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Re: Caledonia you're calling me
DIR By: JCFC
Date: January 11, 2020, 6:04 am
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Plan A has already failed because of a waterlogged pitch at
Thornton Hibs. Frazer Bushell is spared the distorting lens.
Fortunately Plan B still looks promising.
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Re: Caledonia you're calling me
DIR By: JCFC
Date: January 12, 2020, 9:46 am
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Plan B started well - the pitch was reported to be looking good
and the train left on time. It soon began to look more doubtful,
as we were halted in a queue of trains, with mention of flooding
in the tunnel at Winchburgh. The train moved forward in short
stages, each time halting between high rock faces, suggesting
that the surname of the former referee from Winchburgh may have
been appropriate. A journey of less than twenty minutes took
over fifty, but a brisk walk enabled JCFC to reach the Falkirk
Stadium in time for
Saturday 11th January 2020
Scottish Lowland Football League
East Stirlingshire 1 v 2 University of Stirling
Ross Nelson (Lanarkshire?); Gary Hilland, Niamh Westwood.
The colour scheme was red, both assistants choosing long
sleeves. Tall Mr Nelson did not and his skinny forearms
emphasised his leanness - not much more meat on him than would
be found in a fashionable vegan sausage roll. He soon made his
presence felt, however, lecturing the Shire number 8 at the
first sign of dissent and cautioning their number 4 on 5 minutes
for a tug back on the visiting winger. A spot of backchat soon
allowed the home number 11 to get to know Mr Nelson a little
better. The Uni attacks failed too often through offside,
accurately assessed by the admirable Miss Westwood, Shire being
thwarted by brave defence, with one attack producing a series of
desperate blocks.
Early in the second half Stirling had a shot rebound from the
bar, but they took the lead on 63 minutes. This lasted just
three minutes, a Shire shot being deflected and looping high
into the goal. The keeper claimed he was impeded - he was, but
the attacker is under no obligation to move out of the way and
the goal correctly stood. An excellent run by a Shire player
ended with a rebound off the post. Stirling were apparently
happy with their point and looked to slow things down, the Shire
number 11 seeing yellow for chirruping about a substitution. The
Stirling winner on 82 minutes was largely self-inflicted from
the Shire point of view: defenders appealed for an offside flag,
Mr Hilland, a former Category 1 referee, did not oblige and as
the centre back stood with hand raised, a colleague idiotically
passed the ball back and a Stirling attacker was left with just
the keeper to beat, which he accomplished with ease. There was
time before the close for a yellow for dissent from the home
number 15. At the close he headed for Mr Nelson, stopped three
yards short and turned on his heel and marched away. Only one
Shire player shook Mr Nelson's hand, but it is hard to see what
their problem was - their own performance was simply not good
enough on the day.
Mr Nelson did well enough - any referee who deals firmly with
gobby players will always find favour with JCFC. His triage
appeared sound and his movement good, the one reservation being
that he whistled unnecessarily strongly on occasions.
So Plan B worked perfectly -or did it? Back at Grahamston
station, the boards revealed that all trains for the next hour
or more were cancelled. A replacement bus went up to Falkirk
High, but trains from there do not stop at Edinburgh Park, so it
was necessary to travel on to Haymarket and catch a train back.
Never mind, the evening meal was excellent!
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Re: Caledonia you're calling me
DIR By: JCFC
Date: January 12, 2020, 10:10 am
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In poor taste, no doubt, for which I apologise, but it tickled
me today on the bus through Slateford to see the Scotmid Funeral
Service housed in a building whose pediment bore the prominent
legend "District Fire Service."
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Re: Caledonia you're calling me
DIR By: Microscopist
Date: January 12, 2020, 3:07 pm
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--- Quote ---
> Never mind, the evening meal was excellent!
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If the apocryphal stereotype (at least here in the West) is to
be believed you were lucky not to be greeted with "Ye'll have
had yer tea then." (or if in Dr Browning's Parish "I expect that
you will have taken tea already."). I hasten to add that that
has not been my experience of folk from Auld Reekie, who have
always been most hospitable.
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Re: Caledonia you're calling me
DIR By: Whistleblower
Date: January 13, 2020, 2:52 am
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--- Quote from: JCFC link ---
>
> In poor taste, no doubt, for which I apologise, but it tickled
me today on the bus through Slateford to see the Scotmid Funeral
Service housed in a building whose pediment bore the prominent
legend "District Fire Service."
>
--- End Quote ---
Not poor taste at all; I always believe the best thing to do
with all the funereal business of death is to laugh in its face.
I once attended a cremation service for a marvellous elderly
chap who had one of the most delightful, generous and humorous
dispositions I have ever known. He had arranged that at the
conclusion of the service there was played on the loudspeaker
system Josef Locke singing " We'll make a bonfire of our
troubles and watch them blaze away" He had also arranged for his
solicitor to be at the door of the chapel greeting people on
their way out and giving them an envelope in which was a £10
note and a message " Have a last drink on me, thanks for coming
" As Mr Punch would say "that's the way to do it "
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Re: Caledonia you're calling me
DIR By: JCFC
Date: January 13, 2020, 3:48 am
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--- Quote from: Microscopist link ---
>
> [quote]Never mind, the evening meal was excellent!
--- End Quote ---
If the apocryphal stereotype (at least here in the West) is to
be believed you were lucky not to be greeted with "Ye'll have
had yer tea then." (or if in Dr Browning's Parish "I expect that
you will have taken tea already."). I hasten to add that that
has not been my experience of folk from Auld Reekie, who have
always been most hospitable.
[/quote]
I had always thought that "You'll have had your tea'" was an
invention of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. I confess to having to
look up Dr Browning, and Google sent me to Hollyoaks. The
refined phraseology, however, suggested Morningside (where I was
once treated to a good evening meal)and so I found him!
During the war Mum transferred to Edinburgh and was invited to
stay with a work colleague's family. As a boy, we often used to
visit Mrs Dunn in Earl Haig Gardens, staying overnight on
occasions and I can only agree about the hospitality of
Edinburgh folk. Incidentally, on a recent trip to the capital I
tested my memory by seeing if I could find my way there -
without the guidance of the tram we used to catch - and
completed the mission successfully some six and a half decades
on.
The plan for today had involved a trip to Airdrie for a reserve
league game - but with Storm Brendan arriving, the idea of gales
and rain on Drumgelloch station at 10pm does not appeal to this
softie. Only Connect and University Challenge it shall be.
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Re: Caledonia you're calling me
DIR By: Whistleblower
Date: January 13, 2020, 7:24 am
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--- Quote from: JCFC link ---
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> [quote author=Microscopist link=topic=486.msg14715#msg14715
date=1578863248]
> [quote]Never mind, the evening meal was excellent!
--- End Quote ---
If the apocryphal stereotype (at least here in the West) is to
be believed you were lucky not to be greeted with "Ye'll have
had yer tea then." (or if in Dr Browning's Parish "I expect that
you will have taken tea already."). I hasten to add that that
has not been my experience of folk from Auld Reekie, who have
always been most hospitable.
[/quote]
I had always thought that "You'll have had your tea'" was an
invention of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. I confess to having to
look up Dr Browning, and Google sent me to Hollyoaks. The
refined phraseology, however, suggested Morningside (where I was
once treated to a good evening meal)and so I found him!
During the war Mum transferred to Edinburgh and was invited to
stay with a work colleague's family. As a boy, we often used to
visit Mrs Dunn in Earl Haig Gardens, staying overnight on
occasions and I can only agree about the hospitality of
Edinburgh folk. Incidentally, on a recent trip to the capital I
tested my memory by seeing if I could find my way there -
without the guidance of the tram we used to catch - and
completed the mission successfully some six and a half decades
on.
The plan for today had involved a trip to Airdrie for a reserve
league game - but with Storm Brendan arriving, the idea of gales
and rain on Drumgelloch station at 10pm does not appeal to this
softie. Only Connect and University Challenge it shall be.
[/quote]
Very wise to stay in JCFC. I too shall be watching Only Connect,
a programme which I find compelling but makes feel a complete
numbskull and University Challenge which also leaves me feeling
intellectually wanting.
I too have fond memories of Morningside. Years and years ago we
were once in a rather smart Hotel, the North British I think it
was called in those days near Waverley Station ( I am going back
nearly forty years here ) taking afternoon tea and at the next
table were two mature Scottish ladies also taking tea and
speaking to one another in impeccable Morningside accents. At
one point I heard one of the ladies say, proffering a plate to
her friend, "may I press you to another tea cake Morag"....and
it is that employed verb "press" which is just so pure
Morningside for me. Being juvenile in humour, we spent the rest
of the afternoon trying to mimic a perfect Morningside brogue,
without success I think.
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Re: Caledonia you're calling me
DIR By: Whistleblower
Date: January 13, 2020, 7:40 am
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...our efforts sounding far more like Janet ( Barbara Mullen )
from Dr Finlay's Casebook, which is an entirely different accent
to Morningside.
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Re: Caledonia you're calling me
DIR By: OwdReds
Date: January 13, 2020, 10:00 am
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On the subject of laughing at death, I shall be attending the
funeral of an elderly relative on Thursday. She had taken out a
funeral plan which the family subsequently decided to change
after her death because they wanted additional things. There has
been a delay to the funeral because under selling regulations
there had to be a 14 day cooling off period.
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Re: Caledonia you're calling me
DIR By: Microscopist
Date: January 13, 2020, 5:14 pm
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--- Quote ---
> I too shall be watching Only Connect, a programme which I find
compelling
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I thought of Whistleblower when "shibboleth" came up in the
missing vowels round. Having not come across the word for
several years I have now encountered it four times in 2020 -
perhaps it will become the word of the year?
I look forward to reading JCFC's report on both games [emoji39]
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