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Re: PC?

i have never been PC but i probably have as i dont say things that are now un-PC like "golliwog" etc so probably i am being PC sub-consioucly but its not as if i go out of my way to say un-PC or PC things i think its just a matter of courtesy with what you say I've read this twice now. No...
by DMcNay
Mon Feb 16, 2009 1:51 am
 
Forum: Random Distractions
Topic: PC?
Replies: 124
Views: 49950

Re: PC?

Jazza wrote:
DMcNay wrote:Bottom line: Sharon's in charge. Her decision is final. Moaning about her decision is pointless.


Correctamundo.


Mark this occasion. I an not correct very often.
by DMcNay
Fri Feb 13, 2009 4:07 pm
 
Forum: Random Distractions
Topic: PC?
Replies: 124
Views: 49950

Re: PC?

Bottom line: Sharon's in charge. Her decision is final. Moaning about her decision is pointless.
by DMcNay
Fri Feb 13, 2009 3:56 pm
 
Forum: Random Distractions
Topic: PC?
Replies: 124
Views: 49950

Re: PC?

Ah, pishflaps.

You can prove anything with facts these days.... ::):
by DMcNay
Fri Feb 13, 2009 3:18 pm
 
Forum: Random Distractions
Topic: PC?
Replies: 124
Views: 49950

Re: PC?

apparently the song that nursery aged kids sing "what do we do with a drunken sailor" is to be changed because it promotes drinking Any proof of that? Or is it just hearsay like most of these "apparently I've that X is to be stopped from doing Y or Z" stories? I have a kid of nu...
by DMcNay
Fri Feb 13, 2009 2:37 pm
 
Forum: Random Distractions
Topic: PC?
Replies: 124
Views: 49950

Re: 15th Battalion Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Tramways)

JayKay wrote:
big jim wrote:you should try the RHF museum on sauchiehall street,
sure they still hold alot of the HLI records as the HLI became the RHF :!:
sure they would help ya out with any info :D


good shout, will pop in there.


Ask for Sandy, he'll see you right.
by DMcNay
Fri Feb 06, 2009 12:58 pm
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: 15th Battalion Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Tramways)
Replies: 17
Views: 34552

Re: For those of you watching in black and white...

Both big bird and bunny ears present and correct here...

I mean as avatars, I'm not some kind of freakishly weird looking person.
by DMcNay
Mon Feb 02, 2009 3:38 pm
 
Forum: Forum Help and Issues
Topic: For those of you watching in black and white...
Replies: 51
Views: 42432

Re: For those of you watching in black and white...

Sharon wrote:okay troops, the wee alterego avatars are back :)

The forum will be back to black just as soon as I find a nicely coded theme to base it on!



That's as may be...but Larkhall IS a shitehole. ::):
by DMcNay
Mon Feb 02, 2009 3:02 pm
 
Forum: Forum Help and Issues
Topic: For those of you watching in black and white...
Replies: 51
Views: 42432

Re: For those of you watching in black and white...

I quite like it, actually...
by DMcNay
Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:54 pm
 
Forum: Forum Help and Issues
Topic: For those of you watching in black and white...
Replies: 51
Views: 42432

Re: Those Magnificent Men and their Flying Machines

Three pages of discussion and no mention of one of the greatest aircraft there's ever been?

Image

Shame on you...

See, I even managed to make it relevant to Glasgow...
by DMcNay
Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:27 am
 
Forum: Photo Sharing
Topic: Those Magnificent Men and their Flying Machines
Replies: 290
Views: 313391

Re: 'Bloody Friday' Glasgow's General Strike of 1919.

In terms of what regiments were used to quell the riots, I hope no-one minds if I quote myself: Not sure of the accuracy of this, but wikipedia has a footnote saying that the 4th (reserve) Battalion of the Royal Scots was deployed to Glasgow in 1919: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Scots It's fo...
by DMcNay
Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:40 pm
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: 'Bloody Friday' Glasgow's General Strike of 1919.
Replies: 22
Views: 43278

Re: Kelvingrove park war memorial

I believe it's undergoing restoration.
by DMcNay
Wed Dec 10, 2008 1:51 pm
 
Forum: Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)
Topic: Kelvingrove park war memorial
Replies: 7
Views: 2278

Re: Wartime Glasgow--Excluding bombing.

by DMcNay
Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:57 pm
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Wartime Glasgow--Excluding bombing.
Replies: 117
Views: 177996

Re: Wartime Glasgow--Excluding bombing.

You're both right Dugald - he'd previously served in the Argylls before presumably being transferred to the Black Watch. His Medal Index Card shows he was previously in the Argylls with the service number 277942. http://imageservice.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/image.x?f=getimage&dbid=1262&iid=30850...
by DMcNay
Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:51 pm
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Wartime Glasgow--Excluding bombing.
Replies: 117
Views: 177996

Re: 'Bloody Friday' Glasgow's General Strike of 1919.

Howitzers in the city chambers? I doubt that very much. Howitzers are heavy guns designed to fire shells at much higher angles than field guns. That makes them ideal for trench warfare, where the projectile acts more like a bomb than a shell, but practically useless for crowd control in a city envi...
by DMcNay
Wed Jul 02, 2008 12:12 pm
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: 'Bloody Friday' Glasgow's General Strike of 1919.
Replies: 22
Views: 43278
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