welshbairn Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 17 minutes ago, Florentine_Pogen said: Don't remember that episode, just off to watch series 4 on iplayer in case I missed the whole thing, cheers! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 41 minutes ago, HoBNob said: To be a boring, pedantic b*****d, which I am... It was Wootton Basset, it's the nearest village to what was RAF Lyneham. It would've changed to Brize Norton around 2013-15? But all the photos of that era of the funeral cortages going through the crowds will have been Wootton Basset. On wearing poppies, years ago I was in the Army Cadets (would not recommend) and you'd do poppy selling? Not sure on the correct terminology. But the vast majority of people donate without taking a poppy, which is what I tend to do. The paper ones last about 4 minutes, there a bit of a pain to attach, so most people just gave loose change and went on there way. Which IMO is a pretty classy way to do it. It's gotten lost along the way but the poppy was just a vehicle for the charity's to fundraise, somewhere along the line it's turned into who can be seen to be sadder and more upset. It's a bit of a stretch admittedly, but my parents speak about the hysteria around Princess Diana dying, and how grief became fashionable, you were buying basket loads of Elton John to show you really cared etc. I always thought remembrance was meant to be quite solemn, we've gone past that now with the way we deal with death in general IMO. What people are noticing with the behavior of some people who have a bit of an obsession with poppies, the armed forces and so on, has nothing to do with death, greif, remembrance etc. the problem people have had with poppies in the the social media age is that they have become a way of chest beating jingoism for aggressive nationalistic types of people. Rangers fans if you like 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Bully Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Ok - whose poor sockpuppet account is @Steelly? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelly Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 8 minutes ago, Wee Bully said: Ok - whose poor sockpuppet account is @Steelly? Newcomers welcome it says. Well you certainly have not made me feel welcome -4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 2 hours ago, Steelly said: Nothing weird about liking poppies Ziggy. You should add it your already very brexity looking profile interests 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 5 minutes ago, gannonball said: You should add it your already very brexity looking profile interests Simple as 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelly Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 34 minutes ago, gannonball said: You should add it your already very brexity looking profile interests I did not vote for Brexit. Anyway what a strange post to make. Because I like football, pool and the pub means to your mind I voted for brexit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 luv are queen 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 3 hours ago, Florentine_Pogen said: P. S. Series 4 Episode 5 is exactly what's happening in Westminster and Holyrood at this very moment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClydeTon Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 4 hours ago, Steelly said: What is a poppy weirdo? You'll surely know them by one of their other names: • Rangers fan • Orange b*stard • Lodge Member • Yoon • Royalist • 'The People' (they say they "are the people") • H*ns • Nazis • Oddballs • Lunatics • Scotland's Shame • etc., -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Welcome, @Steelly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Straight into the Orange Walk and Poppies threads like a Gregor Stevens two footed tackle. Hmmmm.. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 5 hours ago, Steelly said: Newcomers welcome it says. Well you certainly have not made me feel welcome Was there not a previously banned poster who came away with a similar sob story recently? Before getting banned again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 This and the replies 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernrover Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Can't speak as someone who primarily posts in General Nonsense (I'm mainly here to keep up to date on football more than because I have anything helpful to say on it!); but can admins not implement something to stop new accounts posting in certain areas before x posts or y days membership? So many half decent topics get derailed by aliases and gibbering newbies, who, in a forum covering everything from the ins and outs at Motherwell to match reports from some wayside field in the Highlands, graviate straight into social/political chats. At least spend a week yakking away about Montrose before coming on here to say 'this bad, that good'. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 This might sound a bit daft (I'm not the quickest) , but what does the wee black hand next to your username indicate? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 1 minute ago, Cosmic Joe said: This might sound a bit daft (I'm not the quickest) , but what does the wee black hand next to your username indicate? Newbie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Green Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 8 hours ago, gannonball said: You should add it your already very brexity looking profile interests You need to approve that transaction in the banking app mate. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10menwent2mow Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 Wait, did the **** go full poppy on Sunday against Hearts on the 29th of October? The irony of it bring against Hearts too. Wow. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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