Scotland

[alscotoz]

You boys are up pretty late... call a truce. ⏸️There's always tomorrow to resume hostilities▶️

[BrianFaePerth]

11 hours ago, Sooper-hanz said:

What have you done with MT? 

Love Within Temptation.

[BrianFaePerth]

2 hours ago, Sooper-hanz said:

It's just weird. RS has some serious issues. His comment about knowing a guy who could make folk 'disappear' being up there. Also his garbage about tracking people after tracing their IP address.  One to watch ,Bebo. 

Fuckin hell. Glad eh missed this.

IP address tracking is tup territory. 

[Geoff_Tipps]

11 hours ago, rocket_scientist said:

yer hing

What's with the Weegie talk?

[Geoff_Tipps]

Limmy is an absolute legend of a man, so I am in complete agreement.

Just didn't think your hatred for Weegies would even soften for Mr Limond

[Geoff_Tipps]

1 minute ago, rocket_scientist said:

Do you recall the sketch then? It's one of his funny ones. I find stuff like cancer awareness bands to be superb social commentary as opposed to comedy. What's yer Hing is brilliant because it leaves the darkness of (some) personal choices on the table and he does it fantastic. Seen him live last year at the Fringe. A genius. And an original. 

Aye, laughing like fuck in the cupboard in the abondoned waste ground.

 

Seen him live a good few times, never disappoints.

[BrianFaePerth]

15 minutes ago, rocket_scientist said:

Don't believe everything you read on here. Or at least not literally. There was a specific happening going on and in establishing the identities of three posters who had followed me on to another forum, I let slip that this was one way to track back the identity of a poster who had been going to extraordinary efforts to track me and who had revealed my identity to others. It had nothing to do with hanz. He just conveniently invoked it in his kliping in his attempts to "make me disappear"/get me banned for the crime of defending myself against his lies. He twisted things, in keeping with his character. It's a moot point. The IP addresses of us all are only know to the data manager - in this case Bebo - and there is never a reason to share these amongst us posters. 

Afternoon Donald

[Geoff_Tipps]

 

 

[Geoff_Tipps]

I remember starting a Limmy thread here about 5-6 years ago praising the big man and the majority were slating him. Letting their hatred for Weegies get in the way of first class comedy.

 

Probably the same people that find Michael McIntyre and Jack Whitehall funny.

[Geoff_Tipps]

3 minutes ago, rocket_scientist said:

Wow. Never seen that. Brilliant.

Typically him and his attention to detail. The way he's dressed, the background music, even the choice of shit cars weren't an accident. He puts the off into one off. A total genius and I love the fact that most don't get him. Double dildo is incredible on two levels and on the comedy angle, I was howling wi laffter. 

His portrayal of people on the edge (mentally) is superb.

[Geoff_Tipps]

What poster was that RS?

[redstrummer]

 

[redstrummer]

can't beat that unbridled joy

[redstrummer]

 

[redstrummer]

3 minutes ago, rocket_scientist said:

Mad Gordie doing what Mad Gordie does (some good insights though) but who's the girl? Love a good looking blonde with a good functioning brain. 

Thought the point he made about Marshal not fannying about at the back and just launching up to Dykes ( who is very good again ) was good. No idea who the blonde is but yeah stunning 

[maryhilldon]

Murrays celebration was rubbish.  He's lost his mojo. 

[Bluto10]

21 hours ago, rocket_scientist said:

That's the worst time to take up golf. It pisses of the people who have at least a semblance of competence at it. Please don't Bloots. I'll buy you some pints instead. 

haha. 
Fair enough was only interested in the 19th hole anyway

 

 

[Clydeside_Sheep]

On 11/12/2020 at 6:15 PM, daytripping said:

 anything that makes the hair on your neck stand up and makes you think it's not so bad being Scottish (as part of a union of course).

The painting "Scotland for ever!" by Lady Elizabeth Butter.  Depicts the Royal North British Dragoons (the "Scots Greys") charging at Waterloo, as part of the Union Brigade of heavy cavalry. 

During the battle, one of the Dragoons - a Charles Ewart from Kilmarnock - seized an Imperial Eagle from a French infantry regiment (considered a stunning act and a great disgrace for the Infantry to have lost their Eagle in battle).  I think the British took two French Eagles that day.  Ewart's Eagle can be seen at Edinburgh Castle to this day - as can his grave which was moved there long after his death.  There is also a pub named for him near the castle.

Anyway here is the painting (I have a copy):

Here is a pic of the Eagle at the Castle: (the frogs would have it mounted on a pole, like a flag, and it would be heavily defended in battle).

[strachanmcgheegoal]

Was that not a (shite) film that had ghostly Romans in it?

[For Fecks Sake]

Remember going to Edinburgh Castle and spending a fair amount of time looking at the eagle - somehow thought it would have been bigger!  Some achievement by Charlie Ewart to capture it like and I am sure he never had to buy a pint again as a result!  Some great books about the Battle of Waterloo which by all accounts was a horrific bloodbath for all sides and the book "Waterloo Voices" is worth a read as it contains first hand descriptions of the events from soldiers who fought at it.

