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My little guy born today at 13:38, weighing 9.3lbs. Absolutely fascinated with him!

It's not an overreaction It's absolutely mental He should be thrown into the closest loony bin

5/10. The board have agreed to release funds in the January window for me to buy an Australian encyclopedia.

Been cleaning out old Shire stuff in my loft over the last few days and came across a Daily Record newspaper cutting from Friday 28th February, 2003. The interview was with the then Shire manager Danny Diver.. "..I don't think East Stirling supporters deserve anything because their attitude to the club is appalling. In all my time they haven't done anything constructive. They mump and moan and are happy to be third. That's not a supporter. They can't live with guys such as us because they are happy to be beaten 1-0 by Morton. I can't accept that. I have to accept not getting the results this season because this is the way we're had to go to move forward. We had a meeting with them and I asked what if we moved to a new stadium, won the league, did well and we're called Grangemouth FC would they support us ? They said no because it took away the name of their club. In this day and age, that is a nonsense." But a tenner a week ! Diver said: "East Stirlingshire have never won games on a regular basis and have never challenged for anything. The difference is now we are not paying £7000 a week to fail. People say it's hard to motivate them on that money but they were on a massive bonus to beat Threave Rovers in the Scottish Cup and it made not one bit of difference. Montrose have something like £150,000 on players this season and they are just 9 points better off than us. What's the point in that ?" But at the risk of being derisory, what is the point in East Stirling ? Diver said: " I have to say that I don't think there is any point in East Stirling." The context to this interview was that the Shire had only won 2 of their 27 games played so far that season (weirdly both wins were away at Hampden). At the start of season 2002/03 following a promising previous season with the youth system bearing fruit chairman Alan Mackin ripped up everything and went to a £10pw wage for the players. What was bad about this was he announced this and revealed in it meaning all decent players avoided the Shire like the plague. East Fife in same season dropped their wages to £15 pw but kept reasonably quiet about it and for them life went on. For Shire it was the start of the downwards roller coaster which had taken the club to the 5th tier this season and without a ground. At the time of the interview Shire were bottom in the league having already lost 72 league goals and would go onto play an incredible 44 players in the league campaign. They had been knocked out the Scottish Cup by Threave Rovers 2 months earlier with Diver playing himself after promising not to come out of retirement that season. As great an ex-Shire player Diver was he was massively out of his depth in management and this interview incensed an already protesting fan base who took their struggle to new levels. Diver would leave the club shortly after following him being ridiculed by a protest giant pair of pants hung from the stand over his head in the dugout which read "Your pants Diver" (there were other way more ruder banners as well). A photo of this made the papers. From the depths of 13 years ago until now. Massive changed days to the current Shire management and players who take the time to acknowledge and speak to the fans no matter the result. Long may that continue. The club can only go forward with everyone together.

If it's Tuesday it must be an Australian question free The Australian quiz. Although there is one Oceania one. An amazing record equaling 9/10 for me. with the Oceania one wrong. The play was a guess and knew the rest. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/mind-games/quiz?quizId=5543&sectionId=1

Remembrance ***day May we remember those who fallen and the glorious undead. A Gray day in the sun when the pitch was turned red. The grass began burning and The Grass was a liar. 'Tavs' stoked the flames when Stokes was on fire. Martin Waghorn was fat and flattered to deceive. But another striker had a trick up his sleeve. "Abracadaver!" - Magic from Miller. Then Halliday conjured a thunderous thriller. Warburton's magic had pushed the game flat. Then Stubbs pulled a rabbit out of the hat. On came the loan sub, who had one lone aim. He had to get Hibs back into the game. The saviour supplied; Stokes bagged a second. Warburton's wand wavered; the Scottish Cup beckoned. The captain went forward and pressed the ***s back. A stoppage-time corner and one last attack. It swung out past Stokesy, towards Halliday. Arises Sir David, Sir David Gray. The ***s lost their heads when a Hibs head was found. Their silence drowned out by an almighty sound. A Hibs Hampden Roar; historical #scenes. The ***s beaten blue by the boys in the green. Two minutes more torture; both sets of fans shivered. Stubbs' signings sealed it; Henderson delivered. Out poured the emotion and jubilant tears. Then out poured the ***s with sectarian jeers. Exuberant Hibbies; Bears blowing their lids. The ***s then invaded and tried to snatch kids. Our brave Hibbies rallied and battered them bloody. Then Kenny Miller's corpse was dragged through the muddy. A party had started; a hoodoo had ended. The ***s walked away then acted offended. Trophies were taken: I prised Miller's teeth. The team prized the trophy for the club to bequeath. Then they were given fans' Sunshine On Leith. But today we remember the Bears that lie beneath. Buried at Hampden, except Miller's teeth- -which form a focal part of my remembrance wreath. Lest Three Twoget.

Some interesting views being spotted on here, so I thought I'd chuck my thoughts in. Talk of fan protests and the like is too far. That's never been the way we've done things at DFC - it's always been howls of derision from the home end as officials head down the tunnel. At the moment there's a lot of things to look at. The form is rancid. Really, really rancid. In fact it's probably as bad as it's been since the Third Division days. As well as that the 'football' we play is genuinely appalling to watch. This morning alone I've had two emails from people I know who were at the game mentioning how bad it was to watch! For me going to the game is something I should look forward to, and being there is something (most weeks) I should enjoy. Football should be unpredictable, exciting and I almost always have that wee bit of hope that we could do something. This season that hope has gone. The unpredictability has gone. The excitement has gone. Every single week pretty much we are served up exactly the same performance. I don't need to go into detail about what it's like because every single person who is watching us semi-regularly knows. I missed an away game for the first time since 2012 and, to be quite honest, I'm struggling for motivation to go to plenty of others. On top of that we have a manager who seems to have a wee book of excuses and cliches to spout post match. That constant 'look how difficult a job I have' patter is dull now. He knew what he was getting into when he took the job. It's like me getting a job as a roofer and then complaining about the fact I don't like heights or cope well with the cold. Statistically we have been very, very bad this season. 2 wins in 20 games isn't great by anyone's going, and unfortunately I feel like the victory against St Mirren could actually have set up back. As OKI said earlier on it will be used as the exception that proved the rule. Our two victories have both been 1-0 and (if I'm being super cynical) have both been fortuitous. The 1-0 victory over United was thanks to a dubious penalty, and Aldo pulling off some heroic saves. The St Mirren one, well that's obvious, 999 times out of a thousand Langfield doesn't do that. Any other team would've comfortably dealt with us. Then comes the 'he's doing a good job with limited resources' line. He does have the smallest budget in the league - of that I have no doubts - so why he elected to spend (I would imagine) a decent chunk of that on Ryan Stevenson, a player who according to my Ayr supporting m8s was miles off it last season, only he will know. The fact he's then not playing only reinforces that point that he was a bizarre risk of a signing that (unsurprisingly) has backfired. Last season we had an unbalanced squad. Very little upfront, and an abundance of similar midfielders and defenders. This season we have a smaller squad, but the issues are still the same. If Gaz isn't on form then, normally, we don't win. In saying absolutely all of that we are actually sat in a relatively decent position in the league. I doubt I'm the only one wondering quite how we have managed that. We have two fascinating games coming up now. If we don't take three points from Raith then we can chuck the 'decent home record' out the window as far as I'm concerned. Then we have the Bonnyrigg game. I'm guessing that's absolutely the last draw Stevie would've wanted. It's pretty much a lose/lose for him. If we win comfortably (which I don't expect us to do) then it's what (outsiders) would have suspected. If we get a draw then the pressure will well and truly be on him, and it's an additional game our squad don't need, and if we lose? Well that would be one of the most embarrassing moments in the club's recent history. Outsiders would see it as a massive shock and giant killing. Would we? Meh, I'm not sure I would. I think Stevie is absolutely right not to host a 'Meet the Manager' at the moment. It would be a farce and wouldn't help us or him. He'd spout some cliches and feel uncomfortable, we'd get no additional answers. Lose lose as far as I'm concerned. Stevie still has a high reputation from keeping us up last season, and what he achieved with Stranraer. I suspect he will resign if it looks as if we will go down with a whimper - but that's still a long way off yet. There's no way we can afford to pay him off, and I'm not sure that would achieve anything. His deal is up in the summer and, certainly at the moment no matter what happens this season, I wouldn't be for renewing it. A thanks for your efforts, all the best in the future would suit me. Every time I think about the managerial situation I think back to BBPF's comments about Murray always looking in control, and Aitken looking tense. He was bang on, and with every passing defeat it becomes more and more apparent. He's never been in this situation as a manager before, it's the sort of thing that makes or breaks managers, and at the moment he's looking broken. I typed that on my iPad on the train, so there's probably typos all over the shop. Blame Scotrail. That's what I do for everything.

There should be some sort of special award for a Livi manager if he goes a whole season without being punted.

Please keep this shite American sports chat to the relevant forum. Thank you.

c**t Of The Mountains jersey.

Just a wee historical reminder of Rangers' European performances... 2011-12: Put out of Champions League qualifying at the first hurdle by Malmo. A team with a fraction of their budget. Then put out of Europa League qualifying by Maribor, a team with a fraction of their budget. 2010-11: Qualified directly for the Champions League, finished 3rd in their group, beat Sporting Lisbon in R32 of the Europa League, put out by PSV in the next round. I seem to recall Maurice Edu being denied a blatant penalty at Ibrox. Probably the most successful European season for Scotland since 07-08 when Rangers were in the UEFA Cup final and Aberdeen qualified from their group. 2009-10: Beaten 4-1 by Romanians Unirea Urziceni (who no longer exist) at home in the CL groups. Finished with two points, no wins and a goal difference of -9 against very average Stuttgart and Sevilla teams. 2008-09: Beaten in the second stage of Champions League qualifying by an assortment of Kaunus players who weren't good enough to play for Hearts and didn't drop into UEFA Cup qualifying as a result. Or if you prefer, a year by year account since the CL started (which as we all know led to Murray spunking money he didn't have which killed them): 92-93: Most successful season, almost made a final 93-94: Put out in the first round by Levski Sofia 94-95: Put out in the qualifying round by AEK Athens 95-96: Made it to the group stage, never won a game 96-97: Made it to the group stage, won one game against Grasshoppers 97-98: Put out in second qualifying round by Gothenburg. Went out of UEFA Cup first round to RC Strasbourg 98-99: UEFA Cup 99-00: Made it to CL group, beat PSV home and away. Put out UEFA Cup by Dortmund 00-01: Won two CL group games against Sturm Graz and Monaco, put out UEFA Cup by Kaiserslautern 01-02: Lost in CL third qualifying round against Fenerbache. Reasonable UEFA Cup run 02-03: Put out in first round of UEFA Cup by Viktoria Zizkov 03-04: Won one game in CL group. 04-05: Lost in CL third qualifying round against CSKA Moscow. Made it to group stage of UEFA Cup, failed to qualify despite three teams from five going through 05-06: Last 16 of the CL 06-07: R32 of the UEFA Cup, no CL (finished 3rd year before) 07-08: Finished 3rd in CL group, on to UEFA Cup final 08-09: Out in CL 2nd qualifying round 09-10: CL group, never won a game 10-11: 3rd in CL group, won one EL round 11-12: Lost both qualifiers in both competitions So in 20 potential CL seasons we have (attempting to account for difference in format which I don't really get) 10 CL group stage appearances - 2 qualifications to next stage of CL - 4 qualifications to next stage of EL/UEFA Cup Flying the flag, indeed. I presume Boyd talked at length about how he was never picked for European games because he didn't run.

Kinks - Milk Cow Blues

That... thing... is the absolute definition of word salad. I mean, where do you begin when trying to comprehend that?

Unless you're in a snow, rain or sandstorm, or an eclipse, or a country that has no Street lights.

Volvo eh? You never said. Big car for a single man with no kids.

Dr Feelgood - Milk And Alcohol

I'm surprised him that jumped out the window at Central Station didn't land on a poppy seller. They were unavoidable all last week.

Poppy month is now a bit of a national embarrassment and someone has to call halt to it. I mentioned 'poppy industry' a week or two back and, since then, it's clear that's what it is. I'd love to know what the folk at the top of the Royal British Legion/Poppy Scotland are thinking. Clearly they're making good revenue for their (creditable) charity but 'poppy fatigue' is bound to kick in soon. They have to find a way to enjoy charity support without the fucking circus it's become.

He's an absolutely brilliant guy but that doesn't mean he's not talking bat shit mental. And this pish about him at least saying something is just that, pish. Anyone can talk about anything, it doesn't mean they're right in what they say just because they do talk about it. I really, really like Alex Smith, but he's way off the mark here and it reflects badly on us.

Maybe they're basing the pub team status on the way the clubs run off the pitch.

Yes, thats exactly how i would describe your post, too.

Of course it's relevant. How can we pay him out of his contract with no money? I get the fact we're doing poorly and the football is poor to watch but i can't help but feel this is all getting a bit hysterical. We're in 8th place folks.

How is "whether we have funds or not" irrelevant to paying off the manager? If we don't have any money, how do you suggest we pay him off?

So I've to lift the toilet seat AND put it back down after a piss

On the subject of competitions, people who enter competitions on Facebook for whom a "liked and shared" isn't enough and have to provide a X Factor style sob story. "We've had a tough year with my parents dying and a £20 Haverster voucher really would make things better"

Hold the 'fan demonstrations' for the times where you're about to finish bottom of league 2, go out of business etc. At the moment we're clinging on to 8th in the Championship whilst producing an admittedly crap product. It's not great but it's not yet the end of the world.

Those Porsche 4x4 things, not just ugly but an absolute car crash of a car.

Carole King-So Far Away.

BB King - The Thrill Is Gone

King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King

Don't worry we move the last of her stuff on Saturday and I am being helped by 2 of my neighbours,one of which is an Irish traveller and he used to be a bare knuckle boxer.If he said it was Tuesday today I would agree with him.

Off to the Chippie by Susie Lacombe. Nether by Stanley Donwood Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein. Seriously impressive close up.

Sometimes the only honourable thing left to do is to cut your losses and move-on. As a direct result of the way Parliamentarians mischaracterised the Liberal Scotland in Europe motion, I have intimated my resignation from the Scottish Liberal Democrats. Open to nomination for any P&B party if there is any politician you'd like me to stand behind as they are politically decapitated in an election near you.

Lest we forget about Dre

"They were flinging themselves into the water to get away from her" And now, please welcome The Roly Polys!

Apparently there was a thick fog in Glasgow that day. Unfortunately some of the Dee buses were sent back but those on the football special hung about the stadium and then the game was given the go ahead. Crowd was 38,000 instead of an anticipated 90,000.

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We've no gas either, but fortunately my parents live less than half a mile away, and they do have gas, so if it was ever out for an extended period we would go there. Congratulations! Welcome to the world of no sleep.

I like Hopkin and wouldn't want him to leave the club, but he's a coach and not a manager. I can't begin to think who we'd bring in. The gulf in quality between league 1 and championship is huge. This team would get roundly humped on a weekly basis in the Championship. Main priority at the club has to be building attendances back to what they were 3/4 years ago.

That's gutting guys, both so close! I probably won't help in saying this, tigerton, but today was my 2nd sub-40, surprising myself with a 39:38. Kms 1-7 got progressively slower before I somehow pulled it back for 8-10. Agreed on the course, serbo. Much better day for it than last year, too, by all accounts!

4/10. Cup form has followed me into the league. Urgent talks with the board on Monday morning.

Keep 'em in, unless they start hanging around/clawing at the door. They'll soon let you know if they want to go adventuring. Our oldest decided he was interested a few years back, after a lifetime indoors. He'd wander down to the bottom of the path when we let the dog out into the back yard and would stand and have a wee look about. Soon as the dog came back in, he'd trot in with him. Gave it up after a few months and hasn't shown any interest since. Think the youngest might be building herself up to taking a look, but we'll see. Not sure what use that is to you, but anyway! No worries, you know where I am

Two weeks ago our old, deaf cat siezed upon this Dominos box which I had dropped to the floor to give the kids more elbow room at the table. She has slept there ever since and I haven't the heart to bin it.

Because its personal and nothing to do with his job or the club Despite the fact that theres no actual evidence to back that up

People that know the answers shouldn't be allowed to enter quizzes, imho. Especially those c***s that know more answers than I.

The UFC's a different ball game though Wait til he meets a top 10 guy though Wait til he meets a top 5 guy though Wait til he meets a wrestler though Wait til he meets Aldo though Wait til he meets a lightweight though Wait til he meets a lightweight wrestler though Wait til he meets Khabib though Wait til he meets a heavyweight though Wait til he meets a flamethrower though

Seriously though, I like Hopper, I think he captured the ordinary everyday stuff quite beautifully. I was at Disneyland Paris a few years back and they had a 4ft square version of Office in a Small City hanging at the end of our corridor. Looked great that size.

My boiled egg wasn't soft enough for dipping. Day ruined.