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Ahhhh. I see your problem - you're Rip Van Winkle and slept through the last few years. Rangers died - It was hilarious. We all laughed. We are still laughing. Quite a lot of us will probably never really stop laughing at rangers. But wait... there's more... After your team died a completely new team was formed using some of the players/staff/facilities of the old (now dead) club. This new team have been almost as entertaining as watching the old team die especially with the added bonus that they could possibly follow in their predecessors trailblazing footsteps. Throughout all this the fans of the old and new rangers have provided us with a huge amount of laughs on a daily basis. It's been awesome and long may it continue.

Old Rangers got to vote whether or not New Rangers were admitted to the SPL, this is not an opinion but a documented fact. Nothing to do with hating either incarnation. To pretend it is an opinion is pure denial.

I'm voting Yes even though my job is with a UK Civil Service Dept. I can't watch this opportunity role past because there is a risk I won't get a transfer into a Scottish Govt Dept. If that was the outcome I'd go and work down there for the time it took to get a move back. I haven't read through the 13 pages on here but why anyone would think that a country with the history we have can't manage ourselves is beyond me. For a start, setting oil aside, the future is surely in harnessing wind and wave energy in a more effective way. Surrounded as we are by water on 3 sides, with our weather carrying a default setting of "shite" we are superbly placed going forward. We're a country of 5 million and we'll have more than enough to hit the export market. I really can't be done by folk saying we won't have a currency (like we're not going to use the pound or the euro). Of course we will. Common sense tells you that for trading purposes England would be sensible to share the pound given the cross border market. Folk might think that market isn't huge but when you see the reaction to when Ireland needed a wee hand you understand how important their economy was to London. I work with a fair few folk in the north of England and some of them would be quite content to row in beside us because they have no sense of community with those who make decisions on their behalf. Look at the people Scotland has produced. Look at the talent we have. We would punch well above our weight as a small country and we'd make a far better fist of things that the Italians, Spanish, Portuguese or Greeks. Anyone who can't see past the confusion of transition isn't looking hard enough. Let's get a govt we vote for and take decisions that we sign up to. I've yet to hear a positive reason for staying as we are that has carried any weight at all.

This sort of crap from Alex Wilson just makes me laugh. During the era he speaks so warmly of, the club operated an openly sectarian signing policy. It's difficult to think of a lower standard of behaviour, or one where integrity was more conspicuously absent.

I've said a few times that undecideds and soft no's get jumped on far too much here. It doesn't make Yes seem very appealing and it is true that Yes supporters have the ground to make up and the onus is on us to do the convincing. As for LunarC though, just vote No. Nobody gives a f**k.

I'm a defo Yes vote. I was very sceptical before but plenty of research and debates later and I've decided that we can certainly do this. Unfortunately I still think majority will "shit it" and vote no ( which would be a tragedy) so I'll be trying my best to convince family, friends and work colleagues to vote Yes.

My wee boy is 3 months today and weighs exactly a stone. He was born with Down's Syndrome which came as a huge shock to us as we were considered "low risk" when we underwent the tests. There was something like a 1 in 1180 chance and unfortunately we were it. We were told around 15 minutes after he was born that he had certain characteristics indicitave of a chromosomal condition. Looking back it did seem that the paediatricians had him over at the weighing station for longer than seemed necessary, however it was a bit of a traumatic birth (forceps) and he is our first child so we didn't know any better. When we were told our world just caved in on us. I nearly fainted, had to go to the toilet to compose myself and only came back so soon because my wife was in tears. We didn't really take anything in that we were being told. Because it was a night birth we were taken to a room and then left in the darkness, confused, scared, angry and helpless. What should have been the happiest night of our lives turned out to be the worst. Because my wife was so upset I had to be strong for her, even though I didn't feel it, and I suppose this helped me come to terms with it a lot sooner. I had two choices - collapse in a heap of tears and self pity or man up and look after my family. When I looked at him I realised nothing really mattered apart from the fact he was here. He was so small and helpless and had never harmed a soul in his life so any bad feelings I had were soon replaced. As for the future - who knows? We'll just have to take things as they come. He is such a good baby and is no hassle at all. He smiles away and laughs occasionally and has just started making all the baby talk noises which is good. I just hope we can do enough for him so he can lead as normal a life as possible.

I know what you mean but people shouldn't think like this. Saying you're not allowed to feel bad because people have it worse than you is like saying you're not allowed to be happy because people have it better than you. The only experiences you can have are your own.

Everyone's laughing because it's tainted. Infact soiled. It is a record without value or merit. I think you do the rest of the world a great disservice in your simplistic description of them.

Revisiting the Big Tax Case/EBT/Thingy?

fair fucks to him, can do what he likes.

If physical illness was treated like mental illness

^ jealous of thisGRAEME. What a victory last night. Here's a sensational video of the goal: And of the fans afterwards:

Off till Sunday. Would be rude not too

You suggested it was Celtic's 'fault' for Slane not fulfilling his talent, just like schools might get the blame for not fulfilling the talent of children, but for both cases there are huge amounts of external factors like family, friends, social environment. To blame a football club entirely is incorrect.

Ok, correct me where I'm wrong here (and I'm just going off the best numbers I can find), but the UK whole deficit is currently around £1.3 trillion, with a deficit this year to fall to £100 billion at the end of this year if Bloomberg has got the ballpark right. Now if this is right and they expect to cut the deficit to towards making a surplus in 2019 (I doubt they'll be able to sell assets as big as Royal Mail every year), and this is provided that they are not anything like being the four years behind schedule right now, the debt is still rising. If I was to have a stab at what the debt could be arguably double what it is right now. But aye, they'll be on a surplus though. And up here, independence is supposed to be an uncertain financial black hole?...

