Scarlet Pimple

Yep! J ust like the lads rom the colonies--an oldie but goody!

There was a deflection of my erec..ion which put me off my stroke. My mind also went haywire and instead of a girlie I ended up with a bloke. Which, Frank Kelly, made me choke...

I'll take that as a "Yes" IHE! It's been 58 years since I lived in the town, Darlin'. And Alzheimer is getting closer by the minute--oops, he's walking up my front pathway so I'll have to go....... Er. why am I going anywhere?

Picture #163--that looks awfully like the Royal Bank of Scotland office where I first started my adult employment career.--the road that led up a slope from the office to the High Street morphed into a covered corridor exiting on the High street pavement. I also remember the little bakery shop on the slope close to the bank's front door since I had to go there every morning to buy the mid-morning snacks for the staff members. When I got back, if I was lucky, the typist had gone down stairs and got the tea set-a-going (as my mother used to say) otherwise that was my next chore. To be truthful, as a bank apprentice, I learnt precious little in that year about banking but I did learn to count notes very fast with one finger. I was saved from falling asleep on the job, as it were, by the resonant cry from Westminster "your country needs you, so report top the nearest RAF recruiting office for your National Service number, etc." Anyone care to clarify ? In North America a pavement is called the sidewalk and the word pavement refers to the paving of the road--ie, the tarmac.

So that's the road up from the Locks ?

Intriguing picture which I am sure was before my time though. The girls in the main don't seem to be too happy. Was hostelling a tough gig I wonder? Last question ..did all these young ladies hail from the West?

If Kink's in the pink then he can impress on the wing. No one will call him a dink and we'll laud his success with a drink. If we don't give him a try then time will fly and Maybe Ross County will buy And then it'll be Kink the Tink and we will have lost the link. I think!

You have articulated your points of view quite adequately, Robbylad. Gives an outsider a better view of the challenges you all face.

Hearach If I renew my British passport it will cost me hundreds of pounds ! Yep, nothing is reasonablet hese days.

Doofers Dad--as soon as I read your first sentence I gave you a like. What was wrong with the old names? Change for the sake of change isnt it, but nothing else as far as I can see? Full back probably was used to differentiate a Full back from a Half back and, even if that statement is somewhat half-baked, you understand an old Pimple don't you? It's almost as baffling as the cricket terms:-- silly mid-off etc. I think that meant the guy was off his game and when he was on it they called him Silly mid-on. Or when his bat disintegrated on impact the he was derisively called a "silly-billy" (with a small K.).

Charles don't you mean the fifties for Jim Smith and not the sixties?

Yet at least two reporters say that it was a "thrilling match".....?

And it was easy to push if it broke down Bughtie? But it was a reliable little car . The starting handle was a great idea . I had one with the 1935 MG which was my first car, Bought it in a garage in Norbury near Streatham area in South London. Drove it off the lot at the ripe old age of 20 and thought I was the bees knees. Until it broke down at the first traffic lights. I paid 100 pounds for it and got back 50 pounds when I finally got it back to the dealer. If you want to insult a Real Estate Agent in Maple Ridge you suggest that he reminds you of, or you compare him to, a car salesman. Scotty,what do you think about Realtors in Toronto?

Manfer --glad you posted that to make me feel so much better about my three successive tries being held back and then posted all together later. IBM--good try but this is a B.C, Car Sales website that appears out of nowhere to delete the ICT site...

Never mind where they come from, let's see them play and watch their work ethics. The other players have blossomed under the tutelage of John Hughes so, why not give them a chance to do likewise, if he thinks they have what it takes. I was thinking that looking at the match yesterday will give them a fairly good understanding of what is called-for in the Scottish Premiership and if this gees them up to want to stay then why not give them a trial or two. Encouragement is the way and reaction by way of hard work is the response. Or a good kick up the Irish to see how they react. If they bring out their hankies then,,,,uh, uh! But if they get mad, grit their teeth and then go into a tackle like they mean it to prove what they think they have by way of ability and grit then ...who knows where it will lead.

Wow! Some rather conflicting opinions here. But also some good, insightful posts. Sounds like just one of these days, accompanied by inconsistent reffing. The season is getting on chums and all teams will encounter difficulties as time goes on. Even the best of teams have unaccountable lapses. The pending release of Shinnie may also just have had an unsettling influence on the smooth scrolling of the team's energy, used as they are to working with the same lads time after time--people they know and whose moves they also know. Then again, these things may also prevent complacency creeping in. It's up to John Hughes to step in and show the way. Steady the Buffs and all.

Yep it is continuing. The site is very slow in coming up today. I am also losing the website several times whilst attempting to post replies and I get a car sales site or some other similar sites coming up instead for no apparent reason. When I close them I get nothing but the desktop....or in the middle of making a posting the whole site will just disappear before I can press "submit". Not complaining, just advising,

Jim Smith is the brother of Mary Smith who is my sister's best friend from childhood. When I was last over in Inverness in August 2008 it was very rainy and cold and I caught the flu. Mary was visiting my sister and gave me a jacket to wear. Their family used to live in Ross Avenue off Fairfield Road and Jim did emigrate to Canada. He was in Winnipeg but I heard recently that he had moved to Toronto. I did send him an email but never received a reply and as a result if the following information I now do understand why Jim's brother was Russell and I have a feeling that he may also have passed away but my memory is hazy about that. Jim had married Ena Munro, who was in my class at school. Unfortunately, I heard a few months ago that she had passed on through illness. I remember Ena quite well as a very nice, open person. They did have children whom I believe are also living in the Toronto area.

Was it a LOW class establishment.?

The Austin 8 had a top speed of say, 49.3 mph. And a great MPG to boot. At least 40mpg. Beat that Bughtie>

Wm Lows. MY memory is really hazy It was either a butcher of grocer or a shoe sales shop/?

On a more optimistic note.. The definitive answer is NO! Because I would not wish that fate on any team..

Oh Oh! Now we have new threads flipping back to the last one.. It's all the fault of the vision- -conditioning, new, large-key keyboard going crazy all of a sudden. Where is IHE when you need him?

The answer is NO, I would not wish that fate on any club.

I'm rubbing my hands on this one with a semi cruel look in me eye. Why? "Cos this man has something going for him and he sure looks fit enough. What we don't know about him is how much pressure he can take without wilting. I think what he needs is for J H to work him hard, build up his pace and he will finally see that ICT is a great team to be part of. If he has any delusions of grandeur still seeping through his pores it won't be long before he gets all that stuff knocked out of him, especially if he gets a run out in a few games. If their is real mettle in there, the challenge will be enough for him and auld John will get the best out of him. The opace of the games will shake him but that's what he needs . Plus a resting place where he can stay and be needed and wanted. He aint getting any younger is he ...? Yes! OR ................?