Scarlet Pimple

Most importantly,. although it may be a wee cup, it add more spondoolacks to the coffers of the clubs involved.

With Chas's mastery of that language maybe he will be happy to send them all a letter ----en Francais, sans doute

IHE has removed the periscope from HMS Sneck in a last ditch effort to disguise it as a proctoscope. His proc-nostication is a win for our boys....aye!

Sneckboy maybe it was just that the situation improved in the Hull V game because the beaks were worried about a big hull-abaloo developing if they didn't play ball!!

Oh! I understand now. It's the cold of Winter football. Seriously,should be wearing their Long Johns shouldn't they? Oh well, another justifiable reason for playing during the summer months. But the beaks in the SFA never learn.....

"A calf strain"...? I'm just cowed by the thought. Beats me how so many young and very physically fit players can get injuries such as this.? Don't they warm up properly and stretch adequately prior to the game? Why does this happen?

See your message IBM about the lovely photos of old American cars in colour. S.P.

IHE , I can't tell from the picture because I've now got Glaucoma. But my memory must still be no bad the noo if I can get the yardage of Scotty's barber shop right. But the most handsome one must be S.P., cos his mammy always made sure he was well turned out when he left the house. Little Lord Fauntleroy didn't have a look in, in thae days. But the reddish scarf is a give-away--any well-trained Pimpernell can see that. But I have to waver on that one as well otherwise I'd have to admit that Jockie Watt was a bit of a natty charmer (when he was young) an' all.

That depends on when Diggar started his the Greig Street location? I was having my hair cut there from about 1947 to, say,1956 and I would have assumed that, with Scotty being seemingly in good health at these times, he would have continued there for many more years. His place was on the left side of Greig Street going down towards the bridge and maybe some ten to 15 yards away from the end of the pavement very close to the river. I don't remember any other barber at that location .?

Ironic post from the Master observer....12th man.

Good post Finmack. Time wasting is a tactic reminiscent of a weak team with a skewed agenda or a developing lack of confidence.

That Qualifying match that Charles refers to was a win for Thistle 2-0. They were in the ascendency after one of the Caley players was sent off by an iffy referee. It was a gorgeous sunny day and the pitch looked very good. I can't help wondering how Thistle fared in the cup ties to follow.? Over to Charlie .

Yngwie and IBM: Yes , thank you both----I did bring up the street, looking just the same as it did some 40+ years ago. Gosh but does the width of the street look small. That exterior cladding was sandstone I think ---- would look lovely with a careful power washing. But I have forgotten the house number so.....? As for Diggar. ....the barber in that shop before Diggar, if it's the one on Greig Street right beside the bridge, was named Scott...everybody called him Scotty the barber. Another wag but a decent lad. Does anyone on here remember him. One of this favorite sayings was to tell you as a young lad when you walked in the door.. "Sorry, I'm not cutting hair any longer ." and as he looked at your dumb-founded face he would burst out laughing along with anyone else over 20 years old who was also in the shop. Oh, and one other thing--if it is the same shop then the chair was facing the mirror on the wall opposite the window which allowed you to look out on to Greig Street when he would turn you round.

Huh! I learn something new every day.

Which all poses the question: Is Dundee now a rising force ?

IHE it's hard tt get you to rise to the bait but....occasionally.....you rise to the occasion.

Well, you may be interested to learn the substantive news just received from the Head Office of the Canadian Alliance of British Pensioners that the British Government has begun to cave in to the ever mounting pressure to treat every ex -pat pensioner that used to work in Britain and pay National Insurance Contributions the same as everyone else on their earnings, has agreed to consider a proposal put forward by the CABP and associated World bodies to phase in uprating for all those who live in ex-commonwealth countries and whose ex pat pensions have NEVER been uprated ever to combat inflation since they retired. This is not a wholesale cave-in by the U K Government but an agreement to phase in the upratings over quite a long period of time (with no back-pay to be considered for all the past years of deprivation foisted on to us however). Why would Cameron and company do this ?-- Because now his own M.P.s and some Ministers have been informed of the extent of the iniquitous conduct of past Governments and powerful forces are mounting against him. Delegates from overseas have been meeting with members of his Governments in London with the full support of the British press all of which oppose his past policies,. So he finally realises that this is a genuine issue that needs to be put to bed and dealt with so ....stay tuned.

Scotty spells it out in his post and the link he attaches is very explicit but also seems to make it even more cofusing. The Metis, however, are a different people from their Northern neighbors and seem to have originated in the Southern parts of Canada.They are made up of a combination of aboriginals ,or Indians, and French and or Scots who invaded their territories. My wife's son is attached to a Metis lady who is very intelligent and very knowledgeable about lots of things,. including computers, and a very reliable person. Yet in her facial features she looks just like any other Canadian woman albeit she possesses a slight-framed body. Louis Riel ,who was hanged by the Brits for his rebellion against their intrusions into his culture, was a Metis and he was a highly educated individual who gave the Brits a run-for their money. The Mounties (the RCMP) sought him here and sought him there so I think he was really a Scarlet Pimpernel at heart.

Renegade ,I was thinking the exact same thing. Put Storey back on the right wing and encourage Roberts, who seems to be an aggressive player to get down the left side. Storey can then edge inwards towards the the goalmouth when Roberts' crosses come in so that he can one -time any balls missed by their defence. Just a thought. The one thing that struck me from the highlights though was the amount of time we spent in trying to keep possession--across the field and back and for. Great passing but if we don't get that ball forward we won't put the defence under pressure and we won't score..?