Cunning plan to prevent Confidemus being revealed as #1 IMO.

https://twitter.com/johnb78/status/408619469322190849

Energy efficient lightbulbs. You're in a rush and have lost car keys and need some light to aid in the search. Flick the light on and I swear it gets darker. Takes about 20 minutes to get anywhere near to what I'd call 'bright', during which time I could have just have used an energy-sapping gid bulb for 5 seconds.

I'm voting No but I'm willing to be convinced to vote Yes but I won't really listen or look into what Yes are telling me so I'm going to vote No. Sound logic.

It's the only thing you've managed to throw into this debate, you came across like an imbecile at times then you put up a very coherent reply to Swampy( doesn't mean you were correct but it was certainly out of kilter with the shite I've read today), I don't know which poster/ex poster you are but you're certainly not new and you're certainly not in here to be serious.

My opinion should be relevant to you. You're second line is so cringey. I'd also hate to take your advice, what happens next?

^^^^^^^^ member for 3 days. ^^^^^^^^ badly needs this website. ^^^^^^^^ previously banned for racism and sectarian remarks.

James Taylor - Sweet Baby James

Its quite scary and eye opening reading about people trying to kill themselves. I did try 3 times when i was younger but that was just a cry for help and I'm lucky my mum found me all 3 times and i got the help i needed. When i was about 18/19 i felt depressed for a while but i think i was just being a moody wee shite. Especially considering what some of you guys are going through. Massive respect for opening up about it as well.

Picked this up today, somewhat pleased by this.

I was a Yes last time and nothing has changed, I have been to Estonia, Moldova, Norway, Slovenia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Georgia, Macedonia, Iceland, Cyprus, Republic of Ireland and Croatia and every one of these countries are doing just fine and not one is asking to lose its independence. Most of these nations don't have the same resources that we have Scotland and Scottish produce is known the world over but I envy everyone of these countries for having the guts to do things for themselves I really don't understand why anyone wants Westminster to make our decisions that's like giving your wages to your neighbour and him giving you back what he thinks you deserve and then making all your important decisions for you and no one would ever do that so why do they want our country to? Surely the best people to make Scotland's choices are us the Scots? Independence will probably cost me my job (HM forces) but I will be delighted to sacrifice it for what is right I can always get another job, Scotland is a country not a region do what is right for the future and vote Yes in 2014.

Aye. Sure they are. Speaking from a purely personal viewpoint - once you get past the revulsion at decades of bigotry, cheating and criminality, the demands of you lot to hang on to "your" history (as long as we don't mention creditors, liquidation, overlap of clubs' existences, being found guilty of cheating yet being shit at it, amongst other stuff) is absolutely fucking hilarious. I don't believe I'm alone in this opinion. Oh, alright, then. Congratulations on a World Record expenditure to win the rangers' first trophy. Well Done.

Spooky. Great news re the contract extensions. Totally deserved and if Murray keeps developing us at the rate already achieved he could be hot property come 2016. Next step is to see some of the key squad members signed up for a bit longer. In Murray I trust!

While you, sir, are clearly an oddball!

Meet the new trog, same as the old trog. Wee Batshit has gone into the ban-new name-ban cycle so fast, it's becoming increasingly rare that you actually see him before he's horsed - again. I only caught a quick glimpse of "Follow we will" before the inevitable happened. ETA: "follow we will" lives! Got that one wrong, then - unless wee Chris is frantically swapping tabs in an external manifestation of his inner personality issues?

Does anyone else have kids who tamper with the toaster? I've lost count of the amount of times that they've turned the toaster up to 5 and I get blackened toast. Why does the '5' setting even exist. What demented, twisted weirdos like burnt toast?

How can we be a valuable and integral part of a Union, and therefore bringing some material assets to the table, but apparently unable to make a go of it by ourselves?

I'm 50 and both my parents are Yes voters.

Why the rush? I can think of a few reasons. If it happens again, they are worried that they won't get the same protection from the ruling bodies, and they are worries that the big lie will become too big and unbelievable, and the journey again won't be as appealing or enjoyable, meaning The The Rangers just aren't worth it financially. The other possibility is that of it goes tits up again and the assets are disposed of, they are worried that the training ground and stadium might default to someone else in lieu of some debt that is secured against the property. I think the first situation is more likely.

Nothing against the police per se, as long as people don't act like they're fucking saints because an awful lot of them clearly are not. The worst thing about this is that it's a polis giving himself a big pat on the back. At least nurses seem to wait for others to declare them saints and when they do it's normally slightly more justified! Edit - Also, in my experience, an awful lot of police do as much as possible to avoid being in danger's way.

Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi

Just over 7k

Deep Purple- Smoke on the Water

IO this.

Maybe not but I am fairly sure that the rhebels advert is loaded with irony, given the greeting about the walking away gif.

Maybe I'm wrong.... Maybe the P&B Loyal Bears ARE actually kids Trying to work out if I feel bad about that........ Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!

Yeah, it was Murray, and it was the quarter-final at Dens. Murray was man of the match, even if that was mostly for the comedic value of booting Darren Smith up the arse.

Yes i used to both of those words, i also used "have claimed" in regards to "currently". Context it seems, just isn't important these days Your point is ..... Sorry you don't have a point, so please go and f**k yourself

Stripes. 6/10 Sin City. Hoooooooooly shit that was amazing! 10/10

I read on twitter that there are kids in Glasgow getting their Christmas meal this year from a food bank. We have 98.8% of the UK's oil and we tolerate this? Do they have food banks in Norway?

Mick McCarthy Sam the Bald-Eagle

What are you on about? It's plainly obvious from what DhenBhoy wrote that he took in what you posted. He just disagreed with your (amusing) rewriting of history to suit your need to blame Whyte.