Scarlet Pimple

Maybe that's because  he has been on this site an awful lot longer than you S :029:

A left winger who hugs the touchline and has a good cross on him......? Behave yourself, you are getting carried away.

Good heavens man, such an industrious smart player  and entertainment went out years ago.

Wheest! Your statement may now be politically incorrect--it's now all about one touch, right and left channels, 4 X 4's(sorry, 4, 3, 3 or is it 4,4,2) and plastic corner flag posts.

Sigh--I long for the good old days and mazy touchline runs. :002:

Aye f......ing aye! :002:

Yep, Mantis-- more life in this joke:

Two men walking down Inglis street with a buxom blonde in tight attire walking just ahead of them......

"Hey Jimmie, " says one " do you see that, man?"

"Aye" says number two "it's like two ferrets fighting in a hankie" :004: :016:

IHE--the way you are treated sometimes is daunting.

I was just finished having a good belly laugh when my parade of empathy was rained on and now I am depressed again. Ha! Ha! :009: :006: :005: :016:

Re the question of listening to a broadcast using Windows Messenger this is possible provided the transmitting computer in the U.K. is also connected to Windows Messenger AND has a microphone plugged into it  which is placed close to a radio to pick up the commentary.

To use Messenger all you need is to have Messenger activated by downloading it from the Windows Download centre. I think it co mes with XP automatically though and all you have to do to activate it is to create a sign-in profile and then you can  use text typing for instantaneous transmission to any other computer in the world connected to the Internet and you can also receive instantaneous  texting back from that same computer. It's like being on the telephone in text.

Windows Messenger also provides the facility of viewing each connected party via video camera, and talking direct into a microphone ,providing each computer has a video cam  set-up together with a microphone respectively. This also transmits like a telephone back and forth.

That is one of the reasons why long-distance calls now have become so cheap because Instant Messaging is free and just as effective. :022:

Hullo Absent Friend

Well, well, it is a small world and no mistake. Sorry that I did not access this thread more recently but it is great to hear from you  about this.

My Uncle Bob the architect lived in the family cottage in Culcabock with Uncle Jim until Jim had to be re-located to Craig Dunain hospital due to  memory loss (probably Alzheimers) until his death. He was as fit as a fiddle and walked for miles daily on his hospital jaunts apparently.But when I visited him he could not remember me  except that he seemd to understand that I was close to him. Bob lived in the cottage until his death, but what happened to the cottage , or who lived in it subsequently I do not know. I was under the impression that it was demolished to make way for the road widening but you say it is still there...wow. I remember running round in the back garden up to the fence and looking over into the field at the foot of the back garden over to Raigmore hospital with Princey the dog who was a firm favourite with all.

I was born in Dunain Road in 1938  but I did not know my Grandfather who died before I was old enough to understand anything. I do have a fabulous black and white picture on my computer of Grandfather, Ned and Jim standing in a line side by side between about five or six  big clydesdale horses on the Inshes farm a long time ago and one of my mother and father on their wedding day which I can send to you if you like--just ask Scotty or Don to give me your email address please or you can ask them to give you mine which is not a problem .

I was stunned to learn that your Grandmother lived in the house across from the Mill--that must have been the one right on the burn  and I have been inside that house once, as I recall when I was very small, speaking to the lady who occupied it almost certainly your grandmother. Did it not have a platform over the burn from whence you could look down into the water?

The road that led down the side of that house and the burn  housed my Uncle Ned in a wee cottage in about 30 yards from  the main road which  was owned by Colonel MacArthur for whom Ned worked as a gardener. The Colonel lived to the left of the burn (looking across the road from the Mill) just up the brae in the largish garden/estate which Ned tended lovingly. I think he lived in his cottage rent free since the Col. apparently thought the world of him.

I did have another uncle, Duncan, who was unfortunately killed in France at the age of 19 in the first World War so , again, I never met him and that was before your time also.He also lived in the cottage until the War started. I think all of the three uncles were in the Camerons.

SP? He's a figleaf of my imagination and my alter-ego (the one that dared to come out ,ha!), born a stone's throw from the former Caley Park at Telford Street, witness from my bedroom window of the fire that burnt down the stand and many other better memories of Caley and former players. He came to Canada over 30 years ago and found this site by chance and was encouraged to become a member of this "unofficial" site  by Mantis to whom I shall forever be grateful.

Hope to hear from you A.B. --Scarlet has gone off out for the day but I will tell him about you when he comes back, he will be very pleased

Cheers

Roderick :003: :003:

IHE-- the three stooges in the Innes....Bucket , IHE and the Pimple.. :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015: :015:

Hey stranger things can happen. Maybe sooner than later.....right now I am trying to sell-off my business and retire. If it happens, then first stop Inverness----and the Innes.

Mark this well..never mind a pint or  the drammie,  mine's a buckett. LOL : :016: :015: :002: :021:

I tend to agree with the last post--considering the few times he has been in the first team it does seem a bit harsh to get tore into him at this stage.

Holy Smokes, what a hornet's nest this has turned out to be since I last viewed the posts on the 11 April.

I get your point Buckett about the Black man being stared at in Inverness. Since Black men and women are here  in abundance, just down the road in the States, you see them constantly on TV so when they first started to appear in person in Vancouver about twenty years ago we just raised an eyebrow and looked looked with interest- but surreptitiously. Now with the film companies having set up shop permanently  in Vancouver there are a lot more blacks around and they just mix in with everyone else. Inverness is a much smaller community though and so your locals will probably feel differently than us to strangers.

Once you get talking to people of a different culture and really get to know them then suddenly one day you wake up and you  realise that you have completely forgotten what they look like and just think of them by their first name. One of my best friends is East Indian by the name of Ravi Kailey and he said if I would attend an East Indian wedding in the kilt he would change his name to Ravie Ceilidh!  Ha!

I did attend the wedding but stood out like a sore thumb  but who cares--the whole thing was much too fascinating and interesting to worry about things like that. We were welcomed warmly by everyone there and made to feel very comfortable being  treated as part of the family . Point being that when you make the effort to integrate and get along people respond very well.

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Well, well.

I did not see the original thread and have no intention of viewing it. Why all this has struck such a rich cord of discord in Inverness I will never know because in Canada it is not an issue of moment. 

Had I still been living in the United Kingdom I have no idea whether the issue would be eating at my soul like a growing cancer , as it apparently does in this thread, but for once  and contrary to his normal bumbling attempts at being humourous, Scarlet  says in all seriousness that maybe it's time for all to "put a sock in it".

I live in one of the most multicultural cities on this planet, Vancouver, British Columbia. Here the resident joke is-- here we all come from somewhere.

Virtually every nationality is represented here and the effect is to desensitise one to the differences in appearance, whilst presenting often quixotic but continually interesting exchanges with persons from another country of origin.

After having been here for over 30 years do not think it has been easy adjusting to this environment because that, and the fact that the local Canadians themselves have their own style and mannerisms to add to the mix, makes it imperative that we all eventually don't give a tinker's cuss where you come from or who you look like. We are all glad just to interact positively, get along, work together,get the pay-packet, get home and put our feet up at the end of the day , even if sometimes trying to understand English spoken with so many different accents does present challenges from time to time.

Having personally suffered not racism as such but discrimination by the people in my own work environment, borne out of fear that I was not what I seemed, a well-intentioned honest person just there to do his best and get along, but a whizz kid here to leaf-frog them in the promotion ladder and take their job, I suffered as much in a sense from bewilderment and confusion in the early days plus a sense of resentment and self-pity, but soon found out that the remedy lay in my own hands--quit that environment and move on. One of the bosses went as far as to tell me that he would not help me since "you Brits come over here and tell us what to do" leaving me stunned and open-mouthed--and he was an indigenous Canadian who was as white as I am and born here. That attitude still prevails by the way. On the other hand once my car broke down and it was a Chinese man who stopped to help me and there are a hundred tales like this to tell.

