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Yeah....that was a good week that for The Ironworks, IIRC

Theres NO reason as to why the Ironworks shouldnt be able to attract such acts....but they wont...coz there seems to be a severe lack of ambition at that place, and a penchant for tribute acts and anything that dont involve bringing good music to the highlands. If i was in charge of the place, which i should be (:P) Id be touting the place as a venue for bands to come try out their new material on folks, before proper tour gets under way...a dry run if you like. but Naw.....as usual, and same is true for those behind JLS and Rockness.....they short change us and play it safe. I doubt any of them 4 nights in august will come anywhere near selling out. Runrig will sadly, probably come closest. Lets have some ambition for a change

Yer not wrong actually. Another bland , middle of the road, has been Scottish Band to headline. If its a dour day weather wise....Travis rather low key songs will not do much to raise the spirit of the crowd. Last year , Deacon Blue were SHOCKINLGY bad...so boring, and most of those who were there that i spoke to agree. Usually, there are at least a couple of acts im looking forward to seeing at belladrum, but this year....theres none so far....but im still going

My unbuntu 11.10 OS has crashed. All i get now is the following screen with the following options... GNU Grub Version 1.99 l2Ubuntu5 Ubuntu with Linux 3.0.0.0-15 generic Ubuntu with Linux 3.0.0.0-15 generic (recovery mode) Previous Linux versions Memory Test (Memtest86+) Memory Test (Memtest86+ serial Console 115200) I have been thro ALL options with no sucsess and I even tried installing ubuntu NUMEROUS times, it gets so far,but it wont re-install now I have searched and searched the net, with no luck Any ideas?

I agree, its not a problem Specific to Scotland/Uk.....but it seems to be more problematic here. The likes of Holland, Spain, Germany, Italy, Japn, USA not too mention a whole heap of African nations seem to be able to advance while the Scottish game goes into a slump. The children in most of these nations are subject to the same distractions, yet The kids in the countries seem more motivated to get off their asses and participate in physical activities.....in Scotland/UK, the game manufacturers seem to be winning and have a firm grip on Children

Im suprised no one has mentioned the two progs shown on BBC1 Scotland on Mon and Tues regarding the shambolic state of the Scottish game. I thought it may have sparked debate on here if nothing else. Well...my point is .............and its one that wasnt mentioned once (that I heard), and its a serious problem, which i think is contributing heavily to the decline of standards in the scottish game. And it is..........COMPUTER games/internet. Think about it.....how many kids in UK, as a whole, are sat glued to a screen of some description these days, instead of being out with a football? I know its largely true of my 3 kids and most of there freinds too. I really think that is a major factor in the demise of the game

You watch ANY top team (who are usually pleasing to watch if nothing else) they play the majority of the game on the deck. I was watching the Scottish football debate progs at the start of the week, and the general consensus was that the long ball game is dead almost everywhere......apart from Scotland. And they are right. Long ball is usefull as a tactic to try change a game, but not as an entire game plan.

I think Alexander is likely to get the dunt sometime soon. I hear he is on £12k a week, so quite a saving to be made there

What i will say is....I dont think we will progress under Butcher. I cant help but draw comparrisons with our time under brewster's leadership, and that was as dire as any football i have ever seen served up by an Inverness team. I have yet to see anything to suggest that things might improve

Some people at Chelsea need to realise that they are not as big and illustriious club as Man Utd or Liverpool. They are an also ran at best...who had a run of sucsess in the 00's. There can only be one Champion and every dog has its day....Chelsea has had its day.

You mean...he sees dead people? That will explain why hes been chasing ghosts all season!

Under whos leadership?

It pleases me to say Don that you are in fact WRONG in questioning my part about Board members or anyone else picking the team. I THINK i am correct in saying i didnt state ONE opinion on that matter...in fact...i dont even remember reading such a thread! ICTs strength was always in making a few changes each season and not going for wholesale changes. Butcher has thrown that philosophy out the window. Id say the amount of dross he has brought in in his time hear vastly outnumbers the amount of quality players he has brought in, but that of course. is just my own opinion. Also.....the football being served up for the most part, is utter PISH, as poor and directionless as it was under brewster

The Good times will not return under the leadership of Butcher, Im pretty sure of that. He has ripped the heart out of the club with his insistance to do things his way....and the result is, things are as dire as they ever were for ICT fans. But the players have to shoulder blame too...as they are supposed to be Professional, and in the dozen or so games i have seen them this season, they have been pathetic and lacked desire, passion and effort. I am a realist, and while i would concede, ICT are currently roughly in the position i would expect them to be.......id be a lot happier if they were to get beat...they did so with at least a bit of fight about them

Another vote for Gimp here. its the one i use

Ah well then......that makes everything ok. id rather they put in a decent shift during the 90 mins that count each week. they have been disturbingly bad everytime i have seen them this season.

I have to say.....the football i have seen on show this season....is as dire as anything i have ever seen from an ICT team. Really Bleak...no wonder punters are staying away...they are not being entertained!

I think the article was referring to Scotland in the near future, when all the planned windfarms are in place. If i remember correctly, this fact was mentioned in a report about Donald Trumps objetions to a wind farm just off his multi million pound Golf Course Development near Aberdeen

In reality tho....we will probably continue to get shafted...as is always the case

I heard. . . we could harness enuff energy from wind power, to power Scotland 7 times over, so power could get a lot cheaper . . .at least in theory

Yeah....he does have the licence Number on the bottom of his laptop. But i thought that Windows 7 being installed,would have to be the same edition as the licence is for in order to use that licence number....if that makes sense?

Do you know this...i dont think i have ever owned a computer which has the system restore in the BIOS....well...not that i ever saw...although a few people did suggest trying it. I was thinking of getting in touch with PC World, from where the laptop was bought...to see if they could rattle up some restore discs, perhaps by using a display model. I dont think thats much to ask considering myself and the ex have spent many thousands of pounds in their store over the years. My son seems real happy with life under Ubuntu, as all he really uses his laptop for at the mo is surfing the net (which....is LIGHTNING quick under google chrome on Ubuntu). Plus...he only got his laptop at xmas, so its not like he is a life long user of Windows. I actually think Ubuntu is really cool and i may end up using it myself. If he decides he wants to go back to windows 7, my mate has a copy of it, which can be installed on up to 7 machines, so he would let me install it on Lewis's laptop. BUT...i think hes happy with Ubuntu

Sad to lose one of the clan. I remember him from years and years ago, on the sites thro the years. RIP Gordy

I heard inside info months ago that this was going to happen...from sources working on the case. No shock to me. I also watched a BBC Inside Scotland specail, some months ago, and it was suggesting this is EXACTLY what Rangers owner would bizzarely be wanting to happen. And here it is, hes got his way. Question is...what happens next to Rangers?

Thanx for that Scotty :)