dougiedanger

1 hour ago, alwaysblue said:

As very good friends of the current owners of Boleskine House which sadly burnt down I would like to ask the dickheads in the photo if we can come into their garden and get our picture taken outside their house if it burns down. Sad sad people!

Owners have been season ticket holders with us  for several seasons - not so convenient now - obviously !  

Who owns it now ab and what are their plans? Agreed on the ghouls.

Club missed a trick not making it the Aiberdeen game, place would have been full to the rafters, the coffers less so.

Cost must be an issue, especially given the Highlands' historically low average wage, and it makes no sense to base affordability on observing the habits of those who turn up when you would think that those who really can't afford to go would not be there in the first place. 

On January 15, 2016 at 5:08 AM, IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER said:

Boleskine no more - but here is some salubrious alternative accommodation

What was that place that used to be upstairs, the Highland Club or something, is it still there?? Seemed to be some kind of toff club.

Thinking of joining like.

2 hours ago, ictchris said:

Inverness has a population of 50,000, give or take.  Our average attendance is around 4,000, roughly 8% of the local population. 

What sort of crowds do people think we should be getting?  8,000?  10,000?  A quarter of the population of Inverness coming to watch Caley?

The season we won the First Division for the first time our average was about 2,000.  Essentially we have doubled our fanbase in the last decade.  Bear in mind as well that we've not had full-time, top flight football in Inverness before.  There's never been crowds of this size consistently for football in Inverness, we don't have the latent support that clubs like Falkirk or Dunfrmline, for example, have.

I think the population is considerably higher than 50,000, if you include the suburbs, etc. Also, not sure if it is right to say Sneck has never had crowds like this. Maybe in the 50s/60s they were higher? Not sure.

I think it's true that attendances are generally up in the SPFL, so not sure where the gloomy scenarios are coming from. Additionally, the Scottish game is one of the best supported per capita in Europe, so there is no need to indulge in typical Scottish self-denigration over this. 

ICT has its own particular challenges, which many other clubs don't have. Time will tell if they will be overcome, or continue to hamper the development of the club.

Good analysis, though I also would say that compared to 30 years ago a far higher percentage of pupils do 'stay on' after 4th year to do Highers and that the IHS figures  might even be higher than they were back then.

The High School anchored at the bottom there. I wonder how those figures would compare to 30-35 years ago? 

Cheers. Seems like there is a degree of parity, all things considered.

You are not of course suggesting the richer pupils are inherently more able, just that they have greater opportunities and often higher expectations.

Which is the best school in town now, academically?

A fair swap.

2 minutes ago, Charles Bannerman said:

Yes. Totally. If you happen to have been at Charleston, to where he moved possibly around 1980, this is something with which you may be familiar. I seem to recollect that he moved because he didn't want to teach in the "new" Culduthel building but in any case, Charleston was a fair bit closer to where he lived.

I am familiar with his work. 

Similar eccentricities, including lining up outside the room for the whole class, being belted for chewing pencils, swinging on chair and other heinous crimes. This only after you had made a "deal" with him to outline the future punishment should you. Would belt you then seem remorseful.

His lunchtime routine was much as you describe. Actually had a cohort of favourite pupils, older ones, who would hang out with him.

Actually felt sorry for him, and think he is still on the go.

Great stuff!!

12 hours ago, Charles Bannerman said:

Ian MacLean taught Physics in Room 20. His nickname was Fred since he was said to look like Fred Flintstone. He came from somewhere around Kiltarlity and was a great car enthusiast. For lunch he would often boil meat and tatties on a Bunsen burner whilst marking homework and glowering at his classes doing exercises.

Thanks, yes it's the same one, was he always eccentric?

I mind my granny had a pamphlet on the centenary of the Trinity Church, and the part that struck me was an extract from some report or other bemoaning the moral condition of the residents of that area and the fact that Gaelic was still widely spoken there. Stands to reason but amazing too ah suppose, bilingual Sneck!!

Who was Mr Maclean, back row, third from left? What did he teach?

 Do we get to see anyone walk the plank??

Rum, sodomy and the lash indeed.

Herald is unionist Elmer. 

 Merry chrimbo to all cybernats. 

Hey hey, show a bit of respect to Lawrence. Don't you know he's BRINGING WEALTH to you ungrateful Jocks, by SELLING OLD BOOKS AND THAT.

As Scotland's OIL RUNS OUT, just be glad this CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY walks among us SELLING BOOKS AND THAT.

See the workie going up the ladder balancing the bricks on his head??

Before PC and H&E ruined everything.

Amazing viewing that, highly recommended.

Looks a bit like the lady that used to run the La Scala.

If ye mean far left then aye, Titchy Black, an excellent player by the way.

Exactly, he didn't even know the Jaggies.

1 hour ago, Charles Bannerman said:

Oh goodness me! In the presence of that combined cerebral powerhouse which is dougiedanger and Dougal, I couldn't possibly comment. And in any case, not having any inclination to join that intrepid band which seems to spend its waking hours hanging about outside Celtic Park, what on earth makes anyone think I should be remotely interested in the identities of a Celtic team of around 30 years ago?

But if DD and Dougal feel that they would be perceived as better individuals by the world on the strength of naming the entire group - or that society would benefit from such a feat -  I would never want to stand in their way.

As suspected, clueless.