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If the date for audited accounts is the 31st then I’m afraid there can be no extension and if these rules are broken then I’m sure the SFA will have a fight on their hands and this will go down the legal root.
OK due to popular demand…..
Glasgow meets Bloemfontein
http://tinyurl.com/cmpesne
Hail Hail
Estadio
fanadpatriot on 2 April, 2012 at 14:08 said:
Yeh, go out of the hotel and turn left, there’s a nice wee Irish bar just down the road. Can’t remember what it’s called but it’s only 5 minute’s walk max.
Enjoy your stay at the Vincci, it’s magic. Best hotel i’ve ever stayed in.
Celtic_First (and anyone else who knows)
My Mam always said Christmas Eve was a day of abstinence as well. Can’t remember very clearly whether we stuck to them or not, but fish on friday was a tradition in our house anyway (and still is, out of habit, I suppose).
Have I just woke up from a bad dream.
Beggars Fc break every rule in the book but the corrupt SFA are trying to do everything in their power to save the Hun.
Celtic_First
Absolutely! And I will make those decisions for myself on any day of the year I choose.
hen1rik – this will go down the legal root
Breach of the peas? (thumbsup)
Good Afternoon,
The term ” Hero of the Soviet Union” is not much in vogue anymore. This is partly because of course there is no Soviet Union these days – at least not in the sense that existed in the ’70’s & ’80’s.
However, when the “old” Russia was at its pomp the award of “Hero of the Soviet Union” was the highest accolade that could be awarded to anyone personally, or a collective group, in return for extraordinary service to state and society. The award of ” Hero” status was even more significant and prestigious than the Order of Lenin……. that’s LENIN.. not LENNON!
The total number of persons who were awarded this title is 12,755 (twenty people have been stripped of this title due to various circumstances). The great majority of them received it during World War II (11,635 Heroes of the Soviet Union, 101 twice Heroes, 3 three time Heroes, and 2 four-time Heroes). Sixty-five people were awarded the title for actions related to the First Afghan War, which lasted from 1979 until 1989. Interestingly, the award could be granted to those who lived outside the Soviet Union, which is why I came to consider my vote as to who should be nominated as a Hero of the Soviet Union for 1982!
You see, I had a friend who had more than a leftish view of politics— mind you he was not alone in that— but Frank’s view of “left” was somewhere away out on the far horizon of politics. In many respects, he was the living epitomy of Wolfie Smith ( if you are too young to know who Wolfie was then exercise your google ) in that he believed somewhat in the theoretical nirvana that was offered by “proper communism”. This lead to the recognition and belief that anyone– great or small, rich or poor, famous or anonymous— could be granted the award of “Hero of the Soviet Union”.
Accordingly, a committee of us right thinking lefties gathered on a Saturday afternoon in the Smiddy bar on Dumbarton Road in 1982 to consider a nomination— by way of a letter written to the then President of the Soviet Union— for the title of “Hero”.
Many a name was canvassed. As I reall, a number were in favour of proposing Mick McGahey, the communist leader of the Scottish miners- and to be fair Mick did tick a number of boxes. Others, declared that there should be no nomination at all, as no one had fulfilled the criteria of providing the proper contribution to society in these days of struggle against the Thatcher regime.
However, slowly but surely, like in the election of a Pope, one name started to come to the fore. Working class, had brought himself up by the boot straps, put his community on the map, provided a social service to be proud of,relied on talent, was at least an ex miner, liked a bevvy, was pot ugly like the rest of us, and had no heirs nor graces. Yep, he sure did tick all the boxes in the Smiddy, and so that year we decided to nominate someone to take their place beside Yuri Gagarin, Leonid Brezhnev and all the greats. His name?
John Thomas Wilson, from Kirkaldy, ex miner, major bevvy merchant and World Darts Champion for 1982– who, according to Sid Waddell, had performed the greatest comeback since Lazarus to be stoneface John Lowe to win the title.
