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But when we were in the First Division the minimum seats that the SPL required was 10,000 - IMO if ICT had attempted to comply with that total, and especially before promotion was assured, the club would have been bankrupted. Despite what they can be criticised for more recently, I think our board were absolutely right in the way they approached the ground expansion of 2004/5. The groundshare at Aberdeen was probably our least worst option - without it there possibly wouldn't have been a club, and no promotion.

No, the temperature should be above freezing by mid-May :030:

No ice, and try and get hold of some 50% ABV Russian Standard for a lower freezing point :-)

Mr Brian Harvey of East17 ran over himself while driving and falling out of his own car a few years ago. He explained that he had eaten too many potatoes.

What Mantis said. If you've used a film SLR before and don't mind the lens changing, the equipment bag, and expectations from officialdom that you're a 'professional' photographer then it's well worth getting. It's all going to be down to what you're wanting to use it for and where, and how much creative control you want over images and so on. I had a Canon EOS500N (film) with a few lens from 1997, then decided to go digital in 2003 and swapped to an Olympus 350UZ (on Mantis' recommendation), then in 2005 a Fuji 9500 - both of these are 'bridge' cameras, so with better optics than a standard compact, and bulkier, but with no lens changing (which is both a 'pro' and a 'con' depending). I got the Canon EOS450D last year, as DSLRs were then down to an affordable price. If I'm going somewhere that I don't want too much hassle of lens changing or the 'professional photographer' thing, then I just put on the 35mm f2.8 prime and the camera is then pocketable (just!). One other useful thing is that old film camera lenses with the same mount can be used on a digital camera - so my Canon EF lenses from 1997 also fit and work on their digital cameras which all have the same EF mount, similar I think with Nikon. You'll need to have had a fairly decent lens in the first place though, as the high resolution images magnify any optic imperfections. It also means however that you can also consider (very) second-hand lenses - anything in the last 20 years from Canon. You'll need to magnify the 35mm focal length by 1.6x to get the equivalent digital focal length though, because of the smaller image sensor on the 450/500/40/50 ranges - only the top pro 1D/5D have 35mm size sensors. I'm only an average amateur, but if you want to see some of the pics I've taken with my 450D check out the following link - these pics have been processed, resized and cropped, and quality reduced for the web, but it will give you an idea of what the camera can do: http://pixec.fotopic.net/c1740129.html PS: To give you an idea of the 55-250 lens quality, the mountains in this picture are twelve miles from where I took the picture and it's only been slightly cropped: http://newimages.fotopic.net/?iid=yzusjo&a...&quality=70 And this picture was taken from around 4 miles away, again only slightly cropped: http://newimages.fotopic.net/?iid=yzusjp&a...&quality=70 And this intrusion on a private moment was taken on a Swiss munro! http://newimages.fotopic.net/?iid=yzusjr&a...&quality=70

I've got a Canon 450 - good camera, but to get the best out of it you need to budget for a decent lens as well, as the 18-55 that comes by default is only OK. The f2.8 35mm prime gives fantastic results, and because of the sensor size is actually equivalent to around 50mm focal length in 35mm film camera terms. The 55-250 zoom is also excellent if you want that sort of length - equivalent to around 85-400 in 35mm terms. With that you could take a pic from the north stand of someone in the south stand and just about be able to read the headline on their newspaper!

Manpower certainly, if you've got a shovel to hand it won't do any harm to take it just in case - cheers!

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The thread title was Game On (from your first post about the recorded message) so I tried to edit it to avoid confusion- but I'm working from my phone so only ended up hiding it! I've tried to move your second post and that of us2 but that also failed! Nothing personal, just didn't want the confusion of people reading the thread title quickly and not realising see CB's post - snow clearers are required to get the game on, touch and go at the moment

I don't have the figures to hand but the 242,500.00 Euros would have been a heck of a lot less than ?211,918.81 if paid at the time of his transfer Around ?165-170k I think - basically ?40k less...

Five minutes to go, forkers on the pitch - the sun's coming out and it's looking good though, don't think there's any chance of this being called off at HT!

Five minutes to go - forkers are on the pitch, but looking good!

Still spitting, sun breaking through ? wee bit

Clear and sunny in Glasgow as well, FWIW. BBC weather forecast is for sun, followed by cloud at 12 noon and light rain at 3pm - cautiously optimistic!

I think the costs associated with someone sitting on a national advisory body should be covered by central govermeht, rather than falling on the local coundil. having said that, fair play to Bill Alexander for refusing the extra - ?72k is a pretty good salary, but not everybody in his position would turn down an extra ?18k. It's interesting to see how little the Prime Minister gets paid compared not only to private sector management, but also that some local council heads get more!

I don't think they do rhyming slang at TW1 2NH ! just what I was about to say - there's only one meaning for 'boat race' in that part of London (sorry, it's actually Surrey), dahling!

No I cant say the same but on the other hand I'm not using alcoholism to flog a book ! It takes an awful lot more courage to talk and write about problems than to make cheap digs at someone who does so. I respect Pele both for what he achieved in his managerial career and for talking about what he screwed up.

Sounds like Gatwick Airport to me! I'll be there :P

I don't think Celtic would go for that

A thread about Iain Vigurs was started yesterday, and has been removed from public view by the moderators. The reason for this is because, as we understand it, Vigurs is due in court soon regarding an alleged racist attack in Aberdeen in the summer. Dicussion of this would therefore breach our rules on several levels, and would be prejudicial to the trial. It would be appreciated if no further comment in relation to the alleged attack or the forthcoming trial be made.

Think there was also an issue with his wife wanting to be further south?

Red Cross Day again?

Flying

yeah, but half of them won't want to risk seeing your backside again :clapping03: :clapping03: :021:

There's a few choice comments already on this thread: http://community.caleythistleonline.com/in...showtopic=14891 :029: