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- Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:41 pm
- Forum: McBlether's Lounge
- Topic: Trivia Quiz - 90
- Replies: 8
- Views: 834
Re: Trivia Quiz - 90
4. The bridge at St Andrew's features in the old joke about the Amercian tourist golfer who said to his caddy at the end of his round "Gee, I'm so disgusted with my score, I could just jump off that bridge into the burn and drown myself", and the caddy growled "dinna boather - ye coul...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:13 pm
- Forum: Sports
- Topic: Scotland Rugby Union team.
- Replies: 230
- Views: 128190
Re: Scotland Rugby Union team.
Really disappointed with that 6 nations, thought we had 4 wins in us. Played Ireland well yesterday but just came up short. Good to see Italy coming on a bit they've really been through the wringer over the years. Know what you mean, altho' it strikes me we've been saying "this will surely be ...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 4:06 pm
- Forum: Three towns - this day in history
- Topic: Stevenston - On This Day In History
- Replies: 3107
- Views: 713752
Re: Stevenston - On This Day In History
I was brought up in a street, for example, where a man allegedly suffered extreme headaches each time he was on holiday because he had become dependent on (or addicted to) a solvent he had to inhale every working day, and the 'withdrawal' effect of which was difficult for him to cope with. There wa...
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 10:07 pm
- Forum: Sports
- Topic: The English Premier league
- Replies: 130
- Views: 115916
Re: The English Premier league
Currently watching the Liverpool v Newcastle game... anyone predicting this year's winner is a loony .. oh go on then what's your shout?? Would love to shout for Newcastle, my mother's distant big smoke, and daughter's adopted city, tho' she was born and raised in the Home Counties, but I worry abo...
- Mon Dec 11, 2023 8:57 pm
- Forum: Three towns - this day in history
- Topic: Stevenston - On This Day In History
- Replies: 3107
- Views: 713752
Re: Stevenston - On This Day In History
Kilmarnock Herald and Ayrshire Gazette December 11, 1942 Ayr County Council - From the Education Committee minutes: St. John's R.C. School, Stevenston (8 teacher school) Head Teacher. The Director of Education directed attention to the fact that the list of 20 applicants for the post of Head Teache...
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 2:18 pm
- Forum: McBlether's Lounge
- Topic: Trivia Quiz - 84
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7053
- Sat Aug 19, 2023 7:53 pm
- Forum: Sports
- Topic: It's a Funny Old Game
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16976
- Thu Aug 17, 2023 12:46 pm
- Forum: Sports
- Topic: It's a Funny Old Game
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16976
Re: It's a Funny Old Game
It’s the old story where the Uk national news reflects things that are important to English viewers, if only, one of the other nations were to have some sporting success what would be the reaction be in England? Would it get the same over the top coverage? I think not. Having said that and although...
- Mon Aug 14, 2023 6:49 pm
- Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
- Topic: Looking Back - Herald files
- Replies: 348
- Views: 330306
Re: Looking Back - Herald files
50 YEARS AGO on December 2, 1960 A smash and grab mid took place in Main Street, Stevenstion, on Tuesday night when the window of a wireless shop was broken and two portable radios were stolen. The incident happened about 11pm and the police are making investigations. ______________________________...
- Tue Jun 27, 2023 10:01 am
- Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
- Topic: Submarine Story
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3825
- Wed Jun 14, 2023 5:56 pm
- Forum: McBlether's Lounge
- Topic: Your favourite music on Youtube etc...
- Replies: 817
- Views: 369029
Re: Your favourite music on Youtube etc...
I think there are quite a few Bert Jansch fans out there. Here's a version from a young man from North Carolina I've been following for about 8 years, and even now he's only in his mid-20s. I have to say his picking seems just a bit cleaner and sharper than Jansch's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0...
- Sun Jun 04, 2023 4:11 pm
- Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
- Topic: Early Christian cemetery at Montfode
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7711
Re: Early Christian cemetery at Montfode
DIdn't realise that the words "cist" and "chest" have the same origin