Earlier today, Wee Jocky was laid to rest having shuffled off the mortal coil at the age of 62. His last years were spent as a recluse more or less and he had not enjoyed the best of health for a long time. Yet in those heady days of the early ’80’s with all its strife and grime, this wee Fifer gave us something to be absurdly proud of at a time when there really was… well… “shit” … everywhere you looked. Jocky gave us that greatest of all commodities… Hope!
His choice as the Smiddy bar Candidate as Hero of the Soviet Union should not really have been a surprise. As I have said, sometimes we refused to nominate anyone, and the nominee immediately before Jocky was in fact Andy Ritchie– by then a rotund tub of lard who graced the pie shops around Cappielow and who ocasionally reminded us on a wet afternoon that he had at somepoint been a Brazilian footballer who had painted his skin, frazzled his hair, and generally pigged out in a fashion that Diego Maradonna could only dream of.
Needless to say, none of our letters to the Kremlin were ever answered, which was an early sign that those in power did not believe in any form of equal rights at all, and a sure sign that Russia and its ideals were going to hell in a Kentucky Fried Chicken basket.
The last person to be awarded the status of “Hero” was a diver who was named a “Hero” on 24th December 1991. However, the Smiddy bar committee refused to nominate anyone for the award after the proposing of Jocky was so scandalously ignored by the Bourgeoisie Capitalists in the Kremlin!
This was the last straw for Frank, as not long after he took his fight against the system to Europe, where he became some kind of European Economics Guru in charge of some policy or other in the European Commission. Dumbarton Road was never quite the same again, to be honest.
Rumour has it, that he did make the odd nomination for someone to be hailed as a “Hero of the Soviet Union” in later years, although even writing on official EU notepaper brought no greater recognition than the efforts from the Smiddy Bar, which of course gives some credence to the argument that instead of spending Billions and Billions of pounds joining the Common Market, the state should have subsidised us all going down the pub for a bevvy and a game of darts– and that way we could have had more Jockey Wilson types to celebrate!
Of Course it goes without saying, that had Yuri Andropov,Constantine Chernenko or Mikhail Gorbachev decided to write to Dumbarton Road and nominate Lev Yashin or someone as a ” Hero of the Smiddy Bar” then they would at least have had the courstesy of a reply! Frank was fastidious in that respect– after all being polite was the very bedrock of a public school education!
And fair play to him.
As for Jocky, it should be noted that from 1979 until 1991, he never failed to reach at least the quarter finals of the World Championships. On that basis, someone should take Andy Murray out for a monumental bender so as to ensure a grand slam and the world’s no1 ranking, and his main sponsor should be Smirnoff– where they say anything can happen.
Even being nominated as a Hero of the Soviet Union!!!
Sparkleghirl :
Not just Christmas Eve
I think the whole of Advent used to the same as Lent in terms of fast and abstinance.
Onlooker
hamiltontim on 2 April, 2012 at 14:17
I think the concern (for some) is that it would stop us going to Rugby Park to have a party by winning (or drawing) on Sunday.
I won’t change the outcome for us.
They howver would first lose all their ponits be bottom of the league, be dubbed as the relegated team, then suffer multiple embarrassments like losing SFA licence, etc, etc, etc
In fact they would become a permanent embarrassment
;o)
77
Would you admit that Ash Wednesday and Good Friday would be appropriate to abstain though?
cereal killer ?
HH
Zbyszek – thought you might like this photo from before yesterday’s game….Polish Bhoys
Thanks to MWD for doing the link thingy….
Cheers
TTTT
seventyxseven
I’m not in a position to tell anybody what to do, but the teaching is there and if some of us say fair enough and do our best to keep to it, what’s the problem?
We are asked to go to Mass on Sundays and Holy Days. If instead of observing that, I decided that it would be Wednesdays when I went to Mass, because nobody was going to tell me how to live my life, noone is going to come round and put me in jail, but I’m taking it upon myself to make up my own rules. If I want to stay in the game, I can’t keep doing that. If I choose to leave it’s another matter, but if I choose to stay there are rules. We don’t get to make our own rules.
spharklegirl
Dont know about Christmas Eve but do know that the fish on Friday thing was originally introduced to encourage people to eat healthy.
