Calling all Scots!!!

[silverdamascus]

Congrats sueKay (and the rest of us) on the threads 1000th post! :D

[sueKay]

thankies!

CONGRATS EVERYONE!!!!!!

(I didn't even notice! :o)

[silverdamascus]

Thunder and lightening, yay! :D

...I should probably turn off the laptop then huh...whoopsy.

[Missster.Freeman]

You should just let the lappy run on battery power until the storm passes.

[sueKay]

BTW - Has anyone read the comments pages at Andy Murray's website?

I have never been so disgusted in my life...idiots on both sides of the divide...hope his site admin deletes the whole thing.

[Anubis69]

I heard about them. Disgusting, indeed. Although i heard that he got an amazing support yesterday so... :S

On the flip side i got myspace the other day and found a "Scotland Rocks" group. Genius... One of the anecdotes:

Well, as I just told an englishman who appeared rather down at his country's defeat after all of their trash talking, all of their promises, and all of their "The Scots are so racist for not supporting us! They'll look real silly when we win!"

I slapped him on the shoulder and said...

"Don't worry, have a mars bar :)"

He didn't seem to see the funny side....

Whoever Seraphina is, she's an absolute legend.
Check here for a full thing of things (http://forum.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=messageboard.viewThread&entryID=19249228&groupID=100247769&adTopicID=25&Mytoken=442CEDE5-BC18-44A6-A2281E381C1E776B708703093). Also sums up my reasoning for not supporting England at the WC nicely at the bottom of the page... Funnily enough, i remember saying that ages ago in the football thread and it defused the "tense" situation nicely..

[Missster.Freeman]

What's the URL? is it http://www.andymurraynews.com/? It looks like most of the comments have been deleted, but I've just seen one comment from an England fan saying "he doesn't deserve to be at Wimbledon and hopes his tennis career is very very short." :/

[sueKay]

no it was at http://www.andymurray.com at his blogs on the 30th

[sueKay]

a lot of them were saying that we're just jealous of England...that we were backwards and stupid and some other horrid things...though some of the Scots were just as bad IMO

[silverdamascus]

I'm just going to take your word for it. I fully believe what its like but I've no desire to expose myself to that kind of vitriol. Hope the poor bloke doesn't hear any of it himself.

[BruTak]

I say, I say, I say! What goes beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep? The England team's open topped bus reversing back into the garage. :jack_new_anime18:

Anyway, when (and indeed if) we get a GW Scotland meetup on the go, might I suggest Glasgow's Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery as a venue?

[silverdamascus]

Big Scots hugs all around! :D

[dipsofjazz]

Big Scots hugs all around! :D
:D Backatcha!

[sueKay]

speaking of Kelvingrove Art Gallery...anyone going there on the opening day??

[BruTak]

speaking of Kelvingrove Art Gallery...anyone going there on the opening day??
Um, dunno. When it is again? I know it's sometime the middle of this month, but my memory ain't what it used to be. ;)

[sueKay]

It's the 11th :)

I'm going up cos I entered a competition about Kelvingrove a few years back, and I heard that cos it was so soon before they shut for the refurb, that my entry might still be on display :)

[BruTak]

Curses and other naughty words! Sadly I won't be able to make it, I'll be skint after the weekend (I never have any money on a Tuesday anyway, but that's not the point).

I'm heading up to Perth tomorrow to spend the weekend with Nick and Kitty. It's Nick's birthday on Saturday (and mine on Sunday - but that's another matter entirely ;) ), and I've got a present he'll either love to bits, or i'll end up sleeping in a tent in the back garden...

[Lady_E]

It's the 11th :)

I'm going up cos I entered a competition about Kelvingrove a few years back, and I heard that cos it was so soon before they shut for the refurb, that my entry might still be on display :)


Ooooo i sooooooooo love the Art Gallery :) Might go for a wonder around and see whats been done (if i'm not working that is :S )

[sueKay]

I'm probably going up with my parents :)

If not I'll be on my ownsome!

[silverdamascus]

Kelvingrove? That's the big one that was on the news the otherday cause of the refurbishment, right?

[sueKay]

Yup :) It's in Partick and it's next door to Glasgow Uni :)

[silverdamascus]

BruTak mate, happy birthday! :D Have a big happy birthday hug!

[Missster.Freeman]

Whoa! Well spotted silverdamascus!

Happy birthday BruTak. :D Ye're catchin up on me. ;)

Not sure about a hug from me though. :o :P

[Anubis69]

Happy Birthday BruTak! *High 5* :D

[sueKay]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRU'TAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope you have a great day!!

[Nel]

Happy Birthday BruTak - I hope all your dreams come true.

[silverdamascus]

Whoa! Well spotted silverdamascus!

Happy birthday BruTak. :D Ye're catchin up on me. ;)

Not sure about a hug from me though. :o :P

I noticed something, yay me. :D

Sigh fine, we'll call it a birthday "green" from you then shall we? Hug just sounds friendlier. Sigh, men.

:p

[majorshrl]

(((Brutak))

Happy birthday hope you had a wonderful day

[dipsofjazz]

:D Happy Birthday BruTak. Cheers.

[Egeria]

Happy Birthday Brutak!!! :D

[BruTak]

*shuffles feet in an embarrassed manner* Awww, you guys...:o

Many thanks for the birthday wishes.:cameron:

[Indiana]

MANY HAPPY RETURNS! And a Happy unbirthday to everyone else!

[Thunderbird 2]

Many Happy Returns Master B! Hope you had a great day and lots of cake! :mckayanime08:

[BruTak]

Cake was luverly! Got two lots, cos it was Nasty Nick's birthday the day before mine. :)

[Anubis69]

... You know it's a heat wave in Scotland when folk are swimming in the sea at Ayr beach... :eek: I'll keep cool by firing some water in my hair and cycling faster, thanks all the same... :P

How's the weather for everyone else?

