[The joke thread: a thread for camaraderie and hilarity]

11 hours ago, Bishop Briggs said:

Sean Connery takes up painting and his first work is a picture of a wooden structure he uses to hold cups in the kitchen.

It's a shelf portrait.

[The Official Former President Trump thread]

Trump! Johnson! Thank f**k we still havesome leaders who aren't right wing racist eedjits.  Justin Trudeau being one example that springs to mind.

Oops, wait a minute.

 

 

[Follow Follow Rangers. Season 2024/25]

I wouldn't say I'm scared of death but ever being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease would scare the hell out of me and I have no idea how I would cope with it.

In a world where people say you're brave for any little thing, it's no exaggeration to say Fernando was truly brave in facing his horrible illness. RIP.

[The joke thread: a thread for camaraderie and hilarity]

Amateur actors with limited talent, get paid while you learn to act by getting a job on River City.

[Any skids fans on here?]

3 hours ago, hearthammer said:

Biggest thing was that they were a local band who were looking as if they might break into the big(ger) time.  Jobson was 2 years below me at school and i knew his older brother, Jock, through football, so i was interested in them from the off.  Stuart Adamson was the guy who made the Skids, Jobson was the visual presence. 

Aye, I'd say Adamson made the Skids too, although I've never been that keen on Big Country strangely enough.

[Any skids fans on here?]

48 minutes ago, hearthammer said:

Yes it was.  Also an open air gig at the Glen Pavilion  77 or 78.

Must have been pretty special. Can't claim to have seen any band who broke big in their very earliest days.

Did you foresee big success back then?

[Any skids fans on here?]

11 minutes ago, hearthammer said:

Have seen the Skids and Big Country numerous times since 1977 (Skids) and1984 (BC), the last gig being 30 December last year in the Glen Pavilion.  Big Country have become a poor karaoke version of what they were originally and, for me, Bruce Watson is not, and never was, a frontman.  I appreciate the last gig was a "home" night, but that's the last 3 new years (PJs and GP) where they have disappointed big time.  Won't pay to see them again.  The Skids were marginally better that last night.  Won't pay to see them again. 

Maybe its because i was spoiled seeing the original line ups so often, but there are some bands where the key member is irreplaceable.  For me, BC fit that category.  With Jobson, it was all about the visuals rather than the band replicating accurately the original sounds.

Others may disagree, but it is with great reluctance that i admit to having given up on both bands.  I still have the original LPs and some CDs that get big licks now and again, so the original music lives on chez moi.    

Would loved to have seen the Skids back in the day, no real interest in doing so now.

PS Would that have been wee pubs in Dunfermline area you saw them in 1977?

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3 hours ago, Dindeleux said:

His book is a tough read, especially the stuff around his childhood. Even simple things like being scared of the dark, hard to get your mind round someone like that being afraid of the dark.

Do you believe everything written in auto/biographies of this kind?

[The East Kilbride FC Thread]

18 minutes ago, newcastle broon said:

6th place and 6 points off the pace. 8 points lost already.Only dropped 12 points all last season. Has there been that big a change at K Park  ? 

Players have fallen out with the manager.

[Follow Follow Rangers. Season 2024/25]

9 minutes ago, Romeo said:

55 minutes ago, Moomintroll said:

I will never attempt to excuse what he did to his wife as that is unacceptable but outwith that I have a lot of sympathy for him. He was a poster boy & catalyst for the Sky inspired "reinvention" of football, he was never the brightest person & just wanted to play football so to have that pressure put on him destroyed him mentally & physically as he turned to the booze to cope. If he emerged nowadays he would have an army of people connected to the club & his agency protecting him & spinning the Media, wife beating arseholes are still out there in football but we will never get to hear about it. He didn't help himself a lot of the time but he appeared to be a generous person at heart & a lot of vultures took advantage of that & bled him dry while encouraging his excesses.

He has had an army of people try to help him. Multiple times.