Sorry BE John Lowe should be BEAT John Low
Sitting in Sharkeys I had an antepenultimate idea.
Today’s quiz is …….through the keyhole
http://tinyurl.com/bmexqo9
hail Hail
Estadio
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo –
If you sue the forces of heaven for negligently creating a light whipped dessert containing decomposed snail…
Is it Angel Delict? (thumbsup)
philvisreturns on 2 April, 2012 at 14:26 said:
hen1rik – this will go down the legal root
Breach of the peas? (thumbsup)
share
Ha Ha Ha Ha just that.
The Onlooker on 2 April, 2012 at 14:28 said:
Not just Christmas Eve
I think the whole of Advent used to the same as Lent in terms of fast and abstinance.
back in the days when advent calendars just contained cute pictures behind the doors
RTC website just went down, hope nothing serious.
philvisreturns on 2 April, 2012 at 14:26 said:
Sorry mate I just noticed the old dodgy spelling there lol.
sparkleghirl – back in the days when advent calendars just contained cute pictures behind the doors
Back in the 80’s, my sisters found nothing but cute pictures behind the doors of their advent calendars.
I got up half an hour early to eat the chocolate. (thumbsup)
Stefferano Del Bhoyo 14.25.
Thanks for that info.,will try and find it.Good that you think the hotel is OK,as we had a difference of opinion where we should stay,16 of us are going.Slan
philvis
corny !!!!
Celtic_First
I guess I am simply saying that people should take responsibility for their own actions and not have to be told what to do. I also object to any church teaching which is backed up by imposing guilt or fear of ‘the burning fire.’ (Which it was for centuries.)
I actually take my faith very seriously and believe that it is not what goes into a man’s mouth which makes him unclean, but what comes out (what is in his heart.)
This subject came up last year when a bhoy in Germany posted that he was in a restaurant which was famous for its burgers but he was frightened to order one because of church teaching.
Brogan Rogan Trevino and Hogan
Sir,
Like our friend Estadio,
I envy your literary skill.
Always an enjoyable read.
More power to your pen/keyboard.
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on 2 April, 2012 at 14:40 said:
philvis
corny !!!!
LoL, no tricks missed on here ha ha.
Work over, yeeha!
Back to the house to have a barbeque and watch the sun go down on the Dead Sea & Israel. Beautiful
hen1rik on 2 April, 2012 at 14:06 said:
I’ve been alluding to the audited accounts deadline for weeks, and again earlier this morning…..deep poo on this one
Don’t mention the Newco one ….. I mentioned it 4 weeks ago, and Auld Heid more or less told me I was talking Shoite ….. To be fair I usually do…..LOL
…. And Auld Heid is always SPOT ON
Off to Rome for the week. Anyone know of any bars that will be showing the championship winning game v Killie?
philvisreturns
Yer sisters replaced the chocolate drops with Bob Martin de wormer tablets on the way home after buying the advent calendars. ;-)
Hail Hail
The Greatest Celtic mural in the world
http://tinyurl.com/c5o7hsd
and the greatest Huddle mural in the world
http://tinyurl.com/bwl57wu
Both from the Bramalea CSC just outside Toronto
Hail Hail
Estadio
But if the huns go bust on or before Friday, everybody getting ripped off by killie will not see us win the league as we’ll be champs before we kick off!!!!
Now does that mean we want it to drag on until next week or do we we just want them gone asap?
67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon..!!..Truth and Justice will always prevail on 2 April, 2012 at 14:42 said:
No use asking me I don’t know the difference between root and route lol.
Hamilton Tim
Any day is appropriate. My da always questions the emphasis on the Sabbath Day being held holier than any other day. Every day should be a holy day. I think he has a point.
fanadpatriot:
I couldn’t fault it. Great location too. Bit of a trek from the airport but a combination of bus and metro will take yous pretty much to the front door.
all clubs have until the middle of april to submit audited accounts