About Me
- J.J
- Formerly known as Just Jane, but with a blog move carried out in haste I managed to end up with a blog nickname I hate..J bloody J. Oh well, too late to do anything about it now. Call me what you will. So apart from a stupid title I have three off spring, one very special bloke, lots of friends, a great family, a job I love and a rubbish football team who I love too. I also have a tendency to go on abit.....you have been warned.
My Blog List
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Durham - As if by magic, this blogpost has published even though I am not sitting in my lair surrounded by my books, scribblings, papers, souvenir beach stones a...1 day ago
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Z is wakeful - I went to Reading for Carolyn's wake and, beforehand, had lunch with Clare, Tim's neighbour. She's lovely, a retired music teacher (in a school, not pr...1 week ago
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The One Where Ricky Gervais Got a 2.2 - I noticed that Wikipedia still lists Ricky Gervais as having a 2.1. Since I sat next to him at the ceremony and received, like every other graduate pre...10 months ago
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Bus passes - One of the good things about being sixty plus is that you are entitled to a bus pass, which means that, within Wales, your bus journeys are free of charge ...6 years ago
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My Strictly Fantasy, AKA holy crap it's a blog post! - OK so I haven't written for a long time. My health has gotten in the way. I'm still ill, but occasionally I have an idea. Today is one of those days. H...9 years ago
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"All is well": The Decemberists, O2 Academy, Leeds - Valentine's Day 14 February 2015 - The last time we saw The Decemberists was back during endtimes of The Crane Wife tour in 2007 in Wolverhampton (in the Wulfrun Hall). It was a pleasure to ...10 years ago
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and yes I said yes I will Yes. - OK, so my good intentions didn't get many posts written, eh? Of course, like everyone registered to vote in Scotland, I've been a bit preoccupied just rece...11 years ago
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From Music Teacher to Magic Fairy Dust Practitioner - My friend is a music teacher. She's put in a lot of effort over the years. She started to play the violin, age seven and practised every day throughout h...12 years ago
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Home Improvement Software - Its Advantages And Disadvantages - Computers play a large roll in people's lives. So why not in the home improvement aspect of it? There are tons of computer programs that do massive improv...12 years ago
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Broccoli and the art of skiving - "Do you like broccoli?" Nine times out of ten it's not a question any of us would struggle with. In my case it's: "Fresh purple sprouting yes, big green lu...13 years ago
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Hotting up - Back in the land of the living!!!! Well it's all hotting up nicely at the end of the season.Some teams already know their fate, whether good or bad, but so...13 years ago
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oh hello! - I can write things on my blog again. The little pencil icon vanished and I couldn't be arsed to faff around trying to post stuff by going into my dashboar...13 years ago
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No Bad Bein a Scot - Ah've just come doon fae the Isle o Skye....It's late May and i didnae expect closed bridges, broken trees and a big fat lorry lyin on its side but shit l...14 years ago
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Twat * - So we head off in ex's car to take the boy and his mate to the Big Chill festival. I stayed for the weekend last year and had a great time, but I have deci...15 years ago
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Oct 30th 09: A Radical Burns Shindig (Sat 31st Oct, 7.30pm) - Still alive. Still kicking. A RADICAL BURNS SHINDIG With Janice Galloway, Don Paterson, Bashabi Fraser and Kevin Williamson. Out of the Blue 30-38 Dalmen...16 years ago
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Cheap video time again! - walking down the main Sydenham high street I saw one of the charidee shops with videos at a bargain 50p each, and an even bigger bargain of four for a quid...16 years ago
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Favourite places include South Africa
And Dublin
And Cornwall
And another favourite place is
Pembrokeshire
And Tenby
Tenby
And Edinburgh
And Marrakesh
And Lapland
And especially New Cross !
9 comments:
I never met a Scot who didn't have a huge racist chip on his shoulder about England and the English and I think I can say that with some validity having lived in Scotland for five years in the seventies. They should be grateful! We brought them trousers and malt vinegar, electricity and Morecambe and Wise and we have employed lots of their footballers over the years so that they could send food packages back to their wee bairns in The Gorbals. They always want England to lose because underneath it all they are jealous of the English nation. COME ON ENGLAND!
Sorry, but I never understand why the English think they have a God given right to be supported by another nation just because it happens to be next door. Do you expect a Liverpool fan to support Everton? No. Do you expect a Man Utd fan to support City? No. Do you expect a Cobblers fan to support Peterborough? No. Do you expect a fan of the might all-conquering Spurs to support that bunch of French twats from down the road? No. More to the point, would you expect the Belgians to support Holland, or the Portuguese to support Spain? No. Yet you seem to believe that we Scots are being mean spirited because we fail to support a country which has repeatedly invaded us for a millenium or more simply because we happen to share a border. Methinks it is not us who have the inferiority complex.
'mon the Soca Warriors!
you're at 50/50. go with what i said. i said yes. i know everything. ask my husband.
So why doesn't the (Eurovision song contest) neighbour principle apply in football? Explain that to me, someone, please.
Excellent - a little light-hearted fun from JJ gets everyone into a tizzy! Silly people!
For what it's worth, while I am a guest in this beautiful country and think the English people to be warm, kind and wonderful, I choose, for entertainment reasons, not to support their football team. On the other hand, I can't stand those self-hating English people - usually middle class and usually Guardian, Morning Star and Socialist Worker readers, in my experience - who snobbishly don't support their country when it comes to football. But maybe that is a debate I should host on my own blog rather than here on JJ's! At the same time I may have a few words to say on the reactionary and crass anti-English feelings which do exist in Scotland.
Alan - well said. COYS
Oh and JJ, yes obv!
Well said Cliff - let's forget all the nonsense and just enjoy! It is, after all, just a game!
I'm going to support australia.
...cos I can!
I think YP is pretty well wrong, either that or he's met the wrong Scots. The chip isn't racist at all. Its simply a prebyterian modesty that wouldn't allow us to blow the same trumpet for 40 years. As for jealousy what's to be jealous of in Nationalism?
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