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Six days out and a mountain to climb

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Over the last few days we have worked with Mary’s Meals to identify a second school without basic facilities in one of the most deprived areas of the world.  We have confirmed St Josephs’ Primary School in Kasungu, Malawi (the 17th poorest country in the world), which has a roll of 746 pupils and no facilities to provide food, meaning many children have to work to feed themselves instead of being educated.

The necessary permissions have been confirmed, and Mary’s Meals can send resources there as soon as money is available.  If we are successful, St Joseph’s will get a brick-built kitchen which will double as a classroom with stoves, pots, utensils, spoons and mugs.  As a result, kids will attend school to get what on many occasions will be their only meal of the day.  They will also get an education and better chances in later life.

The cost of the kitchen is £7000.  We are only six days out from CQteN so we shouldn’t expect miracles but we’ll be here until the job is done.

Construction is underway at our first school at the Kholoni Primary School in Mchinji, Malawi, which has a school roll of 1221 children.

We have a donations page for CQN Mary’s Meals’ projects, if you would like to help out, you can do so here.

Seville, The Celtic Movement, launches this month.

“There were 10 in our party and collecting the tickets took priority. Once we had them we could afford time to eat, but what? Several restaurants were sold out but we eventually found a café with frozen chips and a meat-based slab of something or other. No choices. No beer, wine or cola either, it was diluting orange juice or water. An entire city was pretty much emptied of food and drink.”

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  2. fieldofdrams on

    Sumdy posted about being a fan of Debbie Harry/Kate Bush with a bit of Olivia N-J thrown in.

     

     

    Hmmm – more of a lead-singer-of-the-Bangles man myself. Wouldn’t take themusic to a desert island but I’d take the poster :-)

  3. ryecatcher on

    Tet….

     

     

    Only pisstake I can find of Billie Jean song……not very good one either!!

     

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    12 Nov 2009 – Uploaded by The Brentwoods

     

    A parody of Michael Jackson’s “Billy Jean” rewritten as a comedic tribute to the late tv …

  13. ryecatcher on

    Despite the band’s name….The McCuskey Bhoys in this lot are huge Tims from Holy Cross in Hamilton.

     

     

     

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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jvnzFfQCk8

     

    10 Apr 2009 – Uploaded by Gerard Connolly

     

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    SOAL,

     

    Just lurking presently having been out of commission for a few days. I must say that your toons selection tonight has been excellent most of the stuff you have posted is in my own personal collection, keep it up!

     

     

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    Advice for the Grey Brigade

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    Pogmathonyahun aka Laird of the Smiles

     

     

     

    The wife says the same thing

  27. midfield maestro on

    gordybhoy64

     

     

    00:04 on 9 March, 2014

     

    good Paisley bhoy

     

     

    My son taught him to play guitar. First tune he taught him, twinkle twinkle little star. If only i could have got a share of his future royalties, life would have been oh so different!

  33. ryecatcher on

    Any truth that Stokesy is on the punchbag all day at the minute,because he ‘s heard the King is flying into Glasgow from South Africa in midweek?

  34. tonydonnelly67 on

    This was always the last song in Geordies Byre in the Barrowland on a sat. Night, if hadent pulled yi where fecked, used to be about half way through the song, fights would break out all over the feckin place, somebody would be dancin wi somebody’s, burd feck me it was murder, but great days ;))

     

     

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    Pogmathonyahun aka Laird of the Smiles, ha ha.

     

     

    Having recently turned fifty, I got a package through the door from the NHS bowel cancer screening service. They want to shite on a lollipop stick and send it back to them. Mrs ACGR couldnay hold the stick steady and it all went a bit pear shaped.

     

     

    I redeemed the situation by filling a jiffy bag and sending that back having cut the return address off their envelope. I did notice the other day though that the Carmyllie post box has since been removed?

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    midfield maestro

     

    I was dragged along to see him a few years ago,wasnt really my cup of tea

     

    but what a show the bhoy put on

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    Night all. Night wee Oscar my hero God bless x

     

     

     

    Mon you wee Rovers!!!

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    ThomTheTim,

     

     

    Many Happy Returns my good man!

     

     

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