, forgot about that! Why the hell was he adding "a few drops of gasoline " into each bottle and saying it as though it's a perfectly reasonable ingredient to add?

20 dollars a bottle and they're trying to kid on they didn't think there was anything dodgy in it? Aye, right. [emoji41] Quite impressed he lives in a tree house with his Mexican pornos though.

I don't normally get anything at the football for those very reasons but I hadn't managed to get my lunch on Saturday as I was doing something that took longer than expected so bought a pie before kick-off at Livingston. £2.50 for a rather disappointing steak pie. My afternoon didn't get any better either.

I heard it via my wife's friend's husband. No reason to doubt it (apart from it being ridiculous) but I don't know him personally and I accept it sounds like a friend of a friend of a friend type story.

I'm hoping it's apocryphal but supposedly there's a child in the Greenock area called La-a. It's pronounced Ladasha according to the mother.

What a ridiculous cycle lane. I know where that is and the road is so quiet it doesn't need a cycle lane. The money could have been far better spent elsewhere- that's just a box-ticking exercise to say they've provided a continuous cycle route.

And she pocketed the money from that charity fundraiser we all did recently.

He knew how to get round the train congestion in Edinburgh and now you've gone and told him how to get round the Hampden crowds as well. Next you'll be telling away supporters about the easy parking in Whitehill that lets you get out to the expressway quickly.

Not really as it's what we agree to when we sign the contract. Some people work longer hours than what I'm contracted for and some have a shorter working week. In any case, I generally work past 5 if I'm busy but some of the others are out of there on the button.