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23 hours ago, BuddieinEK said:
Can't help but wonder what happened to Shull.
Until he reinvented himself, he was actually quite interesting. Shame really. Deserved on current form tho.Agree entirely. I'm sorry he's gone and I regarded him as a friend but he did seem to change and became a bit anti nearly everything St.Mirren. I hope he can come back some day, acknowledge he went a bit OTT, and start amusing us again. In the meantime, RIP Shull.
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I enjoyed walking into my local club at teatime last night to see a crowd of guys bedecked in green crying into their pints of Guinness. I didn't gloat much. Honest!
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10 hours ago, Kendo said:
Does anyone really believe that these kind of threads will help us?
I certainly don't. It seems that some people think buying a season ticket or paying £20 to see St.Mirren is a permit to use vituperative language against the team, the manager or even individual players. I wonder do they do the same if their wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend, significant other or even worse, their children underperform. I suspect some of them do. There does indeed seem to be a thin line between love and hate.
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5 hours ago, oaksoft said:
Nope sorry bud but this is just more conspiracy theory guff.
You need to ask yourself how many people would have to be in the know for this to be true. It would have to be thousands of people. Something concrete would definitely have leaked by now.
You also need to ask why on earth the pentagon would be attacked.
The Americans seem to be obsessed with conspiracy theories. Probably best to leave them to it.
We have no history of passenger jumbo jets flying into buildings so these experts have no basis for their certainty that something is wrong.
I'm with you on this one, Oaky. Before the dust had settled over New York on 9/11 I had said to the present Mrs.McD that the conspiracy theorists would have a ball game with this. Haven't seen it all yet but nothing so far has struck me as convincing. How do you prove a negative? Or do I mean positive? Humpty Dumpty was pushed.
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15 minutes ago, Drew said:
Surely I can't be the only person who couldn't give a flying f**k about how many people are on the SMiSA board?
In terms of what they are doing with my zillions of pounds in direct debit payments, so long as it isn't funding the renewal of Trident and Theresa May's next pair of leather trousers, I'm relaxed about that.
Agree completely, Drew. I'm amazed there haven't been questions asked in parliament. I know Freedom of speech is a good thing but I don't know why Dickhead is still allowed to post his shit. I thought you had to at least kid on you like St.Mirren a wee bit. Morton fans have occasionally said nicer things about our club than Dickson.
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1 hour ago, oaksoft said:
I obviously understand probability considerably better than you do.
I'm with you on this one, Oaky, but why have you been awake for the past few hours? Insomniacs are us? I know about the other two.
If St.Mirren can strengthen the squad a bit, of course they can stay up. Plenty time and matches. History doesn't always repeat itself. Oops there goes another rubber tree plant.
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How about Under. Let's face, we're virtually always underdogs. The wife won't suss that.
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On 20/12/2016 at 4:31 PM, div said:
Hi Rick,
I just logged in as your account and was able to like posts without any problem.
Can you tell me how you are using the forum, eg; Desktop, Laptop, Mobile and what browser you are using, or if you are using the App?
Hi Div.
Sorry for not responding before now. My son buggered about with my laptop and the problem seems to over. I can like away all I want. Thanks for your input.
As it's the season of goodwill etc. can you ever forgive me for the cardinal sin I committed of posting in the wrong place. Some eejits take a hissy fit. You would think I had murdered a wean!
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1 hour ago, faraway saint said:
Oh FFS this is funny.
I have Rick, who posts more words and less sense than anyone on the forum, having a pop at me because I don't drive to Paisley t watch St Mirren often enough for him.
Then, thanks to his new found ability to quote, I seem to have been challenged by my troll to, wait for it, a "race" to prove, exactly what, I'm fcuked if I know.
Thanks old guys, I'm not sure if I should be scared or honoured.
I need to go, I swear I've pished my pants.
Oh, Rick, run along.
Are you dried out yet? Away and find a pretty dromedary. Without your dopey emoticons you would be speechless. If only.
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14 hours ago, antrin said:
Ok. Presumably you mean me, but you're just illiterate.
If I'm old you must be young. Is that important?
You are always suggesting fatuous bets with people, why not try something novel?
Fancy a race, young man? 10k or so?
Up a hill like Ben Nevis? or from Glenburn to the Braes car park?
I know I am NOT on ignore - your responses are blatantly to things I've posted - and anyway - you know I am fabulously interesting.
You can't ignore me.
Seriously young man... if age is so important on a forum... a race to prove your youngness?
Or is it just ageist bluster to cover up your inadequacies?
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If you've really put "antrim" on ignore then you can read this.
