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On 31/05/2019 at 13:36, Shandon Par said:

Fifers eh?

"reacted badly when his bank card was handed back to him through a letterbox."

https://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/17676733.kelty-coal-carrying-champ-threw-slab-at-exs-door/

Appropriately enough this happened in Croftangry Road.

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15 minutes ago, philpy said:

Good grief. "Hello, coastguard please, my boat is sinking!!"
"Ah kinny send ye yin oot, malcom's nae talking tae finlay"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-48527290

Fit they like min.

https://www.peterheadlifeboat.co.uk/crew.htm

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On 05/06/2019 at 18:21, philpy said:

Good grief. "Hello, coastguard please, my boat is sinking!!"
"Ah kinny send ye yin oot, malcom's nae talking tae finlay"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-48527290

Is there a reason why the RNLI have to depend on legacies and donations? Is there a publicly funded equivalent?

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4 minutes ago, nsr said:

Is there a reason why the RNLI have to depend on legacies and donations? Is there a publicly funded equivalent?

There's the Coastguard but they don't have nearly enough boats and staff to cover the whole of UK and Irish waters.

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5 minutes ago, nsr said:

I'd have thought the "Royal" bit of the name implies it's sponsored by the monarchy or the state in some way.

Nah, just means the Queen is symbolic Patron. It's still called the RNLI in the ROI oddly.

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1 hour ago, welshbairn said:

Nah, just means the Queen is symbolic Patron. It's still called the RNLI in the ROI oddly.

Was told a belter of a story on a related theme a few years back. A guy I was talking to had been involved in trying to get a coastguard team set up somewhere in Ireland at the height of The Troubles. He was addressing a meeting and said it wouldn't be a problem taking the HM bit of HM Coastguard off the vehicles if that was an issue. Someone at the back of the room stood up and said they'd back the proposal and it was fine to leave the HM bit on.

On the way home, the guy setting the team up told someone he was travelling with it was looking good but he hoped the guy that supported him came to no harm. At this point the other guy turned, looked at him and told him: "Are you fucking kidding? That guy's the local IRA commander" :lol:

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