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On 29/10/2023 at 09:06, Darren said:
Glasgow has loads of great pubs, but only one of them is close to the city centre: The Laurieston. The Doublet is nowhere near the city centre.
Laurieston
Allison Arms
Heraghty's
Old Toll
Three Judges
The Pot Still is pretty central
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It may yet inspire poetry as timeless as this
So the train mov’d slowly along the Bridge of Tay,
Until it was about midway,
Then the central girders with a crash gave way,
And down went the train and passengers into the Tay!
The Storm Fiend did loudly bray,
Because ninety lives had been taken away,
On the last Sabbath day of 1879,
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Art and Music: JS Bach (honourable mentions Albrecht Dürer, Kraftwerk)
Philosophy and Religion: Martin Luther (honourable mention to Kant, Marx and Hildegard of Bingen)
Science and Technology : Albert Einstein (honourable mention to Leibniz, Daimler & Benz, Haber and many many more…)
Sexy Actors & models: Marlene Dietrich (honourable mentions to Claudia Schaffer and Michael fassbender)
Military Aviation and Sex Shops: Beate Uhse (not much competition in this category):
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4 hours ago, Bully Wee Villa said:
Someone needs to start a favourite Russians thread so I can add Catherine the Horse-Shagger to complete the set.
You could have her on your list of Germans
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The sweary filter seemed to object to Mon*****ne, so for clarity I should point out that he wasn't called "Michel de Moncunte", "Michel de Monfucke" or , "Michel de Monhune"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_de_Mon*****ne0 -
Warrior: Asterix (honourable mentions to Napoleon and Charlemagne)
Sport: Pierre De Coubertain (Other french people have won medals, PDC basically invented medals)
Intellectual: Voltaire (honourable mentions to Descartes, Moliere, Mon*****ne and lots of other people who didn't write Candide)
Science: Pierre Curie (dodges the Polish issue and he died young of cancer so I'm guessing he did most of the actual work on the radiation research)
Sexy Actor/Model type person: Eva Green (honourable mentions to Catherine De Neuve, Antoines de Caunes, and many many more...)
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2 hours ago, Hannibal Smith said:
usually after he overhit a pass into the stands and was looking for a youngster to blame.
Of course criticising professional footballers is now his actual job so he can concentrate on it full time
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1 hour ago, Dons_1988 said:
Hate to play devils advocate, but is this not common practice at most neutral venues, including hampden.
Apparently not according to the club statement
which probably explains why they didn’t bring a big enough sticker to do the job properly
Kitting out the dressing rooms properly for both the visiting teams would be a nice touch but what actually happened is just small time vandalism
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9 minutes ago, djchapsticks said:
What's going here?!
Tynecastle hosting the Scottish Women’s Cup Final
Rangers vs Thistle
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2 hours ago, TxRover said:
Given the preponderance of wee necklaces among some RC chums, that might be a nice, simple gift. Just saying, they have enough Saints, you’re unlikely to duplicate.
My wife’s an amateur Jeweller who’s always looking for a new project so that’s a good option
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1 hour ago, VincentGuerin said:
Whatever's going on at Hibs, I think we can just be grateful that we're in good nick and well-positioned for the medium term without having to rely on deals we don't really understand with foriegn investors with unclear motivations.
This summer is going to be a good chance for Hearts to build on the good work of the last few years. Even if Aberdeen were to win the cup and take the guaranteed group stage football, Hearts are in good shape in pretty much every way imaginable just now. Apart from needing another centre half.
talking about “locking” in the group stage money “every season” is a bit reckless. Things can go wrong and they occasionally will
Even if the people running Hearts get everything right, bad luck with injuries, A cup upset or just someone else having a really, really good season will derail things
I remember about a decade ago someone on the Celtic Board talking about how they budgeted for getting into the champions league group stages every other seasonThat’s probably how we should be looking at this
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1 hour ago, Leith Green said:
The Gordon family were owed a 7 figure sum (stadium upgrades, the money spent on hospitality etc) and that has been wiped out and converted to equity in this move.
This doesnt give them more value, as their percentage ownership in the club has concurrently been diluted by the new shares.
The entirety of that £6m is available to the club now, and not one cent of that goes to "line the owners pockets".
Thanks for the financial lesson though.........................
