When you think the Fire Officer is wrong,,,,,,,

[nearlythere]

And just for good measure kick in the neighbour's door first by mistake just to get the message across of what can happen when they get the address right. Nothing like a dose of shock and awe to focus the mind.
Think they might take me back Dotty now that I'm a cranky pensioner type?

[colin todd]

Retters, I didnt know you were American!  They are usually the only people who crave to find Scottish ancestry.

AlmostHere, You will not be going back, but as summer approaches ( I can tell because the water level next to the vlillage bridge is only 6 feet above pavement level) you could get a job on the Parades Commission.  With you on the job it will be 1969 all over again.

[nearlythere]

Retters, I didnt know you were American!  They are usually the only people who crave to find Scottish ancestry.

AlmostHere, You will not be going back, but as summer approaches ( I can tell because the water level next to the vlillage bridge is only 6 feet above pavement level) you could get a job on the Parades Commission.  With you on the job it will be 1969 all over again.

I'm sure you meant to say 1966 Dot as the year the troubles started. By 1969 a lot had happened but that could be regarded as the year when the "troubles" started proper with bombs.
But I suppose you could also say the troubles started in 1690 with the Battle of the Boyne.

Gosh, how far back in history should one not go?

[jokar]

Is there something special with the 9 and 6?

[nearlythere]

Retters, I didnt know you were American!  They are usually the only people who crave to find Scottish ancestry.

AlmostHere, You will not be going back, but as summer approaches ( I can tell because the water level next to the vlillage bridge is only 6 feet above pavement level) you could get a job on the Parades Commission.  With you on the job it will be 1969 all over again.

I'm sure you meant to say 1966 Dot as the year the troubles started. By 1969 a lot had happened but that could be regarded as the year when the "troubles" started proper with bombs.
But I suppose you could also say the troubles started in 1690 with the Battle of the Boyne.

Gosh, how far back in history should one not go?

Know something? Never noticed that before. Creepy.

[colin todd]

Almost, I always regard 1969 as the big kick off.  Though of course you could equally say it was 1972 (bloody sunday). Anyhow any thoughts about your new role on the parades commission.

[nearlythere]

Almost, I always regard 1969 as the big kick off.  Though of course you could equally say it was 1972 (bloody sunday). Anyhow any thoughts about your new role on the parades commission.

Yes Dot. Going to make them compulsory every Sunday. One unequivocal condition is they must all end with a leap off the cliffs at the Giants Causeway. Might exclude primary school fancy dress walks around the town at Halloween. Yes, they also come under the remit of the Parades Commission.

[colin todd]

What about the wee kiddies who walked up/down to/from the Ardoyne?

[nearlythere]

What about the wee kiddies who walked up/down to/from the Ardoyne?

Well no Dot. For humanitarian purposes I would have to exclude those non political type parades.

[colin todd]

Yup, suffer the little children, Almost, suffer the little children------- unless JC qualified that by reference to the foot with which they kicked. Not sure, as I dont have a HB to hand, being an agnostic jewish catholic wee free church of scotland.  (As a dyslexic -you can probably tell from my posts-hope that covers all bases, just in case there is a dog.)

[nearlythere]

So what's on your bucket list Dot?

[colin todd]

Almost, the list is endless.  Grade 8 drums would have to be top of the list, with enforcement taken away from the English FRS as a close second.

[nearlythere]

Grade 8 drums?

[colin todd]

Reaching and passing grade 8.  I have passed grade 5 and am currently studying grade 6

[Mike Buckley]

Well, we all now know that when Colin's banging his own drum he's qualified to do it!