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It was early afternoon in the UK. I was in my office just north of the West End of London. There were three or four of us in the office, but we didn't have a TV or radio, so were relying on the internet. However, it wasn't as robust then as it is now - or perhaps even today it would still be overloaded - so it was impossible to get a reliable connection to a news site. To any external website, in fact. I was on a mailing list comprising a bunch of fans of the rock group Deep Purple, which had been set up because the crazies had taken over the Usenet newsgroup (remember them?). One member of the group was sitting in a building in New York, and could see, thankfully at a distance, what was happening. Another of the members was a weather forecaster at a TV station in Sweden, so he was watching the newsfeeds. Both were keeping us up to date, by email, with what was happening. An interesting illustration of how information will propagate through the net, despite any difficulties. At the time, my wife worked for Citigroup in Canary Wharf. When you see pictures of the three tallest towers in Canary Wharf, one of the two smaller, flat-roofed ones is the Citigroup tower. My wife was on the umpteenth floor. Her colleagues knew lots of people in the World Trade Center. In fact, one of her colleagues, who was sitting close by, was talking to someone there when suddenly the line went dead.... If you have flown into Heathrow, you may know that the usual approach is westwards across the centre of London, along the line of the Thames. There is usually a continuous stream of low-flying planes passing close to Canary Wharf. So quite a few people started nervously eyeing the line of planes, waiting for one or more to veer off and start heading towards Canary Wharf. Eventually, it became obvious that no work was going to be done that afternoon, so she and her colleagues were told to go home if they wished. But to walk down the umpteen flights of stairs, and not risk the lifts.

Still hoping to see McKay and Duku on together, although I realise that this might not be the match in which to experiment. What's the news on Gardyne?

Well, if it's around 1968 or 1969, then I'm playing the records before the game and at half-time. The Dambusters' March, anyone?

Can't complain at 4-0, although I think it flattered us. Buckie just ran out of steam towards the end. One of things that impressed me most was Cammy Mackay's distribution of the ball. Better than Ridgers' - no aimless punts downfield (or off the field). Although I will accept that we were playing a different class of opposition today. He also had a few moments when he had to look sharp, so it's good to know that he's there. Hope McKay didn't injure himself scoring the last goal.

Doesn't look as though anyone else is helping. It's Burghead, where "Moby", constructed in Forres, was launched. Not sure I'd call that "east coast", but then again others might. I checked, and Burghead harbour still looks like that nowadays. BBC news article from 16 June about McLean - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-57482669

Not sure if by "east coast" you mean the same as me - and that could be a clue Have another go!

Early 1996. But what, and where?

Now there's a challenge! Took me a while, though. I guess you remembered that I was looking along the Dava Way trail when I was trying to identify what turned out to be Killiecranckie viaduct. It is Edinkillie Church and viaduct, from the A940 between Forres and Grantown. Wikipedia says that the viaduct is used as the symbol for the Dava Way, but it doesn't look like it from their website - https://davaway.org.uk/

Just to add my tuppence worth: Ridgers probably had more to do yesterday than he did in all three previous league matches combined. I do wish he could keep his goal kicks and clearances on the pitch. Just aim up the middle, Mark Walsh didn't have a good day, but in previous matches he and Carson have been very effective attacking down the right. Sutherland - well, I said earlier I'd like to see McKay and Duku on together. I still can't make up my mind about Duku. He runs his socks off and puts himself about - I think it's great how he challenges the opposition when they are in possession deep inside their own half. But he covers so much ground that sometimes he isn't where you'd want him. And, as Johndo says, he's not a physical player. I wonder how he'll do on heavy winter pitches.

I would like to see an experiment, of Billy McKay starting alongside Manny Duku, with Shane Sutherland on the bench. I don't think that Sutherland and Duku have established any sort of partnership, and I think that it's Sutherland who is usually the less adventurous of the two. Put McKay and Duku on together, and either they will click and score a barrowload of goals, or they will both go AWOL with no understanding of where the other is. The Buckie game is the best opportunity to try out something like that. Very pleased with the four 1-0s, of course. But some time soon we are going to have to score more than one goal!

