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My brother lived in Dubai for seven years and I'm sure on one of the many occasions I visited him, he mentioned that Abu Dhabi had oil. He might have been wrong though.

Mainly because Abu Dhabi has oil and Dubai has virtually none. Where else in the world would one country bail out the economy of it's next door neighbour with its oil revenue?

There used to be a poster on here who pretended he was a cowboy and he thought he was funny..............................................

Christ. Where to start with this post. In fact I've wasted enough oxygen typing this reply.

TBH the mumblings you heard were most likely people laughing at you.

Whatever the cause is, it's an utterly horrendous situation to be part of. As I was viewing the clips of the flooding on the BBC website, I really, really felt for the people whose houses haven't just been subjected to an intermittent flooding of their property, but to a long term situation of being submerged with no end in sight. Some of these people have been out of their houses for weeks now. Imagine trying to balance your life around this type of situation. Some of the aerial footage, showing the extent of the flooding particularly in the conurbations on the Thames, is frightening. It must be soul destroying seeing the weather forecast predicting yet more rain and knowing that it could be weeks before the flooding subsides.

Indeed. However, through education, pupils are being taught constantly about the dangers of smoking. I've noticed that rather than it being perceived as being "cool" to smoke as a youngster, more and more of them are seeing it for the killer that it is. A lot of pupils will put pressure on their parents not to smoke and I know of several who have given up for the sake of their kids. However, this is only one area of Glasgow that I'm seeing this in, there will be different trends in different areas, as highlighted by the BBC article.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-26087153 More good news, but still a long way to go.

There's only one person that's been caught out badly. Now run along and read my post properly. Then reply with reference to what I actually posted and not what you want to hear. Try not to move your lips too much.

The Daily Star article on Djemba Djemba also mentions that we're still looking to bring in another defender.

So the £10billion that they're investing is suddenly going to disappear if Scotland becomes independent? You do realise that they're investing for the future, don't you? Know your limitations.

You can continue with your optimism as you're perfectly entitled to do. Me? I'll go on my gut instinct, which the more I read, suggests that this signing is a huge risk. Hopefully we're not paying him a huge sum of money. I hope I'm wrong, but we can only wait and see.

To be fair there are a fair number of major businesses opposed to the idea independence. I'm acquainted with someone, who is financial director for a Scottish firm with a £50 million turnover, who works in these circles and he informs me that it is sheer greed that is the major influence for their stance, which is not unexpected. The companies concerned are making a fortune out of Scotland. Behind the scenes they are planning ahead for the long term by working to adapt their business plans to help their companies grow in an independent Scotland. However, in public they prefer to talk about the short term and direct the focus on to how much money they might lose during the negotiation stage, if independence came about. The reality is that they may well take a financial hit, but not enough to put them out of business or to seriously dent their profits. The good thing for Scotland is that many of these companies are either tied to Scotland, given the nature of their businesses, or they know that even after independence they would still make money out of us. So they'll moan a lot in media, but ultimately most would continue to contribute sizeable amounts to the Scottish economy.

I want to be pleased about this signing, but the name Mo Camara keeps haunting my thoughts.

They're not the only ones perplexed. Who are The Weggies?

I'll be casting this up later, if it all goes tits up.

A "nothing" comment expressing a personal opinion which appears to be pandering to "project fear". What better way to deflect from the fact that BP's profits are down. Also BP, as a company, are so scared of Scottish independence that they are doing this: Source - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26028481

McGowan injured?

Just as well. Apparently those magic radios are quite pricey.

How much is he earning then?

He was in the PDE today saying that he is fit enough to feature. So who knows? Anyway, if fit he's as fit as he believes, he will be back to boost our options.

They're up by about 50 a game. Somebody on P&B posted average figures for all the clubs a few weeks ago. However, that may well be due to increased away supports.

Apparently McLean should be fit for tomorrow.

I don't really have any problem with your argument BTB. However, I wish people would remember that Lee Mair proved to be pretty shit for us, other than the odd short period where he looked like a competent defender. FWIW I would happily have accepted McAusland leaving instead of Mair. I still think McGregor, for all his failings, just has wee bit more about him, than the other two. In my opinion. I also think it's barking, not to have another CH signed by now.

It should be interesting to see your justification for this drivel. I wonder just how much conjecture and made up "facts" you can fit into your usual long winded simian like response.