The Mantis

For some of us, our teenage years are a bit hard to remember. Also counting to five gets a bit harder as you get older..... Mott the Hoople - Mott Wings - Band on the Run Yes - The Yes Album ELP - Trilogy Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Special mention to: Rick Wakeman - Six Wives of Henry VIII ELP - Brain Salad Surgery Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story Alice Cooper - Killer CSNY - Deja-Vu Deep Purple - In Rock Led Zeppelin - 3 ELO - Eldorado Focus - Moving Waves Genesis - Selling England by the Pound John Lennon - Imagine Paul McCartney - Ram Ian Hunter - Ian Hunter Jethro Tull - Aqualung Lindisfarne - Fog on the Tyne Paul Simon - Paul Simon P.F.M. - Cook Queen - Sheer Heart Attack Wishbone Ash - Argus David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks Also one or two cheats since I was probably too old/young to be a teenager at the time: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Beatles - Revolver Steve Forbert - Alive on Arrival Boomtown Rats - Tonic For the Troops Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus Kate Bush - The Kick Inside Meat Loaf - Bat out of Hell

You must be a very wise teenager given your other four

Livi? Nah, I don't believe it for a minute BTW I was in Gretna yesterday so went by the stadium to see if it was still there. Are they carrying on in another league or waiting for a buyer to turn it into houses or what? Anybody know?

Hate to sound like a Jonah but we're only 3 points off the bottom with Motherwell coming up followed by Rangers.

I just read 'The God Delusion' about a month ago. Now where are those Jehovah Witnesses when you need them :thumb04: :018:

I'm just back today from a week in Wales and a couple of stops on the M6 on the way. No problems apart from a couple of times in Wales where the assistant peered at the note before putting it in the till - obviously they were young and had never seen one before. My experience is, it's only a few arrogant Londoners looking for a bit of sport who give you any bother. That and little pockets of the country where you get UKIP-type little englanders

Old Git.

Do I detect a whiff of cynicism there :thumb04: Ah but I was 26 when I came in so 7 years (tops) left for me

81-82? That's the year I started teaching although Bannerman would have you believe otherwise. I take it Zander is Scotty then?

So you're a Malmsteen on your mother's side?

Did Tennents not used to be decent stuff away back? Now apparently it's a global brand and just as rotten as Bud and Miller and all the rest. I used to do a bit of home brewing and I remember that soft Scottish water was ideal for lager just as Burton water makes good bitter with all its gypsum content. In fact if you're making bitter to an English recipe up here, you have to add gypsum and other stuff to the water, which affects the ph and so on, which in turn allows the enzymes to do their stuff.

I've just noticed your avatar Kev. That's a large Glenlivet you owe me.

He speaks well of you too Johndo.

Yeah I've got the two AKOBs

Naw, Caley, not ICT. Lost 6-2 at Brockville as Stirling had a plastic pitch at the time.

Fine in the first half, working hard and creating as much as Yinitit till we gifted the first goal. Daly got a free header. Writing on the wall after that. Also Blackie was on the receiving end of what looked like a rather cynical challenge from Dods. When he went off at half time we had nothing to offer. Barry, his replacememnt, seemed unable to run at players and kept turning inside, mind you that was after Brewster switched him to the left. Looked like another disaster at the second goal away up the far end. When the ball flew up in the air that feckin giant Wilkie got plenty time to nod it home. Second half and bits of the first half we persisted in punting it up to Barrowman who was left to battle against the twin towers. When we kept it on the deck we looked like causing them problems but too little too late. Cowie does not look happy at all at the mo. We also missed Duncan IMO, but then I say that every week.

I think you'll find you're two thirds right Pimple

There'll be a pay gate for sure.

I think Gordy made the hammer/nail interface there. Legend Pele.

It's the Tuesday then....... would have preferred Weds but never mind.

Where you been hiding man? Missed your dulcit tones :thumb04: :018: BENI's just a bunch of fans but you're looking for bias at the club? Nothing stopping you forming your own NINI or whatever you want to call them ;)

I think there's a fair amount of 'anybody can beat anybody else on their day' in the league this year. It could be argued that the standard in the SPL is lower this year apart from Gretna. Killie looks like a great result. But time will tell if Hearts, Hibs or Aberdeen are any good. Anyway we only got a good result from one of the three, and beating Falkirk may not turn out to be a fabby result either. We also lost at home to Hamilton and St Mirren.

Not a big enough Travis fan to go and see them unless they were performing in my neighbour's garden. But for many ICT fans there's one song brings back happy memories of a great day out

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Aye AD was a gers man and DM was a jambo, but I would say in the last couple of years of Caley that was their team. Dots went back to Caley because Hearts were crap. Wish I could remember the name of the big guy who owned the flat - I can see his face. Also there was a guy they called Carter USM (unstartable sex machine....).