KnightswoodBear Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 4 minutes ago, GordonD said: Not in any world that included Cannon and Ball. I was holding Cannon and Ball in reserve for when he went all in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 2 minutes ago, KnightswoodBear said: I was holding Cannon and Ball in reserve for when he went all in. I'd have them on the same level as Little and Large. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fae_the_'briggs Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 7 minutes ago, KnightswoodBear said: I was holding Cannon and Ball in reserve for when he went all in. Trump you all with Mike and Bernie Winters. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 6 minutes ago, Fae_the_'briggs said: Trump you all with Mike and Bernie Winters. 'Oh no, there's two of them' 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 3 hours ago, Hedgecutter said: Navigation - Male vs Female: I read an article recently that made a sweeping generalisation about how males construct a map in their head and have a subconscious knowledge of where north is, as opposed to women who rely on landmarks to get around (e.g. latter being "turn right at the petrol station before Huntly for Banff, f*** knows the direction of Huntly after that"). This applies strongly to our household, but does it also apply to yours? Have you also constructed a map in your mind? Just back after a long weekend at Blackpool with Mrs Ranter, the wee Ranters and the mother in law. All Ranters were going to the Pleasure Beach on Sunday, which mother in law didn't want to do, so she just went into town to rake through the pound shops. She has a woeful sense of direction, and was worried about finding the caravan when she got back (despite all the vans in the park being individually zoned and numbered). Mrs Ranter provided her with what she thought was a foolproof set of directions within the park. What she didn't factor in was her mum going back to the wrong caravan park altogether 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 1 hour ago, Boghead ranter said: What she didn't factor in was her mum going back to the wrong caravan park altogether Is she still there? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 10 minutes ago, GordonD said: Is she still there? Nope - some kind soul who saw how flustered she looked gave her a lift back to the correct site 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Getting back to the important topical issue of French & Saunders, I can remember acts like Cannon & Ball getting a smile out of me when I was a very young shaver. Hale & Pace were big with kids too; I remember folk at school pissing themselves repeating their material the day after they'd been on. I'd forgotten about F&S' material until I found one of their books yesterday, and it's utterly humourless, which reminded me of one of their stage shows, where they just hung around like they were waiting for the show to start. Not even an attempt made to be funny. Mystifying. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Never really got Skinner and Baddiel either at times. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 4 hours ago, supermik said: Never really got Skinner and Baddiel either at times. Same here, but they still had their moments, like Newman & Baddiel. Tempted to torture myself by downloading some of French & Saunders' TV series. They must have done something funny. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile E Coyote Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 On 02/07/2017 at 11:07, Cardinal Richelieu said: I've got a question. ... driving up to Aviemore, there's quite a few places where there is two towers either side of the road and some netting strung up over the road ... I'll try and find a picture on Googlemaps but does anyone have any idea what they're for? How wide are they. They could be bridges to enable red squirrels to get across the road 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 7 hours ago, Wile E Coyote said: How wide are they. They could be bridges to enable red squirrels to get across the road They were reasonably wide. In fact, having just been to Go Ape, we were speculating whether they were left over from the course. Never thought of squirrels. How would they know to use it tho? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fae_the_'briggs Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 57 minutes ago, Cardinal Richelieu said: They were reasonably wide. In fact, having just been to Go Ape, we were speculating whether they were left over from the course. Never thought of squirrels. How would they know to use it tho? Tufty probably told them. More likely that someone goes out and leaves a trail of nuts leading over the bridges and the squirrels follow the nuts. Even more likely is that they see some of their relations getting squashed crossing the road and the eventually realise it's safer to use the bridge. Squirrels are essentially climbing creatures anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Can anyone recommend somewhere nice to eat near Edinburgh castle esplanade for me and Mrs Romeo? Mid price range type thing? Ta 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 1 hour ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Were there any overhead cables above them? I really can't remember. If only I could find a picture 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Can anyone recommend somewhere nice to eat near Edinburgh castle esplanade for me and Mrs Romeo? Mid price range type thing? Ta Pancho Villas. My mate is the camp boss. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 8 minutes ago, jimmy boo said: Pancho Villas. My mate is the camp boss. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 I think it's general prestige or the perception of it. A bit like the Scottish Cup over the League and Challenge Cups. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 1 hour ago, Bairnardo said: Its one of 4 majors like golf so its at least one of the 4 top things to win. Unsure if theres further ranking of the majors themselves but since they are all different surfaces and grass is probably considered the pure form of Tennis, that may be where the prestige comes from The four Grand Slams are all ranked equally in terms of ranking points. Think Wimbledon has the highest prize money, at least it was a couple of years ago, so there's that as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 In both cases we get UK based commentary. They talk it up, understandably. I'm sure others do the same with theirs. In saying that, in tennis, I'd bump the rest till they can get a grass park booked. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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