Bottom line?" Don't judge a book by it's cover. If anyone makes a joke out of racism just walk away and leave their little clique isolated and obvious. Hopefully they will then begin to sense that they are not part of the mainstream viewpoint and will change ,but maybe not in this lifetime. Whether you call it racism, racialism, or just plain discrimination, frankly it is a pain in the neck, causes untold fear and misery, alters lives , inhibits pleasure and happiness and restricts positive progress.And there are some very smart people around who don't look like you and I.

Simply put , in any guise it has no place in the 21st Century so whatever point Sophia was trying to make I am sure that I could support it 100% especially if she was trying to stamp out something as negative and dehumanising as this. That and the continuance of slavery

on the planet....?

Gosse bumps is right!

Great video, even better music.

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And the radio commentators said the ref was really very good.

Just modern parlance...like :-

Formerly..............................................Now

Trendy, With it.................................... Cool

Unexpressive, no opinions of merit.... Politically correct

President............................................C.E.O.

Beside.................................................juxtaposed

Black & White movies in the La Scala .Imax.

Car......................................................Freakin Hybrid, man

Racing Car...........................................Formula 1/624321/XX/Se/Turbocharged Dinky

Interior Car Cleaning...........................Detailing.

Telford Street Park(one and sixpence)Tulloch Caledonian Stadium (Twenty quid)

The Wireless........................................The Radio (Oops,digital radio receiver)

Normal Healthy Life..............................Green-challenged dire existence.             

Municipal Council house.......................Townhouse (if you got lucky)

Tummy Tuck..........................................Liposuction

Kissing..................................................Lip-ohhhhh-suction

Small.................................................... Vertically Challenged

etc. Can you think of any more? :016:

What?    Negativity towards a man who I remember was once lauded for his good performances in the back position? Hmmmmm? How memories fade.....

And Clacher completely speechless for once? - he's definitley not feeling well. The Pimple is really concerned .. :015:

As for Ross County---be nice to people on the way up so that they will be nice to you upon your way down. We should be rooting for all Highland teams should we not? Do you think the Southern supporters will be rooting for ICT if their luck turns sour?

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Scotty is right, it's not easy but it's really quite enjoyable after you get into it and can identify the players. Large numbers on the shirts nowadays is very helpful so have  a team list in your right hand and , if you are getting old, a pair of binoculars in the left  :015:

Try finding a good vantage point like at least half-way between the two goal posts, preferably higher up in the stand, no surreptitious booze flasks which have  the effect of turning "0's" into "10's",  get a good sleep the night before so, as Scotty says, you are actually paying attention to the game and don't miss any small details like who the scorer was.

And if you meet people of moment  like Charles or Ian who are nice to you be sure to record their names somewhere in the report so that they will continue to be nice to you the next time you need their help---you know , it's the little things that mean a lot. :004:

Remember that the biggest thrill of all could be getting to put your unique, crazy, even self-opinionated, point of view on paper without having it modified beforehand by the negative, disillusioned, sarcastic , even unfriendly, jealous folks who plague your life trying  to force you into their mold of utterly boring conformity :015:

And Buckett I sincerely think you could do a fine job so go for it man....... :016:

Yup--never underestimate a Canajin.....eh? :002:

I saw Rory  recently in the Canadian Under 20's game and wonder whether the fans who have seen him regularly feel that he has the "dig" required to be successful.

In the Vancouver game  he came on with some ten minutes to go in cold wet conditions so I suspended judgement but would ask whether you think that at his current  level of development he is displaying the aggressive , even vicious, determination to really make his mark ?

I am not suggesting that he aimlessly runs around like a chicken with it's head cut off  but is he ever going to be a hard nosed S.O.B. who uses his height, weight and youthful energy when he gets the ball to drive forward with intent to over-run the enemy and cause maximum discomfort to them?

