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Here’s Tae Us

If cwj, Sheona, JW or assorted Jock relatives of other authors look in tonight, they will recognise my title straight away. It is the first line of a typically modest and self-effacing toast which we Jocks tend to make when well out of earshot of our dearly-beloved Southron kith and kin.

In full, and translated into English:-

‘Here’s to Us. Who is like Us? Damn few and they’re all dead.’

Tonight, however, I offer the toast to all authors hereon and to a triple of individuals in particular. If that hasty Vking, Janus, had been here himself I am sure that he would be pointing out that Boa’s site is about to sail through the 150,000 hit mark.

Having done a bit of digging, I find that the oldest extant post on the site appears to be one from Ferret on 24/01/10.

https://charioteers.org/2010/01/24/fair-dinkum/

Moving on, the boy Janus harbinged the 100,000 hit on 01/10/10.

https://charioteers.org/2010/10/01/charge-your-glasses/

And here we are tonight just a tad short of 150,000 hits and with the clear certainty that we will romp past that figure by tomorrow  (GMT). I’m not quite sad enough to actually do the math(s) but it seems to me that we are going from strength to strength.

Up until now, I have been using ‘we’ purely in the collective sense but it’s time to thank the proprietorial we’s and their henchman. Thanks to Boa, Bearsy and Soutie for all their efforts. Personally, I really enjoy posting here and I trust that the 200,000 mark will be here before we know it.

And, in all seriousness, my toast is ‘Here’s to ‘Boa’s Chariot’ and to all of us.’

Great man!

For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.
Winston Churchill


Best to watch both parts to get the whole speech.

Goodnight everyone, sleep well.

The Fighter

The robbers always seem to be one step ahead of the cops in the online world. For nothing, that is i.e. no money, you can download free music, movies, and books. The entertainment industry is in free fall as everything is just a few mouse clicks away. Only the other day a friend offered me 1,001 e-books –all modern classics- to view on my computer via a USB stick if I wanted and free of charge. Naturally, I …refused.

To help the ailing film industry I am regular movie-goer. Continue reading “The Fighter”