Northboy

A big massive hulking brute sitting on top of a flimsy steel frame. And that was just the telly in the classroom. That was just the maths teacher.

I remember that too. I was at school and our maths teacher fancied himself as a bit of a nautical man so had set up a TV in the class to watch it. I expected to see some great galleon emerging from the deep but it was painstakingly slow and it barely moved through the 1 hour the maths lesson lasted.

I agree but thespian excellence has never really been a requirement for James Bond actors.

Not to mention the standard issue Vauxhall Viva. I accept he's not Scottish but Frank Worthington set the standard on how the questions should be answered ...

There have been a total of 16 confirmed positive coronavirus tests across the entire Scottish Premiership since July - it's only "almost hourly" if an hour lasts about 200 times longer in your world. Fair enough but averaging 16 cases over July-October is no more relevant of the current frequency.

Given that 'professional' players and teams are announcing positive COVID tests almost hourly I wonder whether a total ban was or might still be considered

I'm delighted to see Around the World being rerun - one of the best travel documentaries I can remember seeing. It was only 32 years ago but seems like a different world.

The alcohol band was in force before I started going to football but I just don't see the attraction. I go to a match to watch the game, I don't want it screwed up by all people getting up and down to go for more drinks and/or the toilet throughout the match. It'll be like those c@#ts at the pictures, theatre or concert only 10 times worse at the football. Plus you'll be restricted to whatever crap brand of drink has negotiated a deal with the club.

Must be umpteen clubs where Mr Beattie would qualify for this thread.

I did Venezuela about 12 years ago. Of all the places I've been this is the one where I've felt most uncomfortable. I was staying in a nice big hotel in central Caracas and they were showing world series baseball on a big screen in the bar. Not really my thing but the locals were well into it and I wasn't keen on venturing out. At some point in the evening four local cops strolled in, sat down and laid their guns on the table. The bar man kept them supplied with beers for the next couple of hours which I'm pretty sure they didn't pay for. When the baseball finished the got up, put the guns back in their holsters and left.

The only possible scenario I can think of is multiple elderly relatives ruining the same couch. The run up to Christmas is a key time for people sprucing up their houses so furniture and decorating materials sales are good in the last quarter of the year. I guess it does have a lot to with people trying to impress their seasonal visitors. A good tidy up and some strategically placed decorations have always been enough for me.

Luton's ground always struck me as a strange set up. The side of the ground opposite the camera position was all executive boxes but it looked like a row or shops .I've passed by a couple of time when down there for work and it really is crammed in amongst the houses. I believe Luton have plans to move to a new ground before too long.

On Dragon's Den this past weekend there was a couple promoting a health drink called Brain Fud.

Agreed - Tennant was superb. From what I've seen and heard today half of the country claims to have met or known Nilsen at some point in time.

QPR is mentioned on the scoreboard but that is Goodison Park in the OP's last picture. Everton in traditional blue and QPR look to be in a red and blacked hooped kit I recall from the 1980s. I'm sure QPR's Lofthus Road ground had the same narrow space behind the goals as West Ham though.

The girl in the Oral B advert - "I know how to look after my body but how do I look after my teeth?" Surprisingly the answer is toothpaste, something that has been around and in common use for years and years.

That's a great picture and a fascinating kit. The shirts look to have epaulettes on the shoulders and what the f@#k are those socks made from?

A common response to this is that the terminal used to be at the railway station side. Well it not f*@cking there now which makes a mockery of any supposed train link to Aberdeen airport. On occasions I take the train from Inverurie to Aberdeen I have an ironic grin when the guard announces 'alight here for Aberdeen airport' as the train pulls into Dyce station.

I agree with you on B&Bs. I've stayed in a few through the years and the standard of the accommodation has been high and the hosts are always welcoming but I still feel I'm intruding in someone's private home.

You've given the subject more time and attention than it deserved, I'd have bailed out after the first glance. Still a weird thing to do though.

I guess the plan is , the more annoying you make it the more memorable it it is Very probably, that is a genuine advertising strategy particularly for radio adverts.

Why and how?

A lot of Scots had this attitude to tennis until Andy Murray came along.

I've no real affinity for cricket but I'd happily watch a close, limited overs match - more exciting than a lot of sports.

Agreed, as a spectator sport squash is unwatchable. I'd add judo to that list, probably at the top. You have 2 guys holding on and sizing each other up then they seem to stumble and fall and by some undecipherable criteria one is declared the winner.