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ROLDY wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 11:11 amYour kid must be very smart.

I’ve been up to Aberdeen to have a chat to a few firms up there about drilling, wells etc and they’re all very good dudes.

He takes after his mother.

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McClaren was the greatest ever. Yeah that's certainly a given. Bill McLaren said after he retired that it was no longer possible for commentators to operate as he did. For example, he would go to team training sessions etc where they would be quite open about their plans and tactics for upcoming ma...

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I have been advocating for Clark Laidlaw to be a future Scotland coach when he has a more experience under his belt. How is he viewed in New Zealand? I assume that being a Scot there is a ceiling on his career path down there. We bloody love the guy. His work with the NZ Sevens team was top notch, ...

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Cheers chaps.

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Years ago I had a fascinating chat with a yank structural engineer who specialised in deep sea oil and gas platforms and the problems he was trying to manage on a daily basis were just mind boggling. Truely smart dude, and also a bit nuts! One of my sons works for an Aberdeen based company who is t...

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I have been advocating for Clark Laidlaw to be a future Scotland coach when he has a more experience under his belt. How is he viewed in New Zealand?

I assume that being a Scot there is a ceiling on his career path down there.

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Being in my 20s in the 70s was a hell of a lot more fun than being in my 70s in the 20s. Cannot help but agree; but with this proviso: I made a lot more major fúckups as a 20something in the 70s than I have to date as a 70something in the 20s. OTOH, assuming I stay above ground, I've six and a bit ...

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How did British and or sky cyclists get so good appears to be the more appropriate question A large wad of cash from the lottery spent well in a sport full of low hanging fruit in a populace that had the interest and culture, therefore a lot of potential. The money is used for pretty much hording t...

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Scots, and particularly Highlanders, formed a large part of the mercenary units fighting across Europe for centuries. That some did not come home at the end of their service and settled abroad is no surprise, and truth seems to have been woven and embellished into folk tales. After all, who would no...

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Section 4 is the issue. The reading given by posters here is not true. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2021/14/section/4 “ 1)A person commits an offence if— (a)the person— (i)behaves in a manner that a reasonable person would consider to be threatening, abusive or insulting, or” Insults are now ...

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Apparently 4000 complaints lodged with police in the first 2 days. This will not end well.... Its weird, because according to edi and blackmac they could have just made the complaints last week. No they could not if they refer to what were not protected characteristics previously, and now are. Plus...

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Meh. Sounds like bullshit. If it was the same but just a couple more protected groups they would surely have just amended the current legislation? Of course they aren't going to prosecute everyone against whom they receive a complaint, and that's the issue. The concern is that this legislation coul...

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I think it is fair to say it is pretty draconian as well as being 'bad' law. From what I can gather someone can overhear second hand, something you say privately in your own home, something not necessarily directed at them, that they can take offence with at their discretion, report it anonymously ...

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I think the point is its bad law. It was bad law in England when it covered racial hatred now Scotland have extended it to multiple other named categories of people (not women of course). Why name categories of people? Why doesn't it apply to everyone? Fking hate crime nonsense. I hate the people c...

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I think the point is its bad law. It was bad law in England when it covered racial hatred now Scotland have extended it to multiple other named categories of people (not women of course). Why name categories of people? Why doesn't it apply to everyone? Fking hate crime nonsense. I hate the people c...

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What does a reasonable person believe though? Are you saying that they have potentially draconian powers but there is no culture or capacity to use them or that they just don't have these powers? Genuinely don't know, no attempted gotchas. I mean ultimately this is a power grab and should be treate...

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Derwyn wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 12:01 pm Is BlackMac an SNP enthusiast?

The opposite, but unlike most commenting on this has professional insight.

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I think the Scottish police can pretty much ignore this legislation, is too subjective. They should concentrate on direct person to person threats of violence IMO. Blackmac is an actual senior recent ex policeman. I am sure he will not mind me quoting what he said in the other place. Some off the s...

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This guy. What am I missing? He’s (at best) derivative/tribute band At worst he’s a multiply-proven-in-court plagiarist However, he is seemingly still regarded as some kind of 6th Beatle fudge off Ed Sheeran you talentless, derivative, fake fudge IMO I though he'd been acquitted both times. unless ...

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This guy. What am I missing? He’s (at best) derivative/tribute band At worst he’s a multiply-proven-in-court plagiarist However, he is seemingly still regarded as some kind of 6th Beatle fudge off Ed Sheeran you talentless, derivative, fake fudge IMO I though he'd been acquitted both times. unless ...

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Top right? I assume impact rises bottom to top of the matrix, possibility drops left to right. So the lowest possibility but highest impact. Edit I have been involved in risk planning where risks in that corner are mitigated on the basis that they may be incredibly unlikely, but if they do the impa...

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Seems like a perectly pleasant looking young woman to me. This is not me in dirty old man mode, I was just intrigued to see why she attracted such disdain. https://cdn.24.co.za/files/Cms/General/d/9510/d9430a04f35042508647b5e66f2135d6.jpg https://cdn.24.co.za/files/Cms/General/d/9394/9ca4f806223141b...

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Realpolitisk isn't surprising. Not least in the specific context of the formulation of the judgment and the undertakings to stop the behaviour. The Court stated that this case was highly significant and so it bypassed the lower court and went straight to the higher court. The Court stated that as t...

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I was being unduly glib, but Cam is ultimately right. Ireland v UK is a wildly political judgment - understandably so - where the Commission had strongly rapped the UK's knuckles, leading to the trial wherein it was found that it wasn't torture - merely Diet Torture - but that the UK would make sur...

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Edinburgh were poor. Even if they thought kicking was a good tactic to start with, what kind of idiot keeps it up when the opposition are not only running everything back at you, but are doing so very effectively. The story is that the team is not very confident in the coaches. Not that they've lost...

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Never supported the IRA but it was torture, which was pointless when they had so many informers in their ranks. The point I am arguing is Camroc's claim that the British were found guilty of torture. No matter how nasty their behaviour was, nor what anyone's opinion was, they were not so found by a...

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That's one hell of a reading of that case. :lol: Since I assume you are meaning the torture case I did some checking. In fairness I was only aware of the judgement by the European Court of Human Rights that it was inhuman and and degrading, but not torture, not that the European Commission of Human...

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You do realise that the reason for that was because the UK was found guilty of of using "cruel and inhuman" punishment (ie torture) on terrorist suspects (ie Irishmen) by ECHR. There was a case Irish Govt took to the ECHR claiming that the detention and interrogation practices in NI breached three ...

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* thing is, ones like you refer to are NOT directly translatable to V, it would not be correct to just replace this - it's just the nearest approximation in English for a number of different combinations in Irish. It's a large part of why a lot of Irish names are not quite pronounced correctly by t...

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Well they used to refuse to extradite known terrorists so this isn’t a new thing You do realise that the reason for that was because the UK was found guilty of of using "cruel and inhuman" punishment (ie torture) on terrorist suspects (ie Irishmen) by ECHR. There was a case Irish Govt took to the E...

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Edinburgh Rugby team to face DHL Stormers at DHL Stadium in the BKT United Rugby Championship Saturday 23 March (kick-off 3.05pm GMT/ 5.05pm local) – live on Viaplay 15. Emiliano Boffelli (37) 14. Wes Goosen (23) 13. Mark Bennett (100) 12. Matt Currie (30) 11. Jake Henry* 10. Ben Healy (14) 9. Ben ...

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You've highlighted the two gaping holes in the "Toonie oot" argument. 1. Can anyone say categorically that this team have a higher ceiling? 2. If so, which currently available coach would be a shoo-in to get that extra out of them? I don't buy it, and the test coaching landscape is bleak at the mom...

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Cotter took Scotland from abject to average. The players thought highly of him, and whilst his career has foundered since I think he should have been given the opportunity to continue what he'd started. I was not impressed with Townsend being appointed when he was, but ate humble pie as initial resu...

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* thing is, ones like you refer to are NOT directly translatable to V, it would not be correct to just replace this - it's just the nearest approximation in English for a number of different combinations in Irish. It's a large part of why a lot of Irish names are not quite pronounced correctly by t...

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For the first time i 24 years, I can understand the statement: “Yeah you scored some tries in the end but the match was over”. It’s the first time in 24 years that I thought after 10 minutes: “Ok, we got this, we can win this.” The first time Italia controlled the game from the first minute till th...

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Quins89 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:47 pm Scotland annoy me. All that talent and their ability to fudge things up when under no pressure is pathetic.

Annoys you? How do you think we feel?

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As I am half Scots / half Italian I don't know wether to laugh or cry. However, one of the keys for Italy is you no longer look down the Italian team sheet and cringe at some of the names. Weaknesses and weak players used to be blindingly obvious in the past but now every player is at least solid. N...

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Having worked in HR for 10 years then my input is........if it's not in writing it ain't happening. I've seen countless people screwed over due to this Pretty much this. Recollections vary, and what you think may differ from others. If it was never formally articulated in writing by someone with th...

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Agree with this, the physicality is a major selling point. I was speaking to a work colleague who played rugby in the forces and at a reasonable amateur level, he was saying that the tackle height crept up after professionalism because of the introduction of former Rugby League coaches and apparent...

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