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Posted on March 14, 2018 by

For Jim – one of the greats – and for us, for now. RIP.

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    • Hatey McHateface on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “@Andy Ellis There was more in my original post but it went to moderation. I was writing about the pictures…Jan 11, 10:34
    • Alf Baird on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: ““develop his own coherent theories rooted in our own, unique, Scottish circumstances” As it happens, this is the only applied…Jan 11, 10:31
    • Bilbo on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: ““Young women” may well speak for themselves but what they speak about is another thing. The actions of that nutter…Jan 11, 10:23
    • Andy Ellis on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “I suspect it won’t be over until we see some strange fruit in turbans swinging from the lamp posts of…Jan 11, 10:08
    • Hatey McHateface on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: ““Whatever would Fantoosh, Mammy and Ceasar make” Who cares. It’s all part of his depressingly cringy acceptance of mediocrity that…Jan 11, 09:58
    • Hatey McHateface on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “It’s over. We won. With the exception of one dead body, President Trump got all the hostages home.Jan 11, 09:48
    • Andy Ellis on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “@Hatey 9.17am Write up a bigly petition offering The Donald the croun, and beseeching him tae accept it. Use the…Jan 11, 09:46
    • Andy Ellis on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “So what you’re saying Alf is that the speakers of Scots colonised the (largely) Brythonic speaking lands that now comprise…Jan 11, 09:35
    • Hatey McHateface on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “History is bunk. Henry did a lot more for me and for the world than you’ll ever do, so he…Jan 11, 09:22
    • Hatey McHateface on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “Cooking wi gas noo, Northy! Write up a bigly petition offering The Donald the croun, and beseeching him tae accept…Jan 11, 09:17
    • diabloandco on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “Completely OT but is the ‘war’ in the middle east ‘over’ or just forgotten about ? I hear nothing on…Jan 11, 09:10
    • James Cheyne on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “Most people that write Scotlands history come from outwith the Country of Scotland of Scotland itself. To delete a nation…Jan 11, 09:02
    • Northcode on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “I doubt Donald would settle for being king of a mere territory. There can’t be the slightest doubt that President…Jan 10, 22:11
    • william G Walker on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “Alf Baird writes a lot of sense, though tongue-in-cheek! Or is it? Better a peripheral “territory” of the USA than…Jan 10, 21:14
    • Alf Baird on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “Aye Northcode, that’s the dilemma with a national tradition whereby oor leeberator aye gets tae be crouned Keeng! The Scottish…Jan 10, 20:37
    • Northcode on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: ““Scotland a poodle rather than another poodles bitch” It’s a step up from where we are now for sure… the…Jan 10, 19:44
    • Alf Baird on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: ““A very unhelpful comment, TURABDIN” I think what you mean, Fearghas, is that such a view is ‘unhelpful’ to the…Jan 10, 19:35
    • Northcode on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: ““…an argument that presents negative consequences is not inherently fallacious…” There goes “Dances Without Facts” dancing without facts again. All…Jan 10, 19:30
    • Alf Baird on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “As a son of Scotland there is no doubt Scotland is on President Trump’s radar. What does he have in…Jan 10, 19:00
    • Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “A very unhelpful comment, TURABDIN. Unsound in various ways already very well aired on Wings. It would be wearisome to…Jan 10, 18:51
    • TURABDIN on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “SCOTLAND was invaded and settled «colonized» by three cultures, Irish aka Scotti, Anglian aka Inglis and Norsemen. The indigenous locals…Jan 10, 18:08
    • Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: ““Young women” can well speak for themselves, but I particularly deplore your anti-Jewish pitch. I would draw people’s attention to…Jan 10, 17:45
    • Hatey McHateface on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “Aye, Confused, the towel heids just like being oppressed. Their women can’t get enough of being beaten to death if…Jan 10, 17:18
    • James Cheyne on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “I don’t think Scots, germans or Americans are welcome to invade Englands Britain, only the old crusading Countries are made…Jan 10, 16:15
    • James Cheyne on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “Willie, Thought provoking post, He did indeed fly the flag of Scotland from his limousine when in the Country of…Jan 10, 15:48
    • James on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “I gave up on your post after a few lines…. Did Confused upset your Anglo sensibilities?Jan 10, 15:42
    • Sven on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “willie @ 14.55. Gosh, even though I can’t quite believe a word of that imaginitive scenario, you didn’t half bring…Jan 10, 15:37
    • willie on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “when Trump came for his trip to Scotland and his motorcade went to Turnberry the Beast limousine bore not the…Jan 10, 14:55
    • Chas on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “Isn’t it remarkable the breadth of knowledge that the regular nutters on here possess when it comes to world affairs.…Jan 10, 14:54
    • Insider on Grandpa John’s Nightmare: “Oh Gawd! Now “confused” has joined in !Jan 10, 14:03
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