Scarlet Pimple

After I had been here in Canada for a few years I got to thinking " Hmmmmm, there are benefits going here and if I am getting a living from this country maybe I should just get my Citizenship"--which I then did. Taxes---yes they are always there Grrr. My property taxes have gone up by a net amount of 13%, whilst inflation, like the U.K. is about 2%,--castigated the mayor who chickened out, fobbed me off to the Municipalities Financial officer who supervised the Annual budget preparation and he never replied Grrrrr2.I am still mad... :008: Pokey--never tried to get it, never needed to --always worked . Passport--you can have a British Passport and a Canadian one--but why bother with the British one, probably costs a fortune now to get it. Canadian passport costs about $100 (close to 47 pounds) and the only advantage to renewing the British Passport is that you maybe get through the line-ups when you arrive in a British Airport a bit quicker. And the cost of living, not to memntion the cost of homes, in Scotland does not inspire me to retire in Scotland...but who knows....? Beautiful day here in Lotus Land, Scotty--probably humid as usual in the East, eh? Cheers S.P

Yes, Eddie Turnbull and Pat Stanton must be green with envy. In their days players were scrambling to get into the Hibs team , not leave it. Well, every dog has its day so no doubt the great Hibs teams of the past will come to the fore again.... :009:

Well, I guess that is why Niculae has signed for ICT rather than some of the other European clubs. He sees where the income stream is..... He seems to be a lad who does his homework--has reviewed the ICT web site and knows Scottish history forby!--as Frankie Howerd used to intone on the TV. OOOOOH! MMMMMMMM! :003: I have said before that the prices do seem high and I completely agree with Tin Can Fan that reducing the price and filling the stadium is just common-sense (don't answer that--just start a new thread :crazy07:). The only way for any protest to succeed is when they price themselves out of existence--maybe that could happen sooner - rather than later . :023:

Yon...tatt---ed arse? Oh jeez I wonder who that is? :015: :015: :015: :015:

The Pimpernel Organisation in an exclusive interview with Gordon Smith, SFA Chief Executive, is reliably-informed that commencing 1 January 2008 the following will be in place and players/responsible will be issued yellow cards: Cheating/Diving infractions will be reviewed on a video tape within 72 hours of the game by that game's referee and yellow cards will be issued for infractions by diving to players who have got away with it unscathed during the game. Similarly if a player has received a yellow card due to the fact that he was placed in a position of apparently fouling the opponent because the oppnent cheated, his yellow card will be withdrawn (or may be) and in addition a yellow card will be issued to the opponent who caused the problem in the first place. MR Smith in a forthright, absorbing, interview stated coolly and clearly that a review is currently undserway in the S.FA of all ssues such as this (see below) that have been creeping into the Scottish game and the object is to clean up the game in Scotland. :33: Also, our representative spy, Kerosene Idiot-Insane, interviewed Mr Don McVicar, the SFA Head of Referee Development and we are pleased to advise that as a result of information obtained during an incendiary interview we are now in a position to advise that the following issues will also be under intense scrutiny from now on: 1.Pushing, jostling , shoving and jersey pulling in the box during corners, free kicks etc--infractions here that are detected will result in penalties. Mr McVicar opined that some of the decisions by the Referee in this regard may prove to be controversial but did not explain what measures the Committees had in mind to offset the is. 2.Brawls in which players come to the rescue of their poor little colleagues who have been hit by opponents' powder puffs and are aggrieved and upset resulting in massive brawls of 22 or more disgruntled, overexcited, players in indulging in unseemly spectacles will also be subject to strict unspecified disciplinary action. 3. Overcelebration by players who have scored a goal , by running into the crowd, etc, will be subject to ongoing disciplinary action in some fashion, yellow cards etc, in order to avoid a situation where football police will in the future have to be formed, trained and paid to be on site. Our organisation will continue to monitor these developments and will update the news as and when it occurs. Remember where you heard this breaking bombshell advisory o this site first. ICT Unofficial Web Site--where all the highest and the best news views and clips are ticker taping as you think and speak. :022: :002:

Charles Are you sure that Telford Street could hold up to 6,000--that seems just a tad too many--the stand was really very small and there were trees at the back of the very SMALL terracing along Telford Street too. :rolleyes02:But maybe....

I have just tried to post a note on here but it will not work---hangs up and hangs up and is very slow to move . Apparently it did not move to the thread at all just now. Why are the postings so slow these days Scotty?

Well that is a surprise Scotty. Noy yet a Citizen of this wide and handsome country. .No idea how long it takes these days to get your Citizenship but if the Passport Application is anything to go by --for me it was some 22 weeks-- good luck ! Sounds like your "permanent Residency" is akin to a Permit Ha! Ha!. :003: :014:

As to the last pic he definitely is "getting along" avec les amis so that's the main thi8ng . As to the other pics he is at first stating clearly that ..." cela est une acte de dieu mun" that was an act of God mun. Second pic he is complaining that he has been unjustluy accused of having an nunclean top, stating...." cette seagul had his yeux vers moi tout le temps, ou sumpin" it wisnae me...that seagul has targetted me totally all day . Whatever, it's all good clean fun.....eh?

