Calling all Scots!!!

[sueKay]

PhDs...get out of my thread

as it happens I have plenty of English friends...online and otherwise...it's some friendly jibing

oh but of course...the totalitarian gater with no sense of humour has to piss off folk in order to be happy

so please...get out of my thread...any other questions? PM me.

[Sha're]

Sha're - I sat a set of mock A Levels along with my highers in 5th years and got 3 As and 2Bs...for the higher equivalent, I got 3Bs, a C and a D

so...hmm....when you do the math....

Exactly - Highers aren't an "easy" alternative to A Levels. It used to bug me that the qualifications that I had studied hard to acheive were not given the same weighting as A Levels. And the CSYSs were often unheard of.

So do they still demand more highers for course entry than A Levels?

[sueKay]

yup

speaking of highers...I got an apology letter from the SQA...turns out I had passed my Higher Modern Studies with a B, so I'm pretty happy!

The course at Uni' I originally applied to wanted 2As and 3Bs at higher for 6th year entry, but only 1B and 2Cs at A Level

[Three PhDs]

PhDs...get out of my thread

as it happens I have plenty of English friends...online and otherwise...it's some friendly jibing

oh but of course...the totalitarian gater with no sense of humour has to piss off folk in order to be happy

so please...get out of my thread...any other questions? PM me.Are you completely incapable of recognising sarcasm? Look at how I even typed our the word "erm..." like I was thinking out loud. If I was serious I'd have made it sound more like this post. I don't get it how I can say something funny or flippant and people think I'm serious. Learn how to interpret from manner and context not simply the words written.

[sueKay]

PhDs - learn your netiquette - to avoid situations like this...use either

:P

or

j/k

to show your pulling people's legs

[Three PhDs]

No offence personally intended, but I've been using the net since you were about five years old. I don't need a lesson in netiquette. People here need lessons in language interpretation.

[sueKay]

So it comes down to age again...why must people assume that because they're older than someone else that they must be better???

And...while the internet is fairly old...it only became the commercial communication tool it is now in 1996...when I was 9 years old...

...so when you do the math...

[BruTak]

Now now children, play nice.;)

[Anubis69]

I'd just like to wish all ye' Scots out there a very happy St. Andrews Day!!!! :)

Cue drunken sing song....

"Oh Flower of Scotland,
When will we see.....
:D:D:D:D

[sueKay]

Happy (belated) St. Andrews Day!!!!!!!!!

[Three PhDs]

So it comes down to age again...why must people assume that because they're older than someone else that they must be better???

And...while the internet is fairly old...it only became the commercial communication tool it is now in 1996...when I was 9 years old...

...so when you do the math...And if you count in me using the net on an old Apple Mac at a rip racing 9600bps in 1991/1992...

[Samantha]

Im scottish!!! I can play the bagpipes and i sometimes wear a kilt too!!! :D

[Three PhDs]

Good call, I think I'll put my kilt on now.

[sueKay]

Two Ned Jokes

What do you say to a Ned in uniform?

Can I have a Big Mac and Medium fries please


What do you call a Ned in a suit?

The accused

[Anubis69]

^LOL! It's funny cos it's true...... :D
Good call, I think I'll put my kilt on now.
I wish i had a kilt. I've got to get one sometime soon for the summer. Then i could play football and cycle while looking "dashing"!! :P All i've got is the pictures of me before prom in the "flower of scotland" tartan. T'was a good one IMO. Good days, good days... *sigh*

[Egeria]

Hey it might be fun to post our own family's tartan colours. Here's mine:

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/4360/weir7lg.jpg

I'll never forget my mum making me a Nessie out of the tartan cloth left over from my dad's kilt.

[Three PhDs]

http://www.scotlandonline.com/heritage/tartans2/Tartans/wr2217r.gif

[Egeria]

^ That's nice....I've always liked the non-traditional look.

[Three PhDs]

I thought it looked a bit boring. I wore a Royal Stewart in Paris.

[BruTak]

Hey gang! Miss me? Did anyone even notice I'd been suspiciously quiet for the last two weeks?

Reason being, I'm only just now recovering from a rather nasty chest infection that had me coughing up 'orrible green stuff all the live-long-day...:eek:

But I'm better now, and just in time for the festive yuletide-type season. Hurrah!:D

[sueKay]

http://hometown.aol.co.uk/daviddemack/images/buchanan%20tartan.jpg
Buchanan from my mum's side

http://scotcook.com/tartanimages/MacFarlaneRed.jpg
MacFarlane from my dad's side

[BruTak]

Ummm, lemme think about this... Ok, so my mum's family is originally from the Isle of Man, but if I remember right my dad's family is a sept of the MacDonalds (I think).

[Anubis69]

hmm.... My mum's is Royal Stewart and i don't actually know if my dad's side has one cos our name's Irish and all..... I'll ask him tomorrow..... :S

[Egeria]

I wish i had a kilt. I've got to get one sometime soon for the summer. Then i could play football and cycle while looking "dashing"!! :P All i've got is the pictures of me before prom in the "flower of scotland" tartan. T'was a good one IMO. Good days, good days... *sigh*

Guys in kilts are just so hot....you see them all the time here, i'm such a sucker for them. You mentioning playing footy in a kilt reminds me of when my mum worked in a social club, and in '78 when they qualified for the world cup, all the regulars took on the staff in a footy match but everyone was wearing kilts, it was so funny.:D

[BruTak]

Only time I've ever worn a kilt was at my borther's wedding, 15 years ago. Mind you, I sort of had to - I was best man.:D

[Anubis69]

You shouldn't feel like you have to. Nothing wrong with a suit.... many folk wore suits to the prom. Course, i thoght they looked like a bunch of twonks but then again i feel privileged to wear a kilt anyway :D So Scottish. And if anyone says it's just a skirt..... :mad:

^^ '78..... Now that was a good year. *reminisces about that goal* I wish i saw that live :(

[sueKay]

Guys...kilts are sexy :D

Only the *cough* idiots in my year wore suits to out leavers do'

[Sha're]

Im scottish!!! I can play the bagpipes and i sometimes wear a kilt too!!! :D

(((((Samantha)))) :p

[Three PhDs]

I am in a kilt, and I am hot. Women, to my left for makeouts, guys to my right for high fives.

