welshbairn Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 7 minutes ago, WATTOO said: I can see the Russians point though, they always saw the Crimea as Russian and the majority there wanted to be Russian There was certainly a decent turnout in the referendum, 123% in Sevastopol for example. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 24 minutes ago, Snafu said: Another reason why Fife should be broken off from the rest of Scotland and towed out into the North Sea. This b*****d is 30 miles SE of St Andrews just now. Im sure it could do the job. Anybody got a rope? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 1 minute ago, coprolite said: I've seen movies about the US fighting the Russians and the Russians are definitely the baddies. Drago had a treadmill and PEDs and Rocky only had a side of beef. Then Rocky teamed up with the mujahideen and took out a whole Rusky tank batallion with some horses, rifles and a bow and arrow. I expect this is probably more intellectually rigourous than Fox news' take anyway. Yes, the other "good guys" who we trained and supplied with weaponry when they were our pals fighting nasty Ivan but of course that one also came back to bite us when they morphed into Al Qaeda, they suddenly weren't such "good guys" after all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 36 minutes ago, Shandon Par said: Fife saw off the Romans. We don’t need the rest of the country anyway. Was it not that the Romans saw Fife and said "Naw". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 1 minute ago, Jacksgranda said: Was it not that the Romans saw Fife and said "Naw". They got on alright in St Andrews. Quelle surprise. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 10 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: Was it not that the Romans saw Fife and said "Naw". ven eh, vid eh, vic eh 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 I though first contact with Fifers was 1871, after the completing of Tay Rail Bridge, before that we could only see the savages through our telescopes. Like those untouchable island folk. Every days a school day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Shandon Par said: Fife saw off the Romans. We don’t need the rest of the country anyway. The legionary camps along the Gask ridge and on the river Tay say otherwise. The Romans knew a barren wilderness when they saw it, which is why the greatest extent of their civilisation included the southern banks of the Clyde/Forth and not the pointless savagery beyond it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 40 minutes ago, virginton said: The legionary camps along the Gask ridge and on the river Tay say otherwise. The Romans knew a barren wilderness when they saw it, which is why the greatest extent of their civilisation included the southern banks of the Clyde/Forth and not the pointless savagery beyond it. Nah, the caledonii were just hard as nails compared to the subservient and cowardly southerners who rolled over at the mere sight of a spear. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 1 minute ago, coprolite said: rolled over at the mere sight of a spear. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 3 hours ago, Oystercatcher said: The east Kilbride news is out today, I'm holding back until I find out their take on the situation. CAT STILL UP TREE! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Snafu said: I did check to see if any Fife teams had ever played Roma or Lazio and I have my doubt your claim there is true. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venicones Not much info I've found on who lived in Fife during the Roman incursions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_during_the_Roman_Empire I've not read up much about the Romans in Scotland, it looks like an interesting subject. From the article the Roman explorers reached Orkney and traveled down the west coast not a lot of evidence that any armies stopped of in Sutherland for a pint in the Railway Hotel. I would guess had they landed in Dingwall and invaded the Mallard they would have been seen off by the local plod with the help of some tear gas. Off topic, on my travels around Google looking for info on Romans in Fife from any angle I found out that Dunfermline Athletic have the highest percentage for success in European competition at 1.65 points per game where as the rest led by some Glasgow diddy pub outfit have only 1.56 points per game, source - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_football_clubs_in_international_competitions It has been about 25 years since studying that stuff at university so I’m no authority on the matter now! The occasional snowfall would show up Roman roads and camps around North Fife (from aerial pics). I suppose the Romans had had a long trip and the last thing they wanted to do was then deal with a bunch of Fifers. Where I live is an ideal spot from which to repel anyone crossing the Forth (still is given the alarming incidence of gun ownership around here). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxo Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 4 hours ago, Snafu said: It helps when you live thousands of miles away and have a big f**king ocean between the continents. 55 miles between them... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Only because the Kilbirnie boys marched over from Place Castle.Singing about Fine Fare and cheap wine no doubt ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Moscow winning the banter war as ever. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Saintsible Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Anybody who believes the lies of the US and the U.K. is clueless. Russia is not going to invade Ukraine -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Aye, America and us are the bad guys here. Not Israel Russia. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 21 minutes ago, Captain Saintsible said: Anybody who believes the lies of the US and the U.K. is clueless. Russia is not going to invade Ukraine You have to hope so, but you also have to wonder why they've sealed off most of the Ukrainian coast for war games, alongside others in Belarus, and moved mechanised battalions from all over to Crimea and close to the Russian/Ukrainian border. The only answer given is it's their country, they do what they like. And simultaneously demand that NATO stop cooperating with Romania and Bulgaria. If they're not going to invade Ukraine they're not shy of making the threat clear. Not a nice thing to do to old comrades. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 6 hours ago, Zetterlund said: Moscow winning the banter war as ever. I honestly didn't expect that the Russian Foreign Ministry got their news from the S*n. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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