So there’s new equity created for the Gordons to clear that debt and also new equity created for the new investors. Have I got that right?
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1 hour ago, Cosmic Joe said:
I think the First Communion would be the time for a token gift. Even a card would suffice
I think I’d mistakenly conflated the concepts of first communion and confirmation into one thing
As I say this isn’t my area of expertise.
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4 hours ago, DaveMackay56 said:
£6million. Some of it will line the owners pockets, some of it apparently on infrastructure.i think hibs fan in general do not understand the current financial gaps between hearts and hibs.
They will need a lot more than a one of £6m which will be less than we take from Europe next season.
They’d need upwards of £4m a season just to equalise hearts, and that’s hearts pre profit from hotel, sponsorship deal, and the releasing of benefactor funds for football only.
I thought the £6m was what they were paying the Gordon’s for 25% of the business as opposed to buying freshly created shares
There’s a vagueness in the statementhttps://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/2024/february/27/club-statement--black-knight-football-club/
I should probably have been following this more closely
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Thanks @Cosmic Joe
Should I get her a present?0 -
Practical advice needed
This seemed like be the best threadI've got to go to my Goddaughters confirmation and, not being RC myself, I'm not familiar with what this involves
Could anybody give me a quick bluffers guide
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34 minutes ago, alta-pete said:
I did debate where to drop my nugget and, maybe mistakenly, thought this thread the most appropriate (least inappropriate?) place for it. Sorry if I've sullied the cricket chat..
There isn't even a cricket club in Kilbirnie.
There was one in Kilbirnie NZ but the merged with St Patricks to form "Eastern Suburbs" which is possibly the least inspiring team name imaginable
It makes "Aberdeen Football Club" seem whimsically romantic0 -
2 hours ago, alta-pete said:
Isn't that a masonic lodge as opposed to an Orange lodge
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That break down in full
Wales 4 16 Scotland Penalties Conceded
Wales 1 6 Scotland Offensive Penalties Conceded
Wales 3 10 Scotland Defensive Penalties ConcededScotland 6 9 France Penalties Conceded
Scotland 2 2 France Offensive Penalties Conceded
Scotland 4 7 France Defensive Penalties ConcededScotland 10 5 England Penalties Conceded
Scotland 5 2 England Offensive Penalties Conceded
Scotland 5 3 England Defensive Penalties ConcededItaly 5 12 Scotland Penalties Conceded
Italy 2 5 Scotland Offensive Penalties Conceded
Italy 3 7 Scotland Defensive Penalties ConcededIreland 4 13 Scotland Penalties Conceded
Ireland 1 4 Scotland Offensive Penalties Conceded
Ireland 2 9 Scotland Defensive Penalties Conceded0 -
On 17/03/2024 at 18:31, GAD said:
Nothing to see here, stop blaming refs, get treated the same as everyone else, etc, etc, etc
-12 of that -30 was on n the wales match
in fact -12 was probably the second half
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2 hours ago, Alert Mongoose said:
There's no chance that can be real? Is that some sort of dogging beach?
Asking for a friend*
@Mullarky.
The "Travel Scotland Goals Group" is trusted as a reliable source by many readers across the world on all topics of Scottish Culture
That trust may not be entirely well placed1 -
12 hours ago, Savage Henry said:
Means Scotland finish fourth. With arguably the second strongest team in the tournament.
If it weren’t for our hard luck with refereeing at the end of our respective games against France Scotland and Italy would be 2nd and 3rd
It’s been one of the most balanced and interesting tournaments in years
except for viewers in Wales
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After yesterday neither Kilmarnock nor St Mirren can finish bottom
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Just now, Wee Bully said:
Puts our ga,e last week into a bit of context.
Although it also puts our failure to get a bonus point in Cardiff into context as well
Still mustn’t grumble
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They've left out some of the wierdness
Crypto group Copper served sushi off partially clad models
Digital assets company chaired by Philip Hammond held London party after industry conference
The cryptocurrency company chaired by former UK chancellor Lord Philip Hammond hosted a party where guests were served sushi off two scantily clad models, raising new questions about the culture of the industry.
Copper, which stores digital assets for customers, held the private party last week at the five-star Mandrake hotel in London after a large crypto industry conference.