Off-topic
Posted on
January 02, 1968 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
For off-topic chat. Duh.
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@ Tinto, that ensemble is just about what the Scotia habituees are wearing this season so it might be a tricksy extracting a Laphroaig aff ye kid!
Thanks, Fred. Will default to my Darth Vader with Orc boots combo in that case.
It’s tough being a trend-setter.
@ Tinto, if you intend wearing that lot fae Kelvingrove U could end up in intensive. Just sayin like!
*Muses thereon*
Good point, Fred. Will just go undercover in normal motley.
I was researching something on-line and I came across this instead.
Strangely, I don’t remember it being mentioned on the BBC at the time. The second film clip has been blocked by the corporation “for copyright reasons” although you can find the excerpt elsewhere on the interwebthingy if you make a little effort. It shows two of its journalists telling porkies on air while the said building is still clearly standing and the whole sordid shitfest was the basis of the English gent’s defence. He has made an interesting documentary which is to be found on YT.
So, just in case you had run out of reasons not to pay a TV licence or watch MSM ever again:
link to geopolitics.co
Serendipity, ya bass.
@K1
I know you read here and the other thread is now dead I wondered though if you remember meeting Robin who claims to have met you.
“Thepnr” asks why I called “K1” a “She”? That is simple numbnut,,it is because she is a female.
Well she was the last time I met her. She was with her girlfriend to be exact. But like Liz g, these two “Females” have become very aggressive and Butch for some reason.
link to wingsoverscotland.com
I know for certain I’ve never met with Robin, what about anyone else? Wings night, march or rally? Of course maybe Robin knows K1 through nothing to do with Independence.
In an earlier post he had this to say in a response to Liz g which is just a tad weird.
I don’t want to get the jail for rolling about the street with some thug from Wings.
link to wingsoverscotland.com
I think ‘off-topic’ has being going long enough for this to be O/T.
I’ve just been watching the prog about elements on BBC4 and, just at the end, mt brainbockers started grinding.
When we talk about a year in any previous century, we tend to say seventeen o seven, or eighteen ninety three or nineteen fifty two.
WHY is it, for this century, the preferred media description seems to be two thousand and seven, rather than twenty o seven?
mt = my, obviously, an’ thah’…
@Brian Doonthetoon
Quite right because when we get to 2107 we’re not going to say the year “two thousand one hundred and seven” are we?
No we’ll obviously say Twenty One O’Seven
That is if the human race actually reaches 2107 still alive.
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Relax, guys.
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“And all shall be well and
All manner of thing shall be well
By the purification of the motive
In the ground of our beseeching.”
Donovan:”Turquoise”
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See you all on Saturday.
😉
Thepnr @ 8.26
That’s no all that was weird,but I’ll tell ye better when I see ye.
…………..
Anyone
Is there a time to all meet up on Saturday?
See y’all tomorrow marchers of freedom, bring yer families, pets and all, an ah’ll be looking out for you Jock Scot, see ye at the same bit as last time 🙂
26 hours remaining to go…
I hope you all have a great time tomorrow. Just don’t do anything I wouldn’t do, apart from dancing. Do lots of dancing to make up for me not being able to!
Grandchildren on the way from the airport will be here within the hour. First 3 incubator chicks just transferred to a cage for their benefit, a few more on the way.
See youse all soon.
I have a big flag pole, room for a Wings flag if anybody has a spare one tomorrow.
We’re leaving now for Glasgow, see you all tomorrow.
“Hold On I’m Coming”
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Smallaxe has left the building.
🙂
Hope plenty of folk manage to the march tomorrow. Hope to meet some wingers over there.
Archie (not Erchie),
Hey, long time no see on the threads. Glad you’re going, have fun.
Utter disgrace. Time the Express got onto this issue. Since the SNP came into power in 2007 about 670,000 people in Scotland have died. What is Nicola Sturgeon doing about this?
Shall be mentioning this disgrace on my radio slot tonight…..and the big march.
“Comin Down the Road!”
I stood in a queue in the Alloa RBS branch this morning for nearly 25 minutes. I stood in a queue in the same branch for over 20 minutes last week. The branch is shutting. There is no sense in that move, and the staff have been told not to speak about the situation. I despair.
Walking shoes- check.
Water bottle – check.
Saltire- check.
Bus ticket – check.
Happy face – check.
Looking forward to tomorrow and meeting some folks.
@ cearc: oh Ive been lurking and taking it all in. Time to spread the word again 😉
Bus ticket booked for tomorrow. Planning to get there if it takes me all day – which it will. I don’t want to miss the big day. Hope to meet up with you at the Wings tent.
@Archie (not Erchie)
I have a Wings flag for you and very happy for you to have it if you’re going to be waving it all about 🙂
I doubt there is any chance of meeting you before the march starts so you will have to pick it up from Ronnie Anderson at the Wings stall in the Green.
I should be hanging about too but just in case ask Ronnie.
@Capella
Glad to hear you will make it after all, well done 🙂
@ Thepnr – thx – will get there about 11 so hope to catch up with the last bit of the march. Will look out for the Wings stall at the Green.
Something that I hope will put you in a good mood for the march in Glasgow tomorrow. Let’s have a good time, we’re still young as long as we think we are 🙂
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This is GREAT.
Hope your pulling up the laces on those hiking boots.
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Gutted I cant be there on the March today. Hope you all have a great day though. link to youtube.com
This one is a special request for Liz g and her daughters dog Radar that I met today at the Green. Was a good day enjoy the tune 🙂
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Thank you Thepnr, that was great,and very appropriate. LOL
What’s in a name eh!
Aren’t we being cryptic……..
Hi all that were at Glasgow green good to see you all, and thanks to Jock for making sure I caught a taxi from the Clutha to the train station
Still having a good night in Glasgow after a very good day. I thought or a song for a new friend I met today, that was K1.
Here’s your tune K1 🙂
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@pete the camera
Great to see you yesterday Pete – along with all the other wingers too many to mention, but I thought you’d like this wee video of the Yes bikers with Pete strolling along taking in the sights!
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What a braw day – only wish I could have stayed over and partied on in the Clutha with all you lovely folks. Ach, well, next time!
Hi Pete, hope you got home ok. Cheers Oatcakes for a place to crash and for a change not having to pelt up to the station from the Clutha. Shame aboot the early departure Cactus and cheers to Alex for confirming that I do indeed snore. Hats off to everyone else who gallantly helped to make lots of dosh for the next crack ‘n’ smack party.
What a great day. Love working in the park amongst a’ these happy folk.
Apologies that JimT and moi, and Annie, Irene and Brian didn’t get much of a chat with a lot of the visitors to the stall. We were on “piece work” fur a hard gaffer ;-). Nae sittin’ doon for us, ye ken 😉
Sorry, didn’t get to The Clutha; visited son after the park and were a bit sair; auld legs LOL.
Seriously, a really inspiring day. See y’ll next time round.
A word for Mr Ronnie Anderson. Ronnie is a national treasure. No, that disnae mean he should be in a museum! He’s really a big sweetie, but, ye’ve no’ tae tell onybody. Works his socks off for Scotland and Wings and will help wi’ any gazebo building or dismantling on the park – jist dae as yer telt! 🙂
@Jock Scot
Well what can I say?
No doubt I talked too much already due to the comapny I was in. Big thanks to Quine frae Angus for putting up and for putting up with me 🙂
Thanks to for Jock Scot and Ruglonian for the great “discussions” which were in no way “arguments” LOL.
Your meant to get wiser as you get older but I’ve found out that this is not true, I got a roll an sausage kindly made for me this morning by the Quine frae Angus.
Delicious and was just what I needed then she asks me “how did you enjoy the Vegan sausages and I’m like what? I’m a carnivore that was meat, please tell me that was meat.
It wasn’t so that’s a first and I’m all the better for it 🙂
Good one X_sticks I walked down the street with the bikers and could not believe how many there were as they just kept coming wonder if anyone knows how many rode past, and I should have thanked Jim T for the lift to the Clutha and Betty Boop for giving up her lift.
And we all must thank Ronnie as Betty has said for without his input over the weeks prior to the event the Wings stall would never have been so popular being so well stocked and run
Oh what an amazing day and night that was, marching along in such cheery cameraderie with so many Yessers and Wingers. Thanks for the company of Jock Scot, Donna Babington and Cactus as we ambled along the route, scooping up Ian Brotherhood and Alex Thepnr from the pub along the way. Then getting to Glasgow Green and spending the rest of the day hinging aboot the Wings stall, pauchling nips of the Old Pulteney raffle prize, courtesy of Big Ronnie Anderson (but don’t tell anybody this, it was supposed to be a secret and could be construed to be a secret cabal of dodgy Wingers misappropriating donated Wings funds).
The happy hubbub was punctuated by thrilling beats from the Sikhs for Yes drummers, and the exciting roar of the Yes Bikers as they thundered by. Even the packing up of the Wings stall at the end was a laugh, under Ronnie’s expert supervision. Who knew there was a set method and a cheeky hidden wee button to press to take down a gazebo correctly?
Topped off by a lovely evening drinking pints of cider in the sun outside the Clutha bar, and a long evening of “discussion” and more beers back at chez Quinie. Glad you enjoyed your veggie sausages, Alex, these will help ease your Sunday bowel movements – and an added bonus is that I’ve found your specs down the side of my couch. Heh heh.
New people I am delighted to have met in the flesh, at long last, included Smallaxe, K1, Lindsay Bruce, Macart, Blaze and Loach frae Skye and their Dad. Other old friends I glimpsed fleetingly but didn’t get a chance to speak to: Capella, Betty Boop and Irene King.
Feels so good, so comforting, and so motivating to feel the Yes movement stirring again in such a positive and determined fashion. A movement in which Wings and the Wingers are very much a key part, and have been since the very start.
Love you all and looking forward to the next event already.
I forgot to mention Gillian Ruglonian who did such a power of work at the Yes Rutherglen stall and who I think (if my hazy memory serves me correctly) purchased a bottle of whisky for the after-hours lock-in. Unfathomably this has remained unopened, so I intend to keep this and throw it in to the next Wings stall event as a “Raffle prize” (heh heh) along with a string of polystyrene cups….just to stiffen our resolves and Ronnie Anderson’s “reserves”…..
Smallaxe Says:
What a day.
🙂
Back home after an incredible day yesterday. I met plenty of people whose names that I can now put a face to, like Macart, Capella, Quine frae Angus, Highland Wifie, Betty Boop and many old friends such as (in no particular order), Tinto Chiel whose indelible ‘Cerise Blush’ lipstick I’m still trying to remove from my shirt, Thepnr, Ian Brotherhood, Brian DTT, Hackalumpoff, XSticks, Cactus and my good friend K1.
My apologies if I have left anyone out but it was just such an overwhelmingly wonderful day full of smiles and hugs from everyone I met, I have no doubt that some of us will meet at the march in Dumfries on the 2nd of June, bring your smiles and hugs with you, I’ve got plenty more to give and receive when I next meet you all.
Lots of good speeches and music, tens of thousands of happy friendly people from all walks of life, tens of thousands more who were with us in spirit. Love and Peace was the order of the day for all of us who want Scotland to regain Her independence. I was proud to be amongst such good people.
Finally, the self-effacing Ronnie Anderson who says he is only a cog in a much larger wheel. A cog he may be, but that large wheel would be turning much more slowly without Ronnie’s indefatigable stamina and his ’soft smooth voice gently’ guiding all the generous volunteers who gave up so much of their own time to help out.
(Send my cut of the takings to the usual P.O.Box, Ronnie)
Namaste, my friends.
(The Spirit within me bows to the Spirit within you)
I can only reiterate what we are all saying about yesterday, just a wonderful day, I didn’t do the march but arrived a bit later (caught up in the traffic, aye and ah wis wan o’ those drivers smiling and giving thumbs up as our paths criss crossed across the city 😉 )
So happy to have finally met some very familiar names on Wings…in no order whatsoever; Tinto (you suited the grunge ma dear, your sartorial pick was just right fir the weather 😉 ), Quinie, Highland Wifie, so glad you got home safe :-), the cool Cactus, Thpnr…loved your energy yesterday Alex, so upbeat and thank you for introducing me to Lizg…or as I call her ma fellow Cyberthug, wis like lookin’ in the mirror ;-). Macart, great pleasure to finally shake your hand. Capella :-), Ruglonian and XSticks. Lovely to see Crazycat, Bdtt and Pete the Camera again and of course Ronnie…who was very busy on this stall. But of course, the best to last to meet ma friend Smallaxe, that dapper gent wi the two tone shoes….’wottaguy’ right enough Tinto 😉
If I missed anyone out I’m sorry…great day, great people, we’re on our way.
Heiding oot tae the West Endies for further entertainment…
Glasgow style.
Oh what a weekend! A cheers to all the groovy Wingers x.
What a great day that was.
After a couple of cans last night, thinking back on all the good pals I met and the new ones made, felt like this:
Al Green, ‘Love & Happiness’ –
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Sorry to have missed U at the stall Smallaxe, choking efter the march so started at the Braemar Bar! Tinto ditto!
Sorry I seem to have missed so many Wingers I had not met before but we really have to get a team foatie taken in future. Huge thanks to Big Ronnie, BDTT and “The Girls” for their efforts on the stall and generally.
@Smallaxe: FGS, it was Fuchsia Flush and acetone is your friend for that, mon vieux. Adding those two-tones of yours to my spring collection.
@K1: amen to all that. It was really great to meet yourself and Macart at last and have a natter, however short. I’ve been thinking about some of your wise comments and may communicate my thoughts to the Prince of Palermo.
Fred: don’t know how we managed to miss each other but we’ll discuss those place-names later, I hope.
I got quite emotional on the march at times seeing all the wee kids in the column and on the pavements and wondering what kind of Scotland they would see. I think that’s what keeps the oldsters like me going.
Glad in a way the SH has exposed itself as a Yoonsheet. That photo on the front page really shows it up. The change of editor has really worked from our point of view.
I see Nana is back on MT. PNR told me that Ronnie paid the ransom for her release with some of the takings from the stall.
Sadly, after the Clutha shenanigans there wasn’t enough to pay Rev Stu to release heedtracker.
Lookout for a scandal about Wings cash in the Sun next week.
As the PNR says follow the money!
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@ Tinto, the Polis should have shoved the fascists 100 yards back from the march or collared the lot!
Just asked Jabberwocky to play Gil Scott-Heron and he did, within minutes!
