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Great Night, Good Laugh, Stoney Broke and Pissed (hence the early exit) Just wait till you find out what IHE won in the auction

This (ex) bus driver wouldn't disagree with the above comment in the slightest, but having witnessed things from the other side I can assure you that other road users do just as much to annoy bus drivers as bus drivers do to annoy them. Trust me on one thing though...when you pit a bus against a car, you will only ever get one winner :015:

Why would they work on a dead person? Yes - Interesting fact, if your traveling at the speed of light and you measure the speed of light whilst doing so, it still measures the same!!!

Around the ?10 mark. Last time I wore pink I looked like a freaking Tellytubby :029:

I have nothing against the Supporters Club bus/es, they just aren't suited to what I want from an away day. I like to get there early to meet up with other fans/site users, grab a bite to eat before the game, relax and soak up the atmosphere. After the game I like to get straight up the road so as I still have some of my evening left to do something else if I so choose. A few other people I know are of the same mind so by running the minibus it encourages a few more people to attend away games.

Getting in nice and early with this as people have been asking me if I will be running them.... Gretna - 27 October - Meeting at Innes Bar at 8am for an 8.30am departure - A chance to be a part of what will likely be the smallest SPL crowd on record :015: Aberdeen - 30/31 October - Details to be confirmed - The laws of probability say we're going to win this one :022: Rangers - 3 November - Meeting at Innes Bar at 8am for an 8.30am departure - Out to show Gers that the opening game was a mere blip :001: For those who wish a seat on any of the buses can you please E.Mail me on [email protected] - please don't leave it till the last minutes as I need to confirm bookings for the bus (and the size of bus needed) at the earliest opportunity.

Was speaking to another fan today who was seated 4 rows from the back of the North Stand and was asked to sit - the reason given was that he was blocking the view of those in the next section over!!!!

Prompted by a post elsewhere about not being able to find a number for local branches and instead having to face the frustrations of using foreign call centers..... "If you have an 'inclusive landline calls' phone package, then it is very rare that 0844, 0845, 0870, or 0871 numbers are are included in your 'free minutes' allocation, unlike normal numbers. Many mobile phone packages also exclude freephone 0800 and 0808 numbers for your bundled minutes." http://www.saynoto0870.com/ is a website that aims to provide you with a number that will either get you through to your local branch and/or provide you with an alternative number to use which will allow you to make best use of the rates offered by your landline or mobile phone provider for local/national calls. Hope you find it as useful as I do and don't forget to bookmark the site :001:

I suggest you just avoid talking to Rangers fans and that should solve the problem :015: I'm guessing he is comparing the singing of the Sash to the singing of Flower of Scotland and he would be right in the fact that the two songs are very similar in terms of celebrating victories in battle. The difference between the two is that we don't add our own verses/lines to The Flower of Scotland, whereas Rangers have the habit of adding F** the Pope between verses and at the end of the Sash. Even without the added lines, the guy you are speaking to has shot himself in the foot by admitting that it is only sung in order to wind up the other half of the OF. I can't find the link right now but I believe legislation exists that says even though something may not in itself be sectarian, if it is used in order to incite another group/race/organisation then the behaviour can and will be adjudged to have been sectarian and those involved can be punished accordingly. The same rules apply to singing Flower of Scotland but there's one important difference. We sing it as we recognise it as being our (unofficial) National Anthem and not with the intent of winding up another nation. Had your friend been able to argue that Rangers fans sing the Sash as they recognise it as being their Anthem, and was it not for the added lines then people would have no argument. The same applies to many of the other "Loyalist" songs sung by Rangers, on their own and in the right place and sung for the right reasons then they are fine, but that is not enough for Rangers and by your friends own admission they are sung with the intent of inciting the other half of the OF. In short, the songs are not Sectarian, it is the manner in which they are used and the added lines which make those who sing them sectarian.

You fat barsteward - even I only need an XXL - I do have a spare should you wish to borrow it to keep you safe as you cross the A9 :004:

Horrible Horrible image of Johnboy in stockings and suspenders :029:

The story of the speed camera (the Gatso to be specific) is quite a funny one as it was actually invented by a dutch rally driver to help him get faster times. So it's a bit ironic that his invention is now used to catch people who go too fast.

