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topcat(The most tip top)

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  1. Bollocks to that Only silver lining is that we've both made it into the last five of the tournament
  2. Cymbe line : in honour of the city’s theatrical history Trampo line: in honour of the more bouncy members of the city’s vagrant community Made line : en honneur de temps perdu
  3. Given that by the end of the season 4 of us will have had 30 diddyship fixtures and 6 of us will have 32 are final placings on total points , points per game or do we call it at the split after 27 games I can see arguments for all three but it’s best to have these things straightened out in advance
  4. Thanks That gets in to Central at 23:18 giving me 27 minutes The Journey Planner I used (Trainline) was obviously being far, far too cautious with the transfer time from Central to Queen Street. It must have been working on the assumption I had lots of luggage, a dodgy ankle, a stroppy toddler with me and had never been to glasgow before so didn't know where I was going
  5. On reflection The Ulster GAA would also cover the 3 counties that were partitioned off so if the other provinces have got money out of the Republics coffer then taxpaying GAA aficionados in Cavan, Moneghan and Donegal could justifiably ask why their province isn't getting any.
  6. So the GAA are looking to not just shake down London for Money but Dublin as well?
  7. Why restrict it to performance enhancing drugs though Zharnel Hughes may be able to run close to 9.8 seconds but how would he do after 6 pints of Guinness
  8. That's roughly how I felt after we played Fiorentina
  9. I think I probably speak for Aberdeen fans as well when I say that clubs like ours shouldn't have to enter the tournament until teams like Brora and Darvel are safely out
  10. Hearts were generally playing 10 under 23s and Jamie McDonald for season 2013/14 so our total for that season would have been about 34,000 minutes Which is probably more than all the subsequent seasons put together It was an interesting natural experiment and it was great to see so many young players developing so quickly but I wouldn't recommend combining it with a 15 point penalty
  11. The radio commentator was having to do his commentary standing on a chair
  12. He might have just meant because people in general don't really want to visit Greenock. Which is harsh
  13. More importantly Stranraer's number 19 looks to be congratulating him in a very unorthodox manner
  14. What measure of inflation are you using there? Normal inflation has been about 50% since then but inflation in the transfer market has been far bigger It's hard to measure precisely but Chelsea broke the the UK transfer record back then with £30.8m for Andriy Shevchenko from Milan to Chelsea. When they broke it again last year the paid £106m for Enzo Fernández
  15. They’re literally called “The Red Devils” it’s not like they’re trying hard to hide it
  16. Having been at those semifinals in the ‘80s I never let myself think “This could be our year” until Airdrie are eliminated I’ve now self diagnosed with the early stages of Cup Fever i might even go to Greenock
  17. Good point and Scotland still have themselves to blame for 3 of those
  18. Just when you think you couldn’t hate Irish Rugby more…
  19. Land Rovers are for bumpkin St Johnstone Fans, Range Rovers are for town and country
  20. It was a cheap gag based on dated stereotypes I'll try to stick to maths
  21. True, sort of, certainly if the rise were to happen today 50p in 2018 is equivalent to 62.4p now Source: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator However inflation in the 3 years between 2015 and 2018 was equivelant to about 8 months worth of inflation last year If the rise is going to be rolled out in September that's 7 months away and we don't know what the rate of inflation is going to be between now an then so there is some doubt about what the inflation rate over the whole period would be If inflation were, for example, to hold constant at the December rate of 5.2% for 7 months then by September that 62.4p would be 64.3p You can, of course, speculate about how inflation is likely to be a little bit lower but possibly we need to calculate for 8 months given that the 62.4p would have been a January number (that takes it up to 64.5p) But the general point, that in real terms this price rise will be roughly equivalent to inflation, stands up pretty well
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