[Egeria]

^ LOL:) :) What are you like?:rolleyes:

[BruTak]

Actually, me and my good buddy X-Man are going to a Christmas Party in Glagow on Saturday evening. Depending on the weather (I.E. not raining) I think I'll wear my nice suit, and also my hat - like you see men wearing in old movies.:D

Some of my friends - who shall remain nameless - think I look like a Mafia Don when I wear my suit, hat, long leather coat and scarf...
Hmmm - Don Bru'Tak of the Chulak Mafia...;)

[Egeria]

HAPPY HOGMANAY !!

[Three PhDs]

HAPPY HOGMANAY !!





Get it up yer kilt ye basa!

[Egeria]

^ LOL...sending you a virtual hug hun :D

[Sha're]

I am not following you ^ honest:p Happy New Year to all!

[Missster.Freeman]

Happy hogmanay everyone!

[sueKay]

Happy Ne'erday!

[Missster.Freeman]

Of course, it is. Happy ne'erday then :D

[Three PhDs]

:mckay:

[sueKay]

?

[Three PhDs]

?
:mckay:

[sueKay]

oh I give up

*wanders away*

[Three PhDs]

oh I give up

*wanders away*
:mckay:

[Deano]

Finally i found a thread for my sort of people.

[Deano]

This is typical this thread has already died by the time i find it.

[dipsofjazz]

This is typical this thread has already died by the time i find it.
:D The thread's not dead yet. I think most people are recovering from the festivities. Happy New Year to everyone.:D

[Deano]

:D The thread's not dead yet. I think most people are recovering from the festivities. Happy New Year to everyone.:D
Happy new year to you, man i got so wasted hense my sig.

[dipsofjazz]

Happy new year to you, man i got so wasted hense my sig.
:D Glad you had a good time. I had *cough* one or two *cough* drinks myself!

[Deano]

:D Glad you had a good time. I had *cough* one or two *cough* drinks myself!
Good for u and its good to talk to all the scots out there

[Three PhDs]

I'm running out of beer. :(

[Deano]

I'm running out of beer. :(
Rageing, i just steal my dads, hes a bit of an alky

[Anubis69]

I'm running out of beer. :(
You know these days you can get a crate of any beer for less than £10 from any of the big supermarkets. A crate of Stella cans (440ml) for £11 or something like that. Not my favourite brand, but you've got to admire those kinda prices.... :D

^ Wait a minute Deano! Aren't you in your early teens?! Starting early i see.... :P

[Deano]

You know these days you can get a crate of any beer for less than £10 from any of the big supermarkets. A crate of Stella cans (440ml) for £11 or something like that. Not my favourite brand, but you've got to admire those kinda prices.... :D

^ Wait a minute Deano! Aren't you in your early teens?! Starting early i see.... :P
Oh yes, my ambition is to be the biggest drunk carmyle (my town) has ever seen, and as you can imagine im in for some pretty stiff compitaion

[Wolf Eire]

Keep it up lads and you'll usurp Ireland's title as the nation that stereotypically drinks too much. :D

*hands bottles of buckie all round*

[Deano]

Did any of yous know that the scots were an irish tribe

[Wolf Eire]

Did any of yous know that the scots were an irish tribe

The Irish found a colony in Scotland in the 400's called Dal Riata.

[Deano]

yeh we were a kind of mentally ill irish tribe and one day the cheif said "come on lads i know an even rainyer place"

[Three PhDs]

Where the heck is Carmyle, I know that name.

[Deano]

Where the heck is Carmyle, I know that name.
Its in glasgow not shure where, its a s*!t hole, not as bad as easter house but still not that good

[Egeria]

You know these days you can get a crate of any beer for less than £10 from any of the big supermarkets. A crate of Stella cans (440ml) for £11 or something like that. Not my favourite brand, but you've got to admire those kinda prices.... :D

^ Wait a minute Deano! Aren't you in your early teens?! Starting early i see.... :P

One of the supermarkets up here was pushing out crates of Tennants for 7.98 (my pound key isn't working...wtf?). You should've seen folks trolleys, everyone of them had a couple of slabs in them...it was well funny. In fact we stocked up and have half a brewery in the garage...should keep us going for a while. :D

[Anubis69]

...... We talking crates of 24?! Cos if we are... WOW. I got my 24 pack of tennents for £9.98 and was well chuffed but i see now i should have held out for cheaper.... :(

[Deano]

See i cant contribute to this convercation im only used to stealing it

[Egeria]

^^ Yep crates of 24. Like I said folks were going crazy buying them up. :D

[Anubis69]

^^ Yep crates of 24. Like I said folks were going crazy buying them up. :D
Wow.... That's immense. That's like the price of 3 pints and a shot in my local!! Amazing. I'm beginning to think i should go on a road trip with some friends up north to get some beer for the coming year.... :D

[Three PhDs]

Wow.... That's immense. That's like the price of 3 pints and a shot in my local!! Amazing. I'm beginning to think i should go on a road trip with some friends up north to get some beer for the coming year.... :DIf you're going, let me know, I'll share a ride and petrol costs with ya, and Egeria can buy us drinks at her local. And all the hot girls will want to make out with me, as is normally the way of things. :)

[Deano]

Wheres carling on your sig Anibis 69

[Egeria]

If you're going, let me know, I'll share a ride and petrol costs with ya, and Egeria can buy us drinks at her local. And all the hot girls will want to make out with me, as is normally the way of things. :)

LOL, you don't want to go down my local, it's full of RAF chaps, it's bloody expensive as well (hence the garage full of Tennants). :)

[Deano]

LOL, you don't want to go down my local, it's full of RAF chaps, it's bloody expensive as well (hence the garage full of Tennants). :)
Mmmmmmmmmmmmm......Tennants

[Deano]

Im talking to yous about this because you will know about it.
Iv just wrote some fic and every one thats read it says its brilliant but im cant do anything with it because it contains the phrases
"no surrender"
"blue order"
"and loylists"
Although its got nothing to do with that

[Egeria]

^ Are you going to let us have a read of it??

