Dunfermline Don

With all the people who want to queue up to see the box with a flag in London, would it not have been better to do what was done to William Wallace and they could then have had 4 or more separate boxes with flags around the UK to allow many smaller queues.

I might just follow Denis Laws example from 1966 and spend most of Monday on the golf course.

I wonder if Rob Brydon has been in to see the coffin. If I was him I would be very tempted to do my ‘man stuck in a box’ impression.

On a serious note I totally agree with you. Any time of the year it’s nice to see who arrives on our feeders though any squirrels can be quickly chased off by our wee terrier.

You have to remember that for some people feeding the birds can be very therapeutic for them. A wise sage once wrote; I feed the pigeons, I sometimes feed the sparrows too It gives me a sense of enormous well-being (Parklife) And then I'm happy for the rest of the day Safe in the knowledge there will always be A bit of my heart devoted to it (all together now for the chorus) All the people So many people And they all go hand-in-hand Hand-in-hand through their parklife!

I sincerely hope they don’t. GSTQ/K as we well know is also used by the English FA national team as they struggle to differentiate between the UK and England. I will be holding up a blank placard in protest if it’s played at East End on Saturday. I have no problem with a minute’s silence, black arm bands and flags at half mast. But as an atheist republican I draw the line somewhere,

Does that take into account the lady that went through 7 times!

It must be pretty s**** though, you wait years to get the job you have been promised all your life only to find out they don’t give you any compassionate leave for a close family bereavement!

It has shown Scotland off very well on a World stage and I think we can all feel very proud of how our nation has handled it. Now the body has been transferred south expect to see new levels of craziness in the next few days.

If you think it’s been a bit crazy up to now then it is going to crank up a few levels once the body is down south. it’s going to make what was going on in Edinburgh seem very reserved!

The right of responsible access to our countryside (have you tried walking in the countryside down south!) Smoking ban in pubs before it came in down in England removal of bridge tolls free prescriptions free bus travel for my younger sons. Holyrood isn’t perfect but it has affected my life in far more positive ways than Westminster has.

I bet they are now wishing they had put the coffin in The Castle now. It would have all been downhill.

Out of respect I would observe a minute’s silence before the game but there is no way GSTK will be getting sung!

It would have to be Bayern Munich at Pittodrie in 83. My dad had been taking me to Dons games since the late 70s, but living in Fife it was mainly away games that we went to. I remember listening to the game on tranny with my Dad. We did go up for the 5-1 win in the semifinal but I don’t think the drama of those 2 goals in a minute will ever be repeated at Pittodrie. Scotland would have to be 67 or 77 at Wembley Seeing my hometown side win the cup in 61 or 68 or any of the big European nights at East End in the 60s would have been special but unfortunately was before I was born.

I had driven down overnight to West Sussex to visit my in-laws with my wife and kids. I had gone for a nap and thought that I was having a very vivid dream until I realised that it was the TV news on downstairs. I then remember a total shock as the news unfolded. I had previously worked on the QE2 and the twin towers had been a major landmark when we sailed into New York and held many memories. A few days later I was up in London with my father in law at the football and watching planes flying towards the London airports seemed rather creepy after the images on the News a few days before.

Thanks, it sums up how I feel. My views are probably republican but I have no I’ll feeling towards Her Majesty or anyone who is grieving at the moment. I just don’t feel any need personally to join in with the grieving and just want to be able to get on with my life.

As a Dandie only Sir Alex.

My Dad supported Aberdeen and dragged me along to games in the late 70s when I was a nipper. Little did I know what was about to happen. I then moved to the smoke in 87 and happened to live in Wimbledon. I went to see them for a while (Wembley 88) but they weren’t the team for me and I ended up following Palace(Wembley 90).

I cycle to work so that is some diversion. Bring on the Republic!

Meanwhile I will be wondering how I will get from Dunfermline to Cowdenbeath to do my shift in social care when I can’t get over the M90!

I have been thinking that myself over the last couple of days. When Sir Alex leaves this world I will be left with the memories of celebrating winning the league at Easter Road in 1980. Three cup wins in a row and a European triumph. I have spoken to him briefly on a couple occasions but in no way could say that I know him though he had a major impact on my teenage years. As for HRH, well no one could cut a ribbon to open anything like her!

Knowing my luck it will! I am off during the day on Saturday and have bought a ticket for the Pars Falkirk game. I also have tickets for the two Scotland games later this month and now even if they go ahead the players may not have much game time prior to them now.

Apparently all the bridges(foot & road) over the M90 are going to be closed for two days according to Fife Council! Their reasoning is that they don’t want people throwing flowers on the convoy bringing the body to Edinburgh. Personally I don’t think it’s flowers that they would have to worry about.

I went to work on the QE2 in 1990, it coincided with the 150th Anniversary of Cunard. The Royals came onboard in Southampton for a meal and had to walk through the casino where I worked to get to the restaurant onboard. We all stood in our uniforms by the gaming tables as they walked by. Ironically the only person that Phil stopped to speak to was a republican from Belfast. The Queen just walked through with the ship’s captain and smiled as she went by. I have never actually spoken to the Queen but I could tell by that smile that she was a warm and caring individual and can’t understand the criticism some people are giving the monarchy on here!

I might follow the example of Tony Cascarino and order a takeaway then put it straight in the bin. A true mark of respect!