First time I’ve ever had a song played on ‘radio’ and he’s playing some great stuff I’ve never ever heard. In a way it’s like the sessons we have here, but without all the bother of copying links etc.
link to webcomradio.co.uk
Och, Fred, they were just ugly wee trogs and they contrasted beautifully with all the righteous on the march. I’ve seen a lot worse at the fitba’ when the SoW come to call.
Folk have to see the reality of these types and draw their own conclusions. The young shilpit ones down on Clyde Street looked a bit more dangerous IMO but they were well confined by the Poleis (for all Gaelic haters).
Like everyone else, I had a great time renewing auld acquaintances and making new ones yesterday – and as ever missed a few people I’d have liked to meet. Good to see you all.
There’s always Dumfries:
Ian posted on the main thread about transport. Yes East Ayrshire very briefly discussed the possibility of hiring a minibus. If there were takers further afield, that would make it more viable.
We can be contacted via the shop at 31C Titchfield Street, Kilmarnock KA1 1QW, on Facebook and Twitter or YesEastAyrshire [at] gmail [dot] com.
Then we can assess the idea.
K1.@ 7.34
It was so lovely to finally meet ye K1, us Cyberthugs must indeed co-ordinate,and I hope we meet again soon and often.
Cyberthuggery takes plannin!
…..
Thanks Alex for introducing me to K1, and for your efforts to help me find Smallaxe, although we didn’t manage it, (next time Smallaxe my friend)
I did get to meet your lovely better half and the pup,which was fantastic,as it’s always great to meet a fellow “dog lover”.
….. …….
As everyone was sayin a great day,met Gerry Parker before we even set off, Alex, Cactus, Quinie Fae Angus and Morag on the way…then at the Green too many to mention,and even then so many I missed.
Thanks to all the hard workers on the stalls, a long day for you guy’s, but you did the movement proud.
And a special thanks to a –Ronnie Sumbidy — for all his efforts… and,well,…
Cause he’s the wan wi money… apparently..
Naebdy even commented oan ma alliteration…’criss crossed across the city’ wis (f)artful 🙂
@K1
I jist didnae get it 🙂 🙂 You need to give me a clue.
Ah wis driving tae the Green, and as I realised I was behind the march, changed route, so as I attempted tae weave my way down I kept crossing paths wi the march itself ergo ‘our paths ‘criss crossed across the city’. 🙂
Saying ‘criss crossed across the city’ is a moothful…say it oot loud. But it’s good alliteration on the page. ;-), oh I”ve just commented on ma alliteration…that’ll do me 🙂
K1
Were ye discombobulated at all?
Dinnie flash ye were amongst freens the hale time..
But remember.. The pedal that work’s the metal is no as in control as the sweetie that’s in the seattie?
Cyberthug central out!!
Ah know ye meant fash…though the temptation is strong tae flash. 😉
The seed that is in the pumpkin is no as comfy as the pad that is in the cushion?
Read…and understood.
K1…oot…
R.E.M. “Shiny Happy People” (Live, 1991)
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AUOB, Shiny Happy People (Live, 5/5/2018)
😉
@Smallaxe
Didn’t manage to make it to see you as planned on Saturday night. Sorry but I allowed myself to be waylaid by all those shiny happy people in the Clutha.
I was so shiny and happy myself that I just wanted it to keep going and it did for quite a bit 🙂
Thepnr,
Not a problem, Alex. I had a large glass of Remy Martin and then collapsed into bed, tired but delighted at the thousands of people who marched on Saturday. We’ll meet again soon.
The Moody Blues:”Lovely To See You Again My Friend”;
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🙂
Hey sunny Scotland, it’s been a looooong weekend and still is, still in the West Endies, everything’s on topic right now, cause now is the time, burp!
Go Glasgow!
So basically speaking while they all chow down to bully beef and baked beans because they’re not worth any more, and get their next thrilling lecture about tactics from Noddy with Big Ears doing the slide show, no offence to either of them, it’s interesting to see the latest focus of attack is on the Wings stall which underlines its importance in providing a focus, material, a meeting place and a social reinvigoration for YES, congrats to those who started it probably funding it out their own pockets.
Got to admit being a bit of a cynic at times well I have supported Indy for 46 years after all you need a thick skin, I’m gobsmacked by this march, the dedication of those who attended and organised it and the reactions “out there”.
Well said kid, a gobsmacking march. We are the people!
Train:”Hey, Soul Sister”
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Keane:”Somewhere Only We Know”
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The Script:”Superheroes”
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Well, I flaked out last night after I’d caught up with the WOS comments and never ate my kebab (from Corfu, the best kebab emporium in Dundee) so it’s on the menu for tonight. Thus I didn’t get to post a comment last night.
Saturday was phenomenal. As the front of the march came into the Green, I took a daunder up towards the Nelson monument for a better view. As I watched the sea of Saltires coming down the road in the park, I got the shiver down the back. “Phenomenal”, I said out loud to myself.
I reckon it took an hour and 20 minutes for the entire march to get into the Green. I was telling peeps to go to the road bhind the WOS stall and then look down the road – it was a sea of Saltires for ages.
Sorry to miss Ian B but did reacquaint with various Wingers, althought I couldn’t always put a name to the face.
Must mention Tartanpigsy – his crowdfunder in 2014 (10,000 flags for YES) was one of the major tools in the increase in the YES vote towards the vote in September.
Last year, at Glasgow Green, because he couldn’t get down himself, he got a pal to drop off a pile of YES car stickers at the WOS stall – much appreciated and dispersed.
A word about WOS stall finances.
EVERYONE who helped out on the stall was made aware of the takings and what was happening with them. If you want to know the figures, GET INVOLVED! Don’t sit sniping from the WINGS…
Hope to see y’all in Dumfries – and Inverness. (Don’t know about Bannockburn ‘at the merment”…
@Brian Doonthetoon
A word about WOS stall finances.
EVERYONE who helped out on the stall was made aware of the takings and what was happening with them. If you want to know the figures, GET INVOLVED! Don’t sit sniping from the WINGS…
Very well said Brian. Cheers from an adopted Dundonian 🙂
Hi Alex.
You typed,
“Cheers from an adopted Dundonian”
So’s Lorraine Kelly, so you’re in good company!
See you in Dumfries, Brian.
Four Tops:”It’s The Same Old Song”
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@K1
Likewise. 🙂
Had a ball. Just wished I could’ve stayed on for the bash.
In my comment last night, I forgot to type…
A big hello to the lurkers I met on Saturday! Come in – the water’s fine!
8=)
“Fighting for strangers” Steeleye Span;
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There’s a couple of posters in the H’ald I always hit the quote button because they change their original posting after a reply rather than admit they were wrong. Just added another to the list, and he even compounded his error by later saying he’d made the change to “clarify” it, whereas it was just plain wrong the first time, hence actually admitting he’d made the change. So he basically admitted he changed it without the usual decent thing of either putting at the end something like “edit: changed should to should not!” or whatever – plus maiking a quick posting in reply to whoever “sorry, changed above as it was wrong”. And kept going trying to pretend my reply was to the amended version! Another thing he said was I denied something which I didn’t even bother addressing, so another thing to do is make it clear I’m only commenting on the one bit I’m commenting on.
So there you go, you learn something new every day. Not important at the moment “now is not the time”, but techniques need honing for the big battle ahead! This poster by the way is a frequent one with lists of prepared stuff I haven’t bothered with normally, can’t be bothered doing the research, this was just his first sentence which implied something vital, whereas it was actually a bit interesting if the truth had been told to start with – not something some of the worst unionists do right enough. By the way cleaning caches (I use ccleaner) saves money I never paid in the first place, ‘cept for the odd couple of pro-Indy SH paper ones when it was pro-Indy quite a long time ago and over the hills and far away. Puck that for a game of soldiers.
Don’t worry if you didn’t read this, I’m just wittering on before finally hitting the pit after another all-nighter. Highlights for me though the old saying “And the Truth shall set you free” – an advantage unionists just don’t have over us independentistas. For many of then their only tool IS lies or at least misrepresentation. Which is why it’s vital we don’t do the same, even accidentally. And why at times Indy people get pissed off with me “correcting” them. Please, if I puck up do the same to me. Or tell me to puck opp.
Mmm, night night, sleep tight, don’t let SiU bite. They’re really not very good at this trolling stuff all the same, complete amateur dunderheids in fact. Good for a laugh!
The Glasgow Herald used to be an organ of some standing tae!
The 2 guys constantly looking to the ‘Fat cunt’ shouting guy, how sad to ‘look up’ to that angry wee guy? Is that your role model in life, is that a man…standing on a street shouting about Fenians, fat cunts, poofs and faggots?
No. It’s a sad ignorant bigot wi very low educational input…fear is what I see in their faces, acting like ‘hard men’, but really just wee scared boys inside.
@BDTT –
Sorry to have missed you – that’s mibbe first time we’ve not crossed paths at one of these things.
Dumfries!
🙂
Hi IanB.
I used to have a pair of dumfries but the @®$€ wore out and I had to get myself a new red jacket, to cover the gap.
@ Ian B – if you’re still here:
apparently there is now a post up on Yes East Ayrshire’s Facebook page about the possibility of a bus to Dumfries. If you don’t have a Facebook account (I don’t), there are other ways of contacting us that I listed above.
I can’t commit to the Bannockburn March as I might not be available awaiting on a cataract op , but theres nothing stopping other Wingers from doing it Gizbos here as is the stock .
For AUOB Saturday 5/5/2018;
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“For a’ that, an’ a’ that,
It’s coming yet for a’ that”
Rab the Ranter
WOTS is that the Wings stall is undergoing a rebranding for Dumfries after the success of Saturday:
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Love the CND shirt at the start.
Tinto,
I’ll loan you that CND shirt if you like it so much, even although everybody knows that you’re too sexy for a shirt. Maybe you would look better in my old tie-dyed cheesecloth sarong that I used to wear while I blackleaded the grate.
Let me know what your preference is.
“Fashion”
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You, can’t go wrong with a sarong, Smallaxe, imo, although the fashion conscious in my neck of the woods often cry it a lungi.
Combined with organic hemp espadrilles and a heliotrope Glengarry it gets the heads turning, particularly amongst The Laydees d’un certain age.
BTw, got that itching powder for Mundell’s breeks in Tam Shepherd’s last Sats. Will drone down/be in touch.
I prefer the green organic hemp, preferably Sativa as the Indica can make me a tad lazy.
How and soever, either strain will turn the heads of the Laydees, particularly those who had the good fortune to live through the 1960s and can’t remember much about it, or so they insist!
“Jamaican Rhapsody”
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😉
Chust sublime, sublime.
I’m warming to your theme, Smallaxe old fruit.
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By Jove, you’ve got it!
Herb… is a plant;
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Unless you get caught by the polis? Then you may have to swear on the book that has this passage in it;
“I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.
WTF!
The air’s getting a bit thick in here. Haven’t had as much fun since K1 outed my quiff:
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(signed) Vlad The Inhaler.
Oh, look, pixies!
An actors life for me;
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Bloody cheek!
I was just going to say, “It’s like looking in a mirror!”
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@Crazycat –
Very kind of you, thanks. Will probably make a day of it and take the family, so we’ll drive. See you there I hope!
😉
Hi Michael,
link to youtube.com
Who else?
Hi Ian,
Driving down the Highway?
link to youtube.com
See you there.
🙂
Hi Smallaxe. That Aly bain turns up everywhere so he does link to youtube.com
In my house there’s a picture on my wall;
link to youtube.com
Smallaxe there is a picture on my wall too. link to youtube.com
Smallaxe there is a Picture on my wall as well. link to youtube.com
Now you’ve put pictures in my head, Michael;
link to youtube.com
Smallaxe we’re they selfies link to youtube.com
@Smallaxe –
You’ll be more familiar than most of us with Dumfries – do you reckon it can handle a major influx on June 2nd? Raised this with TC earlier – may have to get there early-doors to get parking…
It’s no big deal anyway – more important that we get a significant turnout. It won’t make the national ‘news’, aye, that’s a given, but it’ll be big for the local papers and who knows what knock-on that could have in the tea-shops, pubs and care-home social rooms in the folowing weeks?
We’ll have to be on our very bestest behaviour!
😉 🙂 😉
Not selfies, Michael, pictures of her;
link to youtube.com
Ian,
Dumfries has got more than wee tea rooms, I hope this helps.
😉
link to en.parkopedia.co.uk
link to globeinndumfries.co.uk
link to tripadvisor.co.uk
link to tripadvisor.co.uk
link to youtube.com
Ian,
I put some links in for you but I think maybe I overdid it a bit, it’s in moderation and I’m waiting on hammers.
🙁
@Smallaxe –
It’s alright brother, ahm not that hungry anyway…had a cocaine pizza earlier.
😉
Smallaxe that is her from the valleys right. link to youtube.com
Wrong, Michael, it’s this one;
link to youtube.com
😉
Ian,
Have some more cocaine;
link to youtube.com
Smallaxe Lily and Rose well I will add in mary and raise you the jack of Hearts. link to youtube.com Goodnight my friend catch you later on today.
Goodnight Michael, it’s after midnight;
link to youtube.com
Diaraby: Playing For Change;
link to youtube.com
Tina Turner: “Sarvesham Svastir Bhavatu” (Peace Mantra);
link to youtube.com
@ Sma
Do you no bide near Dumfries? I ken you’re in that region somewhere. I’m thinking aboot bringing the caravan up for the Dumfries gathering and taking a wee holiday with significant other and the wee man at the same time. I was wondering if you could recommend any really nice caravan sites nearby.
I’ve looked at a few toward the Solway coast area but, was wondering if there are any others nearer Dumfries that you know of (so I can be easily picked up after a few bevvies later that night 😉 ).
Sorry I missed you all at Glasgow gathering. I couldn’t pub it as I had to drive later in the day. I’m hoping third times the charm. 🙂
Hi William,
I live about 15mls outside Dumfries in Gretna, the Hoddom Castle site below has always been good and it is also licenced (I used to have a house on the estate) but if you want to be closer to Dumfries then have a look at the ones below.
You are welcome in my home at any time, remember.
link to tripadvisor.co.uk
link to google.co.uk
Can (GOX) Göksun:”Wrong Side Of The Road”
link to youtube.com
I think I may have posted this info before but, what the help, It came into my head tonight, for some reason.
