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Mausy - Balls to what your parents are saying. you're alright in my book.
RS - Hovis test. The adverts used to have the strap line 'as good now as it's always been'.
Weedy - I've got 'the stick' which is similar to the tigertail and it's pretty good, and has the advantage of being pretty portable.
One for the Caledonian massive:
Scuffle is too similar to rammie. Really should have a chibbing option for Strathclyde. Plus they spelt Polis wrong!
Taggart always made me laugh. Only posh folk got murdered and they sent round Maryhill CID! Really should have been some hiedcase up a tenement close from Possil.
I love 'Taggart'...comedy accents and all. My favourite take-off is an old ' Naked Video' (?) sketch where the original T was in a bar and the barmaid, trying to place his..er...particular accent asks ' What part of Glasgow are you actually from, Inspector Taggart?' and he answers....
'Bulgaria'..
And you're right, Eggy. All the corpses are pretty posh.We should be safe to walk the streets, then...
'spectacularly slow 22.4k for me. Infuriatingly, considering I was dressed for....Scotland in January, the sun came out and I was baking under my balaclava. The sea looked nice, though.
MM, they'll be studying flight schedule from Oz to Douglas...
They missed out stushie...
Off to Edinburgh just now. Weather doesn't seem so bad for tomorrow... I hope!
That explains why you didn't understand a word....
Iain - me too, so I ran it through Google translate and here's what pops out the other end
"Dogfight is too similar to Rammie. Indeed it should be possible chibbing Strathclyde. In addition, they policy with errors! Taggart always made me laugh. People just snob was murdered, and they sent round Maryhill CID! Some really mad building near Possil."
Glaswegian to English dictionary.
Scuffle/Rammie - A coming together of two or more young gentlemen over some form of disagreement. Common instances of these events include one gentleman questioning another gentleman if he is looking at the young lady with whom he has attended said event and has nothing but honourable intentions towards in an unsavoury manner.
Chibbing - The introduction of a knife to help resolve a disagreement. Please note that 'Have you met Stanley?' is not an introduction to a good friend of said young gentleman, but a warning that you are about to be struck with a knife best noted for it's use in DIY.
Maryhill/Possil - Charming pockets of suburbia contained within Glasgow city limits. Home to many fine gentlemen and their honourable young ladies.
Hiedcase - A gentleman that seeks disagreement and is often friends with 'Stanley'
Tenement - Red brick accomodation that litters the Glasgow landscape.
Eggy - Love it. Especially "Have you met Stanley?" - made me chuckle,
Did a very slow 7k tonight. Calf felt strange and a bit stiff but not painfull. I've stiffened up a bit but I'm strtching loads. Fingers crossed.
What's it called when it's two ladies of the Glaswegian persuasion come together over a disagreement of some form? Generally because one referred to as a female dog by the other, who it has been indicated is a lady of the night, was looking at a gentleman who escorted the one of questionable morals.
hmph...tried 4 mins walking, 1 min running *4 and leg is pinging. Thought I'd better try it out before physio tomorrow.
I must see more of this Glasgow of which you speak...
Forgot to say MM, on dealing with parents about to be on the otherside of the world...set them limits on when you will go home for visits and on how often they can come over.
I got away easy with them coming over as dad doesn't do travel (too many unknowns and lack of control) but it upped the game with going home negotiations. I gets easier once you're over here. 
This would also be known as a rammie, but the Glasgow male is known to back away from the female rammie as the fighting is of an ungentlemanly nature and the normal rules of a good rammie are not applied in the female rammie.
The only exception is a request for help known as "honners" in which case the rammie is escalated in both size and number by participants known and unknown to those originally involved.
I have to say when we immigrated to the US, our parents were very supportive. At the time I did not think much of it, but now as a parent I can only imagine how hard that had to be for them.
This cold/flu us killing me! Came home from work early today. Chills. Forcing myself to eat as I am trying to mitigate the post-fly lethargy before next weekend!
Dannirr - I hope you're feeling much better before next weekend. Fingers crossed this passes quickly for you.
Mr Maus and I reckon that Neil Oliver of 'Coast' and 'History of Scotland' fame negotiated a clause in his contact mandating a minimum number of occurrences of "murrrrderrr" just so he could say it a lo.
Thanks so much for all your kind words. Mr Maus and I took lots of things into account when we made the decision to do this. Of course it may be a total c$ck up. Time will tell. But it will be our c$ck up and we'll own it and move on.
