tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post5001168623200854681..comments2024-03-28T18:40:59.101+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: EVERYBODY NEEDS GOOD NEIGHBOURS...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-11568007770060023212021-01-16T09:59:56.257+00:002021-01-16T09:59:56.257+00:00Doesn't it just, PS. He only got two days into...Doesn't it just, PS. He only got two days into a new year - doesn't seem fair.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-73505977223809103552021-01-16T08:49:31.338+00:002021-01-16T08:49:31.338+00:00Sorry to hear. Makes one feel quite mortal.Sorry to hear. Makes one feel quite mortal.Phil Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-68209349906780122862021-01-15T18:12:27.766+00:002021-01-15T18:12:27.766+00:00Well, happy memories of childhood, DS, and Robert ...Well, happy memories of childhood, DS, and Robert was part of that, so it's always sad to see yet another aspect (whether it be person or place) of one's youth disappear. We weren't best pals who hung about together, and I'm sure he'd have forgotten me not long after I (or he) moved, but it just seems such a shame that he never got another 30-odd years before he was taken. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-40107540571108882462021-01-15T18:03:29.720+00:002021-01-15T18:03:29.720+00:00CJ, let us know what you think of the book, someo...CJ, let us know what you think of the book, someone told ne a few days ago that it's a right good read. <br /><br />Kid, sorry to hear about the passing of your friend. I believe that the friendships you make in childhood are the ones that survive time and distance, and the ones you never forget. Sounds like you have some happy memories of Robert. Dave Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562199843047738071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-31061974218205689302021-01-15T15:45:49.047+00:002021-01-15T15:45:49.047+00:00Wasn't it available as an ebook then, CJ?Wasn't it available as an ebook then, CJ?Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-59942000490916812192021-01-15T15:41:55.458+00:002021-01-15T15:41:55.458+00:00I've just bought a novel called 'Shuggie B...I've just bought a novel called 'Shuggie Bain' by Douglas Stuart which is set in the west of Scotland in the '80s. This novel won the 2020 Booker Prize (and there's a blurb on the cover saying so if anybody didn't know) and it's had excellent reviews. And yes, it's a hardback because I do buy physical books!Colin Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13564469551279026689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-64924344263782897022021-01-15T14:34:25.242+00:002021-01-15T14:34:25.242+00:00And it's that 'tribal immature nonsense...And it's that 'tribal immature nonsense' that's responsible for wars in all parts of the world, McS, not just the cause of domestic violence. Some people laugh at folk like me who are into comics and toys, but no one gets killed due to my 'childishness'. A crazy world at times, eh?Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-7409800935610425342021-01-15T14:27:49.431+00:002021-01-15T14:27:49.431+00:00Yep its a disgrace no doubt about it , and its rif...Yep its a disgrace no doubt about it , and its rife in football (and some other sports) throughout the world. Any "man" that hits or abuses his wife, partner, kids over a daft game (well over anything at all ) should be locked up and banned from ever attending a game again. The political situation in the West of Scotland will mean that this bigotry is unlikely to die out but its so much better than it was I recall in the 70S when Rangers V Celtic had 100k fans attending matches they would be battling in the city centre and its the same in other countries etc not just here to be fair its just the reason for it here is so distasteful to the majority of us - tribal immature nonsense .McSCOTTYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00180091610187270638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-34411425508036157872021-01-15T13:56:43.593+00:002021-01-15T13:56:43.593+00:00It would be nice if it died out completely, McS, a...It would be nice if it died out completely, McS, as it's a blight on Scotland. It's only a game of football, eh? Did you know that instances of domestic violence soar on old firm games because some supporters can't live with their team losing? Madness!Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-51574673748137190772021-01-15T13:51:26.656+00:002021-01-15T13:51:26.656+00:00That's a nice thing to do, I do similar with m...That's a nice thing to do, I do similar with my brother and parents old houses from time to time. Don't know why but it helps. Thankfully the Rangers /Celtic thing is dying out (there will always be the exceptions of course) - I have pals that are both mad Rangers and Celtic fans and they never have a cross word to say, they even go for pints to each others supporters Clubs. When I worked in Africa a went to a Rangers / Scottish supporters bar and it was full of CELTIC fans very surreal. McSCOTTYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00180091610187270638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-37182460451631277022021-01-15T03:39:57.591+00:002021-01-15T03:39:57.591+00:00A big Rangers fan I'm told, McS, but the forme...A big Rangers fan I'm told, McS, but the former neighbour (of myself and Robert) who informed me of his passing is a big Celtic fan and they were planning to meet up (along with some other pals) pretty soon, so there was no sectarianism I'm glad to say. Sadly, Robert obviously won't be there if that get-together now happens - such a shame. I was along at the dentist in my old neighbourhood yesterday (Thursday) and took a look at his old house - right next door to mine - and mentally raised a glass (of cola) in his memory.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-60413532438352237892021-01-15T02:31:40.013+00:002021-01-15T02:31:40.013+00:00That's really sad news as Robert was not that ...That's really sad news as Robert was not that old (6I/62 is not that old nowadays). It is a sobering fact when your peers pass away and it can hit you like a brick wall so you are allowed to be “selfish” in thinking how that affected you. There’s nothing worse than having to face your own mortality when you hear sad news like this and realise, even although we already knew it , that we are not immortal like we thought we were in our 20s etc. But these situation really should be a marker to us to make the most of the time we all have left , life is fleeting and sweet. Commiserations to your friends family he looked a nice guyMcSCOTTYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00180091610187270638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-74509258662050439592021-01-14T23:23:15.882+00:002021-01-14T23:23:15.882+00:00The odd thing is, PC, that we weren't particul...The odd thing is, PC, that we weren't particularly close pals - we didn't really hang about together, but he was one of the neighbourhood kids who was always around when I lived in the area, so it's sad to learn he's gone. Another light in the sky of my childhood suddenly gone out, which is probably a selfish way to look at it, as if it affects only me. His family and close friends will be devastated of course, but may take some small measure of consolation from the fact that even former neighbours from his distant past still remember him so fondly. Robert went to my primary school as well as my secondary, though I went a year before him, so he wasn't in any of my secondary school classes. He was in my primary class though, and is in a class photo on the blog somewhere. Thanks for commenting, everyone else seems to have given the post a body-swerve. Too sad perhaps.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-57407313141246664002021-01-14T23:08:06.089+00:002021-01-14T23:08:06.089+00:00It is strange how some of these relationships tran...It is strange how some of these relationships trancend the years and whatever else life throws at you in that time. In my case I really wouldn't care to meet many of the people that I attended primary school with and was only too happy to move out of the town that I grew up in after I finished college. <br />The people that I attended college with however, during what I consider and remember as one of the most enjoyable times in my life, I did want to meet up with again, but it took several decades before that came to fruition. I felt a real sense of closure once I had the opportunity to see most of them again. Once you got over the the fact that none of them were the young art students I saw looking out of my photos from that time, it was fascinating to learn how their lives had played out sibce then. One was even a grandparent by now, another had died from cancer about 15 years earlier, a fact they had all had time to process as most of them had either stayed back in my old home town or kept in touch, but which was a shock to me.<br />It can be a double edged sword however, in that while you recall fond memories of earlier times, you are also reminded of just how quickly time passes and that none of us are going to live forever!<br />Great post and very thought-provoking.Philip Crawleynoreply@blogger.com