I just get intuitive feelings , like the ones I got about McNeil, the Hibs goalie , in that Under 20's match that made me nervous about his positioning  and attitude relating to ball distribution right from the word go...

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Dunno..... just asking ?

I would just like to enquire as to whether  there is any particular reason why the posting of comments is taking ages this evening to get to the page, the Forum link is also very slow ( I had to wait a long time just to get in the door).

Plus when you click on a forum thread you are faced with a dreadful delay whilst it loads. I don't recall it having been this bad  up to this point but perhaps an explanation can be given.?

Thanks ? S.P.

All I have to say is that I do think that the prices at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium (like all grounds in the SPL probably) are very high indeed for any fan. 20 - to - 25 pounds you say. Phew!

I am going to see the Canadian under 21 team versus the Scotland Under 21 team in an International match here in Vancouver (Canada) on 24 March and I got two very good high-up centre stand tickets at the top price of $26 which is about 12 pounds each.

The ground will have a full house of about 6,000  and it will be a good match with the lads being young and fit and skilful..and beer will be sold on the premises. So my son and I are really looking forward to the game and the day out.

But whether I would want to , or could afford ,some $45 and upwards to see a game every other week is something I would have to think about and I honestly feel that if ICT want the ground filled up E.O.W. then they really must consider doing something about making the  the pricing more attractive. Especially for the youngsters . :024:

It is amazing that any implications have been raised at all that in any way he might have meant anything other than what he actually said, i.e. simply musing and simply stating facts. And Harry is only interested in opining oin one thing on here --football! Hoch! Hoch1

In point of fact he was simply calling a spade a spade...... :024:

Och, give the guy a break it wiz snowing there !

But I hope that was just a training stint when the photo was taken since his attitude is far too casual for ICT . Sniff!

But the fans look committed and good--except the one  in the front row wearing lipstick  to suit his lovely boyish rounded Russian  lips , but his wife in the middle beside his best mate looked O.K. too. Maybe that is why she chose her seat placing  carefully.......  :003:

Scarlet, go home, I can see you are bored ....

I agree with Buckett--- an expression of empathy and agreement that will no doubt be henceforth referred to as a day that will live in infamy, in view of our past history together. LOL :015:

As time has passed , however, I have learned to appreciate the finer points of the Buckett in so far as , despite being as controversial as ever , he has again rescued this Forum from sinking in recent times into virtual slumber and almost boredom and there is no doubt that the often quite learned lad has his head screwed on at the right angle of the dangle.  :021:

Why, even the commentators on today's match on the BBC have given up on the effort of including the Thistle moniker in the name , now more often than not just saying Caley this and Caley that. So whether we like it or not the fact is that dropping the word Thistle will in all

probability become the norm  if for no other reason than because it is too much breath to expire at once. I mean, to please a few punters on here we can also add Inverness generously to the rant but  by the time we have emoted our thoughts we have no puff left and our time has run out . :001:

And for good measure why can we not just add a few extra words for effect bellowed in the stentorian call of the large and lonesome Moose as in ...." C'mon the Great White North Inverness Caley Jags "?  That will sort the men from the Boys and no mistake.

Personally speaking I like the name Caley since Thistle has a prickly antagonistic feel to it which is probably holding a few fans back from opening their wallets and making them stay away from tiny Tulloch Stadium.

Och, Caley--the very name thrills my guid Scottish heart , my blood run warm  in the snell Northern breeze and despite some  huffy, stuffy opinions passed on here it helps me to remember the old adage.." A rose by any other name smells the same" (fer heaven's sake) -- and so I just love the smell of the name since it reminds me of the Distillery end .

And if old Buckett gets more of a sniff he might just buy me a wee drammie or two and that will be another day that will .........  Hoch! Hoch !  :002:

Halifords ..."we go the extra mile" ;  now renamed .."we go for the extra smile " :016:

The Pimple is living with a Scarlot Harlet      :012: :002: