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Do I need to buy a new hat?

Cheers for all the updates dude.

Young Rory not completely blown away though, 4 under for today through fifteen holes, that's a great comeback after yesterdays disasterous round in the wind.

Mrs Duck Mr Duck Chicks @ 1 week Chicks today Yep, the Ducks have heard them all. Could not post the pics earlier as the signal was too weak, I was duck sitting outside yours don duck

Heres a heart warming story for you............ A few weeks ago our house was frequently visited by three Mallard ducks. One female and two colourful males. Of course we fed them scraps and seeds etc and they loved it. Mrs duck would often sit in the garden for a while when the two males would go for a swim in the Firth. We had a very small bird bath bowl thingy which she would pamper herself in and have a good old splash around in. This went on for a few more weeks then we saw little of her for a couple of weeks, only sporadic fleeting visits. Another couple of weeks passed and one evening when we looked out over the Beauly Firth we spotted a female duck with seven chicks in tow. Yes, it was Mrs duck and her little chicks. We called on her and offered her some food but she was reluctant to leave the chicks on their own. They seemed happy enough as they paddled off into the sunset. The next morning my son told us that the crows were attacking the chicks right in front of our house, about thirty yards into the Firth. They were hunting in packs and drawing the mother Duck away from the chicks then swooping down and trying to pick up the terrified ducklings. We reckon they were only a few days old, about the size of a snooker ball. We went out and distracted the crows but by this time there was one duckling down, presumable eaten by the crows. We had previously seen large grey herons being chased by Mrs Duck so it could have been the herons that gobbled it, apparently they will eat them whole. Anyway, I had to get off to work so left the Mrs in charge. I got a call about 10:00 from Mrs m4tj telling me she and a neighbour had rounded up the ducks and they were now in the relative security of our utility room. OMG was my initial reaction but then it was for a good cause, we could not sit back and let the massacre continue on our doorstep. Thursday and Friday evening were spent hastily erecting a Duck house for our new visitors as they were quickly turning the utility room into a quagmire. Knee deep in shit springs to mind. Anyway, by late Friday evening it was time to move the bairns and Mrs Duck out of the mire and into their new home. All this for the price of a bag of staples and some six inch nails, aided by scrap wood and some old doors that were lying around. Mrs Duck thanked me in the only way she knew how, by shitting down the front of my polo shirt. If you have ever smelled a runny duck poo, then you will know what I mean, but she seemed happy enough. The next stage was to build a small pen for them to come out of their house and into the open. This was accomplished using three old louvre doors, some spare wood from the yard and some aviary wire I had for making an outdoor run for my cockatiels. An old shower tray made a small bathing pond for them and some soft mossy grass went down for them to forage through. I secured the area by making a couple of roof panels. We bought some duck food pellets and chick food mashy stuff, easier for them to digest. They have now been with us for just over three weeks and the good news is that they seem perfecrly healthy and are now starting to grow proper feathers. They are almost a foot long now, boy do they grow quick. One of my neighbours told me he saw Mrs Duck just after the chicks were born and there were fourteen or fifteen chicks. We still have six left and they will be released once they are ready to fly. That is around eight weeks I believe, so still plenty of duck sitting to do. here are som pics. Mrs Duck

According to the official site, games are either 3:00pm or 7:45pm see official site below Clach report.

Hand me the sick bag please.

ok guys, settle down, game over, thread closed.

Well, can Rory keep it going. Fantastic start from the youngster.

Sure it was six quid last time we were there.

I think he signed a two year extension. Unbelievable scenario to have two first choice keepers, one of them will be unhappy.

I kid you not, here they are, by popular demand, the Human Juke Box live from Glastonbury this year. They did a fabulous job of Goldie Looking Chain - Guns don't kill people, Rappers do. Absolutely hilarious.

Buy new ones unless you are sure you have completely dried out the plugs, any low insulation will probably trip the boxes. Don't try this at home children, electricity kills. Alternatively..........plug them in and stick yer tongue across the terminals.

It maybe is, but standing on stage in a hoodie swearing at the audience is not my idea of music. The age thing is that he has had his decade, music has moved on and others are now doing what he started. he was about half an hour late coming on and a lot of folk went to see the Prodigy instead. I went back and fore to catch a bit of Mumford and Sons On the other hand, everyone I spoke to agreed that Muse were the real headliners, absolutely rocking. Newton Faulkner did an amazing Bohemian Rhapsody party piece as well...........somebody described him as a one man Muse. Check out some of the bands on BBC website or the red button on digital. T in the Park 2010 Most entertainment of the weekend were the human jukebox guys, what a laugh, you had to see it to believe it, a live four piece band in a tiny caravan done up to look like a wurlitzer, and funny to boot. About 200 people chanting main stage main stage when they finished. The Dukesbox, check you tube for them.

