Partick Thistle - the great Glasgow alternative, a football team nearest and dearest to myself and a select band of followers -
they dont play in Blue, they dont play in green
But they are the greatest team the world has ever seen !
Anyway enough of that nonsense - the Jags or Maryhill magyars as they are fondly known are back in the Scottish premier league after a 10 year absence - it will be a tough year for them but here's hoping that they can consolidate their stay and avoid relegation at the end of the season, they are a young team but have loads of talent, so I can't wait for the start of the season.
Check their web site out http://ptfc.co.uk
22/04/14 Well the season is drawing to a close with only 4 games to go till it ends, it has been a season of highs (not many) and lows (a lot) the team were sitting in the relegation play off spot as we entered the league split we were one point behind Ross County & three points behind Kilmarnock, our first game post split was Kilmarnock away on Saturday past, we had not won there for 20 years so my expectation levels were not too high, but the Jags came away with a 2 - 1 victory which moved the team up level with Kilmarnock, and with Ross County suffering a defeat we are now 2 points above them and they occupy the play off spot - here's hoping ! we play St Mirren at home on Friday evening - another massive game and one we would very much like to win, then our last 3 games are against Hearts (already relegated) Hib's, then Ross County.
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14/03/14
It's been a while since I have written anything or updated the web site, but things are going well and the boat has now moved from Kaplica to Esentepe fisherman's harbour for the winter so that we can work on her, she is being completely stripped down and rewired, the engine has been out and has been realigned, the prop shaft has had new universal joints fitted, all the hoses have been replaced, the fuel line has been replaced also, we have had a new dashboard fitted and all new gauges and switches fitted and the boat is being wired properly this time,
Once things are a little more advanced with the boat I will post some photographs of it and the works that have been done on her in readiness for the new boating season and our trip over to Turkey, we have now got a small flotilla of 3 - possibly 4 boats going over, we plan to sail to Aydincik as our first port of call.
17/03/2014
St Patrick's day
Legend has it that St Patrick was responsible for getting rid of all the snakes in Ireland - why did he have to send so many to North Cyprus,
the snakes that prey on the vulnerable - women and old people, milking them of their savings,
the snakes that are filled with greed the ones that see only what they want and not the greater needs of the community.
the snakes that slither together in their pits, pulling asunder those who have principles
the snakes that hiss their venom at every given opportunity to attack those who don't agree with their greedy ways.
So mote it be !
they dont play in Blue, they dont play in green
But they are the greatest team the world has ever seen !
Anyway enough of that nonsense - the Jags or Maryhill magyars as they are fondly known are back in the Scottish premier league after a 10 year absence - it will be a tough year for them but here's hoping that they can consolidate their stay and avoid relegation at the end of the season, they are a young team but have loads of talent, so I can't wait for the start of the season.
Check their web site out http://ptfc.co.uk
22/04/14 Well the season is drawing to a close with only 4 games to go till it ends, it has been a season of highs (not many) and lows (a lot) the team were sitting in the relegation play off spot as we entered the league split we were one point behind Ross County & three points behind Kilmarnock, our first game post split was Kilmarnock away on Saturday past, we had not won there for 20 years so my expectation levels were not too high, but the Jags came away with a 2 - 1 victory which moved the team up level with Kilmarnock, and with Ross County suffering a defeat we are now 2 points above them and they occupy the play off spot - here's hoping ! we play St Mirren at home on Friday evening - another massive game and one we would very much like to win, then our last 3 games are against Hearts (already relegated) Hib's, then Ross County.
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14/03/14
It's been a while since I have written anything or updated the web site, but things are going well and the boat has now moved from Kaplica to Esentepe fisherman's harbour for the winter so that we can work on her, she is being completely stripped down and rewired, the engine has been out and has been realigned, the prop shaft has had new universal joints fitted, all the hoses have been replaced, the fuel line has been replaced also, we have had a new dashboard fitted and all new gauges and switches fitted and the boat is being wired properly this time,
Once things are a little more advanced with the boat I will post some photographs of it and the works that have been done on her in readiness for the new boating season and our trip over to Turkey, we have now got a small flotilla of 3 - possibly 4 boats going over, we plan to sail to Aydincik as our first port of call.
17/03/2014
St Patrick's day
Legend has it that St Patrick was responsible for getting rid of all the snakes in Ireland - why did he have to send so many to North Cyprus,
the snakes that prey on the vulnerable - women and old people, milking them of their savings,
the snakes that are filled with greed the ones that see only what they want and not the greater needs of the community.
the snakes that slither together in their pits, pulling asunder those who have principles
the snakes that hiss their venom at every given opportunity to attack those who don't agree with their greedy ways.
So mote it be !
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL YOU GOOD PEOPLE OUT THERE
A look back at events over the past year
It's a true saying - you reap what you sow, living in this goldfish bowl that is the TRNC, you dare not fart but it will be surely reported that there was a loud thunder clap, I sometimes wonder if the people who go round castigating their fellow human beings to all and sundry ever stop to have a look in the mirror, and if so what do they actually see ??
At one time I would have been the first person to help someone in trouble, - well there are several in trouble here at present but considering what has gone before I most certainly will not be extending the hand of friendship to these people in the foreseeable future as I said you reap what you sow !
I also wonder if Anita ever re-reads the idiotic posts she made on the now defunct Cyprus44 with all her yeeeeehawwwww's etc ? how that came back to bite her on the proverbial bum !
And of course there was the person singing the praises of certain entertainers who were the greatest thing since sliced bread - that was till they were found out for what they were hmmmm !
Well here's hoping that 2014 will bring changes, not only in people's perceptions of others but also in the ownership of businesses that need an injection of honesty and integrity - but there again those things are rare commodities here in the TRNC ;)
A look back at events over the past year
It's a true saying - you reap what you sow, living in this goldfish bowl that is the TRNC, you dare not fart but it will be surely reported that there was a loud thunder clap, I sometimes wonder if the people who go round castigating their fellow human beings to all and sundry ever stop to have a look in the mirror, and if so what do they actually see ??
At one time I would have been the first person to help someone in trouble, - well there are several in trouble here at present but considering what has gone before I most certainly will not be extending the hand of friendship to these people in the foreseeable future as I said you reap what you sow !
I also wonder if Anita ever re-reads the idiotic posts she made on the now defunct Cyprus44 with all her yeeeeehawwwww's etc ? how that came back to bite her on the proverbial bum !
And of course there was the person singing the praises of certain entertainers who were the greatest thing since sliced bread - that was till they were found out for what they were hmmmm !
Well here's hoping that 2014 will bring changes, not only in people's perceptions of others but also in the ownership of businesses that need an injection of honesty and integrity - but there again those things are rare commodities here in the TRNC ;)
15/11/2013 - TURQUOISE BAY - IT WILL NEVER GO AWAY !
It has been good this past couple of days, things are now beginning to happen with regard to the dossier we have been compiling over the past 4 years of all that went on with my business venture at Turquoise bay, I had been backed into a corner by some very unscrupulous people who thought they had pulled a masterstroke and got rid of me while stealing the business for themselves, well now armed with a lot of evidence mainly from previously deleted e-mails sent back and forth from office computers at our TQB office to various people and also e-mails sent by owners to other owners and cc'd or bcc'd inadvertantly by some very careless so called "smart people", the real and whole truth of what was going on in the last 2/3 months of our tenure there is now coming to light, the conversations between certain owners and certain staff members is ever so revealing, I have used some of these e-mails to show one or two people still concerned with TQB just what I had been finding out and I have already had one favourable response, for that (if the person reads this) I am very grateful, at least you possibly now realise that I was the patsy - I thank you for your honesty and appreciate what you did, another is in correspondence with me so watch this space.
Maybe a Mr Campbell would like to explain why a Mr CB was asking him to post things on the Turtle bay website to throw muck at another management company because he couldn't be seen to be doing it - YEP we got that e-mail as well ;)
Oh and maybe some explanations for all the payments owners were making for changeovers and little jobs etc. like the one sent from JH to a client on Turtle bay, 'there will be a small charge of 20tl for going into the TB office to do this' - oh really, who authorised this and why is there no record of the payment in the books, more - 'just pay it into our UK account it will save you paying transfer fees', or 'pay C when you get here', or the one sent by Anne "you can just pay me when you come over" the e-mails are all here now but there are no records of the payments ever having been put through Glencoe's books and the people were never issued with official fatura's as I had laid down must happen. Thieves-Liars-Charlatans spring to mind, they were being paid a full time wage to do a part time job and still it was not enough for them !
It has been good this past couple of days, things are now beginning to happen with regard to the dossier we have been compiling over the past 4 years of all that went on with my business venture at Turquoise bay, I had been backed into a corner by some very unscrupulous people who thought they had pulled a masterstroke and got rid of me while stealing the business for themselves, well now armed with a lot of evidence mainly from previously deleted e-mails sent back and forth from office computers at our TQB office to various people and also e-mails sent by owners to other owners and cc'd or bcc'd inadvertantly by some very careless so called "smart people", the real and whole truth of what was going on in the last 2/3 months of our tenure there is now coming to light, the conversations between certain owners and certain staff members is ever so revealing, I have used some of these e-mails to show one or two people still concerned with TQB just what I had been finding out and I have already had one favourable response, for that (if the person reads this) I am very grateful, at least you possibly now realise that I was the patsy - I thank you for your honesty and appreciate what you did, another is in correspondence with me so watch this space.
Maybe a Mr Campbell would like to explain why a Mr CB was asking him to post things on the Turtle bay website to throw muck at another management company because he couldn't be seen to be doing it - YEP we got that e-mail as well ;)
Oh and maybe some explanations for all the payments owners were making for changeovers and little jobs etc. like the one sent from JH to a client on Turtle bay, 'there will be a small charge of 20tl for going into the TB office to do this' - oh really, who authorised this and why is there no record of the payment in the books, more - 'just pay it into our UK account it will save you paying transfer fees', or 'pay C when you get here', or the one sent by Anne "you can just pay me when you come over" the e-mails are all here now but there are no records of the payments ever having been put through Glencoe's books and the people were never issued with official fatura's as I had laid down must happen. Thieves-Liars-Charlatans spring to mind, they were being paid a full time wage to do a part time job and still it was not enough for them !
Willie left,
another old pal Lewis Patterson bar owner
Davy on the right
To one of my best friends Willie Wiseman who passed away this morning 6/09/13, Willie you will be sadly missed my old friend R.I.P.
Our thoughts are with you Olive at this sad time.
Willie you lived a great life and we had a lot of fun together and supped many pints of Deuchars while discussing boats and fishing and swapping yarns, we will meet again my friend.
For those who didn't know Willie he was a trawlerman out of McDuff in Banffshire who fished in Icelandic waters and elsewhere.
Our thoughts are with you Olive at this sad time.
Willie you lived a great life and we had a lot of fun together and supped many pints of Deuchars while discussing boats and fishing and swapping yarns, we will meet again my friend.
For those who didn't know Willie he was a trawlerman out of McDuff in Banffshire who fished in Icelandic waters and elsewhere.
10/07/2014
Well it's July and it's hot, time to let off some steam again, don't I just detest those people who think they are smarter than anybody else - you know the ones who know it all but when it comes down to it they really don't know more than the average Joe, then these same people resort to name calling behind one's back when they get a rebuke for doing something stupid, and then when they are overheard and get collared on it, they throw their toys out of the pram, spit the dummy out and go in the cream puff - no moral fibre these people, I have no time for it, I don't call friends smart A**e's when I think I am out of their earshot and I didn't expect it from what I consider a friend, not did I expect his pal to come out in sympathy with him either, they did a few good things around the boat, they got to use the boat in return, they made a few mistakes, but hey we're all human, but I don't consider one of them to be much of a sea person even given the fact he says he has been round boats all his life, as my friends out there know - I have been around boats all MY life, but I don't profess to know it all or any more than the other average joe but I know how to cast off and tie up and drop anchors safely, even single handedly. Another rant over ;)
Well it's July and it's hot, time to let off some steam again, don't I just detest those people who think they are smarter than anybody else - you know the ones who know it all but when it comes down to it they really don't know more than the average Joe, then these same people resort to name calling behind one's back when they get a rebuke for doing something stupid, and then when they are overheard and get collared on it, they throw their toys out of the pram, spit the dummy out and go in the cream puff - no moral fibre these people, I have no time for it, I don't call friends smart A**e's when I think I am out of their earshot and I didn't expect it from what I consider a friend, not did I expect his pal to come out in sympathy with him either, they did a few good things around the boat, they got to use the boat in return, they made a few mistakes, but hey we're all human, but I don't consider one of them to be much of a sea person even given the fact he says he has been round boats all his life, as my friends out there know - I have been around boats all MY life, but I don't profess to know it all or any more than the other average joe but I know how to cast off and tie up and drop anchors safely, even single handedly. Another rant over ;)
16/09/2014 Visit to Nicosia & Larnaca with Alan, David & Clive, visit finished off with a visit to the fish-n-chip shop in Dhekelia garrison - brilliant
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