Florentine_Pogen

Article on the Basque Country's Mondragon Corporation, the world's largest industrial cooperative. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/apr/24/in-the-us-they-think-were-communists-the-70000-workers-showing-the-world-another-way-to-earn-a-living

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/24/royals-william-kate-camilla-honours-monarchy-archaic "Then there are the military honours and decorations. Charles himself has accumulated dozens of medals, enough almost to sink one of the battleships under his command as a five star admiral. Oh, and he is also a five star general in the army and a five star air chief marshal in the RAF. What stupendous military service or acts of bravery have led to this avalanche of medals? Well, he did captain a coastal minesweeper several decades ago for a short period. And he has only crashed a plane once. The royals in fact have amassed between them over 100 military medals and decorations, and for what? Prince Edward, the Royal Honorary Colonel of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry, has never seen active service and even dropped out of his Royal Marines course because he couldn’t hack it." Apparently Nonce Andrew, the Puke of Pork will be bestowed with a special award:-

All life has been squeezed out of Fergie MacDonald, renowned buttonbox player. Fergie MacDonald MBE (24 April 1937 – 23 April 2024) was a Scottish accordionist who specialised in ceilidh music and played the button accordion. A trained physiotherapist and an international clay pigeon shooter, MacDonald is considered[1] to be the man who popularised the West Highland style of traditional Scottish dance music. Life and career Born in Glasgow, Scotland on 24 April 1937, he was brought up in Moidart. MacDonald topped the Scottish Singles Chart in 1966 with his tune "Loch Maree Islands". He was initially banned from appearing on the BBC due to the traditional audition process, but later became a regular feature on BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Radio nan Gaidheal. MacDonald toured throughout the world and released 23 albums. He was well known through the tales told by fellow Scottish accordionist Phil Cunningham as part of his stage act.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/23/rude-patronising-and-out-of-his-depth-minister-michael-tomlinson-ticks-all-the-boxes "When Jeffrey Bernard was too pissed, hospitalised or generally unfit to file his weekly column, the Spectator used to publish the note “Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell” in its place. It worked a treat. Everyone knew precisely where things stood. Perhaps now is the time for the Tory party to do something similar. It couldn’t be any worse than repeatedly sending out underprepared ministers to do interviews in which they crash and burn. Far better to let the public think the government is half-witted, rather than to have it proved. Conservative head office could do worse than start with Michael Tomlinson, the catatonically dim illegal immigration minister. A member of the new moronocracy whose uselessness is only enhanced by the fact that he clearly rates himself extremely highly."

Aye, well don't feckin' leave us in suspense, Loadsamoney. Or are you too embarrassed to admit you've bought an Audi / BMW ?

Only slightly younger than Tam Cowan's rancid patter.

Any excuse to post this gem.............

Hugo Boss was responsible for designing & manufacturing the black Nazi SS uniforms and also Hitler Youth outfits. Was Grandad a straight-arm saluting rabid anti-Semite ?

That could be a real vote winner. How about starting with King Jugears 1/3 rd and Queen Horseface ?

So what ? Her new promotion at work should cover the cost.

"Please buy my hoose. Here's a photo of Bedroom 2."

@BFTD did you get the idea for this thread after seeing photies of lots of old smelly trainers in 'The Sellik Hoose' ? I have a Barbour full-length stockman's waxed coat which I received for my 40th birthday. I'm now 63. Even though it badly needs re-waxed and has a few small nicks and tears, it still gets regular outings on windy, rainy days and my wife howls like a feckin' hyena when a rearward gust of wind lifts the storm cape onto the back of my napper and makes me look like an annoyed frilled dragon. ETA - Frilled, not Komodo......D'oh !

I defy any medical professional to go on the record with his / her professional opinion that making and / or viewing images of the worst child abuse images can relieve / cure anxiety and OCD. Judicial sentencing in this country (incl. Jersey) is not fit for purpose.

Thanks for that review Monkman, I came on to write one and it would have been pretty much a copy of yours. Wife and I were completely bemused at times and I was very surprised to see Mark Ruffalo in such a wackjob of a film. However, on finding out it's based on Alasdair Gray's book of the same name, I looked at it in a different light. Willem Defoe's attempt at a Scottish accent was woeful. Why couldn't they get a Scottish actor, I wonder ?

I've now got the theme tune from 'Vision On' earworming my brain.

For a support that go to such lengths to 'promote' their team and 'history' when on holiday abroad, I find it absolutely bemusing that 12 years ago, they didn't have the belief in the original club / mental acuity / organisational capability / generosity of spirit & pocket to form a cohesive collective in order to save the entity that played at Ibrox until 2012. Instead, they let their club die.

Not sure what's worse, the 'Sellik Memorabilia Walls' or the hundreds of pairs of trainers infesting almost every room. The smell must be.....err...........interesting.

Missed this one last week............ The clapperboard wraps it up for Eleanor Coppola, designer, artist and wife of Francis Ford Coppola, whom she married in 1963. Interesting obit in Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/apr/18/eleanor-coppola-obituary

That vid was obviously captured on a Club 18-88 holiday.

..........and operated by Frank Spencer.

Are you upcycling plastic bags as dish towels ?

I'd have thought there'd be a lot of batting of eyes if there was a 12" dildo wobbling about in front of them.