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10 for wednesday .
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Replace the claret bits with amber and the white bits with claret on the top imo. Keep the socks and shorts .
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9 for Tuesday , more snickers than marathon.
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Euros hangover cured with a majestic Monday 10 !
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Absolutely wild to think that we could go ahead and win tonight , qualify for the knock out stages of a major tournament for the first time ever and some folks' reaction would be " aye but it isn't with our greatest squad ever or isn't subjectively the furthest/best we've done in a tournament ".
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Definitely looks like a potentially decent signing . To recreate his highlights reel we now need to make sure that David Marshall plays in goals for every team that we play.
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Annoying that a win tonight would have all but guaranteed 2nd place but I suppose it's only Scottish to take it to the last game where too many precedents can be broken to stop us qualifying.
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2 hours ago, Well Well said:
I heard a rumour today we have signed someone who will really be divisive with the fans and not go down well at all. I have no idea who it is and I have no idea if the person who told me are creditable source so take it with a huge pinch of salt.
Apologies, I know it's not really saying a lot.
Erik Barmack ?
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That's just the original statement but said slower and louder is it not?
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9 for wednesday , David schmavid
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Terrible set of questions for me , lucky to get a 4 for Tuesday.
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28 minutes ago, Jacky1990 said:
Celtic das are some of the most embarrassing people on this planet.
Just seen a guy in his 50s/60s at the airport kitted out in Celtic polo and trackie bottoms with a Celtic shop bag over his shoulder.
The auld duffer nearly had a meltdown in JD cause his missus didnt want him getting another Celtic top. Guy genuinely screamed at her "i canny go on holiday without the new top".
An embarrassing species. Celtic play a blinder getting these cretins to hoover up any and all merchandise.
In fuerteventura earlier this year there was a family in the hotel who's poolside attire every day was the latest rangers home top . Mum, dad and 2 primary school age kids every single day , that's several layers of wrong right there. Whit an existence.
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41 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said:
Cheers , purchased as well
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40 minutes ago, MSU said:
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro -- I've read and adored The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go, and like them, Klara and the Sun is beautifully written, achingly so quite frequently, and deals with people's inability to deal with people in a different way. But this time, with robots!
Set at some vague point in the future, Klara is Josie's Artificial Friend, which is such a loaded term in and of itself. A Fake Friend? And if so, what makes a friend real? Is there a difference between a friend that we know and meet and drink with and hug, and a friend we only know online? The novel kinda explores around the edges of this before coming up with a conclusion that came as a realization I don't think I've appreciated before and made me lay the book down and stare at the wall for a bit.
Anyway, Klara is essentially a robot charged with taking care of Josie, an ill teenager, and ensuring she's not lonely. Klara has a relationship with the sun and its glorious nourishment and thanks to this, robotic Klara jumps to some internal conclusions about the sun's powers that she never articulates and so are never corrected.
So despite Klara's nature, or lack thereof, we still have examples of characters not saying things to each other and in many ways I found Klara to be an artificial version of Stevens from The Remains of the Day.
The first-person narrative from a non-human character is engaging and precise, and gives a detached view of the human characters and humanity in general around her. After Never Let Me Go, which this seems a natural follow-up to, I thought Ishiguro deals with speculative or alternate realities in a fascinating way and satisfyingly draws conclusions on what it means to be human and Klara and the Sun just cements that opinion.
Got some vouchers left in my Amazon account from my birthday so was just going to get this off the back of this post . Unfortunately they don't seem to have an English version of it so have bought the remains of the day instead , looking forward to discovering Ishiguro.
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4 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said:
Finished re-reading East of Eden a few days ago. I love that book, one of my absolute favourites.
Started Catch-22 which I have tried before but gave up on. Will try to actually finish it this time.
I absolutely love Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden , Steinbeck is an amazing storyteller, definitely ones I will revisit in the future. Hopefully Catch-22 clicks with you this time , another one of my all time faves tho can understand how it can be off putting if someone doesn't 'get it'.
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Just now, parsforlife said:
I think there's an agreed upon standard that's been decided for every game(across sports as well I believe) so that every nation always use the same letters. I guess that when these don't make sense in local language then local broadcasters may change
It's all a standardised FIFA code for official competitions. Generally the first 3 letters of the name in English except for a few teams listed in French (esp , sui off the top of my head ) because , well why have it all the same ?!
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Off to a flyer with the first six , final score. .... 6 for Friday.
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9 for wednesday , changed the musical from right to wrong answer.
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Petty Things That Get On Your Nerves...
in The General Nonsense Forum
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That McDonald's fries poem on the radio.