Wings Over Scotland

As soon as anybody has got some Wee Blue Books available, I could use a few hundred for delivery to undecideds in the south side of Glasgow. Please let me know where I can pick up. Thanks, Cal

Belated happy birthday Alex sorry Irene and I couldn’t make it up on Sunday but I had to finish my leaflet drops for a Nichola Sturgeon night in Lochgelly centre, my wee grand daughter helped me, finished it in jig time, 🙂

Patrician
“@Paula Rose, unfortunately you won’t be pushing wings up the listings by clicking on the link.”

I just put in google search bar “wee blue book” and it came up as the top entry.

Ooh lookee…

“Dear Paula

Time to play your part in Scotland’s future

In just 34 days time we will vote on Scotland’s future. It is a vote unlike any in our history, impacting you, your family and generations to come.

The ‘No Thanks’ Campaign is a campaign built around people like you. People who don’t want to stand by and watch as Scotland breaks away and becomes weaker.

Now is the time to join our growing number of inspirational volunteers out on the ground right across Scotland. You might have a free hour or two or maybe even longer. Whatever you can do you will help play your part for Scotland. It couldn’t be easier:
Register as a volunteer and join your local grassroots group.

Invite your friends, family, colleagues and neighbours to get involved by registering here: link to bettertogether.net

Volunteer now

Ask Alex Salmond for his plan B

It has been over a week now since the first TV debate on Scotland’s future. Alex Salmond is still refusing to provide details on what his plan B is for our currency.

Sign our petition to demand answers.

Sign our petition

Invite your friends to volunteer…”

Sorry, still rolling around the floor having difficulty holding things in.

Patrician dear, so no problem if I carry on the way I am? xx

Ian dear – rest assured I will keep you safe xx

and Ian Honey did you get your hairy, short and curly?

Time to say good-bye, we have a future to win for our country.

I have the contacts I need where I am.

No more poking fun, I have ordinary people to talk to, people like me.

No more chatting on wings, time is short.

Everyday counts, we all have our contacts sorted.

The annoying creature on the leading thread has been booted off.

Never mind. Another one will be along shortly…

@Paula Rose

You’ll be here on the 18th like the rest of us. At least I hope you will be.

@TJenny –

Indeed it was. Seems quaint now…

Ian – any idea how many are intending to go to Airdrie on Saturday 23rd? I think we’ve got
Ronnie (obvs)
You
Me
Cactus
Tam Jardine
Thepnr?

Anyone else?

I went into moderation after posting a track on the main thread, just as an interlude you understand. The post that was moderated was actually trying to get back on topic, so I’ll put it down to my current infatuation with hardcore avant garde. 🙂

If anyone is brave enough to play the game, please can you identify the 1970’s TV show the sampled steel drum is from. I’m thinking Mission Impossible.

Messer Chups – A plateful brain
link to youtube.com

Still awaiting details re Airdrie.

Is it confirmed? Getting a tad close…

Haven’t heard anything about Airdrie either.
Then again I haven’t been on here as much lately…

Not even too sure where Airdrie is… *runs off to Google Maps*

If it’s another Wings night out, and if I can get there, I’m interested 😀

Morning Folks! You probably weren’t aware, but there was a mini ‘wings meet’ last night at a posh hotel in Aberdeen… I was (unusually) the first to arrive at the pre-dinner drinks reception and was happy to discover that there was a free bar!!! As I watched the guests arrive, I was pleasantly surprised to see that the hat-wearing, festival-going groupie(!), known as X-sticks can actually scrub-up rather well. I only recognised him because of the wings lapel badge on his jacket as he walked into the room. (Good morning Colin) 🙂

Aside from such A-list celebrities as a couple of badge-wearing Wingers, there were a few less well known faces at the soiree. For example, I spoke at length with a wee chap called Alex and also with his lovely wife Moira. We even arranged to meet again for lunch near their home in the not too distant future. There was a chap called John who was an accountant-type from Edinburgh and he spent a good while with myself and my wife discussing the Angus glens, Kirriemuir & Blairgowrie. Finally, there was a (loud) wee ‘wifey’ from Glasgow called Elaine (who apparently is also known as ‘Mary Doll’) and she was instrumental in organising my lunch with Alex and Moira.

All in all, a very nice evening and good to be in a crowd of over 200 people from the Aberdeen Yes camp. We also had a bit of a fund-raiser and the total for the evening was £17,000!! Perhaps not quite up to Stu’s crowd-funding achievements, but very good all the same.

Despite all the positivity in the North East, I reckon it’s got to be the central belt that turns this thing around. I’m going to a function in Glasgow next week and I’ve heard that man Alex is going to be there again too. Anyone else from here going to that one???

It couldn’t have been past her bedtime! I reckon you need the beauty sleep more than she does!!! 🙂

Indeed he is Macart, and a potential rival to Elaine C Smith in the comedy stakes when he wants to be as well!! Mind you, he seems to be surrounded and challenged by a sorry bunch of half-arsed comedians on a daily basis, so he has obviously learned a thing or two in his time. 🙂

Must admit to having seen him in action away from the day job on one occasion. Night and day and a wicked turn of wit when he feels like it.

On the night out stakes – Hope Wingers are going to have another meet n greet on the west coast before the vote. I’d certainly like to throw my hat in the ring and shake a few hands.

Jim Thomson
Thanks for trying. 🙂

@Thepnr that wouldn’t be the auto upgrade from Win8 to Win8.1 would it?

It’s been know to brick a few laptops.

I had to rescue one belonging to my youngest lad’s girlfriend. Took me half a day between rescuing files off the hard disk before doing a reset on the operating system.

Seems as though yours isn’t quite that bad though 🙂 especially if you can get to the stage that you can compose messages but just not send them.

Which mail program you using? Outlook proper or outlook express or something else?

I take it you’ve done the time honoured “power cycle” and allowed it to restart itself?

You might have to switch it off (via the start button) and then switch it on from cold (i.e. after a few seconds of being off).

If it still doesn’t want to play ball, check for updates to T’bird (unless it claims to do those automatically of course, in which case CHECK FOR UPDATES anyway 😉 )

If that doesn’t work, not sure there’s any point in me even suggesting trying to restore address books etc. because “reply all” is kinda self explanatory and it should pick up addresses from the To: and Cc: fields.

Happy birthday LA. 22 is so old!
Still, 21 is so last year 😉

Had the dubious pleasure of witnessing the white noise from Jim Murphy’s Megaphone this afternoon.

Great turn-out from YES, usual suspects from NO. Also managed to give him a ‘I’m voting No because… ‘ WoS leaflet.

Parting shot to him, as I was walking home and saw him heading for his car. –
‘Aye, it’ll not be long Jim’
‘Not long until what’ he said.
‘Not long until you get your P45 Jim’

Been out since 4pm (Aberdeen @ 5pm on a Friday meant a leather clad trip) and just got back. Straight onto a pc to see what’s been happening….. YeeHaa!!! 🙂

By my reckoning, we are at a third of a MILLION copies within the first twelve hours of a crowdfunder when there were originally only going to be 20,000 copies.

WOW! Well done everybody. 🙂

Still reeling over yet another massive show of solidarity by Wingers. So, to everybody out there (and with a string reference)
link to youtube.com
Bring on the party!

Now THAT Michael is a very, very, VERY SILLY question!

Go into the corner and write out 500 times LA LOVES T REX! 😛

Lesley-Anne

Happy birthday – one that will live long in the memory. Have a guid night.

Fellow Wingers

Chill out about next Saturday night – all will be confirmed in due course but I am banking on spending the night in an Airdrie tavern amidst you all. Instructions will come through in plenty of time to get the word out.

TJ – I’ll await instructions. 🙂

From me 🙂 and from him 🙂

Mmm just found half a packet of parma violets left over from Seafest. Thanks Ronnie.:-)

We’re away next Saturday so no visit down to Airdrie. 🙁 Drat.

Whilst having my earholes assaulted by The Murph, I along with a couple of others got chatting with an ‘undecided’ who had questions about administration of the issue of driving licences, tv licences etc.

That discussed we moved on to passports. He was concerned that he’d be forced on Independence Day. We put this one to bed very quickly by reminding him that he was born a UK citizen and unless he chose to relinquish that he would always be a UK citizen, only he can give it up, and told him that if he wanted a UK passport then no one could stop him from having one.

Pensions likewise discussed & dealt with.

Issues in the main dealt with, pointed him in the direction of the ‘WBB’.

I’d like to think that whilst we were having this polite conversation and the ‘Murph’ was still screaming into his microphone that this gent saw what the YES campaign is about. It’s about respect & information. Hopefully he will take what we have told him, build on it & vote yes.

There ya go Ian

link to tinyurl.com

Murphy on a milk crate pmsl. I haven’t watched it yet, just have it queued up to round off my evening 😉

Ian Brotherhood

We walked into the lion’s den…an’ he wisnae there.

Sounds like there was a couple of lions there after all. We’re winning this – its just the largest scale mind-fuck imaginable. They are going to tell us we are on a hiding to nothing right up to our victory.

I keep thinking about the end of movies like Poltergeist where the evil finally takes physical form and can be destroyed (a giant, evil tree in the movie). Well that is what we are faced with – an evil empire that can finally and forever be defeated.

What a fork in the road we are reaching – the new order v the old, positivity v negativity, and the difference between success and failure could not be more stark.

Have a guid weekend Ian – hope to see you next weekend

Oh and before you go and watch this, since the very fisrt WOS night out that was widely publicised i have expected “the lone nutter” or his equivalent.

Truth is they just aren’t there, our support is huge, more than 2/4rds of ordinary folk. They would have to pay their nutters to disrupt one of our events.

At their very high cost.

Posted this on the wrong thread, but maybe not, anyway worth posting it here too, ’cause we’re worth it – and where is Paula Rose?

For Stuey and all Wingers – Tina Turner and Simply the Best – enjoy and join in. 🙂

link to youtube.com

@Tjenny

Post from Paula last night.

Paula Rose said:
“Time to say good-bye, we have a future to win for our country…No more chatting on wings, time is short.

link to wingsoverscotland.com

X-Sticks – so we wont hear from Paula Rose again until the 19th Sept? 🙁

@Thepnr –

I know you’re an engineer, so can you please explain what 2/4rds is? (:))

He was once known as Rab the Doupter, then as Bob Sinclair, now he’s The Rebel without a Pause, mair power tae ye Bob

What’s this about Paula Rose going AWOL?

Nae chance. That lass is a tonic for the troops, and she knows it – are we to be deprived of her company for five weeks?

Intolerable.

Come back Paula Rose.

And that’s an order.

@ Chipmonkey am the one confused, has Patrician orginized the Witherspoons in Airdrie I,ve not heard from him or Gerry, I,ve been in Maryhill all day.

@ Thepnr I sent you a text message

@ T Jenny I left itup to Partician & Gerr Parker to arange so I dont know whats been done as yet.

@ Bob yer a star.

Ian Brotherhood says:

I know you’re an engineer, so can you please explain what 2/4rds is?

We now it all depends from what end of the spectrum you look at 2/4th. Some might call it a half but as you well know halves are there for drinking.

I prefer to look at it as greater than zero, admittedly it’s less than one but not by much.

As far as the future is concerned at least 2/4th of our population will be Better off bt stayiny Togeter.

The other 2/4th’s we;; I really dont give a fuck.

At the end of the day as long as 2/4th say No to separation and the ohher 2/4th’s say Yes. It won’t matter, the people will have made their voice heard.

I’m on the side of the 2/4th’s. Even if it is a Yes in September.

@Thepnr –

Thanks for clearing that up.

Well it looks a if I wont be getting a Email from BT to say where Mr Darling is appearing in Coatbridge tommorrow I have the tickets printed but no place to go.

Johann has been tutoring me, private lessons and that,

Doing good eh!

@Ian Brotherhood
“We walked into the lion’s den…an’ he wisnae there.”

Couple of very big and very angry dogs there.

Though they actually weren’t as bad as the tiny little ankle-biter that kept trying to trip me up when I was walking up the path and then started barking loud enough to be heard in the next town and wouldn’t shut up even when I went into the next street!

Still, we’ve shifted a good few thousand leaflets between us all over the past couple of days. 🙂
Most of Kilwinning’s Don’t Knows just had the “no-one tells me where to get information” excuse well and truly demolished!

Have to wait and see how many of them turn up at the meeting.

@X-Sticks –

Thanks for the Murphy Livestream link. Watched it all, and enjoyed it immensely.

He mentioned (at approx. 24 mins) that this was the 48th event. So – we have another 52 to look forward to?

Nice…

@cearc –

Aha!

So that’s where it went!

Unfortunately I did not swell the coffers of chez Brotherhood as I bought it 2nd (or should that be 2rd?) but it was an ex-library copy so you were well paid

It’s the upside of so many library closures in england that there is a lot of good ex-library stuff about.

If you come up for a holiday sometime you can sign it.

@Thepnr –

This is only by way of an example, and others will have to do the arithmetic…

Yesterday morning, SSP Ayrshire leafleted Pennyburn (Kilwinning), and the fringes of other neighbourhoods – the team of six shifted 1500 leaflets (through letterboxes) in just over two hours.

Hi
we are planning an event in central Edinburgh on Middle Meadow Walk for the evening of Sat 6th Sept.
We have access to a small open air stage, plan is to have music, films etc.
Its ideally located for distributing the wee blue book to numerous passersby, but we need a few hundred copies and a couple more volunteers to distribute them, anybody know where we can pick up some copies in Edinburgh/East Lothian?
Heres a link hope someone can help

link to facebook.com

@Thepnr

We need to use the Yes canvassing returns to target the DKs – plan in Aberdeenshire is to hit all the 4+ DKs first then if time / copies of WBB permit target the 2/3+.

We have to try and maximise return for effort in the last push.

@X_Sticks

Sounds like a plan. Will take a massive effort in the next 4 weeks. the last thing anybody wants is for boxes of the WBB to be sitting in an empty garage.

Some stamina and brains required here.

@Oneironaut

I used http://www.streetmap.co.uk to produce quite detailed street images which generally get right down to individual blocks of houses.

Have a look and make sure you zoom right down to the wee-est block possible. Then, if you use Windows there is a tool called “Snipping Tool” that you can access via the start menu and search for it.

If you get the aspect ratio just right you can then print those maps out either full-size landscape or portrait, depending on the area you’re trying to cover.

Give each volunteer, or pair of volunteers, their own map with their patch marked up.

Works really well for newbies.

and then hope that a bad BTer doesn’t come along afterwards and remove it 😛

Have been making badges for most of the day. My biceps and pecs are involuntarily jerking.

Crash Test Dummies, ‘MMMM MMMM MMMM MMMM’ –

link to youtube.com

Ian, are you sure you simply haven’t been down the gym?
link to youtube.com

@Thepnr –

Aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye right.

debbiethebruce
I live next to the Meadows, so it would be daft for me not to help. Leafleting or anything else, just let me know where and when.

Just Because ? Why Not. link to youtube.com Vote Yes.

Thepnr,
thousands of them about, especially with stepper motors rather than servos, here a couple
link to youtube.com
and
link to youtube.com

For Paula Rose –

Terence Trent D’Arby, ‘Sign My Name’ –

link to youtube.com

Hearts V Hibs free stream

link to footballhd.me

Excellent, Gerry. I offered my services for S Ayrshire or Fife (have access to digs across there), as needed, but nothing from our hyper-efficient council team(s) yet. Maybe there’s another Winger in S Ayrshire, of whom I am unaware … hmmmm.

🙂

Hi Jim.

The WOS Referendum Agent for Dundee has been appointed (Arthur Birnie) but has only asked for volunteers on his Facebook page and the “YES Dundee and Surrounding Areas Events & Information” Facebook page.

I got the impression from posts on his wall that you couldn’t volunteer if you couldn’t be at the Council’s briefing presentation on Tuesday morning (19th) but I subsequently noticed that he had mentioned, “and Robbie Spence who is coming to the count but cant make the briefing”.

I’ve posted on his wall, seeking clarification as to whether attendance on Tuesday is mandatory, as I was willing to volunteer to do a few hours at my polling station.

East Ayrshire:
link to east-ayrshire.gov.uk

Wonder who the guy is at the top of the list.

Fife:
link to fifedirect.org.uk

Falkirk:
link to falkirk.gov.uk

I’m going to be taking 18th & 19th Sept as a holiday and will be available to help out on Referendum duties in Shawlands Glasgow if required. Just let me know.

No Wings in Argyll & Bute, although that Alistair bloke is there again.

link to argyll-bute.gov.uk

I’ve not done a full trawl of the regions because I’m busy swotting up for something else I need to do on Wednesday. Just keep dipping into here every hour or so 🙂

That McConnachie name appears on quite a few of the ones I’ve seen.

Also, I don’t know who the Brian Blair lad from Minishant is, who is the South Ayrshire rep. Hopefully he’ll be on here soon and unveil himself (in a perfectly decent way, of course 😉 )

All,
I’ve been working away from home last couple of weeks & never had a chance to check this out. I’m going to need some help/advice with this. Those who have my email, could you drop me a quick email.

possibly this guy

link to companycheck.co.uk

Not sure what the trust does yet though – more digging …

Jim Thomson – that links very De Ja Vu as I’m sure I’ve seen it before re this chap in some other indy ref connection (BT donor or panel member?) Anyway, it doesn’t explain how he can be at different places at the same time.

@TJenny, the ones from Shetland and Fife will be downloaded word docs. have a look in your downloads folder, or at the foot of your browser (I think)

I’m pretty sure he doesn’t have to be there personally but it allows him to appoint others to do the leg work (again, I think).

So, I suspect he’ll be on either the supporting Aye or supporting Naw lists with the EC. – not looked there yet.

Three posts back – 2001 should have been 2011 – getting tired.

Bin stuffin’ facts into the heid aw day and need dinner/a drink 😉

He’s on the Dundee list as well –

Alistair McConnachie
268 Bath Street
Glasgow, G2 4JR

Did they ever get anyone for the North Ayrshire area?

I could probably help out at the Stevenston polling station at Glencairn (my old primary school, ahhh, nostalgia trip…)

I’ll be going there to vote that day anyway. Just got the polling card through the letterbox on Friday 🙂

@Jim Thomson
Ah ok, thanks 🙂

Normally I shy away from posting my E-mail address anywhere it can get easily hoovered up by spam bots.

Then again it’s already been pretty much infiltrated by unknown unsavoury characters anyway, judging by the number of my messages that keep disappearing.
I’ll likely be dumping it in favour of a more secure one at some point.

For now though, it’s at:
darkstar27 at Gmail dot com 🙂

Feel free to message me, unless you’re selling viagra, or if you have several billion pounds you want to transfer into my bank account from Nigeria, or if you’re from Microsoft technical support wanting access to my computer to “fix things”…

(Actually, if you’re that last one, feel free. I could use some entertainment! Hehe) 😉

The memory is a strange thing, eh?

Thinking about Alistair Darling, I unaccountably remembered a favourite joke from my college days – one which garnered me a few free drinks during those lean years.

A wee Glasgow guy goes into the doctor’s for the first time:

‘Aha! A new face. Now, what can we do for you?’

The wee guy says nothing, but stands up, unzips his flies, extracts his penis, which is unusually large, and lays it on the desk. The doctor gets his specs on, dons latex gloves, and carefully examines the helmet, works his way along the foot-long shaft, then scrutinises the testes.

After a few minutes of painstaking examination he replaces the thing on the desk.

‘I can’t see anything wrong with this.’

‘Ah know,’ replies the wee guy, ‘it’s a pure belter intit?’

X-Sticks – do you not think that’s very strange? Will others who are not these resective lists be able to turn up and say they’re atttending instead of AMcC?

Maybe he’s representing the Scottish version of Spartacus party but they’ll all be Alistair McConachie instead – crikes maybe the UKOKs are using clones – eek!

@ Ian Brotherhood noo that cracked me up.Did you get the Badges.