[sueKay]

absolutely roastin'!

to make matters worse, I've started work at the newsagents at Loch Lomond Shores...so when you do the math (small space, no air conditioning, and hundreds of sweaty tourists...)

*wails*

and I still look like a milk bottle...grumble

[Missster.Freeman]

hehe. It's a heatwave where I am too. ;) And here's me stuck in front of my radiator PC. :S

You know it's a heat wave in Scotland when folk are swimming in the sea at Ayr beach
They're brave. Or from Glasgow. :P

[dipsofjazz]

:D It's boiling here too. I was watching folk swimming down at Portobello beach today.....not that I went anywhere near the water!:p

Anyone fancy a cone?

[Anubis69]

They're brave. Or from Glasgow. :P
LOL! :D
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4699/golf02junens5.gif
Hole in one!

^Well... if you're offering... I don't usually take ice cream from strangers though... :P

[Missster.Freeman]

LOL! :D
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4699/golf02junens5.gif
Hole in one!
:D *me pinch?*

I'll have a cone. I'm partial to rum n' raisin myself. Yumm :)

[dipsofjazz]

^Well... if you're offering... I don't usually take ice cream from strangers though... :P
:D Cones for all...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/dipsofjazz/silly%20pics/icecreamcones.jpg

[_WraithQueen_]

ice cream!!! woo!!!!! :P

[Nel]

Is it Luca's ice cream Bev - then I'd definitely have some.

[dipsofjazz]

Is it Luca's ice cream Bev - then I'd definitely have some.
:D Would I supply anything else??????

[Anubis69]

and I still look like a milk bottle...grumble
Yeah me too, before today anyway... As it turns out, the sun was pretty strong and my "fair" skin took quite a burning by our rarely visible friend, the sun... *sigh* as i so hilariously discovered when i got in the shower... :eek: The curse of being blonde i guess... *strokes hair* :P :D
...
*licks vanilla cone while proof reading and realising i use far too many of these "..."* :S

[sueKay]

I use far too many of those '...' too :D

my skin's really fair, but when I was a kid, I once got really bad sunburn, and since then, I've just stayed white!

I've given up on fake tan though, cos the streaky bacon look just isn't appealing is it! :o :D

[Egeria]

Good grief....it's another scorcher today. This is so not right, it's a Scottish summer, where's the rain??? ;)

[silverdamascus]

This heat is not right. I'm too scared to actually go out in this with my skin, the heat is about to suffocate me anyway. Sulk. A friend from the states actually commented yesterday: "If it keeps up like this I'm going to forget I'm in Scotland."

[BruTak]

Oh the heat, the heat!!! I daren't take my shirt off, Greenpeace would try and smother me in lanolin and push me back into the Clyde...:cameron:

[Thunderbird 2]

Urgh, its roasting down here too, and I canna handle it when its like this! My job means I am in a building with a roof that incorporates a sizeable glass pyramid, so I feel like a tomato plant in a glass house!

I'd give anything to be swimming in the River Earn or Isla right now. - Is there any of that Ice Cream left? :mckayanime08: :beckettanime04:

Incidentally thanks to dipsofjazz and everyone else who reccomended the Caramel Waifers and tea - It did help!

[BruTak]

Ice Cream? I'll have a mint choc-chip 99 please. From Nardini's in Largs if possible...:cameron:

[Egeria]

Oh the heat, the heat!!! I daren't take my shirt off, Greenpeace would try and smother me in lanolin and push me back into the Clyde...:cameron:

LMAO...BruTak, you don't half make me laugh! :D

I can't believe how hot it is, supposed to be hotter tomorrow...this just isn't right. :)

[BruTak]

Well gang, I hope it cools down a wee bit by next weekend. I'm off to a wedding in Edinburgh next Saturday - which means nice suit etc. Which also means possible heatstroke if the weather's anything like tihs...

[Missster.Freeman]

I wouldn't bet on it staying hot BruTak. Better take a brolly with you, just in case. ;)

[sueKay]

Someone say Nardinis?????

*drool*

they have like the best ice cream EVER!

(say she who is sitting with a litre tub of Mackies in her hands)

[Egeria]

^ Oooh yes....Nardinis. :D

[Nel]

I've never tried Nardinis - but it would be nice to have ice cream in this weather.

I love it - the only problem is being stuck at work.

I'm lucky, I don't burn easily but I've not had a chance to get much of a tan this year so far now that I've moved to a house without a garden.

[Anubis69]

Nardini's... Amazing! IMO, the only thing which could match it is Ronaldo's of Ayr. :P

Unbelievable... i can't believe i got sunburned twice in 2 days. :S

[silverdamascus]

Never even heard of it, I'd go for Thorntons stuff its gorgeous. Though I'm kinda too afraid to leave the flat in this kind of heat. Stupid heat.

[RuleBritannia]

http://www.baronage.co.uk/bpgif-03/badges/campbelb.gif

[sueKay]

Anubis - I went to Ronaldo's last time I was in Ayr...got Raspberry Ruffle...it was fantastic...I'd never tried that flavour before!

[Anubis69]

*High 5*!! :D I think i might have had that before actually... at Christmas i went "Ker-azy" and started mixing 3 flavours... vanilla, cranberry and i think that might have been the other one... If it's the one that i'm thinking of, it's damn good stuff.

[Anubis69]

I can't believe how hot it is, supposed to be hotter tomorrow...this just isn't right. :)
:eek: I just re-read this... My God... we're going to die.

(pardon the double post btw)

[sueKay]

nooo...we're all gonna die!

Btw...do any of you think it's kinda freaky that there's a heatwave absolutely everywhere? Not just Scotland or even the British isles, but everywhere?