In that case, I predict a 0-0. Oddly enough, I am sure that quite a few of us would take it.

One of the signs of a great player is that he can influence the game even when he's not on the pitch

It should be on Kilmarnock's streaming channel - https://ppv.kilmarnockfc.co.uk/ - but they haven't posted any information yet.

Looks like next week's game is our first "must-win" of the season I thought Sean Welsh looked really good when he was on. Another great shift from David Carson, too. Not convinced by the attack, though. Would like to see more people getting forward, quicker, and together - instead of a lonely figure trying to hold the ball up until support arrives. And it might just be because he was close to the camera for the second half, but I don't see Michael Gardyne doing much. He is the epitome of an older experienced pro - rarely running, but not making mistakes either. Usually playing safe balls - sideways. Would like to have seen Aaron Doran brought on much earlier to try to liven up the left-hand side of the attack, which was no comparison with Walsh and Carson on the right. But, hey - 3 points!

Fron reading a couple of reports, it looks like the problems in the stands were due to power supply failure. The wifi problem affected their electronic ticketing system - they couldn't scan QR codes, and still had hundreds of home fans outside of the ground. The most constructive thing now would be for Raith to send a full report on what happened to all other clubs, and for all clubs to check their own vulnerability to such risks.

March 23rd, this year. Buckie 2, ICT 3 Can we get their commentator in for the streaming, please? "Jings almichty!!"

What size of crowd could be expected for a home cup tie against an Old Firm club early next year?

Surely all the council could do is give the mobile service providers a nudge? I'm not doubting you, but I'm suprised, given that the Longman is flat, and that all the industry and businesses there must require good coverage. Perhaps the structure of the stand that you were in was interfering with the signal? The big shiny fancy buildings in London, with their metal frameworks, are notoriously bad for this. Added later: if there really is a problem, then it could be a good opportunity for the club to earn a little money by allowing one or more service providers to set up masts in the ground. For example, on top of a stand - highest point in the area, apart from perhaps the maltings buildings and the bridge itself.

It was obvious that the South Stand block with the second 'E' in "INVERNESS" was being kept empty, to keep all you hooligans apart

That's 3 weeks' time, not 3 days Nothing now till Ayr in a couple of weeks. And we never do well after a break...

Tuesday ???

My thought, too, when he came on. But what do we know?

I think it's especially important today, given that Raith lost 4 goals in the last 20-odd minutes last week. But had also scored 4 goals before that. Put the pressure on their defence from the very start, I would say. An early goal would surely make them think of the last quarter of their game last week.

NO! Just NO! Or at least, be VERY careful. Windows 11 requires version 2.0 of a thing called Trusted Platform Module (TPM), which is not in all consumer/home PCs. If you don't have it, you'd be wasting your time. (You're going to hear a lot more about this over the coming year, as Microsoft tries to get us to move to Windows 11.) It is reckoned that most PCs less than 4 years old should have TPM 2.0. You may have it either as a separate hardware module, or integrated into your motherboard, or it may possibly be implemented in your CPU firmware. (There are lists of compatible CPUs online.) You may be able to enable it through your UEFI/BIOS. Unfortunately, Microsoft has withdrawn their compatibility checker which told you whether your machine would be able to run Windows 11. They withdrew it because it didn't provide enough information about why your machine couldn't run Windows 11 They promise it will be back "in the fall". There are unofficial ones available online - I don't know how accurate they are. If you know what you are doing and you understood every word of this and you are sure that you have TPM 2.0, then go ahead. Otherwise my advice would be to wait until the Windows 11 compatibility checker reappears later this year, and then use it to find out what you have to do. Windows 10 will be supported for around five more years, so it's not exactly an urgent matter. Having worked with computers since 1975, my advice is never, ever, jump in and be the first to use new technology of any sort. Though scottishhighlands would clearly disagree Good luck, mate! More here if you're interested - https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/134365/can-my-pc-run-windows-11 and https://uk.pcmag.com/components/134144/what-is-a-tpm-and-why-do-i-need-one-for-windows-11

Next Saturday's opponents had a 4-0 lead with 25 minutes to go, and ended up with only 1 point Study them well, lads, before next week.