[Anubis69]

Wheres carling on your sig Anibis 69
Carling? BAH! It's just an English Tennents. Tastes identical without the lovely after taste of a Tennents. *sigh*

^^^^See that RAF place? Is it like an ex-services place? Cos i sometimes go to one of those in the town center (long story) cos the pints are uber cheap. We're talking like under £1.50. Plus there's pool and darts and they're never busy. Textbook.

Three PhD's: If all the hot women wanna make out with you, why are you on the Internet on a Wednesday night?! :P :D Why not take advantage of your god-like powers? :D

[Deano]

^ Are you going to let us have a read of it??
No, Reasons:
My computers on the fritz so i cant upload
Its got very little to do with stargate
Im only half finished
When these are fixed i will let you read them.

[Deano]

Anubis ever been to bulgeria

[Egeria]

Ok, don't forget now....I'm intrigued by the phrases you mentioned.

[Deano]

Ok, don't forget now....I'm intrigued by the phrases you mentioned.
You dont know
Well its got a lot to do with protecent rangers fans

[Egeria]

^ I understand their meaning (lived in N.Ireland for 3 years ;)) I was just wondering what the fic was about. :)

[Deano]

^ I understand their meaning (lived in N.Ireland for 3 years ;)) I was just wondering what the fic was about. :)
Theres a lot of wars in it < the civil war the Deamon war and a new one im experimenting with,
Im working on the civil war just now
The civil war began because the empire fractioned in to the blue and red orders

[Egeria]

Good luck with it...sounds interesting. :)

[Deano]

Good luck with it...sounds interesting. :)
No surrender i threw in because it sounded inspiering and loyilists are loyal to the blue order

[Egeria]

Carling? BAH! It's just an English Tennents. Tastes identical without the lovely after taste of a Tennents. *sigh*

Gotta disagree there....Carling is lots different, and my personal favourite *waits for the grief to come*

^^^^See that RAF place? Is it like an ex-services place? Cos i sometimes go to one of those in the town center (long story) cos the pints are uber cheap. We're talking like under £1.50. Plus there's pool and darts and they're never busy. Textbook.

Nah it's not an ex-servicemens joint, just a regular pub slap bang next to a huge RAF base...the prices are certainly not cheap. You're right about ex-servicemens clubs though, they're well cheap....I've been to a few in my time. :D

[Anubis69]

Gotta disagree there....Carling is lots different, and my personal favourite *waits for the grief to come*
It's almost expected that i'm gonna cause some trouble round here! What the hell happened to me?! I used to be mild mannered.... :S :D

IMHO, Carling just seems to be quite lifeless. A bit like Fosters. I wouldn't say no, but i'd prefer something else. I'm also rarely exposed to it, most folk i know drink Stella, Cider or Bud. (On the last one: Bah!)

[Egeria]

^ You just cannot compare Carling to Fosters....no way. Maybe it's because I've always drunk Carling, but I love the taste. However if I'm drinking out on the town on a proper pi$$ up then I stick to bottled Miller...guaranteed never to give me a hangover.

[Deano]

Bud is the buisness

[Anubis69]

Genuine Draft? T'is good stuff. Ice cold, there are few things better.
Apart from the obvious ice cold glass bottle of Bru on a warm summers day.

EDIT: Crap, i just saw your post earlier Deano, i haven't been to Bulgaria. T'is quite a random question! Why?

[Deano]

Mmmmmmmm....ice cold, Im going to be dead by liver failure by the time im 16

[Egeria]

Apart from the obvious ice cold glass bottle of Bru on a warm summers day.

Amen to that....you are quite right. :D It has to be in a bottle though, odd that...how pop always tastes better in glass bottles.

*wishes it was summer now*

[Egeria]

Mmmmmmmm....ice cold, Im going to be dead by liver failure by the time im 16

Don't joke about things like that.... :D

[Deano]

Don't joke about things like that.... :D
I wasnt jokeing *puts on serius face*

[Egeria]

Well I suppose that we really shouldn't be discussing the finer aspects of alcoholic beverages here...so with that I think we need a change of topic. :)

[Deano]

Well I suppose that we really shouldn't be discussing the finer aspects of alcoholic beverages here...so with that I think we need a change of topic. :)
Agreed i dont like that discution after all im only 13

[Egeria]

^ I'd say that you're a very worldly-wise 13yr old my friend. :D

[Deano]

^ I'd say that you're a very worldly-wise 13yr old my friend. :D
Thank you very much - (Elvis style)

[Three PhDs]

Three PhD's: If all the hot women wanna make out with you, why are you on the Internet on a Wednesday night?! :P :D Why not take advantage of your god-like powers? :DI'm barricaded in my house, there are women surrounding it. I guess I could try and surf over them, but for now I'm content to post on the internets.

[Deano]

I'm barricaded in my house, there are women surrounding it. I guess I could try and surf over them, but for now I'm content to post on the internets.
Sounds like my life:lol:

[Deano]

Ok Scots Whos Saw Underage Drinking On The Streets Of Scotland

[Anubis69]

Is that a documentary or are you asking me if i saw underage drinking on the streets last night? To the first one, no. To the second: Always!!! :D Bums. :P

[Deano]

Lol, evey one at my place dose it

[Anubis69]

I find this quote is quite fitting here:

Homer: "Honey, always bow to peer pressure."
Lisa: "But dad! what if someone wants me to do something really ba.."
Homer: "Always."

