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    oaksoft got a reaction from BigYardsAndBasher in Our Golden Era 1977-1987   
    Bloody hell, 8000 was the attendance for the home leg in 77-78 and there were 13,000 at love Street when we won it in 1980. 
     
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    oaksoft got a reaction from BigYardsAndBasher in Our Golden Era 1977-1987   
    Checking back, we were the only Scottish club to make the final.
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    oaksoft got a reaction from BigYardsAndBasher in Our Golden Era 1977-1987   
    It's very odd that on a forum dedicated to St Mirren, Ricky is being attacked for starting a discussion about St Mirren on his own thread by people who claim to have him on ignore.
     
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    oaksoft got a reaction from BigYardsAndBasher in Fish puns   
    I am now writing a song about fish puns. It has a nice tuna bout it but I am short of lyrics.
    If there are any more suggestions please let minnow.
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    oaksoft got a reaction from BigYardsAndBasher in Club statement please on police activity in W7   
    I think you could use a bigger font there Ricky.
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    oaksoft got a reaction from Percy Veer in Irritating Words, Phrases and Whatever Else.   
    Rather than some of us pretending we have the faintest idea how this all works because we've spent 5 minutes Googling it, here's a link to some people who you can be sure absolutely do know.
    https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/lightning/faq/
    Looks like I was on the right tracks about the build up of a charge differential and then energy being subsequently released. The bit I forgot was about the dielectric (in this case the air) breakdown causing lightning although the mechanism behind that is perhaps not so clear. You then see thunder coming from the shock wave as the air tries to move above the speed of sound so you were right there.
    Most interestingly of all, it's the lightning channel which precipitates the thunder so @smcc was right all along.
    Between the 3 of us, we finally got there. And had an unusually interesting chat in the process. Well at least I was interesting. Least said about you.....
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    oaksoft got a reaction from Percy Veer in Irritating Words, Phrases and Whatever Else.   
    Pretty sure that's not true but happy to be corrected.
    Both occur as part of the release of energy from the build up of massive charge differences in the atmosphere.
    Sound and light are emitted.
    Probably some heat too.
    Definitely a whole heap of chemical changes too including the formation of ozone.
    Our atmosphere is an amazing thing.
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    oaksoft got a reaction from Percy Veer in Irritating Words, Phrases and Whatever Else.   
    Oh it is. It really is.
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    oaksoft got a reaction from Percy Veer in Irritating Words, Phrases and Whatever Else.   
    Wow. Some self-awareness.
    Fair play. 
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    oaksoft got a reaction from Percy Veer in Irritating Words, Phrases and Whatever Else.   
    Did you feel that way when you were repeatedly sin-binned?
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    oaksoft got a reaction from Percy Veer in Irritating Words, Phrases and Whatever Else.   
    Then clearly the French word is derived from the same Latin source. Interesting.
    That reminds me of a story Billy Connolly told a few years back. You've probably heard this already but here goes. He was talking about a street where people used to throw their faeces out of the window into the street below. I assume this was before indoor flushing toilets and the streets were curved to encourage the rain to wash away the human slurry but some habits are hard to break. So, someone wrapped a "jobbie" (sigh!) in a newspaper and chucked it out the window without looking. This is already f**king hilarious but bear with me. The newspaper opened up in mid-throw and the contents landed on the face of a passing policeman below. The policeman yelled "Ya dirty bastard". The person who threw it yelled back "I don't know why you are calling ME a dirty bastard. You are the one with shite all over your face".
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    oaksoft got a reaction from Percy Veer in Irritating Words, Phrases and Whatever Else.   
    Yeah it was hard for me to type and now I feel slightly soiled. And not in a good way.
    Defenestration is a very nice word. I wouldn't be surprised if it was derived from the word "fenetre" which is the French word for window. Diversity of language at its finest.
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    oaksoft got a reaction from Percy Veer in Irritating Words, Phrases and Whatever Else.   
    The word "pish" is not for me I must admit and I cringe at words like "Jobbie".
    My response would be "We get it. You are working class and want everyone to know you don't have ideas above your station." It's all a bit "The lady doth protest too much" for my liking.
    The English language is fabulous and it's nice to luxuriate in the diversity of it - especially where the less popular words are concerned. Somewhere along the line, certain people decided that certain words were associated with being "up your own arse". I would invite those people to go f**k themselves in a public place.
    The difference between any two human beings is not and should not be defined by the words they use but the attitudes, ethics and values they possess.
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    oaksoft got a reaction from Percy Veer in Irritating Words, Phrases and Whatever Else.   
    It was in the washing.
    So........
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    oaksoft got a reaction from Percy Veer in Irritating Words, Phrases and Whatever Else.   
    It is fragrant, aesthetically challenging and delightfully pompous, all in 5 beautiful syllables.
    I have used it twice today already. The postie already thinks I am weird so maybe I'm not doing myself any favours here.
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    oaksoft got a reaction from Percy Veer in Irritating Words, Phrases and Whatever Else.   
    That is a fantastic word.
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    oaksoft got a reaction from Percy Veer in Irritating Words, Phrases and Whatever Else.   
    Talking of making a cock of yourself, the suggestion in that top post of yours has already been made in this thread on page 2.
    Cant recall the poster's name though.
    Oak something.
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    oaksoft got a reaction from Percy Veer in Irritating Words, Phrases and Whatever Else.   
    Is that when you use both speakers?
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    oaksoft got a reaction from Percy Veer in Irritating Words, Phrases and Whatever Else.   
    Are you sure she is not saying "git"?
    That would make more sense.
    Or she could be a closet Scouser?
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    oaksoft got a reaction from Percy Veer in Irritating Words, Phrases and Whatever Else.   
    "Thoughts and prayers are with the people involved and their families".
    Just f**k right off with this fake pish.
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    oaksoft got a reaction from Percy Veer in Irritating Words, Phrases and Whatever Else.   
    "He's got that in his locker"
    Grrrrr.
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    oaksoft got a reaction from Percy Veer in Irritating Words, Phrases and Whatever Else.   
    "Faraway Saint has quoted you in a topic....." 
    "Ricky has reacted to a post in a topic...." 
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    oaksoft got a reaction from Rascal in Minimum price alcohol... The myth   
    The government also have to pick up the tab for the resulting problems which hit the NHS.
    Between smoking, alcohol, drugs and obesity, Scots certainly know how to strain our public services, complain about how those services are strained and then complain when the government tries to do something about it. We are a nation of whiners.
    It's hardly close to prohibition.  Come on. Surely you can see that is a ridiculous thing to say.
    They don't collect it as a tax presumably because it wouldn't pay for itself in terms of administration and compliance. Same as the bag tax.
    BTW, genuinely poor people should have a lot more to worry about than buying alcohol.
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    oaksoft got a reaction from Karmageddon2021 in Jo Cox - Labour Mp   
    Seriously dont you have better things to do with your time?
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    oaksoft got a reaction from Karmageddon2021 in Jo Cox - Labour Mp   
    On the surface has action might seem a bit odd but I am not about to criticise a man whose wife has just been murdered.
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