OttawaSaint

had it been a student he would have been praising the law...

tsk tsk, ****ing ex-pat...

Celebrate the hell out of it, life is too short, use it as a celebration of our new regime and coming out of the dark hole we were in. I remember going to watch Aberdeen, the fans had been spoiled with League Championships, A Cup Winners Cup and a smattering of Scottish Cups. I watched a particular performance vs raith where Aberdeen were full of movement and invention, they took Raith apart but only capitalised on 3 of the great chances they had carved out. I stood up, expecting an ovation to the players for a great game and was pushed past by about 3,000 people mumbling about, "only 3-0" and "second in the league is no use". Fast forward several years and Aberdeen are lucky if they can beat Partick at home and finish in a consistant mid table slot. I bet those grumbling supporters had wished they'd enjoyed 3-0 wins and 2nd place a bit more now. Sieze the moment and celebrate like it's the last cup we will ever win, for all we know it might just be...

Beautiful sunshine here today, snow is melting nicely, a little bit of an icy breeze and 5 degrees C...

I would pay a fiver to join this site, but I spent all my money on lumberjack shirts and Davey Crockett hats...

About as much as a poster who has never met a group of posters who do not reside in the UK, and posting that they fall into one of two rather narrow categories...

Perhaps a thread on ex-ex-pats is in order?

Great thread! It's spot on in fact, those damn Canucks made me sign an official-looking piece of paper saying that as a new Canadian, any posts on a UK-based message baord must follow one of two agendas. I chose the moaning and trashing of the UK... **** you GB, Canada won the Olympics!!! This mesage is indorsed by the Government of Canada/Ce message est approuvé par le gouvernement du Canada

Bungle is correct, only 10 mins for a scotch pie and a bovril and then back out there seeing who can kick the ball the highest. I should know, I had a season ticket at Aberdeen many moons ago...

Sidney Crosby scoring in overtime of the olympic hockey final is akin to Rooney bagging an extra time golden goal winner vs Germany in this summer's World Cup Final. IT'S JUST THAT BIG!!!!

GOLD for CANADA in the hockey!!!! What a game. Not sure when they changed it from total golds won to medals won, but as far as I am concerned CANADA won this Olympics with a record breaking 14 GOLDS!!!!

They are probably blaming the taxman for that too...

Is this Puncheon's debut?

...also, millennia is plural, put "millennium" or "a few millennia"...

Damn, he got Sidney Crosby in no time at all...

....concentrate on the league?

game over /thread

no updates in a while? c'mon Saints

Wow, that sounds crazy, I just mix a little sugar and water, heat to dissolve it etc. I only do this because the hummingbirds don't like the store bought hummingbird food (picky eh?).

I put out sunflower seeds for the finches (American Goldfinch and Purple Finch). We have woods out back so I get a few woodpeckers (Downy, Pileated), Northern Flickers, Blue Jays, Nuthatch, Cardinals, Chickadees, Sparrows. My favourite of all of the ones that I see is the pair of Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds that came by daily to drink a sugar solution I made for them and put in a special feeder. They came by every day all summer, amazing little birds, I got a real kick out of them coming back day after day...

Championship

Eyal Berkovic

I guess some folks just prefer Eddie the Eagle type characters, makes them feel less jealous and inferior. It's a shame we have had some real good players in a lot of sports but most of Britain just **** all over them, no wonder they can't win at the final hurdle with that kind of pressure...

I was up there from 1992 - 1997, and loved the city and surrounding area. University was a very good one with excellent facilities teaching. Night life was decent but not as good as the likes of Edindburgh and Glasgow. Footie was cheap to get into and good entertainment and the weather although cold and windy was rarely wet. I had a great time there, but a lot might have changed in the last 12-13 years so my information may be a wee bit outdated. Takes a while to work out what the locals are saying though as they often throw a bit of "doric" in with the heavily accented English they speak.

I got a 2:1 in Neuroscience at U of Aberdeen, partied like hell in the first 2 years, but boy I had to knuckle down and work like a madman in those last 2 years. In my entire time at Aberdeen I didn't miss a single lecture. Some ****s missed lectures all the time but they were kicked out after 2 years. Uni isn't just about the **** ups etc, you grow up a lot over the course of those 3 or 4 years. I went on and bagged an MSc and a PhD as well, and my job now isn't that close to my education. Sure some of those ****s are annoying with their antics but the real students stop partying after the first year or so and knuckle down, you have to if you want to get your qualification. The ones you see on the street are fresh out of mummy and daddies house and are just experiencing freedom, just leave them alone, they'll sort themselves out. I mean, squaddies don't sit on their cots in the barracks all night mugging up on machine gunning and ballistics, no they are out on the town getting ****ed and fighting the locals...