I've lost count of the number of times i've had "just one more drink" because of that quote... :P :D
Remember everyone, One thing leads to another.... :D

[Deano]

Also every one remember dont come on GW drunk

[Anubis69]

Eh..... Woops. Is that a rule you've got to follow? :D Cos lets be honest, there's nothing better than a bit of a late night GW session after going "oot an' aboot doon the toon". :P

[Deano]

Lol na do it if you want, just that sometimes you say things you dont mean to

[Deano]

right scots hows it goin

[sueKay]

Okay at the moment...I've been vegetating for the last few weeks...go back to Uni on the 30th

you? feeling better?

[Deano]

it osent matter, i need to go back to school tomorrow anyway and go out in the rain and get battered with hocky sticks

[sueKay]

Ah the joys of being young :D

Don't worry...I got battered over the head with a hockey stick when I was twelve and I turned out fine...

...maybe...

possibly...

ask me tomorrow!

[Deano]

i hate PE

[sueKay]

So did I...I dropped it after 4th year

I've got friends who're doing Sport Science at Uni' and I think they're mad!

[Deano]

im going to take drama and become an actor with any luck

[sueKay]

That's what I originally wanted to do for about two years, but for varying reasons, I couldn't pursue that.

But I did do some acting and thoroughly enjoyed it...go for it!

I don't know what I want to do now, truth be told

[Deano]

i need somthing to fall back on if me acting career gos down the crapper but i dont know what it will be

[sueKay]

I wanted to be an actress for about two years.

Then I wanted to be a writer, then a journalist, then a travel writer, then an archaeologist...and now I don't know!!!!

You'll think of something :)

[Deano]

i could be a writer

[sueKay]

As long as you enjoy it, that's the main thing

anyway...what year are you in now?

[Deano]

2nd,

[Deano]

im not even dressed, i need to go down stairs and find somthing to eat, i wonder if i actually own food

[sueKay]

LOL

It's after four..that's shocking!

Well, you've got plenty of time to sort out a future career...In the meantime (and I know I'm sounding a bit like a parent) stick in at all your subjects, and pick your standard grades carefully. You might completely change your mind about what you want to do in a few years. :)

[Deano]

LOL

It's after four..that's shocking!

Well, you've got plenty of time to sort out a future career...In the meantime (and I know I'm sounding a bit like a parent) stick in at all your subjects, and pick your standard grades carefully. You might completely change your mind about what you want to do in a few years. :)
thanks, im not getting dressed but i made tost and jam

[sueKay]

LOL

I can't talk...I'm sitting here with a lump of cake and a can of Irn Bru!

[Deano]

Mmmmmmmm........cake *drools*

[HyperCaz]

before I say anything, I'd like to make it known that my right to post in here is only based on the fact that my ancestors were Scottish.

That said, I'd like to share something I found at Port Lockroy in Antarctica...

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/4298/flag8at.jpg

[Anubis69]

Antarctica, eh? Excellent. The Great Scottish Empire has taken it's first steps! :P

Btw, from the land of Rabbie Burns, i wish you all a happy Burns Night tonight.... :D

[dipsofjazz]

Antarctica, eh? Excellent. The Great Scottish Empire has taken it's first steps! :P
LOL! I like the sound of that!

Btw, from the land of Rabbie Burns, i wish you all a happy Burns Night tonight.... :D
:D Happy Burns Night to you too.

[Deano]

its my auntys birthday too and its been i month since crimbo

[Major Clanger]

can I wish you all a great Burns' Night?

I love that this is celebrated, rather than St. Andrew's day - it seems more personal and Scottish, somehow.

(am I allowed to post here, even if I come from somwhere other than Scotland? I have enough Scottish blood in me, apparently - according to Mother Clanger - to wear the Lamont tartan. As I do occasionally)
:)

[dipsofjazz]

can I wish you all a great Burns' Night?

I love that this is celebrated, rather than St. Andrew's day - it seems more personal and Scottish, somehow.

(am I allowed to post here, even if I come from somwhere other than Scotland? I have enough Scottish blood in me, apparently - according to Mother Clanger - to wear the Lamont tartan. As I do occasionally)
:)
:D Of course you are very welcome to come here. Thanks for your kind wishes.
I have just had haggis, neeps and tatties for my tea. Yummy.

[Major Clanger]

eeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwww to haggis, but neeps & tatties? I'm jealous. I've had nothing, and unless I move my woolly pink butt, I won't be getting anything either.
:)

[sueKay]

Because of my dad and I having IBS, we've decided to avoid Haggis this year (yay!)

So we're having mince, neeps and tatties instead :D

so not entirely breaking with tradition!

[Qasim]

what are neeps and tatties?

[Deano]

what are neeps and tatties?
turnips and potatoes

[Anubis69]

Man, i'd love nothing more than having some haggis, neeps and tatties right now. Some Whisky to bring in the new day as well. Lousy maths tests.... Always a deterant for the good stuff. :D :(

[Deano]

too bad

[Missster.Freeman]

Haggis gives me ring sting now, unfortunately :( :P

[sueKay]

Ouch!

[BruTak]

right scots hows it goin
No' bad, youself?

[Deano]

No' bad, youself?
crap

[Nel]

Wow - I've just found this thread. I'm a Scot too, from Fife. Though I was born in Alexandria. Well half-way between Alexandria and Balloch.

I have to admit I didn't have haggis, neeps and tatties yesterday, but I'm on a diet so that's my excuse.

[Deano]

Wow - I've just found this thread. I'm a Scot too, from Fife. Though I was born in Alexandria. Well half-way between Alexandria and Balloch.