[Missster.Freeman]

I know, it's unbelievable! My PC has been recycling hot air all day and night. I swear it's going to meltdown through my floor to the earth's core. :S

edit: I know, it's my comp that's causing it. :P

[majorshrl]

I never thought I'd say this but Thank God it rained this mornin, A little bit cooler but I've got a stinking cold I ask you at this time of year.

[Egeria]

No rain here yet, still warm and muggy. We've got thunderstorms forecast for later, you can feel it in the air....not nice.

[sueKay]

My sinuses are aching cos of the pressure in the air...hope the thunderstorms come quickly!

[Egeria]

It's nasty isn't it Sue, my sinuses are playing up as well. :(

[sueKay]

yeah that and I've got conjunctivitis as well at the moment...can't see, smell or hear all that well! lol!

[silverdamascus]

Wey, just about normal weather again! I can brave the outdoors once more...y'know, if I wanted to...

[Missster.Freeman]

It's just started peeing down here. Still betty swallocks inside though.

[BruTak]

Am I the only Scot here who gets really annoyed every time they see the "Scottish Infantry - forward as one" ad on the TV?
What Scottish infantry? Westminster's disbanded all the Scottish regiments...

Hoi! Tony Blair! You wanna disband an Army regiment? Start with them daft looking buggers that sit on horses outside the Queen's house...:mckay:

[sueKay]

LOL

Yeah...it pisses me off too

also pisses me off that no matter which war number 10 gets us into, it's our boys on the frontline every time.

[BruTak]

Speaking of ads, there's one I love to bits - the Dodge Calibre. It's a focus group comprised entirely of generic stuffed animals getting asked what they think of the new car

I saw it for the first time on Monday night and nearly fell off my chair laughing. Keep your eyes open for it.:cameron:

[Egeria]

^ I like that ad, I'm sure one of the animals is voiced by the person that does Bobby in King of the Hill.

[silverdamascus]

It's just weird that ad. It's one of the ones that makes you wish you'd been in the board meeting when it was suggested. "I know, we have these cuddly toys..."

[AmberLM]

nooo...we're all gonna die!

Btw...do any of you think it's kinda freaky that there's a heatwave absolutely everywhere? Not just Scotland or even the British isles, but everywhere?

Well, that's what global warming will do for ya! It's hotter than Hell in Manchester too, I thought my computer was going to explode yesterday, it was too hot to touch!

*Longing to be up in Aberdeen* At least there's a nice sea breeze up there!

BTW that toy/car ad really freaked me out the first time I saw it! (Not to mention the whole trying to toughen up the image of 4x4s so even MORE people will buy them! Well, if we carry on at this rate, we can look forward to this blistering heat all year round! Sounds oh-so-fun on an island that has never heard of turning off the heaters in public places, nevermind air conditioning!)

[Egeria]

^You wouldn't have wanted to be in Aberdeen the last couple of days, it's been fogged in with the 'haar'. :)

Well we didn't get the promised rain or storms yesterday here so now it's just muggy and horrid. Anyone know a good rain-dance?

[Anubis69]

^
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/9161/9688858eax6.gif

or

http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/7265/animatedgraphics1091kd.gif
?

Well they worked down here anyway... :D

[Egeria]

^ LOL, glad they worked for you. It's not so muggy here now, the sun's come out and it's quite nice now. :D

[dipsofjazz]

:D It's the same here. I thought it was going to rain but it hasn't. It's been days and days since we last had rain. *joins in with the rain dance*

[BruTak]

^ I like that ad, I'm sure one of the animals is voiced by the person that does Bobby in King of the Hill.
Now that you mention it, the furry blue lion does sound like Bobby - who incidentally, is voiced by an actress, Pamela Segall.

[Egeria]

^ Cool, it's not just me then. :)

Oh and Anubis your rain dances must've worked because it's raining at long last!!! :D

[silverdamascus]

No rain in Ed but hey, not dying of heat anymore, wey! :D

[AmberLM]

^You wouldn't have wanted to be in Aberdeen the last couple of days, it's been fogged in with the 'haar'. :)

Well we didn't get the promised rain or storms yesterday here so now it's just muggy and horrid. Anyone know a good rain-dance?

Oh I'd quite willingly swap this horrendous solar radiation for a nice, thick fog! I love "bad weather", especially rain and storms, but I'm not so much a fan of any temperatures above 15oC!

[sueKay]

lol

same here...anything over 16 or 17 is pushing it for me!

Welcome to our humble little thread AmberLM :D

[Egeria]

lol

Welcome to our humble little thread AmberLM :D

Yes, welcome AmberLM! :D It might be a "humble little thread", but it's nice here, alright there's a few crazies around but they're really quite harmless. :D

[sueKay]

hey it's my humble little thread :P :D

we're crazy in the nice way though :D

[Anubis69]

Oh and Anubis your rain dances must've worked because it's raining at long last!!! :D
Ah Elmo... Once again your shenanigans bring meteorological harmony in the form of precipitation. He can do almost anything you know! E.g. A cracking rendition of ELO's Mr Bright Sky, piloting your average zeppelin and travelling through time without a Delorian...... Some of those are made up. Try and guess which ones, i think you'll be pleasantly surprised!! (Oh jees, I've said if before and i'll say it again... i need to get out more.)

As to the weather, i like nice hot weather, until it interferes with sleep. Nothign better than a blistering hot day for a good game of football or cycling...

[Egeria]

^ Elmo is evil! As a parent who had to endure 'tickle-me-Elmo' I can honestly say that I hate the little red dude. Though kudos to him if his dance bought me the rain. :D I do love ELO though (it's one of my guilty pleasures, The Diary of Horace Wimp is one of my all-time favourite songs). ;)

[AmberLM]

Thanks for the "warm" welcome guys! (I know, I know, that was *really* bad, feel free to kick me out next time I make a joke that's that pathetic!)

Anyways, I know I'm not currently living North of the border but my Grandad was a Dundonian and, as I might have mentioned just a *few* times :) I'm hoping to move to Aberdeen in a few months for Uni, so I figured I should come and join you guys!

BTW I'm all out of green but I love the dancing Elmo and Carlton! :D Not seen 'Fresh Prince' for a looooooooong time!

[sueKay]

Well Amber, when you move up here, you have to come visit me in Glasgow :D

[Anubis69]

^ Elmo is evil! As a parent who had to endure 'tickle-me-Elmo' I can honestly say that I hate the little red dude. Though kudos to him if his dance bought me the rain. :D I do love ELO though (it's one of my guilty pleasures, The Diary of Horace Wimp is one of my all-time favourite songs). ;)
LOL! That'll be why i still love the little scamp, i've never even seen a tickle-me-Elmo in person! TBH, it would kinda creep me out anyway... :P Almost as much as Furbies.

[Missster.Freeman]

alright there's a few crazies around :D
But...But... i aren't... :danielanime08:

[silverdamascus]

Thanks for the "warm" welcome guys! (I know, I know, that was *really* bad, feel free to kick me out next time I make a joke that's that pathetic!)

Jumpity-jumpity-jumpity-jumpity-kick.

Oh, and hello :D Good luck on the Aberdeen Uni front!

[Egeria]

But...But... i aren't... :danielanime08:

But....But....you are... :D

[Missster.Freeman]

But....But....you are... :D
Hey! I totally resemble that comment! :S :P



I'm off again. If I stay logged in here too long, I'll end up like this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/bossnads/deadGateW.jpg

[Egeria]

Page 4....that just won't do. :D

So how is everyone? The sun's still shining up here in Moray, it was really muggy yesterday but not so bad today. My only complaint is the amount of bugs that are flying around....there's loads, some really funky ones that I've never seen before....gives me the willies. :D

[Anubis69]

LOL! Anyone imagining the bugs from "Bane"? ... No... me either... :D
Actually mentioning bugs... the flying ants are making an appearance these days... I haven't seen those in years. Terrifying creatures though. I was always terrified i was gonna swallow one during a particularly intense game of roller hockey...

As to the weather: Warm... Quite muggy. It's perfect though. It's not overly warm but warm enough to break out the old shorts from the bottom drawer!

[BruTak]

The bugs from "Bane" aren't that scary... But the ones from Starship Troopers are!

[Anubis69]

Perhaps on the outside, but TBH if i were to do down... i'd rather go down fighting with a quick painless death at the hands of a near impossible foe rather than turn into hundreds of little creepy insects in a couple of days... Painfully. On the plus side though, there's probably very little mess... :D

[sueKay]

I think I've lost 2 stone to the heat!

Is it still warm for everyone else?

My condolences to people in Fife...I just saw the weather...eat lots of ice cream :P :D

[Egeria]

It's been muggy as hell up here, heard that it topped at 27c. Shouldn't complain, it'll be raining soon enough then we'll all be moaning about that. :)

[Deano]

this ones died 2 dam

[Nel]

I think I've lost 2 stone to the heat!

Is it still warm for everyone else?

My condolences to people in Fife...I just saw the weather...eat lots of ice cream :P :D

Thanks sueKay - but's it's actually been quite nice here this evening. There was a spectacular thunderstorm just as I was leaving for work - forked lighting arrived at the same time as the train (and since we had to go over the Forth Rail Bridge a few people were rather worried) but I managed to miss most of the rain and stuff.

It's hot again now, but the sky has been clear most of the evening.

[Egeria]

It's gone really dark here, expecting a huge storm very soon. We had quite a bit of lightning last night, but no rain....it was really odd. I just wish there wasn't so many bugs around, can't go out without getting covered in the beasties. :)

[silverdamascus]

Stormy! Stormy! Stormy! Stormy! Yay! :D Lucky you.

[Egeria]

Well that's just odd! In the space of half an hour we've become totally fogged in...no thunder or lightning. :(

[Missster.Freeman]

It's been all quiet on the western front so far. I did hear a few rumbles last night. But maybe that was just me. :o

Was out on my bike along the River Ayr tonight. The water was like a mirror, hardly a ripple. :cool:

[sueKay]

We had a lightening storm late last night...

...but I was dead to the world, so I missed it!

[dipsofjazz]

*flops into thread* Water......water.....so hot.....

I keep thinking we're going to get thunder, but nothing happens. Maybe tonight?

[Deano]

were geting a storm tomorrow

[Bragi]

I've got Scot blood in me. My aunt on my mother's side traced our lineage back to James VI. It sure would be nice if that were true. Now all I have to do is find a way onto the English throne and the Jacobites will finally win!

And no Irish! I make sure to point that out when talking about ancestry with Irish friends who are proud of being Irish.

[sueKay]

LOL

Welcome to the thread Bragi!

[Deano]

good talkin to yous all again

[silverdamascus]

Lol, welcome to the thread Bragi, have a green. :D The Scots blood on your mothers side then, how'd you wind up in Texas?

[Bragi]

My dad got a job here when I was still a kid.

I know how my dad's side of the family got here, but I'm not sure how my mom's side got here. My pop's side came here from Poland and Russia. My grandpa's folks were Russian and came here after the Russo-Japanese war. My grandma's folks were Polish Germans and came here in 1919.

I think the earliest of my mom's ancestors came here shortly after the Mayflower to be boring-ass puritans. A couple of them I know searched for gold in Virginia. I have ancestors who've faught in every war since the French and Indian War, which you Europeans like to call the Seven Year War. And my mom's family is one of Texas' first families.

[Deano]

right whos staying up with me

[BruTak]

Thunder, lightning, and rain - at precisely 0220hrs yesterday morning.

How did I know the time? Simple the thunder woke me up (in the middle of a particularly odd dream) and I looked at my alarm clock just as the lightning flashed.
I had a gander out the window to find the streets awash with a torrential downpour. By the time I'd returned from answering a call of nature, at about 0225hrs, the rain was off.

[Bragi]

It's 101 with 33% humidity today.

I don't know what 101 is metric, sorry.

[BruTak]

Hope the rain holds off tomorrow, I'm going to a wedding in Edinburgh. Don't wanna get my nice suit wet...:cameron:

[Deano]

Just wait to october it will be pouring and wind and i need to wear a kilt

[BruTak]

Just wait to october it will be pouring and wind and i need to wear a kilt
"Is anything worn under your kilt?"
"No, it's all in perfect working order.":cameron:

[Deano]

well i have 1 very big object under my kilt

[BruTak]

well i have 1 very big object under my kilt
Ooo-er missus, fnarr and indeed fnarr...;)

[Egeria]

well i have 1 very big object under my kilt

Ahhh Deano, thanks for the giggle. :D

[Bragi]

So uh. . . . . . . single malt scotch is really expensive here in the States. Sometimes cheaper to have shipped to you. . . wink-wink, hint-hint.

[sueKay]

Ehm...you'd be surprised...it's LOT dearer over here

There were a lot of Americans at our highland games, and they were all moaning about how expensive everything was.

Spain's really cheap for Whisky :)

[Bragi]

Ehm...you'd be surprised...it's LOT dearer over here

There were a lot of Americans at our highland games, and they were all moaning about how expensive everything was.

Spain's really cheap for Whisky :)

Yeah, a lot of Americans get really into their ancestry. There's a whole lot of us over here who spend hundreds of dollars on tartans and the such and hold highland games of their own.

I guess I just have a different perspective on it because I'm an historian. . . . . . . okay, an historian in training.

My sister-in-law is from Galicia. I'll have to ask her about liquor prices. I know her father makes his own wine.

[sueKay]

At our highland games, an American woman came up to her stall...she said she'd managed to get her piper son a kilt for $300 dollars, and that she'd gone to buy him one over here and the cheapest she could find was £600 (about $1100)!

I've not got much of an idea about whisky prices, but I've heard enough touists complaining to tell you it's dearer here than anywhere else!

[Bragi]

Dearer?

You'll have to excuse me, but my English isn't the same as your English. :P

[sueKay]

Dearer = more expensive :)

[Egeria]

I think whilst the whisky here is pricey, the single malts are still cheaper than they are in the US. We regularly have American crews flying in here with huge orders for whisky....the local distillerys must love it. :)

[sueKay]

lol

I dunno...but we get tons of complaining tourists here!
mind you...maybe it's cos I live in tourist central, where everything's overpriced.

I blame the white settlers :P :D

[Egeria]

^ LOL. Maybe it's up here on the 'Whisky Trail' that it's a wee bit cheaper ....lots of competition for the poor tourists money. ;)

[BruTak]

You should talk to my mate Jimmy the MaltMan about whisky. I swear, you could plonk him down, blindfolded, in the middle of nowhere, and he could sniff out the nearest distillery. :)

[Egeria]

^ LOL...he'd love up here! :D

[Bragi]

I know that once Jack Daniel's and Jim Beam are done with their barrels, several of the distilleries up by y'all buy them up.

[sueKay]

I live very close to the J&B distillery, so every time I see a bottle on TV I get this completely unnecessary feeling of pride...lol!

[Bragi]

J&B!?

J&B?!?!

I think I love you, girl.

[sueKay]

LOL

I hate the stuff :P :D ;)

[Bragi]

It's like, 7 in the morning over there right now, isn't it?

Isn't it?

[Indiana]

absolutely roastin'!

to make matters worse, I've started work at the newsagents at Loch Lomond Shores...so when you do the math (small space, no air conditioning, and hundreds of sweaty tourists...)

*wails*

and I still look like a milk bottle...grumble

We were shooting a film on that dead end road that passes by Loch Lomond Shores. Well I think it was Loch Lomond Shores. I'll show you the finished film and you can probably tell me if I am right, but we kept driving down this long road, which came to a dead end. Other cars followed us think it led somewhere, but it didnt. We knew it was a dead end, but we used it for the purpose of our shoot.

[sueKay]

Cool :)

The Old Luss Road near Cameron House? yeah?

I've walked along there too many times...here's a piccy I took of it!

http://www.deviantart.com/view/31772832/

[Bragi]

Damn Sue, that's a really good picture.

Ever think of photography or cinematopgraphy as a career?

[sueKay]

Yup...several times :)

I'm trying to submit my work to some magazines just now...Even asked Sonny Whitelaw the Author about photojournalism since she's got a background in it.

[Bragi]

That's cool.

When I get the scratch I'm thinking of buying this (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7213311&type=product&id=1113954380481).

[sueKay]

cool :)

[Egeria]

That's a lovely photo Sue. :D

[sueKay]

thankies :D

there's more up at my deviantart - http://suekay.deviantart.com

[Bragi]

Bookmarked.

Now and forever.

[Egeria]

Think you've got yourself a fan there Sue. ;)

[Indiana]

Cool :)

The Old Luss Road near Cameron House? yeah?

I've walked along there too many times...here's a piccy I took of it!

http://www.deviantart.com/view/31772832/

Yep! Thats the very one! Nice photography by the way. I like how you captured the light in that shot. :)

[silverdamascus]

Cool :)

The Old Luss Road near Cameron House? yeah?

I've walked along there too many times...here's a piccy I took of it!

http://www.deviantart.com/view/31772832/

Ooh, pretty. :D

[sueKay]

thanks everybody :D

[majorshrl]

Going back to the Whisky, we went on a day trip to Ireland on Sunday we did the Giant's Causway and the Bushmills Distillary. Hubby got to be a whisky taster and reckons that you just can't beat the Scottish whisky the Irish stuff is a bit ruff.

[Bragi]

As much as I like a good single malt. . . I still have to say that nothing beats Jack Daniel's.

Except maybe Crown. After all, it is a bottle of Crown I'm kissing in my profile picture.

[Deano]

Anybody know when SG starts back here

[sueKay]

Aloha!

I'm typing from London where I've met up with several members of SI...having a fantastic time :D

[Missster.Freeman]

Good evening sueKay. So, yer in the heart of enemy territory I see. ;) :D Enjoy the rest of your evening. :)

Deano, I think it SG might be back on air around October. Ye'll have tae keep checkin Sky One previews to be sure.

[sueKay]

Yes...conversion with the auld enemy lol!

I've had a fantastic time...the people are helpful and friendly, and OC I'm with other Stargate fans to double yay!

[Bragi]

So is the England v. Scotland thing like the Yankee v. Dixie thing? Or do y'all just play it up?

[Deano]

its real

[silverdamascus]

But its mostly friendly :)

[Egeria]

Definately friendly in my house, then again I did let the side down by marrying an Englishman. :D

[Bragi]

The North/South thing is mostly friendly here, too.

Of course, the country's so big and we have so many different regions that it's not quite that simple.

If you talk to someone in South Carolina, a Texan isn't a Southerner, because Texas isn't part of the old south. Some people consider anyone in a former Confederate state to be a Southerner. Of course, anyone from a non-Confederate state is a Yankee. Unless you're talking to someone from New York or Pennsylvania or Massachusetts, 'cause only they are Yankees.

Then there's Texas.

[sueKay]

difference being that Scotland and England are separate countries, and one has the other under it's control.

[BruTak]

England may have given the world Shakespeare, but Scotland has given it television, the steam engine, pneumatic tyres, football (soccer to you american-types), it was even a Scotsman who founded what would become the US Navy.:cameron:

[Bragi]

difference being that Scotland and England are separate countries, and one has the other under it's control.

Some people say the same thing about South and the US.

We call them rednecks.

Then there's always the militias. They're run.

[sueKay]

thing is...I don't really consider the US a country...it is literally a federation of nation states, and Texas has more autonomy from the rest of the US than Scotland has from the rest of the UK, depsite the fact that until 300 years ago, Scotland had always been a completely seperate country.

Anyhoo...I'm back home, and I had a great time!!

[Bragi]

thing is...I don't really consider the US a country...it is literally a federation of nation states, and Texas has more autonomy from the rest of the US than Scotland has from the rest of the UK, depsite the fact that until 300 years ago, Scotland had always been a completely seperate country.

Anyhoo...I'm back home, and I had a great time!!

That's what the US originally was. Part of the reason the Civil War was faught was because states like South Carolina (especially South Carolina. . . they've always been a pain in the ass) and newly-admitted Texas were very independent and didn't think it was Washginton's place to interfere in internal State affairs.

Internal State affairs such as slavery.

The Federal government of the US was very small until Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal program. It really was quite tiny until the early 20th century. Very small standing Army and Navy, no national bank, no Federal Reserve system. Basically the Federal government was responsible for collecting taxes, paving some roads and delivering the mail. Thanks to the Great Depression, people stopped looking to themselves and local/State government and more towards the Federal government for help. Then you had the effects of World War II.

Until World War II, the actual US Army was very small. During time of war (including World War I), State militias would be federalized. So you didn't have people from Texas and Washington fighting together. You had entire divisions made up of homogeneus populations from their native states. That was changed in World War II with a much larger draft and the creation of new Infantry Divisons and an effort to train men the same way, no matter what State they were from.

So one hundred years ago, people would tend to look at themselves more as Virginians than Americans. Thanks to things like the New Deal and World War II (and the fact that so many people move across State lines to get new jobs, go to school, etc.), a person's State is more-or-less a secondary consideration to being American. Yeah. . . I'm majoring in US history. . .

I suspect that were France to ever get what they want, and have a real politically binding EU, that it would be very much like how things were early on in the US. In-so-far as people would still see themselves as French or Spanish more than European.


Anywho, happy to be home?

[Egeria]

Blimmin' weather! Just when I was getting used to some 'proper' scottish summer weather we went and had a scorcher here today. It's still really hot and sticky....not good. :(

[Deano]

ano its really bad

[Missster.Freeman]

It's been dull down here all evening, kinda humid and sticky though.

[Bragi]

It was 103 today.

One of these days I'll figure out what that is in that crazy metric system.

[Egeria]

Pants....insomnia strikes and I can't even green my 'Scots thread' pals...better go and spread the love with some newbies first.

<--- still very hot and bothered. :)

[Bragi]

Pants....insomnia strikes and I can't even green my 'Scots thread' pals...better go and spread the love with some newbies first.

<--- still very hot and bothered. :)

Thank you for the green.

You know, here in the States "hot and bothered" is somewhat of a double-entendre. :P

[Egeria]

^LOL. :D

I thought we were in for a cooler day today, but the sun's come out and it's gone all muggy again.

[sueKay]

Our weather's just nice...warm, sunny, but with a bright breeze :)

[Bragi]

Here's the weather forecast (http://www.weather.com/weather/local/76210) for my town today.

[majorshrl]

Who moaned about the heat. It's bloomin freezin noo.

[Egeria]

^ Oops, that might've been me. :D You're right about it being chilly today though....brrr.

[sueKay]

It's been okay here...nothing special

[Anubis69]

Raining most of the time... Got a good game of football going though even my friend's dad did break my calf in two! :eek: :P

Oh, and i lost a sock. :mad: It's the little things that are gonna drive me insane...

ETA: HAHA! My dad found it. Seriously, how did it get wrapped up in the towel? :S Needless to say, i had the last laugh... On the flip side, i have the oddest feeling i've killed this thread...

