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by Jim McCreadie
Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:46 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: 60 Years Together
Replies: 12
Views: 329

Re: 60 Years Together

Well done Hughie and Betty. Rita and I are a mere 7 years behind you!
Jim
by Jim McCreadie
Mon Feb 26, 2024 10:05 am
Forum: Jokes & Fun Forum
Topic: And Then The Fight Started
Replies: 0
Views: 710

And Then The Fight Started

My wife was hinting about what she wanted for our upcoming anniversary. She said, "I want something shiny that goes from 0 to 150 in about 3 seconds." I bought her a bathroom scale. And then the fight started... One year, I decided to buy my mother-in-law a cemetery plot as a Christmas gif...
by Jim McCreadie
Wed Nov 22, 2023 1:00 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Beith Parish Church Bell
Replies: 2
Views: 4756

Re: Beith Parish Church Bell

About time! No pun intended.
by Jim McCreadie
Mon Nov 20, 2023 2:53 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Beith Parish Church Bell
Replies: 2
Views: 4756

Beith Parish Church Bell

As reported in Australia: QUOTE A church bell that chimed every hour for 200 years has been silenced following a single noise complaint. The 24-hour ringing at Beith Parish Church in North Ayrshire has been stopped after a resident complained to the council's environmental health department that the...
by Jim McCreadie
Mon Nov 13, 2023 2:05 am
Forum: Family Research (Genealogy) - Guest Posting Allowed.
Topic: Family Research
Replies: 0
Views: 11923

Family Research

Attn: Roger Pirnie Roger, good morning, this being Monday, 13 Nov 2023. We attempted correspondence last year but as I suggested you needed to register to continue. I remain extremely interested in William and believe I have in my possession several Freemason documents of his which rightly belong to...
by Jim McCreadie
Fri Sep 15, 2023 9:23 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Happy Birthday - Jim McCreadie
Replies: 10
Views: 3815

Re: Happy Birthday - Jim McCreadie

Thanks to all. I had hoped for a family get-together on Sunday 17th Sep but our eldest twin daughter and son-in-law of second twin will be absent as work on their respective mine sites calls! Ach weel, there's always my 75th next year.
Once again, thank you.
by Jim McCreadie
Thu Aug 31, 2023 4:59 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: THE BUDAPEST CUP
Replies: 7
Views: 3539

Re: THE BUDAPEST CUP

Neither have I. However, I know of a trophy in Celtic's trophy room inscribed "Awarded to Rangers F.C.". This trophy was first won in 1901 by Rangers as the Glasgow International Exhibition Cup. The following year, to their credit, Rangers put it forward as the "British League Cup&quo...
by Jim McCreadie
Sat Jul 15, 2023 10:13 pm
Forum: Jokes & Fun Forum
Topic: Have You Ever Wondered?
Replies: 1
Views: 9253

Have You Ever Wondered?

A history lesson for people who think that history doesn't matter. What's the big deal about railroad tracks? The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet 8.5 inches; an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Well, because that's the way they built them in England,...
by Jim McCreadie
Fri Jun 09, 2023 12:26 am
Forum: Jokes & Fun Forum
Topic: Jokes
Replies: 0
Views: 3249

Jokes

The Confession "Bless me Father, for I have sinned. I have been with a loose girl." The priest asks, "Is that you, little Joey Pagano?" "Yes, Father, it is." "And who was the girl you were with?" "I can't tell you, Father. I don't want to ruin her reputat...
by Jim McCreadie
Thu Jun 08, 2023 1:03 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: Celtic's new Manager?
Replies: 48
Views: 21525

Re: Celtic's new Manager?

With West Ham beating Fiorentina 2-1 in the Europa Conference League final, that's Moyes out of the equation! Rodgers? Too many fans will never forgive him for jumping ship. Lennon? Although hard done by, many fans blame him for missing "ten in a row". Broonie? Has insufficient managerial ...
by Jim McCreadie
Mon May 01, 2023 1:22 am
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Canal street / Factory Place
Replies: 2
Views: 810

Re: Canal street / Factory Place

As a young boy, I lived at 2 Braehead Place and regularly spent time at the garage in Factory Place. If memory serves correctly (now almost 74 years), it was the A1 bus garage. Viewing Google Earth, 17A/B/C/D/E and F Gladstone Road was then a Post Office behind which there was a park of sorts which ...