Grim Jim

I was once contemplating emigrating to the US. I was into hillwalking, but saw a program about folk getting mauled by bears. I'm still in Scotland. Then I went white water rafting. The build up - the safety talk stuff was intense. One person said stop the bus, and just got out the boat and left. That was on a very still quiet lake while getting talked at about what happens when you got sucked down, or trapped under a log and so on. I nearly joined them... I hate Disneyworld ffs. The ride down the 'rapids' was great but wanted more in the end - felt a bit tame, so wanted more. Ocht, we had to splash about a bit to get properly wet. So I bought a yellow car instead. Gorgeous wee thing.

Aye that was him right enough. Bloody annoying in that first half. 2nd was ours if we could finish.

There were only two groups, so both though as we were rank outsiders. Going by ELO, we had 1st, 5th and 7th best European teams, while the other group had 2nd (France), 3rd (England), 9th (Denmark, replacing 6th Jugoslavia) and hosts Sweden (not shown, but would have lain 10th). Maybe the other group would have been better, since France & England were papped out 😄

Some wee winger?

Agree with that, and your previous JECK. Having just watched it, we dominated the 2nd half but lost the goal. My very vague memory of the German game is that it was a lot tougher. Let's see tomorrow.

Posted before, but it's got some hats.

That is truthfully only the second Procol Harum song I've ever heard. So, I dunno why, but you've stunned me a bit 😄 Was watching a program about Lucky Luciano today, and apart from Steve Buscemi in Boardwalk Empire, Clyde I think has one...

Hattest thing I've seen live makes an appearance about 50 seconds in...

This could be a tough one 😄 I'm told there are people with hats in this video.

I didn't know he played for us! Born in England to a Scottish father. His mother was an English Hoare (sic).

Really?

My jaw dropped when I watched that. OK, it didn't. No surprise really at all... Like that film where Terry Thomas has to tell the young chap (confronted with a stray bra under the pillow) just to front up with a lie, deny, lie, deny, lie... Except Terry Thomas could perheps carry it owf. Now. Loveable rogue or murdering, lying cunt? Should we start a vote?

First spots of rain here in a while!

If I can be pedantic... His father, born Kirkwall 1805 was certainly a 'sugar planter' around 1850, but the slave trade ended in British Guiana 22 years before Andrew Watson was born in 1856. Andrew's mother was probably the daughter of former slaves.

Might have been a wee bit different with a cup final, play-offs plus either fallout from international play-offs or build up to Euro 2020.

If I recall, Watson moved to London (later Liverpool where he became a marine engineer), and Scottish selectors only picked players playing in Scotland at that time. I don't know if that was the same for Suter. Edit to say, it would have been the case during his time in Blackburn. Dunno about earlier.

My light bulb argument is that the "wasted" energy in good-old-fashioned bulbs is not wasted. We live in Scotland and any excess energy pumped out by your lightbulbs will mean that your central heating has to do less work, so the nett effect is zero. And I'm including this heatwave. Everybody's pished by the time it gets dark so bulbs are aff. Speaking personally anyway 👣

I've signed it, but please be aware that if I'd read your headline first I might not have.

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So that's what you call 'em. I remember seeing a 'melodica' or something similar as a kid at my grandparents. Dunno who played it. My youngest uncles still stayed there looked like teddy boys and liked rock'n'roll. Can't see how that fits though 🤔

Fixed it. I'd put the big keys with the stabiliser wires back in wrong... if anyone needs a tutorial. We can all sleep easy now 🙂

No joke. I'm gonna have to lube this spacebar before I wear out my left-arrow key for all those corrections. Shouldhave putitin the dishwasher after all.

You've jogged my memory with that bit. There were selection problems too. 1931-33 the FA allowed their clubs not to release non-English players for internationals. (Speculation, but) wouldn't surprise me if there were problems with home clubs too. Certainly read about that in later years.

Gave my disgusting keyboard adeepclean today. Made a keycappuller from apapercliptogetittobits. Scrubbed,washed and driedthen putitbacktogether again. Job done 🙂

Stop it you 😆 I'm still feelin' far too smug with myself at my sax finale. Did anyone make it through to the end? It might grow on you? Grin Jim