Or you can pretend you've NEVER read this and won't be shown up.
I take it the sound of silence is deafening. This is the guy who won't spend the petrol money to drive from Arbroath to Paisley to see St.Mirren. He certainly won't spend the same petrol money to get humiliated by you. Says he has you on ignore but I bet he's itching to have a go at you. I don't know or care if I'm on ignore but we might see. I get a secret thrill out of his inane dismissive remarks. He says things like 'Run along' more often than StuDick posts shit and that takes some doing. I realise I might be doing him a disservice if he has PM'd you. Can't wait to hear from him.
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13 minutes ago, faraway saint said:
Pish shift this get........................FFS!
Just about up to your usual pretty low standard of post. I am asking a genuine question, so what's your beef? Don't think you're far enough away from this forum yet. So come on, let's have another of your archetypal humorous ripostes.
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3 minutes ago, shull said:
Nothing to worry about.
You have just double clicked by accident meaning you have liked once and you can't like the same post twice.
Just tried to like this post, Shull. Clicked once very carefully, but up it came. Please don't read anything into that. So, it's still bloody happening.
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25 minutes ago, pozbaird said:
Yeah, you tried to 'like' a post of StuDick's. The message you are seeing is merely a default setting Div has built into the forum software.
Nice one. Just tried to like it, but the pop-up popped up. So far as my liking a StuDick post, maybe when hell freezes over.
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Does anyone else get a pop-up with the above message when you 'like' a post? It comes up with a triangle on it containing a black exclamation mark. I mentioned it way back when Div updated the forum but I never heard anything back. From what I can see, the 'likes' do sometimes show up sometimes they don't. Am I doing something stupid, possibly for the first time in my life?
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On 17/12/2016 at 11:06 PM, shull said:
From scenes like these, old Scotia's grandeur springs.
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44 minutes ago, bazil85 said:
If there's an air of desperation is it merited? We're bottom of the league and only now staring to see potentially good things from the squad. If we can help in any way as fans I think we should. Not like they're asking for a million quid loan. If this money plus anything extra they have contribute to one or two of his own signings then fine. Let's see what happens. Risk and reward culture with any new player.I wasn't meaning to sound negative. I voted Yes Yes. Seems to me it's almost a drop in the ocean but I suppose every little helps.
PS Wonder if antrin will metamorphasise that. At least I think that's what I mean.
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3 minutes ago, antrin said:
I agree completely.
However, i may have phrased it differently...
Bloody hell! Didn't spot that.
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19 minutes ago, Hambud said:
There's a few questions that spring to mind, is that the only money available to him? What sort of player do you get for that? Does Jack Ross think that he needs it to stay up? Or is he saying give me the 8k and I'll get you play off place and scottish cup win? What are the different pots of prize money for each league position?
Got to admit that I've been asking myself the same questions. Is there an air of desperation around?
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The biggest clown on the forum never gives up on his mantra. Community, community, community. It's apparently the answer to all St.Mirren's problems. I believe the credible posters on here that we do an appreciable amount for the community whereas the clown says we do nothing. One thing the old board and the new board have in common is rightfully ignoring the clown. He doesn't understand what 'Don't ring us, we'll ring you' means. Community involvement is a desirable, but when we're firefighting it can go on the back burner. I suppose the undersoil heating would never have broken down if only we had been a community club.
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5 minutes ago, melmac said:
Whilst the monster did not deliberately mow down these people and given that he had a history of 'blacking out' / fainting, would it not have been foreseeable by him that if he 'blacked out' / fainted whilst driving, that something like this could happen?
Maybe Councillors should now be up on Corporate Manslaughter charges.
You can accidentally kill someone and still have committed a crime. I'm pretty sure culpable homicide still figures in Scottish Law. If you drive along the Glasgow Road at 75 mph and kill a child, step out of your car pleading 'It's OK, I didn't mean it', do you think you walk free? Clarke had already fallen asleep at the wheel of a bus, but luckily at a bus stop. An inspector woke him up and the inspector had to drive the bus back to the depot. Clarke resigned the job before it could be taken any further. He then lied to obtain the job with the Cleansing Department. The City Council were to put it mildly, very slipshod with the handling of his job application and of course Clarke lied about his medical history. He again resigned from his new job just before the tribunal. History repeating itself. I'm sure ZA will comment on this again and I respect his views and opinions but he will never convince me that natural justice came within a country mile of this case. We all know the law can be an ass at times. At least the commonly held view is that Clarke is a bit of low life. How must the relatives of the dead and the injured be feeling with the second anniversary coming up next week?
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1 hour ago, Bud the Baker said:
The crime was the lie, not the outcome.
I accept I'm gonna be in the minority over this one and I realize some of his actions after the accident have been crass but I don't see what monstering him does to improve the situation.
We are not talking about a little white lie. He deliberately lied because he knew if he disclosed his problem he wouldn't have got the job. He caused six deaths, not deliberately, but because he was prepared to gamble with innocent people's lives. The punishment meted out to him in no way fitted the crime.
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39 minutes ago, Bud the Baker said:
Is Clarke's behaviour worse because of the tragic outcome?
It's a lottery how a person's bad judgement or irresponsible behaviour is going to turn out.
I feel the decision not to prosecute is the correct one.
I think it's worse. He lied about his health and should never have been behind the wheel of any vehicle. The insurance payout for that incident will be huge. Who's paying it? The insurance company could refuse to pay because of the non-disclosure of an existing medical condition. That had already caused Clarke a job with the bus company when an inspector caught him asleep behind the wheel at a bus stop. The George Square deaths would never have happened had Clarke told the truth I wouldn't be surprised if the good burghers of Glasgow pay the costs if the insurance company voids the claim as they assuredly are entitled to.
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On 09/12/2016 at 0:46 PM, zurich_allan said:
I said it earlier in the thread at the time; there was no prospect of this being allowed as there was no possible way of securing a conviction. In short, Harry Clarke is a despicable human being for the lies he told and the pain and suffering he has caused, but to me knowing what I do, the lawyers acting for these families are money hungry, immoral leaches who have led those poor families down the garden path when they KNEW, and I'm saying that absolutely categorically, they KNEW there was no way they were going to be allowed to proceed with a private prosecution. Those lawyers should have been honest from the outset and stopped it, it would have been less painful for all involved by not giving them false hope.I bow to your greater experience of the machinations of the legal system, but tell me, do you think justice has been served in this case? Why should it have required a private prosecution in any event? Six people dead, God knows how many still suffering from their injuries let alone grieving families. If the puny sentence Clarke got is in the opinion of our esteemed legal profession his just desserts, can we please have a new justice system?
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On 11/12/2016 at 2:26 AM, oaksoft said:
Has it ever occurred to you that many of us dont appreciate being told what to do, how to think or who to ignore Rick?
We are perfectly capable of making our own minds up.
I have had various people on ignore from time to time (usually for sending me threats by private message) but right now I prefer to have everyone active. Warts and all.
I am not in favour of blocking people out in a fit of petulance simply because I cant handle them having a different opinion to me.
Mind you, I am a full grown man.
I suppose I'll have to give you the benefit of the doubt about the efficacy of your final sentence. As far as I am aware StuDick is the only current poster I have on ignore. The disappointing thing I feel, is the number of really good guys who respond to his every post. Virtually never to congratulate him- Normally to denigrate him and his views. And the mind numbing time the words wanky pish are used is mind boggling. I hope you noticed I suggested ignoring him for a month. That was purely to see what reaction there would be from him.
This guy genuinely seems bemused that St.Mirren FC can turn down his oft repeated offers to help. He doesn't understand why. Answers on a postcard.......
Gangs
in General Nonsense
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I lived in Glenburn until 1970 and I don't remember a gang as such. But by the early 70's working in Glasgow the likes of the Maryhill Fleet and The Tongs (Ya Bass) were well known. Fleet Ya Bass and Tongs Ya Bass were daubed on walls over the city. On Queen Margaret Drive there was even BBC Ya Bass on walls and my favourite of all time,Tufty Club Ya Bass on Hope Street.
The Charleston Mob was the first I came across but because a few guys from Glenburn were part of them and a few guys who were at Camphill with me, I never had any problem with them. A female cousin of mine knocked around with a real hard wee shit from the Charleston Mob. Ann refused to drink in The Charleston so her beau would come in the Tannahill where I drank at times and I got on OK with him, but didn't like him. My uncle didn't approve of him so the romance was doomed. That bloke ( I can't remember his name) died very young and at least another two who were at Camphill also died very young. Drink had a lot to do with it and I suppose drugs too.
And does anyone remember a short lived phenomenon called The Little People? Was anyone a member? They were a younger mob largely made up of a young crowd from Ferguslie. The average age was probably about 15 but they surged around in packs of about sixty or seventy and it was quite frightening. They positively seethed violence. The Polis didn't seem to know how to handle them. They sometimes ran like hell in a big group and it was better to stay out the road. Don't recall exactly how much hurt or damage they caused but thankfully they were short lived.
I blame Leonard Bernstein for it all.