Really getting into my Scottish History at the moment and as posted on the "Books" thread, currently reading the final book in the Last Kingdom Series which is based around the "Battle of Brunanburh" in 937AD.

As ever another pivotal battle involving Scottish and Irish Kings V's the English which we somehow managed to lose.  By all accounts it was perhaps the battle that, if we had won, could have had a huge impact on the make up of the British isles.  Sounds an all too frequent story unfortunately for the Scottish in pivotal battles against the English with the odd notable exception of Stirling Bridge, Bannockburn and Dayts and the crew in France 98.

[Simply Red]

1 hour ago, For Fecks Sake said:

As ever another pivotal battle involving Scottish and Irish Kings V's the English which we somehow managed to lose.  

Uri Geller takes the credit for that aswell apparently. Made some boy (Braveheart probs) sclaff his arra shot and that was it fucked.

Thundercunt

[dervish]

They did have a monkey. 

 

Unfortunately the citizens of Hartlepool hadn't been on a booze cruise to Calais yet. So they weren't to know that the French officer they were hanging was actually a monkey.

 

In a way makes Brexit more understandable.

[The Cockney Don]

1 hour ago, dervish said:

They did have a monkey. 

 

Unfortunately the citizens of Hartlepool hadn't been on a booze cruise to Calais yet. So they weren't to know that the French officer they were hanging was actually a monkey.

 

In a way makes Brexit more understandable.

Hartlepool away midweek in the cup 1990, singing the monkees song, they didn't like it one bit. 

Few scraps by the coaches afterwards, lads staying overnight and Northern Spurs had it with them down the road. 

Got back well late next morning, must have been close to 6am. 

[strachanmcgheegoal]

few headlines as well that night if I recall.

[Clydeside_Sheep]

On 11/18/2020 at 10:59 AM, For Fecks Sake said:

Remember going to Edinburgh Castle and spending a fair amount of time looking at the eagle - somehow thought it would have been bigger!  Some achievement by Charlie Ewart to capture it like and I am sure he never had to buy a pint again as a result!  Some great books about the Battle of Waterloo which by all accounts was a horrific bloodbath for all sides and the book "Waterloo Voices" is worth a read as it contains first hand descriptions of the events from soldiers who fought at it.

Really getting into my Scottish History at the moment and as posted on the "Books" thread, currently reading the final book in the Last Kingdom Series which is based around the "Battle of Brunanburh" in 937AD.

As ever another pivotal battle involving Scottish and Irish Kings V's the English which we somehow managed to lose.  By all accounts it was perhaps the battle that, if we had won, could have had a huge impact on the make up of the British isles.  Sounds an all too frequent story unfortunately for the Scottish in pivotal battles against the English with the odd notable exception of Stirling Bridge, Bannockburn and Dayts and the crew in France 98.

I know what you mean re the size of the Eagle.  If its solid gold, it must be quite heavy even at a small size though.

When I was last at the Castle, it was in the same display as a piece (tail?) of one of the Heinkel Bombers shot down over the Firth of Forth on 16-10-1939.  They were attacking Navy ships based at Rosyth.  They were the first German Planes shot down in the Battle of Britain, thanks to the efforts of 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron and 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron.  Amazing to think that my Grandad would have a been a 17 year old at the time and probably heard about this on the radio, or from the excited gossip of other young lads working as farm labourers.

I quite like that, a display of all the goodies and trinkets we have amassed over the years, taken all the enemies we have vanquished.

I will read up on the Battle of Brunanburgh, I had not heard of that before.  To be fair,  in military terms, the English have always been  a well organised, highly disciplined, motivated and tough opponent.  What's more they were capable of learning from their enemies.  Recently I read of how, after losing to the Scots infantry-based armies at Stirling Bridge and Bannockburn, they themselves started to switch to infantry-heavy armies, recognising the potential of massed pikemen to defeat heavy cavalry. 

At the battle of Boroughbridge 1322, the English Crown defeated a rebel English force by copying the infantry-heavy tactics which they had learned from the Scots.  It is recorded that they even used the Scots' own term for the style of formation, a schiltrom.  Their 3 subsequent huge victories over the French - Poitiers, Crecy and Agincourt - were all won by infantry based armies, men at arms mixed with longbow units.  While the French were still relying on Cavalry as their main units.

Re books: Most recently I read "The jacobite wars" by John L Roberts, about the military campaigns of 1715 and 1745 - recommended.

 

 

 

[fatjim]

On 11/15/2020 at 8:30 AM, rocket_scientist said:

Fatjim. He was a very vocal critic on the thread. 

Nothing to do with being a weegie. I just didn't like his timing. Still don't. Comedy is subjective. That's why Michael McIntyre is popular.