Amiably barmy Scot in mad Brasilian city with amazing husband,commuting to North Sea. Overly interested in politics, film, literature, rugby & beer consumption
Hussam Ebu Safieh, "İsrail'in rehineler için ölüm cezası" ile öldürülecek olan Filistinli doktorlardan biridir (diğer 95 doktor arasında).
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@Gibboanxious 20s Nosferatu
30s The Invisible Man
40s It's A Wonderful Life
50s Invasion of the Body Snatchers
60s Dr Strangelove
70s Exorcist
80s Aliens
90s All About My Mother
00s Pan's Labyrinth
10s Arrival
20s The Life of Chuck
From Cork to the Congo, from Galway to the Gaza Strip, from this legislative assembly to the United Nations, Ireland is sending its most talented men to do the world's most important work. You are not content to sit by your fireside while others are in need of your help. - JFK
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▪️Bu videoyu çekiyoruz çünkü her an ölebiliriz.
▪️Hastalarımızın %70-80'i çocuk ve hamile kadınlar.
▪️9 aylık hamile, başı kesilmiş bir kadını doğurttum.
▪️Lütfen bu terör ve dehşeti durdurun.
@GAltringham Sen Deathdream? Movie the director did before Black Christmas.
A young man returning from Vietnam may have be so completely changed as to be human no longer. Saw it recently - really surprised me!
An American 70's horror fable
@TheCinesthetic Jeepers Creepers.
The first half hour is extraordinary - you think you're away to watch a horror so intense it's going to give Texas Chainsaw a run for its money. Then a huge man bat thing appears....well, that's that fucked.
Shame- opportunity squandered!
'Unionism offers nothing imaginative. It’s dead when it comes to ideas.
'We see that reflected in the leadership of the Scottish Tories and Scottish Labour. Anas Sarwar and Russell Findlay both got thrashed at the election. Yet both still remain as the leaders of their parties. That is as bold an admission of failure as it is possible to make.' || Neil Mackay 👇
𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
Mamdani: "Of the Margret Thatcher quote, the problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money. If anything my friends, it seems you eventually need a socialist to clean up the mess."
Retiring from the British Army can be complicated...
Lt. Colonel Robert Maclaren retired from the British Army in 2001 after a long fulfilling career. On the day that he retired he received a letter from the Personnel Department of the Ministry of Defence setting out details of his pension and, in particular, the tax-free ‘lump sum’ award, (based upon completed years of service), that he would receive in addition to his monthly pension.
The letter read:
“Dear Lt. Colonel Maclaren,
We write to confirm that you retired from the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards on 1st March 2001 at the rank of Lt Colonel, having been commissioned into the British Army at Edinburgh Castle as a 2nd Lieutenant on 1st February 1366.
Accordingly your lump sum payment, based on years served, has been calculated as £68,500. You will receive a cheque for this amount in due course.
Yours sincerely,
Army Paymaster”
Col Maclaren replied:
“Dear Paymaster,
Thank you for your recent letter confirming that I served as an officer in the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards between 1st February 1366 and 1st March 2001 – a total period of 635 years and 1 month.
I note however that you have calculated my lump sum to be £68, 500, which seems to be considerably less than it should be bearing in mind my length of service since I received my commission from King Edward III.
By my calculation, allowing for interest payments and currency fluctuations, my lump sum should actually be £6,427,586,619.47p.
I look forward to receiving a cheque for this amount in due course.
Yours sincerely,
Robert Maclaren (Lt Col Retd)”
A month passed by and then in early April, a stout manilla envelope from the Ministry of Defence in Edinburgh dropped through Col Maclaren’s letter box, it read:
“Dear Lt Colonel Maclaren,
We have reviewed the circumstances of your case as outlined in your recent letter to us dated 8th March inst.
We do indeed confirm that you were commissioned into the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards by King Edward III at Edinburgh Castle on 1st February 1366, and that you served continuously for the following 635 years and 1 month.
We have re-calculated your pension and have pleasure in confirming that the lump sum payment due to you is indeed £6,427,586,619.47p.
However,
We also note that according to our records you are the only surviving officer who had command responsibility during the following campaigns and battles:
*The Wars of the Roses 1455 -1485 (Including the battles of Bosworth Field, Barnet and Towton)
*The Civil War 1642 -1651 (Including the battles Edge Hill, Naseby and the conquest of Ireland)
*The Napoleonic War 1803 – 1815 (including the battle of Waterloo and the Peninsular War)
*The Crimean War (1853 – 1856) (including the battle of Sevastopol and the Charge of the Light Brigade)
*The Boer War (1899 -1902).
We would therefore wish to know what happened to the following, which do not appear to have been returned to Stores by you on completion of operations:
*9765 Cannon
*26,785 Swords
*12,889 Pikes
*127,345 Rifles (with bayonets)
*28,987 horses (fully kitted)
Plus three complete marching bands with instruments and banners.
We have calculated the total cost of these items and they amount to £6,427,518.119.47p.
WE have therefore subtracted this sum from your lump sum, leaving a residual amount of £68,500, for which you will receive a cheque in due course.
Yours sincerely . . . .”