Salt n Vinegar

Credit to Aberdeen. Didn't think they had it in them.... but can they finish the job?

Nice one...

Really is one-sided at the moment. Aberdeen being completely outclassed. Can't see a way back for them barring a huge Celtic mistake in defence.

Aberdeen 40/1 now. Sounds about right.

Game over!

Well, that was stupid...

Will be interesting if Aberdeen can go two up.

I'm so old I can remember threepenny bits, second class stamps for two and a half pence and "ten pensi feeshel programmes". In my youth in the 1960s, it was very common to get one penny coins with Queen Victoria on them.

Well, I suppose it makes a change from lizard people and pizza restaurant basements.

It wasn't Trump's pants, was it?

I confess that I might have missed it, but was there any 'but they'll spend less money on food or on their kids' stuff over the the period when the price of cigarettes has relentlessly risen?

Best reason to get out of a parliament that gives us a chance of Tory governments based on Tufton Street "influence" and the Maily Dail. In the UK, you are rarely more than 5 years away from a government led by a Suella Braverman, Jonathan Gullis or even Nigel Farage clone. Too risky.

Apologies if it's been mentioned before, but there was the story of the Man U player (can't remember which one) who used to milk his fellow players (MATRON!) on the way back from away games. They would stop at a chippie, he'd collect cash from the rest of the players for their grub, go in to get the food, then pay by cheque, in the expectation that the shop owners would never cash it as it had the player's autograph on it. Tight or clever? Both?

Quick question... in the horrifying event of a Tory government, would these measures apply in Scotland? Health is devolved, some social security benefits are devolved, but statutory sick pay isn't. The BBC article specifies England.

Well, as it only arises if the Tories win the next general election, you're probably right. It will however unleash the Maily Dail, Torygraph, and other right wing "commentators" on the sick and vulnerable, which is absolutely not what they need.

The long predicted Tory assault on the sick and disabled incoming. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68853166 It appears to be only in England, but I'm not entirely certain. Highlights from the article... "Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has set out plans to end what he called Britain's "sick note culture" if he wins the next general election. He said "work is good for people" and he was worried benefits had become a "lifestyle choice". The plans include fit for work notes away from GPs to "specialist work and health professionals" in England." The list of those groups the Tories have targeted for the vampiric press to go after is enormous. Now it's the sick and disabled. Any suggestions of more help is of course welcome, but any additional support has to be in place first, it's staff cannot under any circumstances be given performance targets rewarding "getting claimants off" benefits, and the new arrangements must be demonstrated to work in the interests of claimants before changes in benefits are implemented. For this new system to work, there would have to be tens of thousands of currently unemployed "specialist work and health professionals" knocking around - where are they? Almost looking forward to the next time a Tory canvasser comes to my door. Almost.

They'd probably claim that some bits were left behind to hide the "fact" of teleportation.

A valuable lesson on irregular verbs from ""Yes, Prime Minister" comes to mind.... "James Hacker : I occasionally have confidential press briefings, but I have never leaked. Bernard Woolley : Oh, that's another of those irregular verbs, isn't it? I give confidential press briefings; you leak; he's been charged under Section 2a of the Official Secrets Act."

Piss poor. Got what we deserved.

This is a very poor first half performance from Rangers. If Dundee score first it's all over for the season.

I wonder if he saw it coming? Seriously though, I wonder if some "psychics" get round accusations of dishonesty by "accepting donations" rather than levying a "charge" for their services. I think I read somewhere that the tickets for "psychic" shows state that it's entertainment rather than claiming it's real.

I fully expect our midfield and forwards to run amok tonight. (Mind you, after the weekend, I'd accept a sh1tey one nil win from a Tav penalty!)

One consequence of folk believing in the supernatural... "A Canadian man was sentenced to 10 years in prison today in the Eastern District of New York for perpetrating a massive psychic mass-mailing fraud scheme that stole more than $175 million from more than 1.3 million victims in the United States." From https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/canadian-man-sentenced-operating-175m-psychic-mass-mailing-fraud-scheme It really is time that this nonsense was put in the bin.

I doubt if there would be any chance that Trump would consider that his family ought to be subject to the same rules as everyone else!

It would be a close run thing, but he is held in such esteem by the embarrassingly deluded that if he told them he'd be made immortal if they sacrificed their first born, some would comply.