It was released as single around 1974. I thought it was a rather decent treatment of the song. Of course, because I liked it, and bought it, it was never a hit.
link to youtube.com
Here’s his background…
link to en.wikipedia.org
Evening Smallaxe the bright side of the road link to youtube.com Van the man.
Hi Brian,
That’s a new one on me, first time I’ve heard it sung like that but I can see why you bought it.
Hi Michael,
Here’s some Meatloaf for the road;
link to youtube.com
Michael McAbe, Smalaxe, BDTT, etc. If you can make the time listen to this compilation from John Prine, similar to Van the man but less sax etc.
Some good anti-war-age- etc stuff.
He must be a definite yesser.
link to youtube.com
Thanks, Hackalumpof: I deducted an F because you left me short of an L up there^,
That’s going on to my playlist for later.
🙂
Meanwhile, On the Road Again;
link to youtube.com
@smallaxe
Humble apologies for the missing L – a wee tester; try and spot the missing “L”ink in the morning from her indoors, as Arfur said.
ps wish I could do emojii pix on this text box might make more sense.
I AM – link to youtube.com
time fur bed.
Goodnight, Hackalumpoff,
I’m not surprised at how you feel, in Days Like This;
link to youtube.com
😉
Arrested for Driving while Blind;
link to youtube.com
Smallaxe@ 11:52 pm
Still here, That was the the song that got me back to Van the man after having had VM banished by the loons in their hearing !
I was working on a new build power station, around 2000, in NI and heard it on local radio, in the most greasy of greasy spoons site canteens waiting for a Bacon Bap (Monster Bacon Roll to us but just a wee fry on a roll to them) LOL
I think he wrote it for the Good Friday Agreement when Clinton came to visit Belfast.
Saw him about 10 times since and the b*gg^r never cracks a light to the audience. Except, one time in Dublin when a Canadian called him out to sing “Listen to The Lion” and he did it !
THRAWN, JUST LIKE US.
I’ve heard that he can come across as thrawn, to put it mildly, I first heard him when I was camping below the Cobbler up at loch long, Arrochar.
I was about 14 or 15 yrs old and sitting in a small tent in the pissing rain at 1 am with two mates when ‘Them’ came on the transistor radio with this;
link to youtube.com
🙂
@William Wallace
There’s a nice one at Sandyhills on the coast, about 12 miles south and a bit west round the coast road which is quite quiet apart from rush hour when it’s a wee bit busier. Sandy beach, small camp shop, bigger one at Colvend or New Abbey. Don’t know what facilities it has. Mmm
link to pitchup.com
A Morrisons in Dumfries.
“Good Morning Star Shine” HAIR;
link to youtube.com
Guys, very sad outcome to the missing musician from “Frightened Rabbit!”
“Woke Up Hurting”
link to youtube.com
Namaste, Scott
Very sad news this morning. RIP Scott
A double-barrelled comment from me tonight, to keep yooz goin’.
Saw this retweet on the WOS Twitter page,
and, funnily enough, it reminded me of this…
link to youtube.com
Other barrel…
Another single from 1974 that I liked, bought and caused it to fail.
link to youtube.com
He did have a hell of a voice though. This is, probably, the single that he is most known for:-
link to youtube.com
@Smallaxe/TC et al –
The mother-in-law (this isn’t a joke) is very highly strung at the best of times but she’s moving home soon and has been preparing for months so she’s ultra-stressed. My missus got her some hemp oil from the magic Police/phone box on Sauchiehall St, told her it was ‘natural’ stuff and made her take it. Her blood pressure dropped overnight (seriously), the flitting is imminent, but she’s totally chilled and just spends the entire time saying ‘what-ever’. Soo-perb!
🙂
On the general subject of which, I don’t think we’ve had this one before. BBC Scotland guy, isn’t he?
‘BBC News Reporter Inhales Burning Drugs And Can’t Finish Report’ –
link to youtube.com
Regarding your esteemed MiL, Ian, very good news on all fronts: I didn’t know that wee booth offered such delights.
That clip reminded me of one of my barbecues. Think the trouble started when I attempted to grill halibut wrapped up in “banana leaves”.
Venison banger, anyone?
They’re awfie dear, btw.
😛
Geddit?
@TC –
🙂
The MT has been mercifully free of Own-Goals this evening, eh?
Another reason to be cheerful…
Have a braw weekend there mister, an aw ye other dear auld WOS faces…
🙂 😉 🙂
Good morning Ian and all. And the very same to you. Derby day today at the fitba’ so brushing my Doc Martens and de-oosing my Crombie coat with vermilion linings.
Just heading to the M/T to monitor any O.G./bacon roll activity.
Is Slacker Cairns back? Is there honey still for tea? Was it for this the clay grew tall?
Lovely morning Where I Am. “The shy bud, bedewed yet pert/ shrinks from the frigid early air” (peotry).
Where the bee sucks, there suck I, ya bass.
“Here Comes The Sun”***
link to youtube.com)
🙂
It’s the big shiny thing up in the sky! Remember?
Tinto,
Trust you to be the first cuckoo this year, pull in your plumage in case your feathers get ruffled at the fitba’.
The Cuckoo;
link to youtube.com
Ra Tara Tara
link to youtube.com
Ya gotta love those lyrics.
🙂
Morning, Smallaxe. My spirit bends to yours, etc.
Jeezo, that Stevie Nicks has let herself go, eh? Gwoosome my dear, simply gwoosome.
No Cairnstoon yet and my anti-virus software is blocking my link to the livestream of the Indy march in The Hague. The Union never sleeps indeed.
Just off to give Mrs TC her breakfast in bed, although I believe plates are more usually employed.
Laters, haters.
Tin toe,
Pleased to see that you’ve taken my advice re. plates, It’s a pity that we didn’t meet years ago or I would have passed on the secret knowledge of having breakfast in bed.
I got married on a Saturday, the following morning I made a beautifully cooked and presented breakfast and carried it up to the new Mrs SA, including a fragrant array of freshly cut flowers, of course.
Mrs SA was delighted by this loving gesture and exclaimed, “Oh darling (that’s me) thank you, I’ve never seen such a beautifully cooked and presented breakfast with fragrant freshly cut flowers before”
I said, “Well now that you’ve seen how it’s done I’ll be expecting you to treat me to the same joyful experience every morning from now on”
Did I mention that I’ve been married twice?
😉
UB40 & Chrissie Hynde:”Breakfast in Bed”
link to youtube.com
Don’t know how you could ever be loved again after all that, Smallaxe my old mucker:
link to youtube.com
Apologies for lame, contrived cue but it’s all I’ve got at the mo (or ever).
Besides, love the guitar intro especially.
But!
“Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow”?
link to youtube.com
Always, my dear.
😛
She sounds like she smoked 20 Camels and drank a half bot. of Jack Daniels a day but this has a certain 80s charm:
link to youtube.com
I wish you all a happy Saturday evening.
A Hundred Miles-I’m with Her link to youtube.com
RE: “Here Comes The Sun”.
Gonna remind yooz of this:-
link to youtube.com
It was an unusual evening last night. I did a comment at
link to wingsoverscotland.com
which appears to have escaped the cognescenti. Maybe it was $h!† and I didn’t recognise it as such. Onnyhoo, unusually for a Friday evening, there were only 4 comments before morning awoke. Wir yi a’ pi$$€d?
Ce la vie…
From Eurovision tonight, I think the UK has burned its boats.
I thought the UK entry from Surie was the most classic Eorovision song, the performance marred by the intervention, but it was a fine song, that, unusaully, I found myself singing along with.
It looks like Europe has decided that the UK is not ‘one of us’.
Just ignore the typos…
Stevie Nicks at her best live with Buddy Holly’s most enduring present to the world
link to youtube.com
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbndfXPU6AU&index=0&list=RDUbndfXPU6AU
The world looks away while 55 unarmed Palestinians are shot dead and many, many more injured.
link to youtube.com
And Iraq, Libya and Syria bombed back to the Stone Age by the lunatic, rapacious West and its queer-bed-fellow allies.
And not one factual, coherent and truthful documentary ever on British television to tell it as it is.
Another reason to deplore the general standard of “journalists” in the UK.
Ye man well said Tinto
Pink Floyd:”A Song for Palestine
link to youtube.com
link to palestinecampaign.org
Morning Smallaxe 😀
Good morning, gentlemen.
link to youtube.com
Wotaballsup!
That should be: good afternoon, gentlemen.
And I prefer this version anyhoo:
link to youtube.com
Braw Tinto!
Good afternoon, gentlepeople. I’m having an enforced break for a while, I’ll pop in now and again.
Renèe Fleming:”Mad World”
link to youtube.com
I prefer that one.
😉
Take it easy Smallaxe!
Easy is being taken, Fred.
Eagles:”Take It Easy”
link to youtube.com
🙂
Amazing, Smallaxe. Thought she just sang classical.
I’m playing this ‘cos I’m going to Crete for a few days soon.
link to youtube.com
Don’t ask.
PS : yer braw yersel, Fred 😛 .
Crete clue too cryptic Tinto!
No, I AM off to Crete for a quickie (steady!) but Spanish ain’t much use there, unless I meet a Spanish waiter.
BTW, has Baroness Smith not spoken yet in the HoL? She seems to have racked up about £600K in expenses according to Wiki (I ken, I ken).
Made the mistake of watching the SP debate and first up was Neil “Pea Soup” Findlay who could barely read his own question. Tory plan seems to be to have as many silly interventions as poss.
It’s a bit like parliamentary Whackamole.
Penguin Café Orchestra-Bean Fields {the birds} link to youtube.com
On Mr Leask, this one seems to reflect his opinion of himself.
link to youtube.com
For your holiday
link to youtube.com
Thanks, Michael. No.1 was the hoopoe, one of my favourite burds (apart from Paula R, obvs).
hackalumpoff: shouldn’t you be cooking a 5-courser for SWMBO?
Right about L___k, btw. What a silly sausage!
Serious question – has the phrase ‘Cobblers to the King (or Queen)’ ever been used for real, as-in by shoemakers ‘by Royal Appointment’ etc?
No, Ian , but the British Beef Industry has previously endorsed the motto “Bullocks to the Queen”, and why not, he BarryNormaned?
Thanks, cearc: I was amazed 😉
Look, I’m only going to perfect my tan-and-tartan mankini concept for the Dumfries march. Trying to give that style icon, Smallaxe, a run for his money. The lallies looking toned already, tbh.
Then I’m going to park my saltire on Fluffy’s lawn.
Ooh, matron…
“Cobblers to the Queen,” Ian, of all the ancient Scottish Trades Incorporations only the Hammermen & the Cordiners (cobblers) have the crown on their arms, which doesn’t answer your question!
@ Tinto, Findlay, lord Fauldhoose in Waiting!
@Fred: I have responded on the M/T, mon vieux.
Neil is a pair wee sowill.
He’s no wice, eh?
Failed brickie!
In fact, a touch of the Chick Murray tae!
@ Sma 10 May, 2018 at 1:24 pm
You are welcome in my home at any time, remember.
Totally appreciated and much love and respect but, I don’t want to put on you the now. I’d like to take the opportunity to get you a wee single malt in Dumfries though ;).
@YIR2 Thanks for the suggestion, I will check it out. Hope ah the mad squad in aff topic are keeping well and hope to see yiz ah in Dumfries shortly.
Bored?
Listless?
Regular but constipated?
Need cobwebs removed? Press below for quick relief:
link to youtube.com
Fred: “It’s a small world but I wouldn’t like to paint it.”
(Chic. Murray)
Transport to Dumfries (and back if you’re good)
Yes East Ayrshire are contemplating hiring a coach. We would need 42 people to commit (20-seater costs nearly as much, so would be considerably more per head).
I assume we would start in Kilmarnock, but I suppose that could be slightly flexible. At present I’m just asking arround, but if anyone would be interested, please post here so I can report back and we’ll decide if we’re going to do it.
Ta.
I need intellectual help (behave, you lot!).
A while ago a sage Winger amongst us (Brian DTT?) posted a link to a series of recordings of allied POWs in Germany post-WW1 by German linguists.
I remember being particularly interested to hear voices from Hamilton in 1918. It will come as little surprise to the soffisticates on here that they sound amazingly like our denizens today, such is the power of Scots dialects and accents.
Problem is, my old PC died without warning with its Favourites, so does anyone have the link?
*Stares hard at BDTT*
Large malt of choice @Dumfries for the lucky winner.
Dinnae think it was me. I have no recollection of Hamilton or POWs.
I’ll still settle for a bottle of Malt as a salve to my ignorance…
Thanks, BDTT.
A bottle, you say?
Howsaboot a 1/4 gill for your general fandabbydoziness?
So who’s the guilty party then?
Ahm here, batter in dare main thread, ahm having a party.
It’s FUN!
@ Tinto U mean there were Cameronians who surrendered!
Speaking of cobblers, did U catch Cameron Macneish on the Cobbler tonight on 2. Scary Biscuits!
@William Wallace
Yes, it’s a nice area. Brighouse Bay, same company, is a bigger one probably more leisure facilities, but a fair way west of that one. Both are sometimes customers of mine but no other interest.
Tinto,
link to sounds.bl.uk
Make that a very large one.
😉
Settling down to Rouge One.
Night night.
Have fun.
@Cactus
17 Black, good luck and take care. Most of all enjoy yourself 🙂
Cheers buddy, good to be here.
I may quote lines from the film, randomly…
Welcome Summer.
Bor Gullet.
@Fred: I missed that ‘cos I don’t watch VichyVision no more. MacNeish must be one of the few Yessers to get a gig on the BBC. The scary bit at the top discombobulates one somewhat (code for “Hoorin’ ___k!”).
Yes, the Cameronians were a thrawn bunch and brave but I believe the Seaforths simply wiped out a bunch of MPs who were sent into their section of the line. Something I was reading recently and must chase up.
That’s the one, Smallaxe. Really appreciate that: large Remy M. will be awaiting in Dumfries, and a pickled gerkin/packet of Quavers si tu l’en veut. Link safely pouched in my faves again.
Fine day down here. Just seen a pair of bullfinches in a bush in my garden: really beautiful.
“Gherkin”, obvs. Sometimes cried cornichon in bourgeois parts of Lanarkshire (if you can find them).
I had a rant the other day, about the missed opportunities Perthshire SNP officials keep missing, in relation to leaving no stone unturned for getting a positive message out to the public about Scotland, about the real threats of Brexit, and the health reasons behind the Baby Box.
