it is a tad... *ahem*
passed out sitting on the edge of the bath after a shower... woke up with my legs sticking in the air and glad no one had decided to kick the door down to rescue me.
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Bliddy eck thats scary, lucky you weren't injured.
The Stig saga trundles on and on, in the papers. I think Ben Collins did well to keep schtum for 8 years. I'm actually on his side, dunno why !
The Stig saga trundles on and on, in the papers. I think Ben Collins did well to keep schtum for 8 years. I'm actually on his side, dunno why !
i'm on tg's side... i guess this means war! *fake grrr* lol
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lol
ooh! excitement! we had another bomb scare in partick! technically it was a police siege, but the guy threw grenades out the window. i missed it all, but news was filtering into work like chinese whispers. someone said that terrorists had left a bomb on the bus, until i pointed out today was eid... and ooh i wish i was in partick today!
or maybe i don't, because i remember the last two... they were pains.
ooh! excitement! we had another bomb scare in partick! technically it was a police siege, but the guy threw grenades out the window. i missed it all, but news was filtering into work like chinese whispers. someone said that terrorists had left a bomb on the bus, until i pointed out today was eid... and ooh i wish i was in partick today!
or maybe i don't, because i remember the last two... they were pains.
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Wow! Its all going on round your way
. By the other two, do you mean the stuff at Glasgow airport?
Err I'm really embarassed to say I don't know what eid is...

Err I'm really embarassed to say I don't know what eid is...

nah...
the first occasion someone left a bag in merkland street, and i got stuck in the bus station until i realised there was a rear exit to the car park.
the second, the found an unexploded ww2 bomb in the granary when they were demolishing it. roads were so backed up the driver chucked us off because his shift finished. meaning i had to unknowingly walk past the thing to get home.
Eid is the end of Ramandan, loads of the kids had the day off school for it.
the first occasion someone left a bag in merkland street, and i got stuck in the bus station until i realised there was a rear exit to the car park.
the second, the found an unexploded ww2 bomb in the granary when they were demolishing it. roads were so backed up the driver chucked us off because his shift finished. meaning i had to unknowingly walk past the thing to get home.
Eid is the end of Ramandan, loads of the kids had the day off school for it.
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Ok Thanks I knew what Ramandam was, but not that Eid was the end of it.
Bomb scares, yeh theyre a pain. Being from Belfast, its amazing that I was only ever caught up in one!
Bomb scares, yeh theyre a pain. Being from Belfast, its amazing that I was only ever caught up in one!
you've been lucky, only the one.
northern ireland is lovely, such a pity it was a bit hairy to visit for all that time.
northern ireland is lovely, such a pity it was a bit hairy to visit for all that time.

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My home was in south Belfast, beside the University - it was always a quiet spot. I think the area is now plagued by rioting drunken students lol!
ah students... i live not too far from glasgow uni, just far enough to be away from students. *nod*
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*nods*
The house next door to my brother was converted into a student house, he don't like 'em much.
The house next door to my brother was converted into a student house, he don't like 'em much.
your poor brother. 

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Was where you live affected much by the Pope's visit Hitch?
nah... he was on the south side, would only have been a problem if i was anywhere near the motorways.
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He didn't even stay the night. Don't blame him for wanting to get out of town quick with the protests. (I'm a Catholic by birth but went to Protestant schools - so not sure what I am ). But the catholic church has a lot to answer for!
yeah... catholic by birth too, but i'm too soppy and liberal for catholicism. i have gay friends, most of my wee friends at the school are moslem (catholic school, but the only one in the area that took in asylum seekers), and i'm pro choice.
so, i stopped going to church as soon as i was old enough.
so, i stopped going to church as soon as i was old enough.
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Yay we're both "lapsed catholics". Those are pretty much my views too.
I just remember, back in the 70's, my Mum being disgusted at the Nuns from the local convent school giving the rich kids lifts home on rainy days. She really saw some of the problems back then, at a time when you DIDN'T criticise the Catholic Church. I was brought up pretty liberal. Read your bible or pray if you want to be close to God, or just be kind to someone! I think the idea of praying to a certain saint with certain powers, and also to "intercede" ie have a word with God on your behalf, isn't christian but closer to pagan beliefs.
To top it off when my Mum passed away in 1990, she didn't get the last rights as she didn't want them. Then I arranged for her funeral service to be held in a protestant church, as she wanted. Some of the family had apoplexy! My Mum's cousin told me that cos of no last rights my Mum would was in Purgatory, but that the "good news" was that she was praying for her, so she'd only get a couple of years!!!
Excuse the rant - please feel free to share...
I just remember, back in the 70's, my Mum being disgusted at the Nuns from the local convent school giving the rich kids lifts home on rainy days. She really saw some of the problems back then, at a time when you DIDN'T criticise the Catholic Church. I was brought up pretty liberal. Read your bible or pray if you want to be close to God, or just be kind to someone! I think the idea of praying to a certain saint with certain powers, and also to "intercede" ie have a word with God on your behalf, isn't christian but closer to pagan beliefs.
To top it off when my Mum passed away in 1990, she didn't get the last rights as she didn't want them. Then I arranged for her funeral service to be held in a protestant church, as she wanted. Some of the family had apoplexy! My Mum's cousin told me that cos of no last rights my Mum would was in Purgatory, but that the "good news" was that she was praying for her, so she'd only get a couple of years!!!
Excuse the rant - please feel free to share...
pagans generally go straight to the deity, so i would see the having an intermediary as being distinctly christian.
egads about your mum's cousin. even if that's what she believed she should have kept her mouth shut.
egads about your mum's cousin. even if that's what she believed she should have kept her mouth shut.

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Sorry... I meant the idea of praying to a saint with certain powers was pagan ( broadly speaking ). It also has anticedents, in the Roman Gods and before that, Greek mythology.
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