[Egeria]

^ I wouldn't worry about killing this thread hun, all it takes is mention of the weather or the 'auld enemy' and folks coming rushing back. :D

[Missster.Freeman]

So... who mentioned the weather and *spitoo* the auld enemy? :D

*edit* BAH! Now I have the dubious honour.... :P

[Egeria]

^ :D *hugs this thread* ....best thread on this forum. :D

(ooh, now I have the dubious honour) :P

[majorshrl]

Did anybody watch the programme on the fishermen. I thought it was Brill I won't complain again about the price of a fish supper. I was almost sea sick just watching it. Great characters those men and very brave.

[Missster.Freeman]

Aye majorshrl, I taped all the shows last week, still have the last episode to watch. It's an amazing job they do, and it takes a rare breed of person man ;) (I've never seen a woman on a trawler tbh) to go out in lumpy seas with 30-40 foot waves and horizontal rain crashing into their faces. LOL! And they all seem to be called Buchan for some reason. :P That's what reality TV should be about, not that fiasco on channel 4 and Z list 'celebs' having a lovefest on an island, ugh.

Have to say, for the high price we pay for TV our licence, BBC can still produce quality programmes.


(ooh, now I have the dubious honour) :P
Nope. See yous on the 3rd page. ;)

[Bragi]

We have a show out on this end of the pond on the Discovery channel called "Dealiest Catch." It's all about Alaskan King Crab fishermen. It looks like an exciting life, if you don't mind the prospect of drowning in 40 foot swells out in the Bearing Sea.

Alaska is high on my list of places to visit. It's right up there with y'all.

[Missster.Freeman]

Well, I'll say this, it certainly feels like Scotland has drifted closer to the artic circle. :S

[BruTak]

Anyone who was at SG-10 last November can verify this.
All the English people were going about in big wooly jumpers and moaning about how cold it was, us hardy Scots-types were walking round in shirt sleeves and saying "Cold? This is summer were we come from.":cameron:

[Missster.Freeman]

^ :D Big wooly jumpers? More like a buncha big girls blouses. ;)

So, has anyone seen 'previews' of the new Stargate seasons? *Trys not to draw the attention of the MPAA stormtroopers* :P

[majorshrl]

I've seen the preview for 200 and being a shipper I'm hopeful for some good news. besides that it will be great just to see Jack back.

[Missster.Freeman]

Well err... :o I was kinda trying to say in an around about way, if anyone has watched the full episodes so far. Or is everyone waiting 'til we can see it on air? Just had a quick peek at the "200" previews, and I'm still not sure about it. It will be good to see Jack again though.

[Bragi]

I've seen the episodes.

Of course, I live in the States. So. . . yeah.

[sueKay]

I saw the 'previews'

pretty good so far...here's hoping our buddies in the US don't cancel our favourite show :D

/sark

[Anubis69]

I saw the preview for 200... i thought it looked comical. :D

To answer MF's question... No (it's bad karma!!) Personally, I'm looking forward to the new season though still wondering (Camelot spoiler)what deadalus class ship blew up ... and how it's all gonna play out.

[Deano]

which ship was danny and cam abord

[Missster.Freeman]

which ship was danny and cam abord
Wohoo! :eek: Let's all take a deep breath and think before posting. Thank goodness I stopped for a sec before posting. Sorry, I can't answer that Deano as it would have been bad. Very bad. Anubis69 hates spoilers. Oh yes, he hates 'em. :D

[Anubis69]

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/3853/partridgenose2gd2.th.jpg (http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/3853/partridgenose2gd2.jpg)
You know me well Missster.Freeman! :D That's why when i saw that post i did a runner... :P

Course, i've got theories on it but there's too much i don't know for sure. So i choose to be braindead as far as it's concerned and just enjoy it when it comes around...

[Thunderbird 2]

Anyone who was at SG-10 last November can verify this.
All the English people were going about in big wooly jumpers and moaning about how cold it was, us hardy Scots-types were walking round in shirt sleeves and saying "Cold? This is summer were we come from.":cameron:

Aye, I am often seen as an anomaly where I am as I enjoy cold wet weather, wheras I pass out in the heat! There is nothing quite like the rain, especially the pattering on the roof when you are getting to sleep!

Incidentally has Forbidden Planet in either Glasgow or Edinburgh said anything about the SG1 figures? Bristol are doing their best, but don't know when they will be arriving.

Re Spoilers I will say this. - Not me in this thread!

[BruTak]

Heya T-2, how's tricks? I'll be in Glasgow next Tuesday evening, and all day the following Saturday, so I'll keep my eyes open and get back to you on the SG-1 action figures. :cameron:

[Deano]

Aye, I am often seen as an anomaly where I am as I enjoy cold wet weather, wheras I pass out in the heat! There is nothing quite like the rain, especially the pattering on the roof when you are getting to sleep!

Incidentally has Forbidden Planet in either Glasgow or Edinburgh said anything about the SG1 figures? Bristol are doing their best, but don't know when they will be arriving.

Re Spoilers I will say this. - Not me in this thread!
Im goin in to Fp to see if i can get any sg stuff next week

[Thunderbird 2]

Fantastic stuff - thanks fellas!

Tek'ma'tae Master B, am not bad at all! It may be a while before I am next home, (I'm thinking of the "Calling All Scots" meet up idea) but will keep you posted. In general, things are going quite well down here, tomorrow is the final day of the Bristol Balloon Fiesta. Hopefully I will be able to see the Night Glow, or Night Light as I like to call it!

I will keep you posted. - How are things your end?