The Bouncy always brings back bad memories of the day I was caught doing the truffle shuffle whilst standing on a table in the French class. I'm sured it scared poor George Barney for life :029:

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People behave no better/worse at Football matches now than they did 5, 10, 20 or 50 years ago - the only difference now, in terms of the SPL, is that they seem to think they have the power to re-write the laws of the land. No Law anywhere says it is illegal to stand at a football match, no safety certificate is issued on the grounds that all people must be made to sit....these are lies and myths perpetuated by the SPL in order to try and dumb down the fans and force them in to complying. The only time we see any real trouble is when they try to enforce these farcical rules, it is only at that stage that people (fans) cross the line in to law and commit the heinous crime of swearing or non-compliance and it is only at that stage that the police have any powers to get involved. In short it is these "Rules" and the manner with which they are enforced that is causing the problems, not the fans - and they are only made worse by the fact that the punishment is far in excess of the crime on many occasions. What frustrates me even more is that clubs happily accept these rules that are handed out by the SPL with very little resistance or consideration for how they will impact on the fans. They somehow think that it will make life easier for them, when in fact it is having the exact opposite effect. The SPL create these rules to make it look like they are combating issues such as sectarianism, which is fine if that is what the rules were being used for, but they are not, they are being used to target the "soft options" so as they can increase the stats on numbers they have taken action against and include it in the "Look at how many people we arrested in the Sectarianism and Being Disruptive etc" category. The club can hide behind the "It's the big boys that made us do it" line all they like, but as they continue to do so they are fast losing the respect of the fans ans if they aren't careful they'll start losing the income as well. The sooner they stop trying to treat us like we are idiots the better. Yes, we need rules, but the rules have to be sensible and realistic and they have to be applied in the problem areas that they were intended to handle. All rules should be justifiable and not simply exist because someone said they had too. I accept that the SPL/Club have the right to impose any rules they see fit within the stadium, but they also have to accept that imposing these rules in the manner they do is going to bring them problems. The "Powers that Be" need to remember that is the fans that make the club...a concept that seems to be alien to the current Chief Executive, Board of Directors and Chairman. I've said it before and I'll say it again - for all his faults, David Sutherland was the best Chairman this club has ever had. Not just because of what he achieved with the club in his time at the helm, but because he was upfront, honest and had the balls to stand up to the powers that be instead of bending over and taking whatever they had to dish out - those, Mr Savage, are the qualities that will earn you the respect of the fans.

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In amongst all the crap that filled our Inboxes a couple of weeks ago, people did have genuine concerns and suggestions. We have been listening and we are taking action to improve things for everyone. A proper communication expanding on what Scotty has said above and detailing all the site moderation revisions etc will be posted in the forums tomorrow.

The problem with Debenhams doing it is the fact that if they screw it up they can't simply place their hands on another top and re-do it, whereas they can because the stock Celtic shirts. JJB used to offer the lettering service, but only for tops they stocked for the exact same reason. The club used to have the facility to do it, so no idea what has changed on that front. They must have to get the teams shirts done and it would surprise me if they weren't doing it in-house.

Comedy is going the same way as "pop bands", the true masters of the craft are being crowded out by the manufactured crap that sells big, but has a short shelf life. I don't often find comedy that travels well from other parts of the globe, but I have to admit to finding the Blue Collar Comedy Tour side-splittingly funny. If your not familiar with it do a search on YouTube or try and get your hands on the DVD.

Are our Stewards really so soft that they can't just shrug off a few chants from kids and instead have to turn it in to a major incident. I've done event security and worked as a doorman in the past and if I took offense and called in the police every time someone passed comment or shouted something in my direction then I'd never have been out of court and security companies wouldn't be going out of their way to have me work for them either as I'd be more hassle than I was worth. Some jobs require you to be thick skinned and Stewarding is one of them, whether they like it or not. If they can't hack a bit of ribbing then they should choose a different vocation. I could perhaps understand if they were throwing things at the Stewards or behaving in a threatening manner but that was not the case. This whole thing is something from nothing and I really do wonder how our Stewards would cope if they had real problems to deal with...oh no wait, I don't have to wonder, we see them turning their back on and ignoring the bile spouted by the OF on a regular basis, not to mention doing nothing when they choose to stand en-masse....and not even when they pack more people in to a stand than the safety certificate permits and some people have to stand as they don't have a seat!!! You see, when it suits them, they can ignore the rules and the etiquette without any issue....funny that.

Watt is still carrying a knock that he picked up in his last reserve game and Bayne and Hastings have only been back in training a couple of days, so can't see any of them starting (they may be on the subs bench though). McAllister, Paatelainen, Hart and Proctor are also on the injured list at present. With that in mind I don't think we'll see to many changes to the squad for Tuesday, but I would like to see us set up the squad to attack Gretna constantly for 90 minutes. I know it's a cup game, but when we were new to the SPL the mistake other "better" teams made against us was to sit back and let us come at them and we shouldn't fall in to that trap. 3 at the back, 5 in the middle to make best use of the width at TCS (include Black and Niculae and give them instructions to get forward as much as possible) and 2 up front.

Anyone can edit Wikipedia and you require no more knowledge to do it than it takes to add/edit a post on these forums. However, I can confirm that IHE was not the one who edited it.

IHE, I think you were correct in many of your observations, but I don't think your psychotic psychological approach to the issue has had anything to do with the improvements. Best you keep at it though as I may be wrong - it's happened before :015:

Just answered this on the Technical Forum - it's now fixed and you should be able to vote without any problems. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Found the problem - give me 5 mins to put right and then try again.