I’m aware some did not like the tone – for which I apologise.
I’m aware others did not like or did not agree with the contents. Specifically with regards utilising the front windows of the SNP Offices – it was posted that there are strict rules and regulations preventing them from being used in such a manner, as a Constituency Office (quite rightly) has to serve all the constituents.
Being a thrawn wee bugger at times (my most endearing feature if I’m honest), I wanted to know if this was an example of ‘truthiness’, and specifically, exactly, definitively what are the rules and regs on this – and how can we legitimately get round them.
So I made 2 phone calls – it didn’t take long – I phoned IPSA – The Independent Political Standards Authority, and from them I phoned The Commission for MP’s Standards. (This might not be the exact name, but I’m committed to finishing this post so can’t go back to check, but you get the gist).
Both agencies confirmed, with regards the livery/posters on Constituency Office Windows
1/ As the office is funded through public money, it cannot be used as a campaign office – during elections, (when they are used as campaign officers) no office rent expenses are claimed, which keeps it legal.
2/ There should be no party logos, an unwritten rule being – the office serves all constituents.
Thereafter – there are no strict guidelines, no written rules and no legislation, no nothing.
Perth SNP Office on Glasgow Road, remains a poor, shabby looking thing, which tells passing motorist nothing, which tells those waiting at the bus stop – nothing, which tells the people walking into or from town – nothing.
I want to see, in that window, a big, beautiful poster of that magnificent Queensferry Bridge crossing the Forth – on time and under budget, with a great big thank you to all the contractors and businesses in the Perthshire area listed, along with the number of jobs, the number of apprenticeships completed.
That’s not party political – that’s self confident, eye catching and positive. And it should have been done quite a few yesterdays ago.
Yes we can, Now we must.
@ Daisy Walker – agree about the iconic bridge. It would make a brilliant poster as the image speaks for itself. Ditto the baby box.
I wasn’t aware that there should be no party logo. As I recall it, the offices I see have nothing but party logos. Swift replacement with bridge posters might be required!
For any Marvin Gaye fans…
Just found this on YT, a version of What’s Going On, never heard it before. Soo-perb!
link to youtube.com
Great stuff, Ian. Makes me think of this, another favourite:
link to youtube.com
BTW, the MPs the Seaforths were supposed to have shot were military policemen, not members of parliament.
Although some of you might be disappointed, of course……
Daisy Walker @ 10.53
Yes I agree Daisy, the office Windows should be classy,smart
and above all Scottish.
Nothing wrong in takin a wee bit o’ pride in there appearance,and promoting Scotland and the same time.
I’m all for anything that chip’s away at the cringe!
The Bridge is a perfect example,infact all three of them are!
This has a four-minute intro:
link to youtube.com
Nice way to relax after a hectic day.
Or a calm day.
@Daisy Walker – I agree too. No office should look scruffy, let alone an MPs. And why not advertise the achievements of the occupant – free prescriptions, baby boxes, Borders Railway, Qferry crossing etc etc etc?
Aye am with the force and the force is with me 🙂
And aye am one.
Evening Wingers.
Pit this on the MT but, eh’ll pit it here an ah. Ony help appreciated.
William Wallace says:
18 May, 2018 at 2:25 am
Eh’ve been writing some wee topical ditties recently that eh wiz gonna pit on twitter. Eh need a backdrop image that would mak space fir a wee bit o poetry (Eh ken you hate it Stu ya big jessie) but, eh am shite at art.
If anybody could mak a nice indy focused backdrop fir iz, wi a wee bit o space for the written word on it – eh would really appreciate it (thistles lions and saltire style). Eh’ve a few ideas aboot how eh want it to look and eh dinnae mind paying fir yir time.
If onybody could dae that fir iz, eh would be forever in yir debt. Giz a shout on aff topic if you have the skills iy.
Love and respect tae ah the wingers fir whaz like yiz? Eh nane iy. ? ?
A song for Mr. Leask:
link to youtube.com
That’s me booked for Dumfries. Managed to get a hotel room for £30 close to the centre of Dumfries. Sorted. See you all there. 🙂
Meant to say, if anyone is south of Dumfries and needs a lift up on the Saturday morning and/or a lift back on the Sunday morning/afternoon, please let me know.
@WW –
Hope to see you in Dumfries brither!
Here’s something special late at night. Blows my mind watching this, every time.
Preston Reed, ‘The Last Viking’ –
link to youtube.com
Ian:just taking time out from knitting another unisex matinee jacket for Harry and Meghan’s first nappy-filler to ask…
Is that clip the origin of the term “spank your plank”?
An extraordinary performance.
And when can we expect the piccaninnies?
“I Went To Your Wedding”
link to youtube.com
link to dailyspectacle.co.uk
Hoots all.
Jabberwocky’s show should be starting about now…
link to radio.zannie.co.uk
What a right sentimental bunch ye aw are, the minute theres a wedding.
Tae the tune oh ‘Dunbartons drums, they are sae bonny, and they remind me oh ma Johnny’, etc
Dunbartons Earls they are sae ginnger
I think we should, show them the fingger
And nae matter how they try tae skewit
I think his dad’s a bloody Hewitt
PS… turns out it really hard to spell ginnger, who knew.
@Tinto Chiel
Meant to say yesterday, commiserations to Motherwell. Now you know how it feels after your lot beat United 4-3 LOL
“All Along The Watchtower” Playing For Change-Song Around The World;
link to youtube.com
(o)”(o) Watching!
@Thepnr: sitting in my tartan mankini in a bar in Sissi (no unseemly jokes, please) on Crete, musing upon our defeat by a better team. Never in it.
I am finding this ouzo stuff quite medicinal in the circs but am keeping up the mineral water and bending exercises for Dumfries, obvs.
Hope to see some of you soffisticates there. I’ll be day-tripping it with my handler but am finding a big enough flag pole hard to find. Didn’t think my room-the-shouthers look really worked at GG.
Fashion can be so fickle…..
With all the mentions of Murphy online today, I think it is appropriate to link, again, to this classic piece of Cinematography.
link to youtube.com
@Tinto Chiel
Mind give your wee Greek neighbour a wave 🙂
link to youtube.com
@Brian Doonthetoon
Just watched all that again, brilliant “the repeller of eggs”.
Thanks, Alex.
Gave me semmit tae dae.
@Brian Doonthetoon
Things are looking up for Dundee!
‘Dynamic’ Dundee picked as must-see destination
Dundee has been named one of the 10 best European destinations to visit this year by publisher Lonely Planet.
link to archive.li
Lonely Planet’s Best in Europe 2018:
1 Emilia-Romagna, Italy
2 Cantabria, Spain
3 Friesland, the Netherlands
4 Kosovo
5 Provence, France
6 Dundee, Scotland 🙂
7 Small Cyclades, Greece
8 Vilnius, Lithuania
9 Vipava Valley, Slovenia
10 Tirana, Albania
I doubt that the UK would continue paying Scottish pensioners after Independence. I think from day 1 of Independence the Scottish government would take responsibility for that. Of course a deal would have to be worked out with the rUK based on what NI everyone in Scotland has already paid and not just current pensioners all future ones too for a certain time.
Who knows what that agreement might be, a reduction in our share of the debt or guaranteed payments direct to the SG every year for whatever period of time it took.
Pension liabilities are huge and that’s a debt owed by Westminster to all of Scotland’s workers that have paid in. The SG will decide what the appropriate pension is in this country, no one else. I’d expect that eventually to be a more generous payment than we currently have and hopefully all fully paid for in the brand Scottish currency.
Oops! wrong thread LOL
Nina Simone:”I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free”
link to youtube.com
Rachael Price: “What I’m Doing Here”
link to youtube.com
LoLa & Hauser:”Moonlight Sonata”
link to youtube.com
Excellent main thread… ahm nae touching it.
How are you?
Lovin’ your talk Liz g on it mwah x.
Long live rock n roll… Dio.
Ahm on a guest wifi.
Mornin’s begun.
Scotland.
No touching what Cactus? 😉 The Boaby? Only yir ain iy. 🙂
@ Sma
I’ll see your LoLa & Hauser and raise you a Valentina Lisitsa 🙂 😉
The Moonlight “Movement” 😉
link to youtube.com
Aye aye touched it William and it was good 🙂
Cannae help masel.
Good thread.
Like.
You going to Dumfries Cactus?
Aye aye ahm William 🙂
zero seven seven six five six seven zero two
link to youtube.com
Nice number 99 hunner balloons bro.
Aye am eating a big cake.
See yer Man vs Food…
Let’s do ah Man vs Cake!
Ah could be a winner.
Wingers 🙂
The cake hath gone.
T-shirt time.
+taps aff.
Text iz so eh can contact ya when eh get there. 😉
Will do bro.
Ahm trying tae tune intae the shoot-out for Bully’s prize.
Tis awe scrambled, damn.
Moo!
@ Ian
Likewise brother. 😉
Incidentally, my Challenge is still challenging.
But me ITV2+1 is good.
Family Time.
Yes!
Joni Mitchell-Coyote link to youtube.com
@W.W.,Cactus et Al (whoever he is) –
We shall find each other on the day, nae doots.
😉
Aye we’ll all be there… big Al too bro, whomever she/he is 🙂
Heidin oot for the last horderves.
En vacance.
En Ecosse.
Voila.
A wee favour fellow Wingers – please help this petition get the numbers up. Cheers
link to change.org
@ Tinto, just back from Ben Oovi, missed the waddin completely, hope Crete is as warm! Just catchin up, a bit dis-oriented!
Bests to Smallaxe
To anybody who is listening to my show on Argyll Independent Radio(online)tonight I’ll be having a few words with Ken MacDonald of I-Scot magazine just after 7pm before he talks to the Forward Shop in Dunoon
What Davidson (no relation, at least I hope no) Murdo, Carlaw, och aw them fear the most, That when all this is history, there names will be, being kindly. Shite
This popped into my heid this afternoon and I have no idea why.
Have a braw pre-Dumfries weekend abody!
😉
Disco Tex And The Sexolettes, ‘Get Dancin!’ –
link to youtube.com
And this is the appropriate soundtrack for Smallaxe appearing at Glasgow Green, Dumfries, wherever…
Henry Mancini, ‘Pink Panther Theme’ –
link to youtube.com
Checkin’ in Wingers…
Whit’s gaun on..
Oor William.
Onesies.
Ah was restauranting earlier on yesterday somewhere in Scotland. Ordered yer homemade Lasagne… turns out it they didnae come wae sides as standard east coast like.
Had to order side fries n coleslaw.
What the FUCK is that awe about like?!
Love Scotland.
Cake.
Ra Blues Brothers.
ITV4+0.
Da da, da ra da ra, dar ah.
The time is…
C’est bon soir.
Maintenant.
@Ian B: great choice. Was told at school I walked just like the PP.
Fred: hot hot hot here but a big thunderstorm early this morning. Nice breezes on the north coast. Going up into the hills today to see the eagles and vultures. Reading Beevor’s book on the Cretan campaign. Normally like his stuff but his English officer class background come through too much with characters like Binky this or Bongo that and their eccentric Boys’ Own Paper jolly japes. Will persevere, though. Only Scots so far are a nanny to an officer and a drunk Black Watch driver *grinds teeth*.
I’m going to scweam and scweam and scweam unless our new currency is called the Tinto, soanumurr.
As Thepnr said, let’s get free first, then all thing are possible.
@ Tinto, anent the new currency, would that mean arranging a small loan would be called a “Tintock Tap?”
Compton Mackenzie’s Greek stuff is VG but sadly not read much nooadays!
Trust Smallaxe fits his Henry Mankini like a glove!
@Fred: your jokes are getting as bad as mine 😛 . Saw those griffon cultures this morning: enormous they are. Also a good few falcons in silhouette but since they have both peregrine and Eleanor’s here, couldn’t identify.
Nice folk, the Cretans but their red wine is generally too dry for my taste. Might have to get ratty on raki.
Yup, MacKenzie, like Linklater, is very out of fashion. Scots publishing is so bad nowadays they would never get published, nor Gunn nor Gibbon.
*starts chewing carpet*
@ Tinto, Anent the new currency. PNR said on the MT yesterday that people were more important than currency.
So I would Prefer the Chiel.
The Exchange rate would start at 1 Chiel(CH) = £100(Oil price at Indy)
Some denominations lowest to highest:
0.01 Ch the Yoon (their pound is our loose change)
0.10 Ch the Ewing
0.20 Ch the Margo
0.50 Ch the Stu
10.0 Ch the Eck
100 Ch the Sturge
Money link to youtube.com
@hackalumpoff: “the Chiel “? I’m pwoud, vewwy pwoud but have you considered The Nana, a very hard currency?
I also believe the Shockeroony is still available.
I think the Greeks have a word for it but what that is has still to be discovered. This raki is rather strong stuff, btw.
Night all, or night owl, I’m not too sure…..
Excuse me rc Ruth have you got change of a cheerio.
@Tinto, Nana is a priceless Jewel not to be traded. “facts are chiels that winna ding, an’ downa be disputed”
link to dsl.ac.uk
I hope that “Narcotic” Raki stuff is not invoking the ghost of the son of Cephissus and the nymph Liriope.
I thought you got out of that tight spot very elegantly, hackalumpoff. Smooth, man.
The GK Ortho church here has been ringing bell peals since 7 this morning with endless sung lines and responses over a loudspeaker. The raki has run oot tae. Wish Cactus was here ‘cos I feel a ran dan is called for.
Ghost of Narcissus, moi? Wait tilI find a still pool……
Morning Tinto hope you are having a great time over yonder. Don’t know much about the Greeks. Famous Greeks? Is the Queens man not known as Phil the Greek. Mind you I have always thought he was a Cretin.:-D
Hi, Michael. Unfortunately coming home later tonight. It’s been swell, though. The mountains are bigger than ours and very rugged. Still snow on Mt. Ida, I’m told.
Confusingly Phil the Greek spoke/speaks fluent German and he had relatives in the Wehrmacht.
It’s a funny old game, Saint.
Is that you home yet TC? Safe & sound I hope…
Had never heard of this lass before this evening, one of her songs was played on that RS jazz show.
What a voice.
Natalie Williams, ‘Start Walking’ (live)
link to youtube.com
IanB: the Eagle has landed, thanksfurrasking. Only cloud/clown on the flight was a Rab C Nesbitt reject who managed to spill a can of Mythos over his crotchal area as he dozed mid-flight, with a liberal sprinkling of profanities on waking.
Lovely weather at home so grass-cutting begins in thirty mins.
Later, may play some of my Nana Moussaka albums.
Ya sass.
Just heard the Proclaimers sing ‘Scotlands Story’ Ive never heard this song before but thought if these lyrics could be overlaid onto the imagery from AUOB march in Glasgow … It would be a winner, is there anyone out there with the knowhow to achieve this, I would love to see the result.
Hi folks, haven’t been around much lately, busy enjoying the sunshine while it lasts.
I’m pleased to see that Tinto has made it home, safe and well. I hope that you have had a good holiday. I think that we all need a good holiday to get ready now for the big push. I don’t think it’s far away now.
Anyhoo folks, can someone please tell me what the arrangements are for Saturday in Dumfries. I don’t do facebook or twatter, so I would be much obliged for the info. Ta.
Hi, Marie: me neither. Hope this helps:
link to plotaroute.com
Don’t know where to park the Bentley Con.
Hi Marie.
Here’s some info from Facebook…
MARCH FOR INDEPENDENCE- DUMFRIES
SATURDAY- 2ND JUNE
HIGH STREET(South) TO DOCK PARK
GATHERING AT 12.00 PM, LEAVING AT 12.30PM SHARP
PROCESSION ROUTE: High Street, Burns Statue,Castle Street, Buccleuch street, Whitesands, Dockhead, Dock Park.
MAKE SURE YOU JOIN THE EVENT ONLINE..
SHARE THIS EVENT PAGE AND IT’S POSTS…
INVITE AS MANY FRIENDS AS YOU CAN USING THE ‘INVITE FRIENDS’ TAB AT THE TOP OF THIS EVENT PAGE…
BRING YOUR FLAGS, BANNERS, PIPES & DRUMS!
——————————
All Systems Go……
All permissions are now in place for the March And Rally.
We would like to thank Dumfries and Galloway Council, Police Scotland, Fire and Rescue services, The Ambulance Service and Dumfries and Galloway Safety Advisory Group for all their help.
A Few Guidelines and Helpful Hints to ensure everyone stays safe and enjoys the day:
Weather is expected to be hot so please ensure you have water to drink and use sunscreen and/or dress appropriately
If you see anyone struggling with the heat please inform a steward.
March is accessible for the less able marchers and wheelchair users as it consists of a pedestrian precinct (although there is a cobbled area at start so wheelchairs may require a little assistance) followed by a gentle downhill section and finishes on a flat section.
As such the format of the March will be as follows:
Leading the March will be musicians/pipers.
Next up will be the wheelchair users and less able bodied marchers.
Then there shall be the first banner on the procession which shall read: ‘Independence Now’ – which says it all in two words and thus will be the first banner on the parade.
Following this and after the ‘Independence Now’ bloc on the March the next section shall be headed by the English Scots for Yes banner.
THEN the rest of the March will follow.
Please march in 4s where possible as this ensures safety and will allow the march to go smoothly.
NOBODY is to be in front of the musicians. This applies to marchers and stewards.
Public drinking of alcohol during the March And Rally is against the law and could lead to arrest and prosecution.
Thank You and Enjoy the Day
The Organisers
———————————-
AUOB BUSES TO DUMFRIES
For the:
MARCH FOR INDEPENDENCE- DUMFRIES
SAT. 2ND JUNE 2018
AUOB is currently organising 3 X 70 seater coaches to transport Independence Supporters to Dumfries and back.
COST OF 1 SEAT IS £10.00
TO BOOK YOUR SEAT PLEASE TRANSFER/DEPOSIT £10 TO AUOB LTD BANK ACCOUNT
****TO SUCCESSFULLY BOOK PLEASE ENSURE YOU GIVE YOUR FULL NAME AS A REFERENCE WHEN MAKING THE BANK TRANSFER****
****IF BOOKING MORE THAN ONE SEAT THEN PLEASE DO SEPERATE TRANSFERS/DEPOSITS AT £10 EACH WITH THE VARIOUS NAMES TO ASSIST AUOB IN ORGANISING THIS****
IF YOU DON’T HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT THEN SIMPLY VISIT YOUR LOCAL BANK OF SCOTLAND BRANCH AND MAKE THE 10 DEPOSIT MAKING SURE YOU GIVE YOUR NAME AS A REFERENCE
IMPORTANT INFO
The 3 coaches LEAVE GLASGOW AT 9.30AM AT CITY CHAMBERS, GEORGE SQUARE
Therefore please be on time for this as the coaches leave at 9.30 sharp and of you miss this then no refund will be available.
The coaches will leave Dumfries after the Political Rally- but are booked up until late in the evening so each coach can leave at a time that suits the respective passengers and of course the driver.
The drive time between Glasgow Dumfries is 1 hour 38 minutes approx
SO IF YOU WANT TO BOOK A SEAT PLEASE TRANSFER £10 WITH YOUR NAME AS A REFERENCE TO:
AUOB Ltd
Bank of Scotland
Account number: 15456261
Sort code: 802260
****PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU MUST PUT YOUR NAME AS A REFERENCE ELSE YOUR BOOKING WONT BE CONFIRMED****
Thanks a million fella’s for the infor. I hope to meet a few of you on Saturday. See you then.
Cheers
So there I was dancing around my ironing-board when BBC Shortbread announced Ruth Davidson’s speech tonight demanding more immigration to fill job vacancies in Scotland.
My choices: large malt whisky; service revolver in the library; post my angst on O/T.
Chose the last:
link to youtube.com
Mornin’ mes amis.
SO here’s an idea… AUOB… if anybuddy is driving from Glasgow, you could always meet up with the coaches at Freedom Square at 9am, then ALL begin the journey together to Dumfries at 9:30am.
Callin’ a convoy 😉
10-4, 10-4, Cactus.
link to youtube.com
We ain’t a gonna pay no toll…..
Rough and mean, these dudes:
link to youtube.com
But their crochet work is magnificent.
Intend taking the campervan to Dumfries on Friday. Just me and the dog! Will leave Glenrothes in the afternoon.
Will overnight in the Dock Park Car Park (DG1 2RY post code for sat nav) then join start of march at south end of High Street.
Travelling from Fife, could take a maximum of 2 passengers but you would need your own tent and sleeping bag or bivi.
Have to be back in Fife for Sat pm.
As long as you can make you own sleeping arrangements then you are welcome to a free lift there and back
Eddy Grant:”Gimme Hope Jo’Anna”
link to youtube.com
John Farnham & Melbourne Symphony Orchestra:” You’re the voice”
link to youtube.com
Buffy Sainte-Marie:”Sing Our Own Song”
link to youtube.com
“CareBearLovesWeed”, Smallaxe?
Good to see you spinning the platters again.
Hi Tinto,
Did you get us some of that Grecian 2000 for Saturday?
link to youtube.com
🙂
Or as a pal of mine sadly long since departed used to say “Gimme Hump Jo’Anna”. He was musical.
yesindyref2,
Pals of mine sing this.
J.B.O:”Gimme Dope Joanna”
link to youtube.com
It wisnae me!
🙂
Spinning the Platters again, Tinto,
link to youtube.com
😉
@Smallaxe
Apparently the two often go together. I couldn’t comment for myself.
yesindyref2,
link to youtube.com
😉
@Smallaxe
Took me 6 tries to get that, my earphone extension lead seems to be – new one needed! While wife watches BGT.
As a suggestion for the march on Saturday by the way, a roll of paper with “Apologies, can’t make it for work, personal or medical reasons”.
I’ll be busy making stock as last week was a hectic and very good week and I’m recovering from it. So sadly put my name on the list as that trip down to the Lakes will now be next week not this one. But I’ll be there in spirit (no, cups of tea every 2 hours not whisky).
Smallaxe: you say Grecian 2000, I say Remy Martin.
😉
yesindyref2,
If your earphones aren’t working properly, try this;
link to youtube.com
😉
Tinto,
That’s more to my…
Taste:”It’s happened before, it’ll happen again;
link to youtube.com
That’s jazz!
Amazing Rory, amazing footage.
Must have been a nightmare to drum to, though.
More a “Middle of The Road” man myself (without the hot pants, obvs.)
A nightmare to drum to, Tinto?
Avenged Sevenfold:”Nightmare” (Warning! there’s a bad word in it)
link to youtube.com
No’ that bad tho’, eh!
😉
That was a trifle coarse, Smallaxe.
I believe the Nana Moussaka cover version cuts out the F word.
And why not? he Normaned.
Off to the Land of Nod so sweet dreams yourself, old mole.
I’m joining up, pure ded brilliant soanitis;
link to youtube.com
Ten Shun! (Factoid: That means attention, I’ve seen it in films)
Ah huv!
Tinto,
Goodnight, sweet prince and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.
link to youtube.com
Ye sleepin’ yet?
😉
Won’t make Dumfries guys, away in the other direction.
Wee quiz, who said, “Don’t let the awkward squad fire over the coffin?”
Robert Burns!
Whit’s the prize, Fred!
Ahm awe excited noo.
🙂
That should be a wee ? after Fred up there^
Here’s another wan;
Question Mark & The Mysterians:”96 Tears”
link to youtube.com
See whit ah did ther?
Noo ah’m feeling like wee Brenda,
link to youtube.com
This version’s fir ma big pal Tinto;
link to youtube.com
It’s awe Greek tae me!
Hi Smallaxe.
Have you heard this carbon copy version of 96 Tears?
link to youtube.com
Onnyhoo…
Here’s a single that was actually played on Mike Read’s breakfast show (around 10 past 8) on Radio 1 back in the day.
A traditional Scottish song, about the cattle drovers herding their coos doon the road ti that Glasgow.
link to youtube.com
PS: I have a copy of that on 7″ picture disc.
Hi Brian,
I’d heard the first one but I’d never seen the video, good stuff!
🙂
Some two tone tears?
link to youtube.com
Here’s the video that goes with your second disc;
link to youtube.com
See you at Dumfries on Saturday?
Goodnight Moon;
link to youtube.com
It’s bedtime.
Hi Smallaxe.
I should be at Dumfries on Saturday. All the logistics are in place. Residing at Chez Ronnie on Friday night for a quick getaway on Saturday.
I feel some of your Gretna medication could go down well on Saturday. I feel it in mah bones…
8=)
Sorted, Brian,
See you there.
link to youtube.com
🙂
Morning!
🙂
link to youtube.com
Time to get up.
Morning Smallaxe! there is a Dumfries connection to this!
Morning, Fred,
Would that connection be St. Michael’s Churchyard, Dumfries?
Sorry you were left on your Jack Jones last night, Smallaxe but I need my beauty sleep. Gotta look my best for the Dumfriesians.
Are espadrilles out of the question on Sats, d’ya think or would that be a wedge too far?
Q&A:
How to become a poet? Stand in front of the fire until your Rabbie Burns.
An actress? SIFOTF until your Googie Withers.
At least that Rod Stewart footage reminded me that my Spandex days are over.
Tinto,
If you keep telling those ‘jokes’ you’ll get your poetic licence taken away.
link to youtube.com
Spandex ya bass!
Yes, Smallaxe, that gluteus is certainly maximus and then some.
As the Greeks say, ya sass, ya bass.
Paella tonight so off to my monger of fish for my requisites.
Fred: sorry I won’t see you. Was bringing down a few place-names for you to meet.
Tinto,
Enjoy your fish, make sure that you get it well monged. I think that it’s amazing that fish don’t drown in the sea because it’s full of water, intit?
“I Feel Like I’m Drowning”
link to youtube.com
Glug!
Smallaxe, it’s no often ye’re wrang but you’re right again! Burns was concerned that the local militia would kill some windae-hingers at the funeral. Nae cigar sadly but!
Smallaxe, you’ve excelled yersel son wi that clip o’ Kenny Everett. I well remember watching it all those years ago with my wee boy who was nine at he time, an we both really lol’d.
Do you know something, my wee boy is a big lad, all 6 foot of him and 39 now, but that clip just never gets old. Both of us just lol’d again. Great memories. Thank you sir.
See you Saturday my friend. Take care.
I was out in the car scouting for scallops and this came on my crystal set:
link to youtube.com
All I could say was, “Wow!”
Wish they’d followed it up with “White Dog” now.
Fred,
Aye, the Dumfries Militia very nearly shot the minister at a previous burial.
Marie,
Glad you enjoyed Kenny Everett, he used to be a regular in the pub that I used to manage in Earls Court, the leather gear that he used to wear on tv was his own!
Tinto,
Scouting for scallops, it’s okay, they can’t touch you for it, I think!
Here are Three Dogs;
link to youtube.com
Good Morning;
link to youtube.com
🙂
Morning, Smallaxe.
In the same spirit:
link to youtube.com
Now you can wear your hat at a John T Angle all day!
Tinto,
I prefer the Joe C angle;
link to youtube.com
😉
Can I say I find the sexual undertones of that material rather offensive?
(signed)
Prudence Purefoy
President
Milngavie & Bearsden Anti Joy League
Dear Mrs Purefoy,
Oh, is that a fact Mrs Killjoy, may I inform you on behalf of the Govan Stanklifters (president being myself) and also on behalf of our sister organisation the Big Bella Houstons (president Mary Hill) that we don’t give a rats arse what you and your tin knickered crowd of born-again virgins like or don’t like.
I leave you with this other musical piece which you can either like or lump, please yourselves (you all probably do that anyway).
link to youtube.com
Don’t let the door hit your arse on the way out.
Yours cordially,
The Committee
PS If any more allegations are made against our esteemed organisations rest assured that the alligators will be facing a court case, toot sweet. (French)
Basking in glorious sunshine on the Solway coast just now and ready for the big day tomorrow. Leaving the caravan on site and driving from here past Gretna to Dumfries early morning. If anyone needs a lift give me a shout. Drop me a text on zero seven seven six five six seven zero two nine nine if you are meeting up for a pint folks.
I will probably have my Scotland anonymous mask on, wings flag, saltire laces and hope over fear saltire to make it relatively easy to identify me. Do come and say hello guys and gals as it would be nice to meet you all at last after previous near misses.
Look forward to seeing you all tomorrow. 🙂
Dear Mr Smallaxe, if that is your real name,
Thank you for your timeous response and how nice to hear from you.
Could I point out your argument is entirely fallacious since your ” World’s Dirtiest Song” contained no obscenities at all and was entirely wholesome in my view, unlike that disgraceful Philately Song you posted here a few months ago and which should have got you banned.
I am not accustomed to such pert vituperation, particularly at coarse, grubby proletarian hands such as yours.
Kindly desist or I shall seek legal redress and will be up against you in court.
I remain (flustered and strangely aglow),
Pru xxx
Dear Pru.
You were gently warned in my first missive about your attitude regarding the most excellent music that I play for the more discerning listeners amongst us.
Your choice of language is deplorable, ‘Fallacious’ and ‘Philately’ indeed, who’s the one using obscenities now! Also, I have no wish to know how pert your vituperations are as they are probably as false as your indignation and were touching your knees before you had surgical intervention.
I would be obliged if my choice of good music on these hallowed pages were ignored by you in future, after all, no one forces you to listen but you just can’t help yourself, can you, nosey!
I am now going to play the great Kenneth McKellar singing an old favourite of mine and no doubt, you will find some tiny little thing that you can complain further about, even by that great man.
link to youtube.com
Yours,
Ras Smallaxe
PS I look forward to being up against you in court, I hope you have a decent pair of briefs to defend you, you’ll most certainly need them.
Mmm, and on that note:
link to youtube.com
Oh! How very dare you with your disgusting insinuations regarding intellectual words you obvs. don’t even understand. You’ve probably corrupted than nice Kenneth MacKellar to sing your vile version of The HALL of Kirriemuir. Potty mouths like yours will be contacted by my lawyer, who will be certainly contacting me on Ecclefechan 69666 (ask for Scarlet Pru) 😉 .
As for Yesindy ref2, I’ve always thought of you as a nice, level-headed young man: please don’t sink to “Smallaxe’s” level.
I suspect he’s nought but a filthy contrarian.
Prudence, Invicta
@TC
Ha! Fooled you! 🙂
I totally deny any disgusting allegations about ever going around phone boxes looking for messages written on the board with phone numbers.
Or pressing button B to see if anyone had forgotten.
Dear Prudence,
link to youtube.com
I never understand, I’n’I overstand, seen? An mi neva corrupt Kenneth McKellar him did dat all by himself, suh there!
Yuh wi neva be happy til yuh get ramp all yuh own silly tunes, eff mi yuh mi did wud tink twice before coming up against mi inna court.
Si here wah happen di laas time sum’ady try dat;
link to youtube.com
Fari Ras Smallaxe
yesindyref2: the TC of whom you speak is unfortunately my half-brother and I am merely using his account but he puts the diss into dissolute and is a brain-addled vile sep who seems to have unaccountably bogged off to Dumfries. Please don’t lower your standards, young man.
“Smallaxe”: your “inna court” will be the High Court unless you ditch the likes of Pluto S and stop casting nasturtiums.
No speaka da Inglish or summat?
Yours,
Pru.
yesindyref2,
Please ignore that filthy minded woman (I hesitate to call her a lady), and pressing button B will do you no good anyway as she has probably beat you to it when she was putting up her messages.
Just listen to her on the phone and you’ll soon find out what kind of person hides beneath the mask of respectability;
link to youtube.com
🙂
@”Smallaxe”: that is an outrageous assertion, sir.
Get me Beltrami!
Lykke Li- Get Some link to youtube.com
Tinto,
Big Joe’s deid! Try Ross Harper.
😉
Michael,
Got some;
link to youtube.com
Oh gawd, it wasn’t since the last time I tried to make the peace between a couple in a pub and had to run out leaving my unfinished pint behind after they both turned on me, I realised the absolute futility of it all. Probably got them back together all the same “Who was that risole”, “yes he was”. Ho hum. Never been back, there were plenty other pubs in the ocean.
Good luck in Dumfries tomorrow everyone. I definitely won’t make it to such an exotic location.Hope the sun shines for you.
Meanwhile, since it’s Friday night – I had never heard of Roy Buchanan till tonight. Straight from the bible belt to fantastic slide guitar – makes slow hand Clapton look hyper.
In two parts of 30 mins but do listen to part 2 at 11 min 42 for a beautiful version of Patsy Cline hit Sweet Dreams.
link to youtube.com
Yesindyref2: hi, it’s TC here. Thanks for all your efforts but my half-sister is going through a bad patch just now and is in a (probs doomed) relationship with an accountant called Melvin from Milngavie. Puritan thing over-compensation. She has also some libido/vodka slammer issues she’s working through at the mo but you can take the girl out of Ecclefechan, etc……
Smallaxe: it’s me, old mole. How could you think other? On a coracle on the Nith ce soir but just to say I’ll be in Tyrian purple ramorra if it helps your wardrobe.
yesindyref2,
A dangerous move to make when;
“We don’t want nobody to come between us”
link to youtube.com
🙂
Ecclean? Where’s that Ted?
Do I detect a falling out over here?
Nana Proops here you friendly guidance counsellor, what seems to be the trouble? I’ll be in the inner chamber shortly, so form an disorderly queue if you please. Bring your handbags.
link to youtube.com
Everyone going to Dumfries tomorrow, have a safe and happy day.
I will of course be expecting boxes and boxes of Moffat toffees 🙂
Tinto,
Was that you twisting my melon?
Btw, watch what you’re doing, I’m in a wardrobe on the Sark and I’m a wee bit worried about you going into that Tyrian purple, it’s quite a rough pub in these parts!
Tomorrow I’ll be wearing clothes for most of the day, then I’ll be;
link to youtube.com
You can call me Tricia.
🙂
Capella: hope to have our Thomas Muir symposium at a future AUOB event. Still got my Calton Books TM badge.
@Nana Proops: thanks but just a simple misunderstanding. I’m afraid my 1/2 sister is a one-woman wrecking ball. Our father was a Cossack. Are Jeddart snails ok? Moffat too far. They’re kind of minty hard toffees.
Smallaxe: nae probs, I’ve drunk in Airdrie.
Laters, haters!
Hi Nana,
Here’s one for that Hackalupoff fella,
Van the Man and Chris Farlow;
link to youtube.com
😉
Cheers Smallaxe, I will let him know.
@ Tinto Chiel – TM Badge smiles out at me from the dresser (in a one eyed sort of way) awaiting the symposium.
The Tyrian purple sounds awfy bonny. I hope some pix will be uploaded for our perusal.
@Capella: don’t know how to break it to you but have sold exclusive pic. rights to Paris Match.
It’s tough being a style icon.
Assemble at Freedom Square ra morra @ 9am Scottish drivers’.
Now is SO indeed the TIME Scotland.
12 hours remaining…
On yer marks..
iConvoy.
AUOB.
X.
A wee tune for Somebody celebrating there Birthday today. Hope you are having a great day. link to youtube.com
Happy Birthday* Somebody,
Same but Different;
link to youtube.com
I wish You and those to whom you give your love, Peace, Love and Happiness*
🙂
@ Tinto Chiel – quelle domage! je suis desole (with an acute).
Evening Smallaxe sadly I cant make it down to your neck of the woods tomorrow. but I hope you all have a great day and night you lucky people. right where’s that cigarette machine. link to youtube.com
That’s a pity Michael, hopefully, we’ll be able to meet up at some point in our travels soon I hope.
A birthday and a cigarette machine? Bad mixture, Michael;
link to youtube.com
😉
Take it easy, my friend.
Hi, Capella,
Not Patsy but “Crazy” just the same;
link to youtube.com
😉
Hi Smallaxe – Crazy is as Crazy does. Have a good day in the deep south tomorrow. 🙂
Sweet Dreams:
link to youtube.com
Back by popular demandage,
Howzat iConvoy comin’ along Glasgow.
Aye have yer number Wallace!
Thank U William.
@ Cactus
That number should begin zero seven seven five seven
I hope youse all have a great day in Dumfries today. Gorgeous weather here, if a tad too hot.
Sorry I can’t be there but two or three nights away right now is not doable. Incubators to watch, eggs due to move from incubating incubator to hatching incubator, ducklings foisted onto another duck to watch, a trio of motherless chicks.
Get ready Dumfries, we’re on our way;
link to youtube.com
😉
cearc,
Motherless chicks? Here’s some motherless children.
Eric Clapton;
link to youtube.com
Sorry, you can’t make it today, but I know you’ll be there in spirit like so many others.
🙂
Good morning campers. You all in Dumfries yet?
I didn’t realise last night that there’s a better quality Roy Buchanan clip “Sweet Dreams” – wearing a tam o shanter on stage in Texas. Check out his Hey Joe and Roy’s Bluz for further Telecaster brilliance.
link to youtube.com
@ Capella if you like the Telecaster Check out Danny Gatton on you tube. Some People say he was the best but maybe they were just Nit pickin. link to youtube.com
Surely Roy Buchanan’s best
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyQqUDcwPlE&start_radio=1&list=RDkyQqUDcwPlE
Surely the best of Roy Buchanan
link to youtube.com
I’m Going Home link to youtube.com
@ Michael McCabe @ Dave McEwan Hill – I love a twangy guitar well played. Danny Gatton certainly is a virtuoso. And that Alvin Lee showstopper from Woodstock is brilliant. I saw it at the cinema in Edinburgh when the film first came out.
But I do like a bluesy style which Roy Buchanan excels with.
What amazed me is I had never heard of him till yesterday. I put a link upthread to a 3 part bio I came across by chance.
So will be spending the evening with a Telecaster playing its wee heart out in the background.
Hope the Dumfries day went well.
Looking forward to the hot debrief.
Well folks, what a day that was in Dumfries. What a turnout. We were chatting in the car on the way up to Dumfries about turnout , one of us had heard that they were hoping for around two thousand. Estimates from the Polis are around ten thousand, and they tend to give a lower figure to the real one. TEN thousand, michty me.
I was delighted to meet Ronnie Anderson, BDTT and Lolysmum what nice folk. Sorry that I just missed Smallaxe, and I couldnae see Tinto in his purple creation anywhere. Never mind, maybe next time. Ronnie, thank you for your very kind offer of some coloured water, which unfortunately I coulnae accept. It must have been guid though, fur a saw ye dancin aboot tae yin o’ the bands later on.
I haven’t enjoyed a day oot like that in a long time. There’s a wonderful feeling around in this beautiful Scotland of ours, and it’s not coming from any politician or political party. It’s coming from us, all of us. It’s comin yet fur a’ that folks.
So much for the Britnats telling us there is no appetite for another referendum, people don’t want it. Oh aye, I met a wheen o folks the day wae ither ideas.
Yes, a great day out, Marie, and a great big crowd, much more than I expected.
Sorry I missed you but was probs still gawping in wonder at Smallaxe’s magnificent blue crocodile-skin shoes. Don’t think my late switch to a cerulean and navy blue combo really worked.
Your second-last paragraph was spot on: folk are on the march and it’s no wonder the Britnat MSM are getting panicky. We are beyond their control.
Never did the wee Britnats look so pathetic and irrelevant.
All in all, a great day.
Tinto, I saw the dude in the smart suit and blue crocodile shoes. He was standing just in front of me at one point when we were listening to some of the speakers. I wasn’t aware that it was Smallaxe, or I would have spoken to him, sigh.
link to youtube.com
I hear son of Fluffy pontificating that it’s a disgrace that we were in Dumfries today, we should have some respect and its a conservative area. We’ll see about that one son.
Never mind, Marie, there’s always Bannockburn in three weeks. Perhaps we can all meet up then.
Can you think of anyone less relevant to Scottish political life than son of Mundell? Who cares what the Lord Snooty reject thinks?
Someone’s got the wind up…
@ Smallaxe thanks for the Van the Man and Chris Farlow tune last night never heard that one before.
Apologies for not saying cheerio today, got to the end of the park and the feet started thobbing.
Here’s one for you and Mrs S.
link to youtube.com
I thought Tinto was a strange colour today, I put it down to a new shade of Grecian 2000 but he said that he saw your shoes, his tan disappeared.
Just for Tinto link to youtube.com
It really was a great day, these marches just get better and better, before we know it we will be marching to Westminster.
@esteemed hackalumpoff (Putin stooge? Sounds a bit Russian to me).
Quite true: felt a trifle discombobulated today either by Smallaxe’s shoes or it might have been seeing a Union Jack flying from Lochmaben town hall behind the statue of Robert The Bruce.
Such things should not be allowed. *Grinds teeth*
Great to see you, despite your obvious pain at OVERWORK ON THE FLOORING.
Perhaps a loving wife or partner could make it up to you…..
😛
Now then Tinto what’s this “…..” lost for words eh, not like you.
Lovely watter doon here in the big city, helps lubricate the joints … link to youtube.com
R.A.S. Putin
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Looks like WordPress doesn’t like Cyrillic script.
Must go, someone’s trying to break the door down.
To all Wingers, esp on here –
Well done today in Dumfries.
Feels really special tonight for some reason.
Feel up, for real, first time in a long time, and it’s good!
Really *feels* like we’re getting close to the end-game, if we’re not already in it!
Hoots and proper love to all youse total belters!
Otis Redding, ‘Let Me Come On Home’ –
link to youtube.com
Hi Folks,
Marie,
So close but so far apart, why didn’t you realise that the dude standing in front of you and sticking out like a pimp in a convent was me?
The deal is, Tinto does the walking and I wear his latest sartorially extravagant creations to advertise his wares from the sweatshop he runs from a damp cellar in East Kilbride.
I do though have to supply my own shoes, (see below).
The Claiming of the Shoes;
The extremely rare Scottish blue crocodile is found only in the remotest parts of the Caledonian Canal, finding one meant many years of extremely arduous and soul-destroying searching, night after night, season after season, in all weathers I sought my quarry.
Then came that night, that wonderful beautiful night, when, at last, I set eyes upon this glorious and ancient near-mythical creature, it lay, glowing and sparkling in the soft ethereal moonlight like a perfectly cut priceless blue gemstone.
He made a truly magnificent sight that both entranced and excited me far more than any language could possibly attempt to describe. My heart was pounding in my chest as I slowly and cautiously approached this most wondrous of all of the seemingly magical creations fashioned by mother nature over countless millennia.
We looked at each other for what seemed like an eternity, unspoken thoughts were vibrating the very air surrounding us as we mentally weighed each other’s strengths and weaknesses.
Glory of glories! what a moment it was when we realised that our feet were the same size and he swopped his blue shoes for my old Nike trainers.
🙂
My only regret was that to my utter shame and embarrassment, I unforgivably neglected to carry a spare pair of shoes for which I could have obtained the other pair of shoes from his back feet for my good friend, business partner and Manky Mate, Tinto Chiel, shoe fetishist extraordinaire!
A great day spent with great people, I thank you all for the music played above and dedicate this song (again) to all of you, whether I met you or had the privilege of sharing an inspiring and happy day with you on yet another stepping stone taking us closer to our long-awaited dream becoming the reality of Scotland regaining Her rightful independence.
link to youtube.com
I wish Peace and Love for you, marchers on the road to freedom and all who were with you in spirit.
Namaste.
Talkin about shoes,stood outside the central tonight havin a wee smoke, three rail staff doing the same,they started slagging off a wee homeless guy,saying “look at his trainers ,brand new ,ye can always tell them cunts are no real”, I listened and heard them say more shit. I just turned an said ,” Maybe someone gave him the shoes”, Riddies all round. Every one of them might think better tonight.
well done you lot today, I had to go to a nawbags stag-do but i was with you all in spirit, and by feck you did us proud. We’ll get there. 😉
Mornin one and all. My, my Smallaxe, that’s a fair auld tale aboot the crocodile. Sad that you forgot to get the ither pair o’shin for our sartorial friend Tinto.
Sad guys, that I can’t make it to Bannockburn, John and I have a previous engagement. Friends Ruby Wedding do that day and invitation already accepted, but I’ll be with you in spirit. Speaking of Ruby Weddings, it’s oors,that’s John and me in case you’re wondering, in August. It’s also baith oor big 70 birthdays tae. Nae romantic gestures from him, unlike Chick McGregor last year. But we’re haein a do o’ wur ain. I’ve nae idea how we’ve got here at a’. Man time flies right enough.
Roll on Indyref2, I’d like to see and Independent Scotland afore I hiv tae pop off. Would be nice to know that we’ve left a better future for all of our children and grandchildren.
“Sticking out like a pimp in a convent”: nice one, Smallaxe.
Just a few points about your magnificent purple prose:
1: “Business partner”. Hadn’t noticed. I must be one o yon sleeping ones *eyes bank statement in dismay*.
2:”Damp cellar in East Kilbride”: it’s a grand magasin de souliers, as any fule kno. It’s always wet/snowing in EK.
3: “Shoe fetishist”: surely a fellow can eye up your Guccis without being considered weird?
Nice to meet so many Wingers and William Wallace for the first time but sorry I didn’t get the chance to chat with you. Got taigled with a pal from Hamilton and then you were away. Safe journey back ablaw the dyke.
This is for the raggle-taggle bunch with their wee flegs.
link to youtube.com
“Sad that you forgot to get the ither pair o’shin for our sartorial friend Tinto.” Still seething, Marie but hackalumpoff’s water is helping.
Off to crush a grape.
“Sticking out like a pimp in a convent”: nice one, Smallaxe.
Just a few points about your magnificent purple prose:
1: “Business partner”. Hadn’t noticed. I must be one o yon sleeping ones *eyes bank statement in dismay*.
2:”Damp cellar in East Kilbride”: it’s a grand magasin de souliers, as any fule kno. It’s always wet/snowing in EK.
3: “Shoe fetishist”: surely a fellow can eye up your Guccis without being considered weird?
Nice to meet so many Wingers and William Wallace for the first time but sorry I didn’t get the chance to chat with you. Got taigled with a pal from Hamilton and then you were away. Safe journey back ablaw the dyke.
This is for the raggle-taggle bunch with their wee flegs.
link to youtube.com
“Sad that you forgot to get the ither pair o’shin for our sartorial friend Tinto.” Still seething, Marie but hackalumpoff’s water is helping.
Off to crush a gr@pe.
Great Day in Dumfries yesterday. Long shot, but if any of you Off Topic Wingers know ‘Colin Alexander’who posts on Wings could you ask him to get in touch with me. Facebook or Twitter ‘John7Young’ Thanks
Had an alarming episode today. Having a nice coffee in the Burgh Hall Cafe in Dunoon when couple from dahn south engaged us in conversation. They have just moved into Cowal (like thousands of others from dahn south)and have heard that Putin owns several of the care homes here, those evil Moslems are building a mosque in Stronaway (I added fuel to the flames by confirming that the Syria refugees on Bute are looking for a suitable premises for same) and that the same Moslems have bought Inverchaolin church at the head of Loch Striven. As God is my judge. All total bollocks.
We have to get out of this union before we are swamped.
“Inverchaolain” is the correct spelling,of course
@John Young
Hello, I rarely use twitter, but I’ve followed you just a minute ago, seeing as you asked for me.
@DMH: hee, hee.
You would have enjoyed the positive vibes in Dumfries, yesterday, Dave and I heard a lot of English voices IN the march, just like in Glasgow but there are warmers/village idiots everywhere. You only had to see the plank in the manky Union Jackstika jerkin with his nasty wee crew at Burns’ statue.
I feel a rising tide after the last two marches and an increasing number will be borne along in the current.
Roll on Stirling/Bannockburn.
Rare turnoot in Dumfries and was really nice to meet some of you at last (albeit briefly). Went away back doon the road to the Solway coast to finish off my wee holiday and to get a last game o bingo in at the entertainment complex (never won bugger all as usual).
Hope everyone had a great day and got home safe and sound.
Tinto Chiel at 6.50
Momentum is what wins the battles and huge public identification is better than all the leaflets and all the disputed facts and figures.
@DMH: spot on. And don’t forget Yes ridicule and mockery (as we have discussed before) of Britnat lies and liars.
The simple facts of Mundell’s perfidy, as laid bare by The Rev recently re Young’s, should ensure his electoral extinction once the douce burghers of Stranraer, Dumfries, Dalbeattie, Annan and Gretna etc. get informed.
Just a couple of observations regarding the marches.
The Dumfries march seemed just the right distance.
I feel chants like: “what do we want? Independence” is preferable to: “Tories out” or comments about David Mundell.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to defend Mr Mundell but, this is about achieving sovereignty / independence for Scotland and I don’t think personal remarks about politicians are helpful in that respect – especially if any “rude” words are used to describe him.
It’s a pro-independence march and rally, not an anti-Tory protest march. We have so much to be positive about and the marches have been incredibly positive so, I just feel that’s something we can continue to build on.
What do others think?
Colin Alexander at 10.32
Agree entirely
Sitting here sweating and praying for this heavy rain we have been promised. I see it is nearly midnight and it is 68 degrees in Dunoon
Then I remembered my 15 years in the north of Nigeria and praying like most of the population for the rains to start.
I remember being in the Central Hotel in Kano having a nice cold Star beer at 2 in the morning with a temperature recording 102. So I just checked and its only about 90 in Northern Nigeria as of 23:47 Quite cool really.
BTW You can get a Star Beer in the Calabash bar and restaurant in Union Street in Glasgow. It’s a brilliant lager. Had three after the big Glasgow march.
@ Colin Alexander 10:32pm wear ear muffs and gies peace.
Michael McCabe,
He’s just a Naughty Boy;
link to youtube.com
😉
Monday morning;
link to youtube.com
Apologies that this BBC (others can archive better than me), but thought some of you might be interested to know what our neighbours think. (There might be links to the more scientific stuff elsewhere). Interesting too that this follows on a “Royal” Wedding (yadder, yadder) and Stu’s Panelbase reports.
link to bbc.co.uk
Welsh Sion, Archived for you.
🙂
link to archive.is
Suggested this to Jock late last night. Had it out on YewTube by this morning! What a man.
link to twitter.com
Big wave to all those at Dumfries this weekend. Great to see such a big Wings turnout there.
Hopefully see all the rest of you at Bannockburn. 🙂
Hackalumpoff was asking if I’d brought any poetry with me to the Dumfries gathering and aboot my lack of poetry contributions on aff topic. I didnae hae any to hand on the day so I thought I’d write a wee ditty for aff topic when I got hame. It’s a bit rough – but aff the cuff 🙂
Come and join us.
Come and join us, Come and join us
and we will surely welcome you
Come and join us, Come and join us
the grass roots indy crew
Ninety thousand marched in Glasgow
Ten thousand in Dumfries
Join us next in
Bannockburn
Inverness
and then
Dundee
The movement’s getting stronger
It’s diverse and open too
and all we need
to really succeed
Is us and of course you.
Don’t stay behind your windows
and watch as we march by
Get yir banners and flags
and your gladrags
C’mon and don’t be shy
For you’ll be made most welcome
and you’ll find we’re just like you
Wir ah just Scots
wi the same feelings and thoughts
so join us as we pass through
Come and join us, Come and join us
and we will surely welcome you
Come and join us, Come and join us
the grass roots indy crew
Let us not be divided
by those who talk us doon
Let’s walk together
and hae a wee blether
as we march right through yir toon
It doesnae matter aboot religion
or the colour o yir skin
Yir futba team
or yir current scene
or the folk that you call kin
There’s one thing that brings us together
It’s this land we call wir hame
So let’s unite
and keep up the fight
to run this country on wir ain
Wir no too poor or stupid
and wir certainly no too wee
Wir Scots and proud
so lets sing it out loud
We want Scotland to be free
Come and join us, Come and join us
and we will surely welcome you
Come and join us, Come and join us
the grass roots indy crew
@ William Wallace (the younger) I enjoyed our chat on Saturday.
I have a tune to go with your poem, Eric Bogle’s jaunty ditty:
link to youtube.com
I’m sure you and “Yew Choob-Jock Scot” could merge the two for the next March.
I could even try and get Mrs H to sing it, to raise some cash for Ronnie Anderson’s Flat screen TVs.
@ Hackalumpoff (The Elder) 😉
Was really nice to meet you and have a wee chat.
The song you mention is basically the song I had in mind when I wrote it but, it was the Corries version. “The Scottish BBQ”.
link to youtube.com
William Wallace (the younger) & Hackalumpoff (the elder)
Try this;
The Marmalade:”Cousin Norman”
link to youtube.com
Smallaxe (over 21)
😉
@ Sma
Ehm afraid ehm gonna hiv tae ask ye fir some ID. You dinnae look a day over sweet sixteen. 😉
link to youtube.com
Will,
Will this do?
link to youtube.com
😉
That’ll get you in the door Sma but, you’ll have to hae pint o coke and a packet o crisps wi the rest o the young anes.
I’ll take care o that bottle o Remy Martin for ya in the meantime 😉
Paranoia Corner:
A few weeks ago I got the first of two visits from a rather pushy guy who said he was from IPSOS/MORI and was conducting a survey about television viewing habits. I told him I didn’t have any since I didn’t watch TV. He asked if he could ask me other more general questions about the media. I said I had no time.
About a fortnight later he reappeared at tea time and asked me if he could come in to ask his questions. I said no because I reminded him I didn’t watch TV and ‘cos we were eating.
On Monday a Nice Mature Lady arrived when my domestic handler was in the garden and started the same spiel with the same results. When my wife said, “We don’t watch TV,” NML said quite a lot of people were saying that and she was just checking the figures/returns of the first guy.
Mrs TC found the whole thing rather strange and we both began to wonder if this was a sneakier way of checking up on those who have disclosed they don’t need a licence because they’ve simply stopped watching.
Of course, I could just be a suspicious, miserable old git…
*Tries out charming, boyish smile in mirror*
Hi Guys favour to ask.
My son has done a wee video recreation of some world cup goals on YouTube. ( sorry cannot link onto here).
Can I ask you have a wee peek.
Go into YouTube type in….. andy sherlow world cup moments.
Cheers
@Clapper57 –
Ye didny make that easy to find man!
Anyway, it is soo-perb, well done tae yer lad and his mates, must’ve taken ages to do and they’re all obviously very talented footballers themselves. Brilliant.
Just about to copy it to the Twitter, so hope you see a lot more viewers.
Hoots mon!
link to youtube.com
@ Tinto.
link to youtube.com
You might be on to something there.
@ Tinto
Have a wee read of this
link to tvlicenceresistance.info
Thanks for those, William. Loved the responses by the resident to the creep. Must hone them for next time.
The description of the behaviour of the “IPSOS/MORI” guy was similar to mine: pushy and itching to get in. Clearly an attempt to gather “evidence” hem, hem of TV use.
Don’t they understand millions of people feel so much better because we no longer watch their lies and propaganda?
Cue Peter Finch rant from Network……….
QED:
link to youtube.com
If only life were like that.
TC,
Over 30 yrs. ago my three primary school childen were stopped in a quiet country road between where the school taxi dropped them off and our house ‘by a lady’ who asked them what TV they liked.
The littlest one promptly burst into tears and sobbed that the TV was broken and mummy wasn’t going to get another until after the summer and he had to go to his friend’s house to watch whatever.
Yep, they stoop that low questioning 5yr olds in the street.
@ Ian Brotherhood
Oops sorry if you had hassle finding this .
Glad you enjoyed it….a lot of time and effort was put into making this. My son says to pass on his thanks for you taking the time to watch it, your feedback and adding it onto your twitter a/c.
Really really appreciate you looking at it and adding onto your twitter a/c……said it before and will say it again you are one of the good guys.
Hope you have a great day
My iScot arrived thru my letterbox seventeen minutes ago 🙂
“Please be YES for ME, Grannie”
Ahm workin’ on ‘The Big Yin’.
Nice timing Ken n co.
Cheers.
@ Clapper, a great film, Mundell must have been under his bed!
@Clapper 57: still think Wee Archie’s goal was the best…..
Great stuff.
And yet, and yet, cearc: my oldest pal , while living in Embra, kept getting nuisance letters from the TV licensing lot demanding access to check he had no TV. He eventually gave up and took a day off work so they could pay a visit. He didn’t have one because a) he had a social life and b) he thought TV was generally crap.
For some reason, however, he believed in the all-seeing powers of the TV detector vans and thought these guys had a right to get in to check up on you. I simply said, “Well, if they have such fantastic detector vans they must know you don’t have a TV, so why did you let strangers into your flat?”
It’s just about the first time I’ve ever given someone a light-bulb moment.
“Lower than a snake’s belly” seems to sum up Yon Lady’s tactics with kids, eh?
@Fred & Tinto Chiel
Cheers guys for checking out video and for your above comments.
My son also says to pass on his thanks to you both.
Have a great day guys.
@ Clapper
Cool vid. Gave it a thumbs up. How long were they out practicing for? 🙂
@ William Wallace
Cheers. Big thanks for watching video and your comment….son sends thanks too for taking time to watch it.
Re time taken…this was shot over a few days ….they were good but not THAT good to do it in one take or even one day !!!
The logistics of getting everyone there at same time and trying to book venue’s availability was a bit of a nightmare.
My son is mad football fan…not mad as in Hun mad obvs…just loves it… but more importantly he and his friends all support Indy for Scotland.
Have a great evening
TC,
It might be fun if you drop a line to IPSO MORI complaining about being repeatedly harassed to do a poll.
It would be interesting if they denied having any pollsters about.
@cearc: good idea. By chance 😉 I kept the original handouts from Operative No.1 explaining the rationale etc of their groovy poll.
Don’t think they can deny the visits, given the amounts of shiny plastic ID cards and lanyards flying about.
*Looks out Waterman pen he got for Christmas*
I model my letter-writing skills on this guy’s, btw:
link to poetryfoundation.org
Awaiting hammers…
@ Clapper
I’m another ane that’s futba daft. You need to be to support the Dees season after season. 🙂 They done well to recreate the goals. I thought it might have took a bit of time.
On the topic o Futba, congratulations to Scotland in their women’s world cup qualifier tonight with a 2-1 victory over Belarus.
Have a great evening yourself.
Frankie Miller I got Dreams-Live link to youtube.com
I don’t know if this is real or scripted but it’s well worth listening to the end.
youtube.com/watch?v=ML3qYHWRIZk
Hackalumpoff,
link to youtube.com
Fixed that for you.
😉
Did you have a “Wild Night”?
link to youtube.com
Hi Smallaxe.
Thanks for your hospitality at Dumfries last weekend. It kept me going till Monday morning, the last day of my l-o-n-g weekend.
8=)
Brian Doonthetoon,
You’re welcome, Brian I’ll have to carry more in my hip flask in future.
😉
For a Winger and a good friend,
link to youtube.com
Hi Smallaxe.
I do know the Tom Petty version but can’t be @r$€d Googling who did it originally.
Your hip flask –
8=)
Hi Brian,
That song was written by Tom Petty and Jeff Lynn, there have been quite a few people who covered it.
“But It’s Alright”
The Traveling Wilburys Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Roy Orbisón y George Harrison;
link to youtube.com
@Smallaxe
Here’s a tune you might like 🙂
link to youtube.com
Hi Thepnr,
Another cover;
link to youtube.com
🙂
@Smallaxe
I’ve got you babe, yeah so you huv lol. Class, here’s why I like Chrissie Hynd. Back to my youth 🙂
link to youtube.com
This is good for a laugh.
link to youtube.com
I wont wait link to youtube.com I think she means it.
And she’s still going strong;
link to youtube.com
@Michael McCabe
Hey You! Hope your keeping well, where do you find these songs? That young lass was great.
Keep it up number one Wings Jukebox Player 🙂
@Smallaxe
I’d put a fiver on it that you met her at one time?
I never had the pleasure, pnr.
🙂
Michael, she does mean it;
link to youtube.com
Morning Thepnr Morning Smallaxe Best wishes to you both. here is a wee cover of a famous song from years ago. link to youtube.com
Paul’s Dance link to youtube.com
Hi Michael, I hope you’re well, my friend.
Here’s Buffy, still going aged 77;
The War Racket;
link to youtube.com
Smallaxe that was really good. 77 she still has it. anyway I will leave you with a cracking cover of an Adele song link to youtube.com Loving the Double Bass Solo.
Goodnight, Michael, loved it!
More Bass?
link to youtube.com
Morning, vile seps. Great party you had last night but who ate all the grapes?
Going to Bute today to commune with nature and hug any available standing stones.
Heard this yesterday for the first time in ages and loved the guitar. It certainly wakes you up. As soon as you hear the voice you know it’s CCR.
link to youtube.com
Morning, vile seps. Great party you had last night but who ate all the gr@pes?
Going to Bute today to commune with nature and hug any available standing stones.
Heard this yesterday for the first time in ages and loved the guitar. It certainly wakes you up. As soon as you hear the voice you know it’s CCR.
link to youtube.com
Tinto happy hugging ?
Have a good day Tinto.
Give Mick, Ronnie, Charlie and Keith a big hug from me too.
link to youtube.com
@Michael&Thepnr: shucks, you guys!
Stones now rebranded as The Strolling Bones.
Just heading off so see you on The Other Side.
St Blane’s ya bass.
Tinto,
Many thanks for droning over this video of your tree-loving group.
link to youtube.com
Do they have branches everywhere bud?
😉
@Smallaxe
Hahahaha for fucksake. Nothing like a good wail and nash.
Thepnr,
His barks not as bad as his (tree) blight;
link to youtube.com
I hope he doesn’t twig.
🙂
Time once again for another clip from one of the best films ever made based on the Cairns toon 🙂
link to youtube.com
A wee peace offering for Tinto,
Loreena McKennitt:”Standing Stones”
link to youtube.com
Ah wis gonnae play “Thick as a Brick”!
😉
Lagging my spheres off on the Isle of B at those mad hippies. I’m not so understated of course. When I scweam, I weally scweam.
Ents, ya bass.
Laffing obvs.
That’s wan helluva scweam, Tinto.
link to youtube.com
🙂
Hey Small Axe.
Keep that axe sharp brother!
Someone just dug a pit.
Mmm, nasty people keep taking my stock and giving me money instead, shocking, simply shocking. I can’t keep it up.
link to youtube.com
Come to Scotland, it’s heaving.
The Proctor Lewis,
Real sharp, as always, my good friend. I trust that you’re misbehaving as usual. Or are you an
“Innocent Man”
link to youtube.com
I hope all is well with you and yours.
🙂
yesindyref2,
Noo ye’ve goat mi feart!
Man eaten by midges: Scotland’s most ferocious predator;
link to youtube.com
Wir gonny need a bigger…Whit?
@Smallaxe
That’s good stuff, poor advice about the SSS of course, but I would say that.
I’m working on a secret project to breed midgies that only bite NO voters.
Shhh, don’t tell anyone, it’s a WMD secret.
yesinyref2,
“Your Secrets Safe With Me”
link to youtube.com
Honest guv!
😉
That’s kind of mellow and ice cold in the Leidseplein.
I’ve spent many happy hours there but I’m buggered if I can remember anything.
Space Cake?
Not for me thanks, that was before a couple of times. No, just the leafy type. Did visit the Milky Way a few times, in more ways than one.
yesindyref2,
This Milky Way?
link to youtube.com
🙂
The Velvet Underground & Nico:”Sunday Morning”
link to youtube.com
“You do Something to Me” Paul Weller;
link to youtube.com
“Pound to the Dollar” Ska Two-Tone;
link to youtube.com
A lone figure sat spinning his discs in the morning.
An isle of tranquility in the sea of empty bottles and ashtrays of the night before.
cearc,
“Lonely Boy” Paul Anka;
link to youtube.com
😉
Just watched a video of sneaky Sarah Smith at SNP conference asking delegates et al if they would be supporting England in World cup………..did any one just tell her ‘No because I am not English’….and if she used the old ‘but you ARE British’ chestnut…..would be easy to then say ‘No I do not see myself as British which should be evident given that I am here as a member of SNP at the SNP conference’…..simples……could she argue with that logic ?
I noticed some people seemed embarrassed to concede they would not be supporting England….why the fcuk should they be…..forget agenda Smith…..to any Scot viewing this contrived shit it is obvious why they would not support them if they are at a party conference of a political party who seeks independence from a union with the country that SMITH thinks we should be on side with in a football competition and where if Scotland had qualified she would not even be asking as would be glaringly obvious the answer …..wtf ….political editor ?…. aye right .
Rant over…..until next one.
Rant Read…until the next one;
Even the English don’t support their own team!
link to youtube.com
🙂
@ Smallaxe
Yeh…..re your link this happens all the time…..they bum them up then crucify them when they don’t (can’t) deliver……England expects…..will never change…….nothing wrong with hope but with them it is entitlement and when they don’t (can’t) deliver…..oh my God the verbal brutality is so so so much more than anything even Sarah Smith could try and cook up via an Indy supporting Scot at an SNP conference.
Correct me if I am wrong but at the AUOB in Glasgow were you the dapper gentleman I saw in hat and suit behind WOS stall ….apologies if you were not…..was going to speak to you but you and others looked busy so I didn’t bother.
Have a great day
Clapper57,
If you mean the guy in the blue suit and fedora, yes that was me, I wish you had introduced yourself it’s always good to put a face to the names. Maybe next time my friend.
Enjoy your evening.
🙂
Troops,
Anyone got any images of the London, Manchester and Birmingham skylines from 1975 and 2017 to compare with Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow in the same years.
It would be interesting to see how the skylines have changed since North Sea Oil came ashore.
I have had a look on google( not much success.)
Is it true? Have we really just beaten England at cricket?
Hi Gary45%.
These may be of some use:-
link to commons.wikimedia.org
link to economist.com
Mmmmm…
WordPress didn’t like the TinyURL I created of that long link.
I was catching up on the main page and read a comment, that had me thinking, “That reads like Tinto Chiel.”
So I scrolled back and, right enough, it was composed, typed and published by Tinto Chiel.
The giveaway was the mention of “codpiece”.
@BDTT: guilty as charged, mon vieux. God knows, I know I’m predictable.
Depends on your reading of codpiece, obvs.
@cearc: it seems to be true. When I was young and beautiful, I was an all-rounder at cricket: couldn’t bat, couldn’t bowl, couldn’t field 😛 .
It’s a great game, and I speak as a vile sep. Unless you’ve batted against a guy who bowls at 85+mph at your head/organs of generation, you haven’t really smelt the fear.
I actually couldn’t give a Carmichael about any of it now. I’m afraid this independence thing has tended to dominate everything, as it should.
That latest I-Scot cover, Please be YES for ME Grannie, is a very powerful image, worthy of hoardings all over Scotland.
Something someone other than me – Ah’m no’ Sco’ish – can get their teeth into.
A tour company is offering a 9 day Edinburgh, Highlands & Islands train journey from £1 425. Features include:
Days 1-3 After our visit [to Duart Castle, the ancestral home of the Maclean Clan] we enjoy a Whiskey [sic] tasting at our hotel
[…]
Days 8-9 We enjoy a farewell dinner as part of a “Scottish Evening”. For this, we are regaled by a Scottish piper with fascinating Scottish stories and snippets of local history.
_______
Now, even I as a non-Scot, feel a wee boak coming on reading such guff … and as for sampling “whiskey” in Scotland! Wouldn’t it be better in Ireland?!
_______
Tour operator’s contact details: link to GreatRail.com
Telephone: (01904) 734 204.
Raising my glass of (proper) whisky in your direction, friends!
@ William Wallace
Did a quick search for you, see below. They don’t make it easy to find specific surgery details for each msp. Your best bet may be to contact sp.info@scottish.parliament.uk to request the information directly or as suggested below ask at your local library. Not sure if each library will only have details pertaining to the local msp or if they have information covering all areas.
link to parliament.scot
link to parliament.scot
link to parliament.scot
link to parliament.scot
link to parliament.scot
Did Mandelson not famously order guacamole with his cod-pieces in that English east-coast chippy?
Was looking for some brown sauce for your chips, Fred but this was all I could find:
link to youtube.com
Not all Hammonds are dull and boring:
link to youtube.com
Connemara Tinto?
@William, I posted a list for you, must be stuck in the dark place! Unfortunately I can’t recall all the links.
The information is not so easy to find. I found within one pdf doc that your local library should have the dates and times for your msp, whether or not the information is available for all msps is another thing. My advice would be to contact the parliament and ask for the information you require.
sp.info@scottish.parliament.uk
link to parliament.scot
link to parliament.scot
Also google the following
msp surgery dates and times
Fred:I think I’m mainly Donegal on my mother’s side 😛 .
@ Nana. Thank you very much for helping me out. Really appreciate it. I have been struggling to find all the data in one place. I thought it would be readily available but, I may have to piece it together bit by bit. Again, thank you.
Psst! Fancy some “dirty” Hammond?
link to youtube.com
@TC –
The tune was familiar right away but I’d never have guessed that was Steve Winwood.
That’s why I love this place. It’s like The Twitter – never do know what’s gonny pop-up next.
Hope to see you in Stirling mister!
😉
Indeed, Ian, with my new telescopic flagpoles (if A____n can get their finger out in time).
Hope Smallaxe wears another stunning pair of Guccis from his extensive footwear collection. I mean, blue croc-skin…..
Donegal where the men are six feet tall! Dunno aboot the wummin?
Tinto,
Shoes: The reason for!
link to youtube.com
🙂
Bet he’s in bed… winceyette jammies…dreaming of trees…and big stanes…and wee burds…and big words…and…
probably snoring like an asthmatic warthog with a displaced nasal septum.
Fred,
Here’s what the women are like;
link to youtube.com
Mibbie’s 🙂
Good morning,
🙂
“Feeling Good”
link to youtube.com
@William Walllace
My reply to you yesterday morning has appeared. Hopefully there might be something there to help you.
Very nice to be sure, to be sure! Smallaxe
Morning, Smallaxe. Raining here for the first time in ages but the plants need it.
Glad you are perky this morning. Later I may be pinky.
It’s quite clear from the charming vignette of self wot you rote that you have confabulated with my wife, sirrah.
Good job I don’t know what it means. May have to consult these guys, though:
link to youtube.com
@Daisy Walker
Will you be at AOUB at Bannockburn or Inverness? Any chance of meeting up? There’s something I’d like to chat about.
Tinto,
Try “Private Investigations”
link to youtube.com
You can’t beat private dick, ooh matron!
To be sure, Fred;
link to youtube.com
😉
Smallaxe, your jokes are becoming as sublime as that-there Fred’s.
DYK that Muff Winwood (steady) was the producer of Dire Straits early albums, as well as being bassist in Spencer Davis Group and obvs Stevie’s bruvver?
And that Spencer himself is a strong supporter of Plaid Cymru?
Verily, life is but a dark pool where we barely perceive the dimly distant evanescent fish of truth (peotry).
A dark pool, like last time, Tinto;
link to youtube.com
😉
SWMBO has just ‘asked’ me to take her to the garden centre, on pain of ear nipping!
link to youtube.com
Oh naw!
Laters taters.
Mighty Fine Smallaxe!
The Salmon of Wisdom Tinto!
The Tinto of Salmon;
link to gallinablanca.es
🙂
Reggae Shark Returns;
link to youtube.com
Shark for sale: sick squid ono, no time wasters, please.