I have to admit I didn't have haggis, neeps and tatties yesterday, but I'm on a diet so that's my excuse.
Welcome fellow scot, but first are you a geek or a gangsta

[sueKay]

WELCOME NEL!

I'm from Balloch too :D

[Nel]

Thanks for the welcome

Welcome fellow scot, but first are you a geek or a gangsta

LOL - that's for me to know and you to find out:)

[Deano]

Thanks for the welcome



LOL - that's for me to know and you to find out:)
I was looking for a GW unit soldier

[Anubis69]

Anyone game for posting pictures of your home town/current place of residence? I'll start the hopefully rotating ball... :D

EDIT: I recommend clicking. They're a little small... :rolleyes:

From the internet. Lovely stuff.
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/4222/ayrbluesky10245ah.th.jpg (http://img27.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ayrbluesky10245ah.jpg)

One i took of Greenan Castle. Many a roadtrip to here during school hours.
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/5009/dscf05275kr.th.jpg (http://img38.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf05275kr.jpg)

Another from the Internet but not of the town itself, a view from the beach. Never seen the clouds that dark though....
http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/1742/beachayr10240xx.th.jpg (http://img24.imageshack.us/my.php?image=beachayr10240xx.jpg)

One of my crappy ones. This is basically the view from Greenan Castle of the coastline. You'll probably have to click it to get the full view, i had to shrink it down so i could get it on imageshack and unfortunately it loses a lot of it's detail.
http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/4571/dscf05297bg.th.jpg (http://img24.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf05297bg.jpg)

Course, my images are about to get dominated by SueKay's if she posts them... :P :D

[sueKay]

LOL

no they're fantastic :D

Went to 'Starbase Ecosse' today...met Bru'tak and had a great time :)

Here's their website :)

http://www.ussvaliant.co.uk/MainSite/

[Missster.Freeman]

Thanks for the green Anubis, did you leech the roflcopter then?

heh, nice pics Anubis. I see those views every day. :cameron:

*edit* I usually head up to Greenan on my mountain bike.

[Anubis69]

:eek: Hey! I didn't know you were an Ayr kid. That's how i got there too. Mountain bike. Classy! :D

Thanks for the green Anubis, did you leech the roflcopter then?
And yes. I did. :P :D

[Missster.Freeman]

haha, yes I am indeed :cameron: I was actually born in Ayr, at Thorneyflat hospital near Whittlets. It's long gone now. I don't go out on my bike much in the winter, I've gotten soft in my old age :P

[Anubis69]

Ditto! Apart from the hospital. I'm an Irvine born child. *shakes head at myself* I didn't even know there was a hospital near Whittlets.

Greenan's a good "thought gathering point". There's a little gap in the trees with a great view. I went up there a lot in Summer just to think. You know, the major things. Like after my exam results and Clyde's death in Dream Team... :D

[sueKay]

All my photos of my area are here - http://suekayonline.stargate-intel.net

[Missster.Freeman]

Ditto! Apart from the hospital. I'm an Irvine born child. *shakes head at myself* I didn't even know there was a hospital near Whittlets.

Greenan's a good "thought gathering point". There's a little gap in the trees with a great view. I went up there a lot in Summer just to think. You know, the major things. Like after my exam results and Clyde's death in Dream Team... :D

Aye, there used to be a maternity hospital there, can't remember when it closed, must've been just after I was born. My younger sister was born in Irvine.

Hehe Well, I consider Greenan to be more of a 'breath gathering point' lol

Oh and, You've got some nice pics Suekay. :) I had a look at them before in the photographers thread.

[Three PhDs]

LOL

no they're fantastic :D

Went to 'Starbase Ecosse' today...met Bru'tak and had a great time :)

Here's their website :)

http://www.ussvaliant.co.uk/MainSite/
Heh, one of the women on the members pages looked alright.

[sueKay]

LOL

Is that enough to talk you into coming to the next event???

Next meeting's on the 26th february...you should all try and make it :)

[Three PhDs]

LOL

Is that enough to talk you into coming to the next event???

Next meeting's on the 26th february...you should all try and make it :)Day after my birthday, is the semi hot chick coming? I don't wanna go drinking with a bunch of old fat sarcastic star trek fans.

[sueKay]

Hey hey hey

I dunno...don't know them much...but those 'old fat sarcastic star trek fans' are very funny...more so than most people.

[Three PhDs]

Hey hey hey

I dunno...don't know them much...but those 'old fat sarcastic star trek fans' are very funny...more so than most people.It's a Simpsons reference, but basically I'm saying yeah I'll go if there are good looking women there, but not for old star trek fans.

[Egeria]

Don't you just love yourself 3...cracks me up immensely. I soooo want to meet you, just because.... :D

[BruTak]

LOL

no they're fantastic :D

Went to 'Starbase Ecosse' today...met Bru'tak and had a great time :)

Here's their website :)

http://www.ussvaliant.co.uk/MainSite/
Heya SueKay, it was great seeing you again. Hope your mum likes the tumble-not mug.

Large greetings to Nel! I'm just across the river in Greenock - look I'm waving to you, coo-ee! *waves like a mad thing*:cameron:

[sueKay]

Yup Bru' she loves it, and so does my dad...though he wants to drink whisky out of it! (don't worry...I won't let him!)

[sueKay]

Nel and I are going to have an Oscar representative :D

clickety - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4667816.stm

[Three PhDs]

Don't you just love yourself 3...cracks me up immensely. I soooo want to meet you, just because.... :DSerious? I'm quite honoured.

[BruTak]

Nel and I are going to have an Oscar representative :D

clickety - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4667816.stm
PING! *electric lightbulb goes off above head*

Ah, that's what I saw a clip of on BBC Breakfast this morning. I did wonder who the young lady talking to whatsisname and Natasha Kerplunk was...:cameron:

[Sha're]

Scotland beating France today is worthy of a post I think! Yayyyyyyyyyy!

[Missster.Freeman]

w00t! Definitely worth a thread bump!

[Anubis69]

I'm not a huge rugby fan, but there's never a win for Scotland i won't celebrate! I was talking to someone earlier and they said it was our first win against france in 7 years or something like that..... which leads me to my next statement:

*Ahem* Mon the Scots!!! :D

Btw, in a completely unrelated piece of news did anyone else know there was a Scotland shop on Union Street in Glasgow? I found it the other day. They were selling 5ft x 3ft Saltires for like £5. I couldn't resist... :D So now most of my ceiling above my bed is covered in blue and white. Now that's a sight for sore eyes in the morning. :P

[Egeria]

Doesn't feel right seeing Scotland win at sports (unless it's Curling, but then we're called team GB). :D

[sueKay]

Funny...I've noticed that when Andy Murray is winning his games, he's Britain's Rising Tennis Star, but when he loses, it's a 'bad day for the young Scot'

lol...funny that!

[Anubis69]

^ I wouldn't recommend saying that 'round these parts! :P :D You might be safe in the Scots thread, but i was involved in a "scuffle" on the football thread a while back when i made the slightest implication of something of that sort. :o

Apparently, can't remember who it was though, found evidence that contradicts that statement. But generally, i (and a lot of people i know, oddly enough including a lecturer i had *shrugs*) find the same. We're all british till it goes horribly wrong.

Course, this is all MHO and i'm not out to offend.

[Missster.Freeman]

Btw, in a completely unrelated piece of news did anyone else know there was a Scotland shop on Union Street in Glasgow? I found it the other day. They were selling 5ft x 3ft Saltires for like £5. I couldn't resist... :D So now most of my ceiling above my bed is covered in blue and white. Now that's a sight for sore eyes in the morning. :P

You mean that's you just getting a Saltire? :jack_new_anime05: :P

Think mines about 5' 3" as well. It's up on the wall next to my comp.

[Anubis69]

You mean that's you just getting a Saltire? :jack_new_anime05: :P

Think mines about 5' 3" as well. It's up on the wall next to my comp.
I know, i know. I feel shame. :(

If it helps, it's going with me to everyone of the houses/flats i stay for the rest of my life? :P :D Glorious things they are.

[Missster.Freeman]

Well to be honest, I didn't buy my own Saltire. My pal had two flags, and gave me the spare. My bad I guess :P

[BruTak]

Funny...I've noticed that when Andy Murray is winning his games, he's Britain's Rising Tennis Star, but when he loses, it's a 'bad day for the young Scot'

lol...funny that!
I've noticed over the years that when an English news reported says "England" he means "Britain".

BTW - Did anyone else see the story in the Sunday Mail about how the Conservative Govenrment of 20 years ago blocked Devolution cos they realised that Scotland could beomce a major played with all the natural gas and oilk and so forth?

Who's joining me for a nice Civil War then?

[sueKay]

LOL

It's not civil...we're two separate countries :P :D

lol...I'm only kidding btw, though I make no secret of the fact that I think we should be independant

[Nel]

Nel and I are going to have an Oscar representative

clickety - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4667816.stm


Yes sueKay - I noticed that. Great isn't it.

I've noticed over the years that when an English news reported says "England" he means "Britain".


I've noticed that too, but what annoys me more is when people for other countries take of Scotland as a region of England, like Yorkshire. But all in all, I think we've got a lot to thank these people for. It makes us rally round the fact we're Scottish and I think we've got a more definite proud in our nation than many others, probably because we've had to fight to be recognised.

[BruTak]

LOL

It's not civil...we're two separate countries :P :D

lol...I'm only kidding btw, though I make no secret of the fact that I think we should be independant
Heyyy, SueKay! How've ya bin? *Runs up and gives SueKay a HUGE virtual hug*

Didn't I also hear that England's very very gradually sinking, and that Scotland's getting lager as a result?:cameron:

[sueKay]

LOL...sadly with global warming, we'll all be underwater...thank god Scotland has high mountains...we can live with the sheep and the Haggi' :P :D

Oh, and England's actually rising...The pressure of the ice from the last stadial pushed England down, but now it's rising again...that's how the White Cliffs were born :)

((((Bru))))

The tumble-not-mug has pride of place in the living room cabinet :D

[BruTak]

Or as Scots comedian Frankie Boyle put it on an ep of comedy/current events show "Mock The Week"

"The best thing about Global Warming is that the Scots can sit on top of their mountains, and watch all the English drown - More pineapple Hughie?":cameron:

[sueKay]

:eek: that's a horrible thing to say...tut tut

I love Mock the Week, but it's not a patch on 'Have I got News for You' :P :D

[Wolf Eire]

Who's joining me for a nice Civil War then?

You're too late, the resources are exploited, the boat has been missed.;)

[Anubis69]

Ah, mock the week. Genius. I was quite partial to:

"Things you'll never hear a politician say"

*Imitating Tony Blair* So, how about it George.... just me, you and brokeback mountain!"

"Sorry i'm late. Couldn't find a vein..."
:D:D:D:D:D

The show's genius.

[BruTak]

Ah, mock the week. Genius. I was quite partial to:

"Things you'll never hear a politician say"

*Imitating Tony Blair* So, how about it George.... just me, you and brokeback mountain!"

"Sorry i'm late. Couldn't find a vein..."
:D:D:D:D:D

The show's genius.
Mock the Week is superb - to my mind it seems to be the mutant offspring of Have I Got News For You and Who's Line Is It Anyway?:cameron:

[Egeria]

ROFLMAO!!! OMG....I just choked on my tea after seeing Raoul in the latest Irn Bru advert. If anyone finds this for dl on the web let me know, it's just crying out to be icon'd. :D :D

[sueKay]

So...Scotland V Wales

...Well at least Qasim will be in a good mood!