Dannirr: you're absolutely right. It must be really hard for parents. When I see how Mr Maus's parents deal with stuff like this, though, I realise that my parents are, um, not normal.
I hope you cold goes soon - what a blow.
RS: you're right about the limit on visits. I also intend to rent the smallest possible apartment to ensure they can't stay with me!
MM: have been in your shoes, for the past 2 years neither of my two elder sisters have spoken to me since we moved to jersey. They are so very "disappointed and angry" that I left and abandoned my son!! I like you most of the time am able to shrug it off and make a joke, but over christmas my mum was at my sisters from xmas eve until late boxing day, didn't here a dickie bird from anyone, nothing. When actually spoke to my mum proceeded to tell me how lovely it was that she spoke with her sister in new zealand christmas morning, all I wanted to shout at her was aren't I good enough and what have I ever done to them.... but really not work it. I play the make it their problem, and then go for a run with my dogs and feel so much better. They are going to be so unhappy that we're not returning to the uk and need to sell our house unless they start to contribute to my mums care which at the moment we pay for and have done for the last 3 years, but enough is enough. Oh joy!!!!
On the running front 18 weeks to mont st michel and I',m doing a 6 mile adventure "tough guy balls of steel" run on 20th january - Mr PF so not impressed!!!!!!
DV: can you post a link to your running web site please.
HAPPY NEW YEARl.
Mausey. I moved to Belgium on a one year contract, knowing I couldn't be a stay away husband and father.mso we all moved together with little financial reserves to back up the risks. Our kids started school on Day 1 with just 4 words of Dutch known to them. Here we are 13 years later, very happy and secure. Taking risks has plenty of upsides and downsides but continue to act intelligently, make sensible decisions and you'll be amazed when you look back at what you've been able to achieve and transform.
Just like a marathon, don't worry about getting to the end, just keep going for the next km, confident you've done the work. Our families can say all sorts of good and bad things for different reasons, with insight or with utter ignorance. It's much better to know yourself so that the stuff other people say can be taken with a pinch of salt.
Oh, TD. I've found you the perfect, next-Sprimg, mara'
The Verdi
VerdiA run around his stamping ground with lots of opera on the way... It looks lovely.
Watched the film Argo last night at the flix. Very enjoyable thriller, historically accurate and lots of resonance for students of contemporary world affairs. Very recommended.
We watched Argo at home last night too (the joy of being married to a BAFTA member means we get all the films on DVD)...even my 12 year old enjoyed it.
12 miles for me this morning, my first week back running full time and I am truly shattered!
Maus - families know better than anybody how to push our buttons...mine certainly operate from a position of fear a good deal of the time which can result in some interesting opinions...
TD - I'm pretty interested in seeing that film BUT there is a little historical license taken with the help given by other diplomats (NZ & british). I take it with a pinch of salt as these things are generally blown out of proportion but here's the news on it: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10841011
I'm off to see the Hobbit in the superfast 3D imax format this afternoon. couldn't get into the proper IMAX at waterloo but I'll take the fast speed (can't remember the TLA) as a consolation.
Saw physio this morning and she said to keep at it. Humph! got new exercises and back to running regime.
will see how it goes.
TD - I really enjoyed Argo, great film.
I managed 16 miles today. That was a really tough run. Felt like I was struggling throughout and was on a slow pace, but not as slow as it felt like I was running. Glad to have that one in the bag.
This Jantastic thing is really doing my head in. Is it just me, or is it a really user-unfriendly website? Somebody has 'rivalled' me, but once I'm logged in I can't find out how to search for people, rather than teams, or how to accept her challenge.
Hey Princess where have you been. Never mind your family, just make sure you keep in touch with your thread pals
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18:38 for me at the parkrun today and 16 miles planned 2moro. Well done Eggy.you're getting there!
Well done Eggy, your doing amazing after your injury.
OO - stonking time!
RS- stick with it, you will get there.
Very jealous of all your running.... I can't even walk half a mile just now.
RR - if you go to the team profile section, scroll down to the bottom where there's the list of our names. Just to the top right of that list is a button saying "All Results". Click on that and it should bring up a page where you can search for individuals.
Not sure about how to accept the challenge. Once you've found her, try rivalling her back by clicking on the star next to her name.
How's everyone with cold doing?