I don't think he is ready for the big boys game yet. I am sure he is a nice bloke and once he beefs up a little he may make the odd tackle or two, but last season he was not up to it. Well down the pecking order here so time to move on.

It was good. Muse were the best of the weekend, loud and proud Paolo Nutini was brilliant as always. Kasabian did the business and Madness were so professional. Scouting for Girls were decent as were Vampire Weekend. Eminem chap was rubbish. Florence is overhyped as well. Caught a band called Black Mountain, now that's rock'n roll. The rain was bad on Saturday early evening and tents were flying around on Sunday morning. All in all, a good weekend, couple of stabbings and a fall from a flagpole, just the usual weekend. oh, that Elisa Doolittle is a wee cutie, and she has a great voice.

Uruguay have won it twice. They won the first one ever held and that was in Uruguay and won it again in 1950 in Brazil. They beat Argentina in 1930 and Brazil in 1950. Here's some trivia from the 1930 Finals. ?The first world cup soccer match kicked off on July 13th, 1930 with France beating Mexico 4 to 1 ?France's captain in the first World Cup match, Alex Villaplane, was killed fifteen years later for alleged collaboration with the Nazis. Villaplane was shot dead by French resistence fighters in July 1945. ?A record that will surely never be beaten, the lowest recorded attendance for a match was 300 spectators for the match between Romania & Peru in Montevideo on 14 July 1930. ?The Romanian team in World Cup 1930 were selected by their King. The 'football-crazy' King Carol II of Romania personally selected the team, and asked the employers to grant each player a three-month leave with full pay. ?Uruguayan goalkeeper Antonio Mazzali returned home before kick-off of the 1930 finals as he had sneaked out from the hotel without permission. The Uruguayan team had been isolated in a Montevideo hotel for almost eight weeks before Mazzali sneaked out one night to visit his family. Mazzali was a member of Uruguay's Olympic gold medal teams in 1924 and 1928, but he had never appeared in any World Cup finals. ?The match between Argentina and France on 15 July 1930 was terminated by the referee by mistake six minutes before time. The Brazilian referee Almeida Rego whistled to end the match at the 39th minute in the second half when Argentina was leading 1-0. He resumed the match half an hour later, but no goal was scored in the 'extra' time. ?The USA trainer had to be carried off unconscious during the 1930 Semi-Final against Argentina after he ran to the pitch to attend an injured player, dropped his medicine box, and broke a bottle of chloroform. When he tried to pick up the broken bottle, he took in the fumes and fell to the ground immediately. The injured player recovered without any treatment. ?The two semi-final matches saw identical 6-1 scores, as Argentina beat the US and Uruguay defeated Yugoslavia. ?Thousands of Argentinian supporters failed to attend the 1930 Final as their boats were delayed due to thick fog. Eight of the ten chartered boats were unable to arrive in time for the Final, though fortunately the match referee was on the first boat that arrived. ?Uruguay and Argentina tossed up before the 1930 Final to choose the ball, as both teams wanted to use their own 'home-made' ball in the Final. Argentina won and their ball was used in the first half and the Uruguayan ball the second half. ?Hector Castro, who scored Uruguay's winning goal in the 1930 Final, had only one hand. He had lost one hand and part of his arm in a childhood accident. ?An unexpected consequence of Argentina's defeat in the 1930 Final was that the Argentinian president was overthrown several days after the Final. Argentinian president Irigoyen was overthrown in a military coup flamed by the deeply disappointed citizens. ?After winning the World Cup in 1930, the Uruguayan players were treated as national heroes, and each player was presented with a plot of land and a new house by the municipality of Montevideo. Cor blimey, I can just see some of these things happening nowadays.

I would imagine Terry knows all about it as it happened last September............allegedly.

The Boss

Wooooosh again, spanker from Forlan, although the keeper won't want to watch the replays.

ooft Thats a mighty spectacular goal from van Bronckhorst...........whooooosh

It's a missed opportunity to ban them.

Surprise surprise, look who is first to receive a warning on the new forum. Please keep the personal abuse out of the topic.

Muse, Nutini, Kasabian, Vampire Weekend, John Mayer, Florence, Peas, Prodigy, Seven Sheds, Coral and Shambles, thats enough for starters surely, and for the young dudes, there is M&N's, Calvin Harris, JayZ, Guetta and that Dizzy Rascal fellow.............etc etc. Even old gits like you and Alex are catered for with the Proclaimers, Madness, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Stranglers and Diana Vickers.... "noisy drunks, overflowing stinky loo's, no shower for 2-3 days".............soundsgreat, just like going to the game on a Saturday, but with less moaning. Remember, you are only as young as the ICT fan you feel.