[Nel]

I admit I had to stop watching the match - it was too painful.

[Sha're]

Well, in a way it was inevitable. But Scotland weren't terrible. Wales did well.

[Nel]

Well, in a way it was inevitable. But Scotland weren't terrible. Wales did well.

That's true. It is certainly an improvement on last season's performance.

[Three PhDs]

Never mind that, Rangers vs Celtic! Get it up ye ya basas!

[sueKay]

I don't care about the old firm...the only team I support is Scotland :)

[Egeria]

I was bought up to be a Rangers supporter, but my main Scottish team's Falkirk. :D

[Commander Ivanova]

ROFLMAO!!! OMG....I just choked on my tea after seeing Raoul in the latest Irn Bru advert.

Me too, is that ok before the watershed???!!!
Shame about the rugby but we still whupped those Frenchies! :p

[Egeria]

Me too, is that ok before the watershed???!!!

I'm really surprised that it's not, it's naughty. I was looking around on the web last night for it, couldn't find it but was really surprised to find out that Raoul has his own web site. :D

[Sha're]

Loving that sig Egeria!

[Egeria]

^ Cheers me dear, it's not perfect....bit of a rush job. :D

[Commander Ivanova]

Raoul has his own web site. :D

.. and you didn't post a link to it here?! :(

[Egeria]

.. and you didn't post a link to it here?! :(

Oops, my bad. :o

Here you go.... http://www.oh-yeah.co.uk/

[Commander Ivanova]

Oops, my bad. :o

Here you go.... http://www.oh-yeah.co.uk/


Thanks! I think.... :D :o

[Missster.Freeman]

Thanks! I think.... :D :o

LOL I know :S I briefly had a look at Raoul's site yesterday :o Tried a search for the new advert, couldn't find it though. It's not on the official Irn Bru site either. No doubt the advert will appear on the 'net soon.

[Three PhDs]

http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/2867/goodluckscots3sq.gif

OOh, it's on my BirthdaY!

[BruTak]

http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/2867/goodluckscots3sq.gif

OOh, it's on my BirthdaY!
Many happy returns Three PhDs!:cameron:

[Three PhDs]

Many happy returns Three PhDs!:cameron:It's not the 25th yet ;)

[BruTak]

It's not the 25th yet ;)
Curse these temporal anomalies!!!;)

If any of you guys are into Joss Whedon's Firefly, and can be in Glasgow on the afternoon of Saturday 18th February, there will be a special screening of the Serenity movie in the Quality Central Hotel in Glasgow Central Station at 2pm.
Entry is free, but you can donate a couple of quid if you so choose.

A few of the guys from SG-999 are meeting outside the big WH SMith's store in Glasgow Central at 1:30pm - come along and join us, the more the merrier.:cameron:

[Three PhDs]

Curse these temporal anomalies!!!;)

If any of you guys are into Joss Whedon's Firefly, and can be in Glasgow on the afternoon of Saturday 18th February, there will be a special screening of the Serenity movie in the Quality Central Hotel in Glasgow Central Station at 2pm.
Entry is free, but you can donate a couple of quid if you so choose.

A few of the guys from SG-999 are meeting outside the big WH SMith's store in Glasgow Central at 1:30pm - come along and join us, the more the merrier.:cameron:Bugger, I'd like to go to that, but I'm flying that afternoon. :( You should message Indy at gaters, he's from Dennistoun.

[sueKay]

I'll need to see, but I'll try and get there :D

I haven't seen the film yet, but I hear it's fantastic :D

Edit: I'll email Indy...see if he's interested :)

[Anubis69]

:eek: ...Did you know, that they've closed the Harry Ramsden's at Aberdeen beach front???? On top of that, the other one down the road (one of the best around) has been gone for months. I'll spare you all the anecdote, but i am not happy. Road trips to Aberdeen just won't be the same.

I mean...COME ON! Aberdeen, without any fish and chips on that "promenade" thing. Unbe-bloody-lievable. :mad:
It's like taking the pasta out of Italy, the hamburgers from American, the heart disease out of South-West Scotland. You just can't do it. :P

[Nel]

Did you see how Andy Murray did in the tennis! Not only did he beat Andy Roddick in the semis, but he beat Lleyton Hewitt in the final and won his first tournament.

Well done to him.

[Egeria]

Did you see how Andy Murray did in the tennis! Not only did he beat Andy Roddick in the semis, but he beat Lleyton Hewitt in the final and won his first tournament.

Well done to him.

Yay! What great results for Murray...should be top 50 today.

[sueKay]

WOO HOO!!!!!!

Okay everyone...I've had a wee idea (yup...really!)

Right now...if folks from all over the US can meet up for GW-get togethers, why can't we?

(not as if we live in a very big county :P :D)

So who'd be up for a meet-up in either Edinburgh or Glasgow?

[Three PhDs]

WOO HOO!!!!!!

Okay everyone...I've had a wee idea (yup...really!)

Right now...if folks from all over the US can meet up for GW-get togethers, why can't we?

(not as if we live in a very big county :P :D)

So who'd be up for a meet-up in either Edinburgh or Glasgow?
So long as there are as many as, if not more, women than men, sure. Egeria has to come too. She's my favourite.

[Sha're]

WOO HOO!!!!!!

Okay everyone...I've had a wee idea (yup...really!)

Right now...if folks from all over the US can meet up for GW-get togethers, why can't we?

(not as if we live in a very big county :P :D)

So who'd be up for a meet-up in either Edinburgh or Glasgow?

If it was Edinburgh you could count me in. Living in the back of the beyonds here LOL.
And yes Three - Egeria would HAVE to come.

[Egeria]

Haha...You've made me blush you'se two. Honestly I'm not at all that interesting, really. :D

I'm tied up through the summer, but could always do with a trip down south later on in the year. :)

[BruTak]

WOO HOO!!!!!!

