What are you reading tonight?

[thebish]

Perhaps I'd be better typing out stereotypical managerial comments and finding some willing Scot to translate them, phonetically, for me?

Nou Willie Callum made the lum
He made it stoot an strang
That it wad staund the weir an teir
An mak the dooble strang
sae come aw ye Bolton lads
An come awa wi me
An we'll awa tae Coyle's still
An drink the baurley-bree
An f-ing hoof it to f-ing Kevin!

[Dujon]

Ta, thebish. Your name's not McGonagall is it?

[thebish]

Ta, thebish. Your name's not McGonagall is it?

on the silvery Tay??

[Dujon]

A hole in one, squire.

". . . As soon as the catastrophe came to be known
The alarm from mouth to mouth was blown,
And the cry rang out all o’er the town, ..."

Megson has a lot for which to answer.

[thebish]

A hole in one, squire.

". . . As soon as the catastrophe came to be known
The alarm from mouth to mouth was blown,
And the cry rang out all o’er the town, ..."

Megson has a lot for which to answer.

I was up at the tay not very long ago with my eldest at an open day at Dundee Uni.... we stayed at a guest house near the tay-bridge - the one that replaced the one in the disaster..

I took a photo..



and one of the Tay - to show why it was described as the Silvery Tay...

[Bruno]

'The Road'

[Prufrock]

'The Road'

This road?

[Verbal]

'The Road'

Fantastic book, though not guaranteed to put you in the best of moods.

[Bruno]

'The Road'

Fantastic book, though not guaranteed to put you in the best of moods.

I love McCarthy, he's great

[Verbal]

Indeed. I Need to get NCFOM, and the trilogy he wrote

[Bruno]

One of my favourite ever reads that. Love it. Film version is great too

[William the White]

I only managed to finish All the Pretty Horses - which I'm told is one of his least bleak novels.

I tell you, it was bleak enough for me...

I bought the other two in the Border Trilogy but haven't felt in the kind of shape I'd need to read them - a bit like Fugitive Pieces (see above) it's now ten years or more they've been on my shelves...

Thought NCFOM one of the finest movies of a year of fine movies (and Australia which was puke)...

[Dujon]

[WtW] I haven't seen it, but some of those who have have told me the same about Australia. Because of the subject and the locations it got an incredible amount of press coverage here. Then again, perhaps it's to be expected; whilst attitudes have changed over the last few decades I still get the impression that this country has a kernel of insecurity cloaked in a garb of arrogant nationalism.

Reading: At the moment it's MI9 - Escape and Evasion 1939-1945, written by M.R.D.Foot and J.M.Langley, which outlines the activities of the department known as MI9 during the second world war. I bought the book many years ago but didn't get around to reading it but, due to a couple of quick moves of residence, only saw the light of day last week when my wife came across a couple of boxes of books which had been tucked away some 15 years ago and, because of their location, were neglected (both of us thinking that they contained some of our childrens' old possessions).

It's an interesting publication dealing with the setting up of the organisation, the relationship of that organisation with others dealing with clandestine operations (including the American equivalent - MIS-X), and the setting up of 'lines' in order to facilitate the return of escapees from P.O.W. camps and the interception and repatriation of 'evaders' (those not captured but attempting to reach friendly territory). It covers the European/African theatre and apart from the odd reference ignores the Pacific arena.

Whilst it does not go into many detailed explanations of individual exploits it does so in a few (as examples) and highlights the risks taken by its own staff and, of course, the bravery, courage and dedication of those who helped - many of whom gave their own lives in doing so.

[Verbal]

lecture notes and journal articles on the successes and failures of the Soviet planned economy, in theory and practice.

[jimbo]

lecture notes and journal articles on the successes and failures of the Soviet planned economy, in theory and practice.

I've got a similarly great night reading about Kawasaki disease, which surprisingly has nothing to do with motorbikes.

[William the White]

lecture notes and journal articles on the successes and failures of the Soviet planned economy, in theory and practice.

Refer you, when you have time, to angry thread and discussion on non-virtues of capitalism I've just initiated...

tho who knows will bite...

[Verbal]

lecture notes and journal articles on the successes and failures of the Soviet planned economy, in theory and practice.

Refer you, when you have time, to angry thread and discussion on non-virtues of capitalism I've just initiated...

tho who knows will bite...

I will do, sometime. Probably after my exam on thursday. Can't wait

As a brief notation, I would say it's quite poetic how privatisation in the FSU has come to bite the West back in the arse somewhat. Though efficiency in production was generally improved, the lessons we should have learned in 80s (about how it can lead to monopolies appearing if there is little regulation- and thus oligarchies - inefficiency and massive job losses) are appearing in patches, most notably Russia. I think Putin speaking to a western journo/political person put it aptly; "We are a monster that you created."

Or some such.

[William the White]

lecture notes and journal articles on the successes and failures of the Soviet planned economy, in theory and practice.

Refer you, when you have time, to angry thread and discussion on non-virtues of capitalism I've just initiated...

tho who knows will bite...

I will do, sometime. Probably after my exam on thursday. Can't wait

As a brief notation, I would say it's quite poetic how privatisation in the FSU has come to bite the West back in the arse somewhat. Though efficiency in production was generally improved, the lessons we should have learned in 80s (about how it can lead to monopolies appearing if there is little regulation- and thus oligarchies - inefficiency and massive job losses) are appearing in patches, most notably Russia. I think Putin speaking to a western journo/political person put it aptly; "We are a monster that you created."

Or some such.

Good luck with exam... abandon this forum until friday!!!

[Verbal]

Thanks

I may do. Sadly, it is neither within my capacity or mentality to devote myself to this 24/7...i'd probably go insane otherwise if there wasn't a source for me to vent about stuff outside of uni. Yet now I'm on here, I've entered a discussion about the virtues and non-virtues of a deregulated market economy...

sod that, see you all in 2012.

[Gooner Girl]

Off to have a bath soon and will be relaxing in it reading a book from the no 1 ladies detective agency. Really enjoy these books - a branch out from my usual chick lit