When I lived in Edinburgh in the early sixties I bought a stone -built house in Leith. One day, just as an experiment ,I lit some paper and also shoved it up the chimney thinking to give it a good clean out of all the soot. that had accumulated probably from 1850. Then the whole chimney went up in flames and the roar nearly stifled the pounding of my heart. It's a good job that the house was so well built because there is no doubt that that fire was way out of control and I was trembling as it died down. That was an experience that I have never forgotten. East Restalrig Terrace was the location and I wonder if these homes are still standing. We have had our share of forest fires completely out of control here in B.C., and Washington state just down the road from us in the U.S, in the last two years as a result of the increasing global warming. And the devastation and power of these fires is daunting. They have huge water bombers dumping water on them day and night , scooped up from a nearby lakebut, no matter what they do, they just keep on growing and consuming everything in their path. I saw the results of the massive Kelowna fire a few years after the event north of us here in British Columbia several years ago and was astounded by its ferocity.If you were lucky you managed to see a chimney sticking out of the ground but nothing else,. No trees, no houses just an empty moonscape for miles ---very eerie.

You are a really remarkable guy, I.H.E. What a picture. The word Eskimo is now not banned from free speech but has faded into obscurity in Canada and been largely replaced by the word Inuit because that's what the Northern folks have called themselves for centuries and still do. Also, they have existed in very difficult climate for a long time by hunting and fishing and cultivating self-preservation techniques, wasting nothing, just in order to survive these harsh conditions and the lack of wood and metals, bringing self -sufficiency to a fine level. A remarkable and resilient people whose skills are matched only, IMHO, by their humility which I find endearing, It's easy to think of them as a backward race compared to the white man's achievements, but their capacity to adapt and thrive is dynamic. They have their share also of very intelligent, well educated and progressive folks as I noticed with great interest from a recent documentary film I viewed on the T V. and community is more important than money it seems.

Noted with interest.

Now I am getting results but went through a 3 week period of utter misery , stress and 5 crashes before my tech friend, also at his wit's end to know what to do, finally decided to open the back of the new computer and have a good look. Lo and beho, we find a loose connection to the bios where the usb wire was almost falling out. Once it was pressed in firmly all started to go well as it should and the problems have been resolved.I do use IE11 with Google as the search engine. However, although the web pages pop up quickly enough ,they fail to display contents until at least 4-5 seconds afterwards, which is irritating. Scotty, you seem to favour EDGE so did you find using IE11 was not the best browser to use with W.10? I have two banks that I use so need to access the accounts frequently. But if you go to Tools/ Internet options and open the Security Tab you will see at the very bottom the added security instruction to tick the box named "ENABLE PROTECTED MODE". My technician friend strongly recommends that this box be ticked except that when I browse to one of the Banks I have no difficulty with gaining access but I can't open the other bank's website until I de-click that wee box.. He recommends that I talk to the bank which I am unable to access and I intend to do that but it's a big national entity so you would think that they would already have all their security protocols in place wouldn't you? He also suggests that within 2-3 weeks it is a strong possibility that Microsoft will have updated the Windows 10 programme again and this problem will disappear by itself. Any input on this?

HMS Sneck may well have had it's last fray a few months ago. Where is it now IHE--in dry dock, perhaps, getting a face-lift? Methinks it has a few years left on it's fo'castle though , don't you? Let's get her ship-shape and Bristol fashion and back on the Firth ready for action. Unless the skipper has been thinking of entering his dotage of course..?

Interesting riposte C.M. in Berks. Always something comes up to spoil the apples in the cart eh? My kids are coming up to retirement. My son has about 6 years to go as a very experienced veteran and well-thought-of Vancouver City bus driver. Right now it appears that with no mortgage lingering in his rear view mirror, he will have at least a comfortable retirement with a very satisfactory pension arrangement . My daughter has had an astounding career here in Canada as a travel insurance executive, then head of the British Columbia Tourism Board or something, then in charge of the Rocky Mountaineer scenic railway venture which has now been operating with great success for many years and finally a successful entry into the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as a civilian officer assigned to duties which include the collating of evidence from murder sites for emplacement into North American data base. Recently she was awarded a citation by the supreme Court of B.C. for a presentation she made to the court explaining the reasons why paper should be done away with in the records of court cases to be replaced with digital filing. In this case the matter then went to the Canadian Supreme court for ratification and inclusion throughout Canada and that's quite a feat. Not only does it speed up processes but it saves a ton of money in paper and trees. All this without a formal University education. Just common sense, brains and hard work I think, plus an ability to communicate effectively. Meaning? Well, you don't actually need a University education to make a difference in a progressive modern country but it can certainly help to push you along wherever you go. But first name terms and no boot licking is a sea change from Britain and promotes a healthy environment leading to opportunity and growth. In Canada , if you have the ambition, the capacity to work very hard and an ability to communicate and get along you CAN do very well-- there is no stifling of initiative, it doesn't matter what you did before or what mistakes you made or whether you were fired from your last job or not.No one really cares a hoot. Step on someone's toes in Britain and you could be finished for a very long time. e.g the banks, but not here. ..you fall out and move on. You just get into another job where people are more interested in giving you a chance to assist them rather than worrying about your potential faults and this offers a capacity for you to grow, contribute and earn a good living. Mind you, if you mess up then there are ramifications so I have preferred the self-employed, INDEPENDENT route where if you don't work you don't eat , But, if you can hold your own in business, then you can also grow mentally and emotionally and become more self-reliant and nobody tells you what to do or what to think . So you sink or swim and that's it. This is a huge country with a very small (36 million) population so the challenges are enormous but hold great potential for any likely lad or lass who wants to make a contribution .