Hamish

I've got a 4GB one which is very nearly full. Although I do store nearly all my files on it. When I'm in the US in April I'm going to get a 32GB one!  :021:

We would not need a DNA data base if the penalties dished out by courts reflected public opinion. :003: eg. Why does a rapist on average only spend 4 years in jail? Castrate all rapists and guess what? the cases of rape would fall. Stop giving violent offenders bail. Bring back the death penalty for murder. Bring in mandatory minimum 25 year jail term for causing death by dangerous driving. Get rid of European Human rights law. Bring back the belt in school. Birch all those who terrorise their neighbourhoods. At the moment those who commit crimes have more rights than the victims. It should be the same as in America, if someone breaks into your house you should not face prosecution for defending your family and property. So get rid of the PC brigade who say it is everybody else's fault that Johnny is a tearaway, sorry it is we Johnny's fault and no one else's if he is a tearaway.

While we're at it, let's start buring witches at the stake again...  :rolleyes02:

I see what your saying but then again, there is the argument that if you are law abiding citizen, you have nothing to fear. I would like to perhaps see a dedicated section in this site where more serious, thought provoking and wide ranging topics, which maybe go under most peples radar could be debated, as i get the feeling that there are a few of people on here who enjoy a good debate on matters outwith football, like for example....the recent sharia law episode . I would certainly be a regualr visitor

As law abiding citizens I think we have a lot to fear of a DNA database. For example:

1. The UK government seems to be good at 'misleading' personal information these days (lap-tops, dics etc).

2. A DNA profile is an awful lot more than a fancy fingerprint - it could be used for many other (potentially dubious) purposes.

3. As genetic technology advances in leaps and bounds, acquiring someone's DNA profile could be, in the future, the ultimate identity theft.

4. There is the belief that DNA evidence is unequivocal proof of a crime. This is dangerous. As the techniques get more advanced, less and less genetic material is required to get a DNA profile. Such tiny quantities that it starts to become possible that tiny fragments of your DNA could be detected on people you've never even met. Scary.

5. Sharing your information with other countries/ organisations that may have dubious and prejudiced motives.

6. Most importantly (in my opinion), infringement of your human rights and loss of control/ independence. My body is mine, I decide if I want to donate my organs after death. To not be the owner of the basic code that makes  me me is beyond comprehension in my book.

This aggression will not stand!

What are people's thoughts on potential plans for this? Personally, the very idea makes me sick! Our freedom is steadily being eroded and it has to stop. It is a frightening idea. George Orwell would be turning in his grave. And this would not prevent crime in the slightest - murder, rape etc are not carried out by people making informed decisions and weighing up the pros and cons! If this becomes law I will either, (1) pray Scotland becomes independent and leaves the Union very soon, (2) leave the UK for good. Scary stuff...

The River Ness is the third biggest river in the UK (in terms of the rate of water flow).

Cheers scotty great links was it really 1978 it started, few more names that stood out, Michael Doyle, Pogo Patterson, Zammo.

They were later additions to the cast. Trisha Yates, Tucker Jenkins, 'Gripper' Stebson were names I remember...

Scrapped as it no longer reflects the lives of kids at school. I therefore expect the BBC to commission a programme involving kids skiving off lessons and vandalising property whilst getting thoroughly seshed on White Lightening.

That sounds like my school years (which wasn't yesterday!)

I need to get from 115kg to 105kg by April 19th.

I've put on 24lbs since I started going to the gym. I have no idea why I am posting this really...

Is that as a result of going to the gym or auto-correlation? The start of a gym regime for many people is carte blanche to eat as much as you can and lardy-ness typically ensues...

I'm on a diet too - can I get a piece of the action?!  :001:

Worth going to see the view alone.

I'd rather go and see the view without 20,000 neds buzzing around  :001:

Stereophonics are in the middle of a tour as we speak!

So are the Almighty apparently...

So are Bad Manners and many others....but like The Almighty....they arent exactly a chart act these days

That was my point - neither are the Stereophonics. They're certainly not nearly as popular as they were i.e., they've had their day.

Stereophonics are in the middle of a tour as we speak!

So are the Almighty apparently...

Why cant they get acts like Stereophonics, David Gray, Arcade Fire, franz ferdinand?

Are these not on the verge of 'has-been' status also?

Eh...........Naw!

Come on, Stereophonics and David Gray? They had their day about 10 years ago...

Wowww....

That Fatboy guy back again to play selections from his own record collection..!!..??

What a talent he possesses...  :023:

Was Titch already booked at Barbazza that week-end?

Why cant they get acts like Stereophonics, David Gray, Arcade Fire, franz ferdinand?

Are these not on the verge of 'has-been' status also?

Dare I say it but what a lot of p!sh!  :001:

If I remember correctly, Length bp 245' 6" Breadth 37' 6" Depth 22' 6" 1613 tons gross 1490 tons nett

Built by Anderson Rodger of Port Glasgow for Sterling & Co Glasgow- riveted steel .She was launched fully rigged on the 3rd of December 1896 and named Glenlee.

Sold 1898 to Robert Ferguson Dundee and renamed Islamount.

Sold 1905 to R Thomas & Co Liverpool and operated as a one ship company - the Flint Castle Ship Co but not actually renamed..

Sold1919 to Societa Di Navigazione Di Italiana and renamed Clarastella..

Sold 1922 to the Spanish Navy for use as a sail training ship and renamed Galatea..

Sold 1992 at auction to the Clyde Maritime Trust and renamed Glenlee by the Lord Provost of Glasgow on the 6th of July 1993.

Between 1897 and 1919 whilst trading under the red ensign she completed four circumnavigations and rounded Cape Horn sixteen times. Her last voyage under Spanish ownership was in 1969 and thereafter she was secured alongside at the Ferrol naval base as a school ship and where she was drydocked during 1981 and replated below the waterline. Her masts and yards were sent down and she was towed to Seville (45 miles up the Quadilquivir River) where she was abandoned to the sun and the vandals and where we found her in 1992 looking very sorry for herself.

The Trust had only ten days notice of the Spanish Navy auction but was able to make a successful bid of 8 million pesetas (40,000 pounds). A further 30,000 pounds was spent during 1993 to meet towing certificate requirements for the 1,400 mile tow back to the Clyde which was completed on the 9th June at an average speed of 6 knots and where she was drydocked for inspection.

Think thats right anyway.

MacKay's in Dingwall is worth going to for MOT. PM me for info about servicing - I can get it done for you without the need of going to a ?35/hr garage (depending on what car it is).

What make of car?

St Mirren 2-0 up now...  :001:

I very nearly got stuck in the snow driving between Alford and Inverness last night. Thought I'd try the short-cut over The Cabrach (I've since found that it's THE most frequently closed road by snow in Scotland - DOH!) but the road conditions rapidly deteriorated, ending up in 1-2m deep drifts. Luckily I got turned (never been as thankful for 4wd!) and just managed to get back through before the drifts closed up around me. I also had zero phone signal where I nearly got stuck! I did have 2 cases of Stella in the back of my car though so it wouldn't have been an entirely bad experience. Just lots of yellow snow around the car when the snow plough got to me!

Pretty sure that I'm going to go. With an American. The last sports event we saw together was a Mariners game in Seattle. She may find this experience quite different!

Where's everyone going to be taking in the New Year? Myself, Dornoch. I've never been before but I've heard only good reports of 'the Hog' there. Taking an American with me; she's heard so much about the way us Scots take in the New Year that I hope it meets her expectations!

I'm quietly confident. It's just a matter of time though; the only SPL team we've not beaten. Aberdeen have not been very good since their victory over Copenhagen. 0-2 I'll say.