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:015: thank feck it's no just me,think from 40 it's all doon hill, used to have 20/20 vision now i'm always lookin for specs to read stuff, but as CMIB says the memory lapses are worse,it's affy not rememberin what it was you didnae see :029:

Eh thought it was caused by you and Maime being over zealous on the treadmills!! :hiding03:

I find anyone over the age of 30 using "cool" in it's modern context a bit cringey, also hate they new "power" phrases like "touching base" and "running something up the flagpole"...... " yer no running anything up meh flagpole ya tube"

Got a wee bit "spooted" masel in the Fluke last night

Right, thats a week gone by, whats my balance standing at just now?who's losin maist? or mebbes i'm a few quid up reading about all the chips an sausages you's are snacking on

:015: saw this and thought of you...... Anyway, S.P.L. rule A251.1.1 annexe D sub section 14 states " the rules in place at any given time are of no concequence should the SPL board decide they dont suit their position at any given time" so this rule over rules all previous rules Gretna will go down!

Qoute from Mileson...... "We may have to redevelop Raydale and everything is in place to do that - it's just a matter of pressing a button. In these days of modern build, stands are just like Meccano sets." Mileson said: "If we're forced to stay at Raydale we have been told we'd still need to play all our matches at Fir Park next season. What we need to do, by March 31, is provide proof that our ground, wherever it may be, will be ready for the start of the season after that. P.S. When did the SPL ever become associated with a "fair and consistant hand"? I find it hard to believe i am argueing in their defence,however in this instance i feel they are quite correct and will, as i said above simply refuse to grant approval

Ya want to go easy on that HRT malarky JB,seen this report into a possible side efect which may explain yer other syptoms eh? psychosis in the elderly include having typically complex, bizarre delusions and auditory hallucinations IHE may be able to advise further

agreed , shocking ,inept,pathetic,embarresing,comedic, :008: awa to lie down in a dark room

Plans in place and an eco-stadium? as i said, their taking the P***. Questions are being asked about Accies stadium and their synthetic pitch but no doubt it will wait till end of season till the annual close season fiasco begins.

Fair enough, there is no 1 season written rule in the book,however, the ground shareing concession was brought in to allow ambitious smaller clubs a work round and give them time to gather finace to fund their rules compliant stadium.Gretna are painfully obviously taking the P*** and have made no efforts to even start upgrade work,for this reason, i think the SPL would be quite right to invoke the wording of the ground share rules and simply not grant approval:- "If a club intends to "ground share" or occupy a ground other than one owned by the club concerned, then such an arrangement requires the approval of the Board of the SPL" If they were genuinely ambitious and attempting to comply and held back for financial//technical difficulties there may be a case to argue.

No sure JB, what were your symptoms?

:015: good responses ladies

Tremendous record shop, Groucho's in Dundee where i spent many hours of my mispent youth thumbing through the second hand albums and poster collections and inhaling the various strange smelling tobacoes used therein,only found out a couple of years back the owner was originally from Sneck when i did a job for his folks up in Lochardil

Connie said "young " Mee

You fishing J? How good was that Engurland V Wales game,thought at half time the Taffs were going to go on and get a right doing,.....ah, thats fair cheered me up :015:

Think i might just head down Grant street the day and give Clach a much needed few quid,seeing as oor game is aff :008: mutter, mutter,moan girn,

I'm not as sure as yerself that there was no time restriction on length of groundshare,sure it was 1 season max but i am open to being corrected, if there IS no time limit, the ruling is completely pointless as any team can groundshare for their time in the SPL however long that may.It's not like the SPL to have loopholes in their legislation tho is it?

D,I,m sure we are in agreement that it's the system at fault and i'm certainly not of the "we had to do it so you" should school of thought, indeed, i have argued loud and long on ICT and St Mirren before's defence.But, as in society,the rules in place at any given time are the ones to be adhered to regardless whether they suit your circumstances.If the rules are breached the punishment should be enforced or the whloe system is pointless.(which in the case of the SPL is hard to argue against)

Mebbe's i'm more bitter than most,but sitting here with no football today,(and Dundee losing a lot of revenue due to the rescheduled game being midweek) as a direct result of Gretna being allowed to groundshare with Motherwell,in the light of their lack of action to right this, i would certainly think twice in the future,as will many i'm sure, about throwng my support behind smaller teams being admitted without facilities able to cope with the criteria set out. Whether i agree with these criterias is a totally different arguement.

1.Scotland 2.wha cares 3.wha cares 4.wha cares 5.wha cares 6.Engurland 7.Engurland reserves P.S. Haddens a Dee ! sorry,ehv had a few beers :blah01:

I normally agreee with CaleyD's well thought out and reasoned arguements,however ,in this instance you are so of the mark i just have to take umbrage,I have no axe to grind with Gretna per se( i save that for Livi) BUT, they came up (to the SPL) on the same proviso as ICT,that many fought long and hard for, to get these ridiculous rulings overturned,by not following through, they are making a mockery of Scotish football (if thats possible).The beginnings of my own teams demise stemmed from having to adhere to the regulations in place and the absurd 10,000 seater ruling driving us to the edge of extiction,so please, dont give me the "footballs the only criteria" argument

Big up to the 5 heading for weight loss island for the BHF,great idea. To add a wee competitive edge between 2 regular posters,I'll pledge a pound per pound for whoever loses the most between L_g and Maime, get on them tread mills ladies :clapping03:

I guess it depends on the will of the hard core Clach support and how much they want to see their team survive.It's obvious from comments most local folk seem to have a soft spot for Clach but they are not going to be part of the financial salvation of the club,many however (myself included) would probably contribute if fundraising on a larger scale was organised from within the club to ensure it's survival.

I watched the whole merger thing unfold with great intrest as a football supporter with an affection for both teams and also from the hypothetical "what if" viewpoint.The merger of Dundee teams has raised it's head a few times over the last few decades and i always felt it was absurd and untennable.What i witnessed was 2 teams with great heritage but small financial and crowd backing being torn apart and the real fans of the time having to sacrifice their team for the greater good,this convinced me it would never happen at a higher level(and i dont mean that at all in a dispariging way) It's tremendously sad to see a way of life for some folk come to an end but in the Inverness case it was for the greater good and for those of you who let go and carried on as ICT fans i applaud you , for them that didn't, i can fully understand and would probably take that route in the same circumstances.