Okay everyone...I've had a wee idea (yup...really!)

Right now...if folks from all over the US can meet up for GW-get togethers, why can't we?

(not as if we live in a very big county :P :D)

So who'd be up for a meet-up in either Edinburgh or Glasgow?
Glasgow's better for me. But if you give me and SG-999 some advance warning - a couple of months say - I'm sure we could turn up en mass.;)

[Three PhDs]

I leave Scotland in a couple of weeks. Best make it soon. Either that or all the ladies meet me now, and then you can do what you like after I'm gone.

[sueKay]

Where are you off to?

Either's fine for me, although I never been to Edinburgh

You ALL have to come...we're all nutters :P :D

[Three PhDs]

Where are you off to?Afghanistan.

[sueKay]

For good?

Or are you coming back?

[Three PhDs]

For good?

Or are you coming back?Barring any fatal injuries, I do intend to return from time to time.

[sueKay]

LOL

Okieday

Maybe we could have a smaller meetup in the next few weeks?

[Nel]

Edinburgh would be easier for me, but I could manage Glasgow too.

[sueKay]

Glasgow's very easy for me (I'm in the town everyday)

Edinburgh's manageable for me, but I don't know it at all, so it'd mean dragging my mum along with me!

[dipsofjazz]

:D I'm game, if you meet in Edinburgh. Sounds like a fun idea.

[sueKay]

We should have a vote...see who wants to go where, and then see how many can make it :)

[BruTak]

Afghanistan.
Correct me if I'm wrong here, but - aren't there people still shooting at each other in Afghanistan?:confused:

[Three PhDs]

Correct me if I'm wrong here, but - aren't there people still shooting at each other in Afghanistan?:confused:Yes there are. You win a badge!

[BruTak]

Yes there are. You win a badge!
Yay! A badge! What does it say?:cameron:

[sueKay]

Yes yah beauty :D

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/international/4745130.stm

woo hoo!

[Sha're]

Yes yah beaty :D

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/international/4745130.stm

woo hoo!

YYYYYEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

[Missster.Freeman]

Brilliant performance! Lots of big hits going in, no trys unfortunately. Patterson's kicking was spot on every time! :jack_new_anime07:

EDIT: Just heard the 'British' news headlines - Scotland earns a 'shock' win :rolleyes:

[Egeria]

Awesome!!!! :D :D :D

[Nel]

I could barely watch the last ten minutes or so, just in case England came back at the end.

[Anubis69]

Oh yeah! *Does the monster mash*

[Egeria]

^ *shakes head* :)

[dipsofjazz]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/dipsofjazz/Stargate%20smilies/Sweet_Jack.gif Great stuff from the lads.

[Anubis69]

^ *shakes head* :)
*Shrugs* Is there a better celebration? I think not... :D

This win puts me in the mood for The Proclaimers... :S

And finally, with an hour to spare, Happy Birthday to Three PhDs.

[Egeria]

This win puts me in the mood for The Proclaimers... :S

I had The Proclaimers stuck in my head all last night :S

Oh yes and Happy Birthday Three! xx

[sueKay]

Happy Birthday ThreePhDs :D

[Anubis69]

:eek: I'd like to wish Missster.Freeman a happy birthday today as well! :D

I'd give you obligatory birthday green, but i think you were the 3rd last person i gave green to so you'll have to wait... :D

[Missster.Freeman]

haha tis true, it's ma birthday. Thank you very much! :D Jeez, two more years to go :(

A bit late but, happy birthday Three PhDs.

[Egeria]

Happy Birthday Missster Freeman. :D

[Missster.Freeman]

Happy Birthday Missster Freeman. :D

Thanks :D

[stargate barbie]

hey, i'm actually irish, but i'd just like to stop by and say "wooo! go scotland with your bad* rugby playin' selves!"

(*and by bad i mean good)

[BruTak]

Okay gang here's some breaking news.

Starfury Conventions - www.starfury.co.uk - will be holding a Firefly/Serenity convention, Serenity4, in Glasgow, this Autumn.

Details are sketchy tus far, but given that this is the first major Sci-Fi con of any kind to come North of the border in quite some time, I think we need to give it our support.

[Egeria]

Just wondering if any of you guys have got snow....got loads here. :D

[sueKay]

we've barely had any :D

hate snow

[dipsofjazz]

:D We got lots of snow here, and it's all freezing up tonight. *shiver*

[Missster.Freeman]

There was a light dusting of snow here, but it's all gone. Must be the salty sea air.

edit: it's bloody brass monkeys here though :D

[Egeria]

hate snow

Have to admit that I've had enough of it now....fed up of having cold feet. :D

[Anubis69]

There was a light dusting of snow here, but it's all gone. Must be the salty sea air.

edit: it's bloody brass monkeys here though :D
There wasn't even any snow on the top of Arran yet where i live (early this morning *Shudders*) there was a hail like precipitate on the ground... :S

T'was snowing heavily at about 11 in Glasgow but it melted within a couple of hours or so...

[Egeria]

They're talking about it getting as low as -10 up here over the next few days, brr. :S

[Nel]

We weren't too bad. It snowed on Friday but it was mostly clear by Friday evening. I right on the River Forth, so it tends to clear here quickly. My Dad, who lives about 6 miles away, still had some snow on Sunday.

I'll send you some hot water bottles Egeria :)

[sueKay]

The good thing about living less than a mile from Loch Lomond, is that all that cold water normally makes it too cold for snow to form.

[Three PhDs]

It was bloody cold in Paris. Thankfully, in less than two weeks I'm off as far South as one might go in this island.

[Egeria]

^ Is that you off on basic then? :)

[Three PhDs]

Indeed it is. Even got my hair cut short for it already. :sheppard: