Caley Mad In Berks

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An old friend of mine died last week, aged 89. He too had been a Spitfire pilot in WW11. Not as famous as Bob Doe, with fewer 'kills' to his name, only 2 he'd admit to and he said they were both lucky. Nevertheless a heroic and interesting character. He had been playing golf twice a week up until a few months ago. He also played snooker every week and was no slouch at that either. He had a humanist funeral, with a white cardboard coffin, on which we were invited to write farewell messages in marker pen. He was played out to the music of 633 Squadron. I was surprised that, with so few of these old boys left now, that there was no representative from the RAF at the funeral. Unless of course his family didn't want that, and perhaps didn't even let the RAF know. Anyway, a moving yet stirring occasion.

PT vRC, draw @ 3.50, please

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I cannot see the sense in pursuing this. As far as I can tell Niculai did nothing wrong and seems to be in the right over this. It was us who screwed the whole thing up, whether by incompetence or lack of experience in transfer deals, I cannot say. Throwing good money after bad if you ask me.

Montrose v Elgin, draw @ 3.50, please

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Looks to me as if the guy is a knowledgeable buyer. The only sure way he could tell if the guitar was actually a 1974 model was by examining it, given that you were unable to supply confirming serial nos. etc. I think I too would be seeking a refund in the circumstances. However, you can wait and let Ebay decide the outcome.

Ross County v Dunfermline, draw @ 3.60, please

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If I'm not mistaken, wasn't Ted McDougal's old man the famous Clach goalkeeper, 'Eck' Mcdougal, of the 40s and early 50s? George Ross was a contempory of mine in Inverness Royal Academy in the mid 50s. He was also a good cricketer btw. Unfortunately I don't think he ever got a full Scotland cap. He spent his full senior career with Preston where I believe he still acts as a hospitality host on matchdays.

Have to agree with you there, Renegade. I wasn't there, so don't know first hand how bad (or otherwise) Lionel was yesterday. But most people are very quick to condemn him, indeed seem to get great delight in slagging him off at the least opportunity. I've seen Golabek live on at least four occasions this season and he has ranged from OK down to absolutely shocking (Cup final in Perth for example). He is not the answer. So, I'd agree in blooding Shinnie for the rest of the season, now that our promotion chances are nil minus.

Clyde v Stennie, draw @ 3.60, please

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Absolutely definitely it is wishful thinking. Face it, Denzil was well past his best before he left us last time.

Can't agree with you there. Governments have a right to expect that their sportsmen will be safe and protected when guests in another country. They wern't safe so they were called home. Quite right.

Dundee v Ross Co, draw @ 3.75, please

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Whilst I agree with the proactive suggestions from both finmack and brian on this thread earlier to improve the official site, I fear it will for quite some time yet, compare unfavourably with this unofficial site. This is simply because we have been spoiled here, due largely to Scotty and Don's unstinting effort over many years. For the official site to 'catch up' is almost an impossible job. I'm not in the habit of looking at other Scottish clubs' official sites, but I'd venture a guess that ours is no worse than some of the others. I'm prepared to be shot down here by anyone who does compare other Scottish official sites. I do look at a couple of English clubs' official sites (not EPL) and I have to say that they are pretty much on the ball, and better than ours. I can see that for a club our size, with limited resources, expending time and money on a web site may not be seen as a high priority. But if they were to realise what a powerful tool it is for communication with their core supporters, I'm sure they would see things differently. So here's hoping that some of the powers that be within the club read some of the positive comments on this thread and act accordingly. I may be naieve, but I actually think that the individual board members (and I've met some of them) actually do try to act in the best interests of the club, but perhaps sometimes need an encouraging nudge in the right direction. Much of the 'muppet' talk we see frequently on this site is in my view, childish and unhelpful.

Maybe Robbo will have another go for it. Or, perhaps 'once bitten, twice shy'.

I was fearing the worst early on, but didn't he finish it off well? Bring on Federer, although he has no 'gimme' in his own semi final. Well done Andy. Roll on first of many grand slam victories!

I still can remember my old man driving us across the temporary bridge when we were about 7 or 8 years old. I used to have nightmares about him driving off the edge. It was all pretty rickety and unstable as I remember. Would not pass health and safety nowadays! I remember the 'temporary' bridge too. I certainly don't recall it being rickety and unstable. It lasted over 20 years apparently, and I drove, and walked, accross it umpteen times so I'd prefer to think that it was quite sound.

Wyness was past his best when we let him go before. Has he improved? I don't think so. Forget it. Also I think we can do better than Camara (or whatever his name is).

Clyde @ 3.20, please