I completely agree with Alex MacLeod--give the man a break! C' mannnnnnnnnnnn, as they say in Canada, give the guy a break. We have sure had our say about Rory. and I think it is time to lay off and cheer the young man when he is on the ball--maybe he will try harder , be more determined and get stuck in-a-boorit. If we do, but he does not, then CC should try someone else. After all these players are being paid very good money to perform and in the world of reality if he does not then should be re-assigned until he becomes more mature, more agggressive, more energetic and more determined to succeed. :018:

I have it on good authority that County had the caravan, in which the the copy of the permit was in on its way back to Romania for scrutiny, hijacked since they were envious of the superior floral embellishments on its side . The latter had been lovingly created in water colours compared to County's ball-point pen efforts on their official caravans. :002:

the first part of the last post I am sceptical about. the last part --I had thought about that myself :003:

Why do so many posters refer to McAllister as a player who should be put out on loan. Do you mean "put out to pasture" ? What is so great for him to have that fate thrust upon him--assuming that playing in the reserve team at home might suit his progress better? Do you mean that he would be less nervous out on loan than playing in Inverness? :011:

Good reports, Mee et al. Mee have you been on hols in the Caribbean all these weeks? :003: Rangers will be taking players ti Tulloch who have never been there so what with injuries, permit scares, gash pereformances etc should we be nervous? :007:

The lives of some of you younger posters is exceedingly complicated---ignored, being ignored, trying to ignore, quote, non-quote,broken quote, broker quoted, reference the quoted broker... Heck, if I was not ignored all the time I would be ...overwhelmed :002: For Scarlet read the KISS factor--just keep it simple Sam : ---just let me in the door, let me read , let me post, let me be as controversial as possible, let me wind up the Admins , ignore Toronto F.C. and tout the Vancouver Whitecaps, let me research every football site and every football journalistic article I can find the time to access, let me try to be as amusing as IHE , eschew techno babble, blabber away for a few minutes, be tolerated, be tolerant of the young and bright -eyed and bushy tailed and and I go home happy. Sigh --I wish life was like that ......EH? :016: :sillywave:

When I saw Rory in the pre Under -20 warm-up games in Vancouver here in Canada I got the impression that he lacked drive and aggression.i.e. determination. Very tall and strong young man but seemed to wait around for the ball to be delivered to him. Yet when he did have shots on goal they were hard rockets--pity most of them flew over the bar or past the side netting. Do you think he is so tall that it is hard for him to be speedy off his mark and therefore he might tend to think that there is not much point in his tackling aggressively. The truth is that on the one game that I saw it probably is not fair to come down hard on him or indeed any player. But if he doesn't get mucked in somehow I think it will not be good for him or the club. :024:

So we have to hope that a permit is not going to be granted, then, to quell the D R U?-- Dratted Romanian Underdog, like? :011: Too late fer that me hearties, let's all get on with it now, permit or not, including the rest of the team---sink or swim time, like... :crazy07:

Scotty/Don See left column on Home page--Club Guide--under General Information. The Club Captain is shown as S. Golabek. Should this be changed/updated? One more suggestion --under this same heading--how about adding references to the Supporters' Club--staff names, etc, plus a tel/fax number. I know it shows elsewhwre but this eems to be a general summary glossay--? :symbol_question:

O.K. Scotty--no rush to reply to me directly since we all know what a full-time occupation this is for you. Great work indeed. Glad to be of assistance; tried my best anyhoo. Hope old Scarlet is now in the list brought up in the "SEARCH" box. Cheers :014:

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.IHE........................ :002:

Enjoyed! :022: :clapping03:

:015: :015: Wait till you see S.P.--he has virtually no hair at all--except a few wispy ones on top that makes him look like OOR Wulliue.. :029:

In the past the Login caused me most of the problems. Only had one refusal so far but really otherwise fine. Sent you back an email with suggestions. Assume you got it so what did you think of the suggestions.? Was there anything you considered helpful in the reply I sent to you ? :sillywave: S.P.

Stimulating post Mantis. :021: Chances of their not being ready for the "gers" is remote to non-existant. :014:

No he wasn't Caley D --even the brightest of us sometimes are looking too hard. Initially I was envisaging a dried up marsh being filled up by the recent heavy rains, bejabbers. :015: The above comments prompted me to turn on the more acute overdrive part of ma brain and there it was in full,view. -- reminds me of the dentists who were..er.. different. Ben Doon and Phil MacAvity. :002: