The Mantis

Although we won these 5 games, I saw 3 of them and we were hardworking but pretty gash creatively. I think we would have missed Blackie badly if we had to face the top 6 teams instead of the bottom 6.

Well I can certainly remember 74 and 78. We certainly went on about qualifying without England being there. The problem is nobody was able to hear us as we don't control the 'British' media.

IIRC the English covered our games with their own commentators, so they didn't have to listen to us 'gloating'.

Also the so called 'national' programmes hardly mentioned Scotland unless they had a game the following day. So it was just as it is now, like living in a foreign country.

I still don't know what Willie Ormond had for his tea, but never mind, at least I know how many times Rooney has farted this week.

The difference is, the only people who hear about our win in 1967 are ourselves (plus a few unfortunate souls (but otherwise very fortunate) who have chosen to live here.

Because of the way the 'British' media are controlled, we have no choice but to hear about 1966, even in matches involving two other nations, or even in another sport.

Even in the Champions' League Final the other week, we had to listen to that muppet Tyldesley comparing Ronaldinho to Johnny Wilkinson FFS!

BTW that game in 1967 was a right good game of football.

If you want to try a 'predictor' just among us board users go to http://hmssneck.com/ict/forum/viewtopic.php?p=11903#11903

This is a good laugh. It was set up by my mate's son and was a success at the 2002 WC. You have to earn points by predicting the scores.

Go to http://www.worldcupsweepstake.com/index.php

Browse for the team 'InvernessCT' and use 'ballistic' as a password.

One word of warning- your username is not what gets displayed, but your Forename and Surname.

It's not the whole feckin game is it? I bought that a while back for about £7 on eBay. Mind you The Herald have been selling it at £19.99 recently.....

I've paid you twice Kay- the other is for Naelifts.

Yes, very interesting. Never been to Bulgaria, rest of my family go regularly for beach holidays, but maybe I can persuade Mrs Mantis to have a city break some time.

I have 2 or 3 of Simon Inglis' books and it appears that in Europe, the 4-sided stadium is known as the 'English Design'. There's still a great number of these stadia with running track, and it seems even more the further east you go.

Of course, oldies like me can remember when Ibrox and Parkheid were this shape too.

Without a doubt the best pizzas in Inverness come from Bici's in Tomnahurich St.

A wide range of toppings, consistency, commitment to quality in ingredients and makeup, well-priced extras, delivery service, phone ordering...all these things add up to a service and products that cannot be matched by chain pizzas.

Give em a try...you wont look back!

In addition they are owned and run by an ICT season ticket holder and frequent sponsor/advertiser. So a proportion of each meal goes to the club! The supporters choice.

That'll be £5, Martin

I think Gordy made the hammer/nail interface there. That'll be another £5, Martin :015: :015: :015:

What? Tons of manure?

Well I got a few interesting ones too but my favourite was for my wife: garden gnome :015: :015: :015: :015: :015:

Black is also very inexperienced at this level....... Rankine from the travellers for £60k -£70k to replace Black and that would be a good bit of business tucking away a bit cash for better wages when needed.

And Rankin does have experience?????? No reason why the tinks midget should cost more than our midget :015: :015: :015:

You know you taught me all I know Donview... 5-3-5-3-5-3 repeat till sore :015:

Speak nicely to Peter Paul, or if you like I'll do it next season :014:

For me it was an Escort, possibly a Mk II (the square lined one that I think superceded the rounded look one).

R reg anyhow...

Sounds like a Mk II then, my first company car was an S reg Mk II. Bought from Maconochy's (sp) in Kilmarnock as it happens, your neck of the woods. You must have been quite a late learner/rich fecker if that was your first car.

Mine was a D reg Hillman Minx, £85, about 10 years old when I got it. The car obviously, not me.

I hope you senile old gits realise we had this thread already about 2 months ago :010:

M@sturb@ting.

Well Subbuteo obviously...........

But also Lego and Meccano. Airfix models that my ma had to dust, and she always broke bits off them.

Airfix had a Lego substitute called 'Betta Builda'.

Does anybody remember these wee plastic submarines where you had to put some baking soda in them?

Stornoway. Freshly made, quite cheap and enough fish to choke a horse, mind you never seen a horse eating fish.

Aberfoyle has an absolute stoater. Guy says he gets his fish from Iceland (the country not the shop) if that makes any difference.

Scotty, the one up the hill in Pitlochry is called 'The Plaice to be' or some other terribly witty name. The other one in the main street takes ages and gives you loads of wasteful cardboard packaging. Plus the fish is small enough to fit in the box.

Is the Old Bridge Inn the place just around the corner on the road to Coylumbridge? I had a feed there a couple of years ago and I thought it was all right. They had to squeeze us in too, they were very busy.

This is an old one.

Scholes says to Beckham 'look Becks, Fergie always leaves the training ground at 11 o'clock. We're supposed to train till 12. If we watch for his car leaving, we can bunk off training at 5 past 11.'

Becks agrees to try this. The first day he gets home earlier than usual, goes upstairs, and just catches sight in the bedroom mirror of Fergie and Posh hard at it on the bed. He sneaks out before they see him and says nothing.

Next day Scholesy asks him if he wants to bunk off early again.

Becks replies 'feck off, I nearly got caught yesterday'.

You forgot that fecker Harvey, ex-£ivi and Calder-puncher

Thought the UK was England more like :015: :015: :015:

Feck me Hairy, you're losing your touch. There was me thinking your first post was a brilliant wind-up and TJE had bought it too :014:

We were plagued by a snecky maroon squirrel last summer, wee fecker was gnawing away at everybody's ankles.

IHE shot him and he ran away squealing with his tail between his legs, it was almost as big as Keogh.

Not sure Billy ever scored in Europe though he did miss a couple as any bluenose will tell you :015: :015: :015: :015:

Yeah the Cologne game's what I meant.