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I certainly get the impression that quite few posters will be happy if Skelston fails and they can give it the big "I told you so". He may not be the big name man that would have given us all a lift looking forward to next season but there were no actual big name men seriously linked with the job. Let's at least give him a chance before writing him off, he may just surprise us all.

8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown used to be good as a bit of a novelty but now it is just boring, apart from looking at Rachel obviously. Also Jimmy Carr's laugh gets on my wick.

This ^^^^^ Exactly the same thought occurred to me in Morrison's car park yesterday. People with buggies or shopping trolleys wandering along the middle of the road oblivious to cars round about them.

From Daily Record: OH BULLOCKS Bullock causes chaos after escaping from Dumfries Market and rampaging through Town Centre. (maybe more like 3/4 of a mile from town centre) Unable to post link (over to you Stu)

Jazz music. Not the Acker Bilk or Kenny Ball type but that so-called modern jazz that they seem to make up as they go along. A friend had on the Young Jazz Musician of the Year programme on TV on Friday night, excellent musicians I agree, but the music was making my ears bleed. This friend also has albums by Thelonius Monk,? Charlie Parker and others which she often plays, if it wasn't for the fact she feeds me and gives me beer I would acquaint her pie with my boot, plus she is a bit scary with a drink in her. The winner of the Young Jazz Musician was a young lady playing the trumpet and she looked like she could give it a good blow (wink, wink.)

Apologies if my post inferred that you were berating the Commercial Dep't, I was stating my own view that it would be harsh to berate them if they have done everything possible to make it happen. I don't know who came up with the line-up for this concert but obviously someone thought it would work. I wonder if the Commercial Department were being guided or advised by a Promotion Company who would arrange for the acts to appear? The final say of course would be with the Club as they will have to deal with any fallout if anything goes wrong.

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I had heard (not from any official source) that the club made enquiries with a lot of local organisations to see if anything was on that would clash with the date of the concert and at that time no other events were known to be taking place. I don't know if the Rugby Club were asked or if the date of the Beer Festival was decided after Queens had started the ball rolling with the concert, which was probably right after the Quo concert. I would hope that the organisers would have done some research to gauge the attraction of the acts before advertising the event. I wouldn't berate the Commercial Dep't for trying things like pop concerts (a lot of clubs do it) but sadly in this instance it hasn't worked out.

Greenock certainly didn't occur to me as the answer. I was trying to think of all the ports from Ayr down round the Solway to Annan and all the time it was Greenock, whooda thunk it.

Would anyone class Greenock as being in South-West Scotland? That was the answer to a crossword clue in the Daily Express (not mine honestly, someone else bought it), to name a port in South-West Scotland.

Drivers behind you at traffic lights who peep their horn a nanosecond after the lights change to green. Fair enough to peep your horn if the front car doesn't move after a reasonable time but some folk must sit with their hand on the horn waiting for the lights to change.

I have never read a Harry Potter book or watched a Harry Potter film and I don't feel as if I have missed out on anything, except in quizzes when there is a Harry Potter question and I'm fucked.

People called Ralph who pronounce their name "Rafe"

All the tips suggested have been proved to work following lengthy scientific testing procedures, and bouts of laziness. It is not advised (but may be possible) to boil an egg in an electric kettle, a kettle heated on a hob is best for this method of boiling eggs.

Walking on drawing pins is a pretty tacky punishment.

People who drive along with loud thump-de-thump-thump music blaring from their car, audible even when they have the windows closed. This also applies to neighbours sitting in their garden with the radio turned up. It may be your choice of music which is ok but don't inflict it on everybody around you. Dee-jays (are they still called that?) on the radio who tell listeners to turn the volume to max. No! The volume should be loud enough for you to enjoy the music without disturbing other peoples peace and quiet.

Still plenty of football on the go but not QoS.

When people ask me what I'm going to do on Saturdays now that the football season is over as if I don't have a life when there is not footy.

One of the many high points about being a pensioner, or approaching that status, is that you can get some pleasure in being surly and rude, whether genuine or put on, knowing that your actions will induce a fair level of seethe in those of less advanced years.

Mentioned in one paper today about Conroy being away but no confirmation from the player or club that I read. I would also like to see Durnan back at Qos but I think he is good enough to make it at a higher level (in the right team) so I wouldn't be surprised if bigger clubs take a chance on him. As you say he is still signed by Dundee Utd and their new Manager may fancy keeping him if he can convince their Chairman.

Quite agree but some people appear to want instant action. For all we know some of the prospective candidates may still be involved with teams.

As you found out, accidents can happen anywhere and without warning. Another reason why it's a bad idea for people, especially pished OAP's or doddery auld cnuts carrying shopping to try and walk up and down escalators.

I would suggest "Brownlie", although tbf I don't know what you're post means.

Was it The Origami Times?

Did the ghosts of your dead pets come back to haunt you?