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Of course, silly me. After 12 months it's not important any more. Much more significant that Mel Gibson's mansion burnt down.

Reuters reported yesterday that the estimate of the number of people killed in Gaza in the first 9 months of the war needs to be revised upwards from 42,000 to 65,000. Over 50% of those deaths were women, children and people over the age of 65.

The Norwegian Refugee Council are reporting that ...

My grandmother told me there was supposed to be a POW camp near where we grew up. A quick search didn't reveal anything (but maybe it was some kind of house attached to the local airfield where I know pilots were trained where just a few trustworthy ones worked out of?). I did, however, find ...

I was sitting on a RIB in the channel, right off the white cliffs preparing to go in for a dive when two Typhoons with the D-Day paint job passed low overhead. They looked fantastic.

We found out later they had been en route to London for some anniversary celebrations.

TB63 wrote: Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:32 am

Yeah, nah. Sorry

Oxbow wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 2:30 pm

He was endorsed by Trump, nuff said really

The Dutch as a nation are collectively completely hatstand.

It's a great country, I love visiting.

As long as the match is more entertaining than those semi finals were, I don't really mind either way.

I voted ABs because I still haven't forgiven the Boks for turning the last Lions tour into a drudge fest.

Anyone used SurfShark VPN? Looks to have the best deals at the moment and decent reviews.

Yes, my missus is more clued up on these things and she's had us on SurfShark for a couple of years. It seems to work pretty well, we used it to get round geoblocking on iPlayer when we were in the US last ...

Mostly English despite having a Scottish lead singer. You could also include Fairground Attraction. with the inimitable Eddi Reader.

The Eurythmics were a duo, Annie Lennox is from Ellon / Aberdeen
Bronski Beat were a three-piece, Jimmy Sommerville and Steve Bronski are both from ...

Gonna be in the small minority here but I think the Blue Nile were overrated. Every other band suggested yip all over them.

Maybe a minority but you're not alone. I've never understood the love for Tinseltown in the Rain, it's miserable pish.

Hipsway, Love and Money, Primal Scream and the ...

An outrage no-one has mention this lot yet :mrgreen:

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/NINTCHDBPICT000470269497.jpg?w=620

:thumbup:

Watched that again recently on iPlayer, it's still great. Glasgow almost unrecognisable in it - it's a fascinating look ...

Gonna be in the small minority here but I think the Blue Nile were overrated. Every other band suggested yip all over them.

Maybe a minority but you're not alone. I've never understood the love for Tinseltown in the Rain, it's miserable pish.

Hipsway, Love and Money, Primal Scream and the ...

I wouldn’t go near them for European flights as I’d have to transfer at Heathrow. KLM or Lufthansa.

Totally agree with this, I haven't been through Heathrow in at least 10 years and my life is immeasurably better for it.

Some colleagues travelled from Schiphol last week and they told me it ...

I've given up watching professional rugby, it's tedious shite and these law changes aren't going to fix anything.

I went though a tiny airport in, I think Tanzania, where the security guy looked through our bags then went behind a screen, changed his jacket and hat, and became the passport guy. Loved it!

That's great! :grin:

Best "airport" I've been through was on one of the Philippine islands (can't ...

I can get a 45 minute connection through Schiphol

That's optimistic, Schiphol is a shitshow and has been all year. It's gone from one of the best airports in Europe to one of the worst. I'm actively avoiding the place at the moment, have even considered flying to Rotterdam from Edinburgh (only ...

Saw this on t'interweb and thought of you lot

The Spartan Executive

Is it not Gav who is the knob end?

Very little experience of either of them, but when we were down in London, sitting outside a pub in Richmond on our way to Scottish, Gav saw the Edinburgh shirts and stopped for a chat (of his own volition, not us stopping him) and was bang on.

Yup ...

I’d say the less robust cultures would be those who were historically oppressed. Especially where the characterisations are styled during such a period of history.

And so if you’re not offended you’re an oppressor.

QED

On this angle, started by Toga.

English and other non Scot kids or ...

ScarfaceClaw wrote: Sat Sep 11, 2021 9:56 pm
Chrysoprase wrote: Sat Sep 11, 2021 9:20 pm
ScarfaceClaw wrote: Sat Sep 11, 2021 9:22 am

You’re. I’m sure that if Enzedder wasn’t in the cooler he’d have made the same comment.
You think??
Yep. I’m all about the obvious and clearly missing the point.

ScarfaceClaw wrote: Sat Sep 11, 2021 9:22 am
Chrysoprase wrote: Sat Sep 11, 2021 8:04 am
Enzedder wrote: Fri Sep 10, 2021 12:40 am Bloody Facebook mods

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So your a racist now Enz?
You’re. I’m sure that if Enzedder wasn’t in the cooler he’d have made the same comment.

You think??

Enzedder wrote: Fri Sep 10, 2021 12:40 am Bloody Facebook mods

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So your a racist now Enz?

Enzedder wrote: Fri Aug 27, 2021 3:25 am Earth and (The Far Side of) the Moon from the deep space climate observatory.

Earth and Moon.jpg

That's class! Have you seen this timelapse video of the same thing?

https://www.space.com/30168-moon-crosse ... video.html

PR oldsters will know who this is:

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I thought ...

Tichtheid wrote: Fri Aug 13, 2021 11:19 am
Jock42 wrote: Fri Aug 13, 2021 11:08 am

Nae danger is he 20

Lockdown hasnae been easy right enough.

Especially when you consider he's a winger

When Kenny Dalgliesh played football for Scotland folk used to criticise his form for the national team however the problem was he was just too good for many of the players around him and they couldn't anticipate or support him as he was yards ahead of them. He was just too good for us. To some ...

Matt Dawson believes Warren Gatland is the man to lead the Lions for a fourth time
Why tf is this view getting parroted by people who should know better, don't they have eyes?

On Finn, I used to dislike him intensely because of his propensity for complete howlers which he would apparently just ...

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Tue Aug 10, 2021 7:56 am Do you mean the rebuild/replica Colossus i.e. under Tony Sale?

After spending a few days wondering if I could ever bring myself to watch international rugby again in the aftermath of the total clusterfuck that was the Lions series in SA, I finally managed to get round to watching Bled 1 last night.

It wasn't great, a lot of mistakes and some poor skills on ...

One of the very few tracks where I love the original and the cover (though it's probably more of a sample than a full blown cover)

He leapt to his feet very quickly and threw his arms out in the full Biggar when he realised everyone was ignoring his antics. Yes he got a shove. The dive afterwards was pathetic.

Agreed - if any of our players (amateur lower-league club) did that they'd get told to get the fuck up and get on ...

I've always been proud of playing rugby in the spirit of the game

Nigel Owens might take issue with that Stuart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K0ts859I4w

For anyone who doesn't remember, that was Hogg taking a ridiculous dive against SA in the 2015 RWC at St James Park (a football ...

I've always been proud of playing rugby in the spirit of the game

Nigel Owens might take issue with that Stuart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K0ts859I4w

For anyone who doesn't remember, that was Hogg taking a ridiculous dive against SA in the 2015 RWC at St James Park (a football stadium ...

sorCrer wrote: Sun Jul 25, 2021 9:26 am It was moved because Boolands was an old decrepit piss stained heap of shite.

I think you're getting confused with Twickenham

Yeah, both sides struggled at times with the heavy underfoot conditions. No real chance of sorting it before the next test though, so it could end up playing a big part in the outcome of the series.

Which would be a real shame if that's what the series is remembered for. I know there were all ...

Tried to search to see if anyone had already brought this up & couldn't find anything, so apols if RR

The pitch yesterday was struggling during that game, you could see how badly it was cutting up and in the second half the ref repositioned at least two scrums because of it. It's a bit of a worry ...

In a fit of ludicrous optimism, I got a ticket for Fontaines DC back in January for a gig in May (I think). Obviously that didn't happen and the DMAs gig that was planned for the start of August is off now as well. Just hoping that the ones I've got tickets for in November actually go ahead, though ...

I used to enjoy this thread on Planet Jake, don't think I've seen it on here so thought I'd give it a go - hopefully it gets some traction.

Also, I wanted to boast about just scoring myself a ticket to see the War on Drugs next year

This is where the bored misses HP - he used to have all his own nicknames for the Scottish players

To add a few:

Shane Horgan - Shaggy
Dan Parks - Turnstile
Peter Wright - Teapot

Our fullback was Martin ‘cunt’ Ellis. Somehow this got to the local paper as Martin C Hunt-Ellis and as he took our ...

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