[Egeria]

*wanders in and blows the dust off of this thread* :D

Quiet in these parts. :)

I was just looking at BBC News and saw this (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/4791649.stm) :eek:

Nooooo! Life just won't be the same without Highland Toffee. *sobs*

[silverdamascus]

Aw no way, I used to love their toffee, hell to eat but there was always this sense of achievement when you managed...:D

Here's a question for everyone: Ever find your sense of humour has been a little misunderstood here?

I've had more than one incident where some friendly teasing or humour has been taken utterly the wrong way. I'm just wondering if we Scots seem to have a rougher sense of humour than others or if its just me.

[Anubis69]

*wanders in and blows the dust off of this thread* :D

Quiet in these parts. :)

I was just looking at BBC News and saw this (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/4791649.stm) :eek:

Nooooo! Life just won't be the same without Highland Toffee. *sobs*
B-b-but... this.... why would they.... NOOOOOO!!!!!!

I think i'm gonna have to go buy out Spar's stock of Irn Bru bars and the like and sell 'em on ebay... Don't worry, you guys would get a wee discount. :P

As to the humour, a couple of times... these days i try and make it as obvious as i can and add a few smileys for added measure. I also try to avoid being too... well, myself, unless i know the person well enough to make some good natured jibes as i would to a mate! I do hope they know i'm joking though...

To answer your question, it's quite possible we're "rougher" with the banter than other places. I mean, just look at Still Game... There's nothing better than some joking insults like that, but in the end everyone knows it's just a joke...

[Egeria]

Aw no way, I used to love their toffee, hell to eat but there was always this sense of achievement when you managed...:D

Here's a question for everyone: Ever find your sense of humour has been a little misunderstood here?

I've had more than one incident where some friendly teasing or humour has been taken utterly the wrong way. I'm just wondering if we Scots seem to have a rougher sense of humour than others or if its just me.

It's not happened here often, but it has happened to me elsewhere. I think us Scots have an odd, darker sense of humour that can be taken the wrong way....basically we just like to take the piss. :D

[sueKay]

People don't get Scottish humour...I think I scare tourists sometimes!

[Thunderbird 2]

*wanders in and blows the dust off of this thread* :D

Quiet in these parts. :)

I was just looking at BBC News and saw this (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/4791649.stm) :eek:

Nooooo! Life just won't be the same without Highland Toffee. *sobs*


Aaah! I loved Highlland Toffee and Wham bars - a big part of my childhood I still grab them when I see them now. :sheppardanime32: (We need a crying Beckett smiley)

Re my sense of humour - no one ever gets it. I am considered somewhat "random" and "ever ready" - don't ask about the second one, I think its all the punning!

[BruTak]

It's like on the SG-999 discussion board, we all know each other and regularly take the rip out of each other's wee quirks and foibles.

HJ, for example seems to think he's God's gift to the opposite sex. Whereas in reality, he's this mutant offspring of Austin Powers and the Fonz, with Jimmy Osmond's teeth no less...

We take the mick out of John G. cos he'd led such a sheltered childhood. Until recently he'd never seen The Magnificent Seven, and I distinctly remember him giving me a blank look when I make a reference to Phil Silvers and Sgt. Bilko.

But in spite of all that, or maybe because of it, we're all still friends cos wee all know we're only kidding.

[majorshrl]

well someone once took exception to my humour and said "You know sarcasm is the lowest form of wit" to which I replied well I know my place then. Off they went rather confused. I can quite happily take the mick out of myself as well as others

[AmberLM]

*wanders in and blows the dust off of this thread* :D

Quiet in these parts. :)

I was just looking at BBC News and saw this (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/4791649.stm) :eek:

Nooooo! Life just won't be the same without Highland Toffee. *sobs*

I fourth that "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" - I *LOVE* Highland Toffee, it's the most delicious toffee in the world! :(

[silverdamascus]

....basically we just like to take the piss. :D

You know something I think that's just about the best description I've heard of Scots humour yet! :D

Well not entirely, we have other forms of humour other than sarcasm, though it does always seem to be a little sharp doesn't it? Either that or everyone else is just oversensitive!

[dipsofjazz]

You know something I think that's just about the best description I've heard of Scots humour yet! :D

Well not entirely, we have other forms of humour other than sarcasm, though it does always seem to be a little sharp doesn't it? Either that or everyone else is just oversensitive!
:D I suppose that's it. We're so used to taking the mickey out of ourselves and our pals that we forget that other folk aren't used to it and maybe take offence.

[silverdamascus]

...this my explain some of my social problems...:D

[_WraithQueen_]

YAY!!!! one week till im back up in edinburgh!!!!

That is all i have to report :P

[silverdamascus]

I'm in Ed just now, my first time being here for the fringe, I've done a few things so far and it's pretty cool :D

[dipsofjazz]

I'm in Ed just now, my first time being here for the fringe, I've done a few things so far and it's pretty cool :D
:D Woohoo! I hope you have lots of fun.

[sueKay]

I very nearly came to the Fringe this year, but typical parents...they were worried about their 'wee baby'

*glares at parents*

[BruTak]

Anyone but me going to the RAF Leuchars Air show next month?:cameron:

[Egeria]

^ Not me mate, then again living next to an airfield has sort of driven out any desire to rubberneck. ;) Have to say though, that the Leuchars show is one of the better ones. :D

[BruTak]

It'll be something of a treat for me, the last time I was at Leuchars was in 1982, when I was nobbut a wee lad. :cameron:

[Anubis69]

I might be. Me and my dad have gone for the past 3 years.. hopefully again this year. T'is an amazing show though.

[AmberLM]

Hey guys just thought I'd let you know... my exam results are in and it looks like I'm definitely gonna be travelling North of the Border in a few weeks time!!!! (translation: I got into Aberdeen Uni!!!! :D) Woo hoo!

Scotland here I come! :D

[sueKay]

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Knew you'd do it :D

[silverdamascus]

Nicely done AmberLM! :D

[AmberLM]

Thank you! :D I'm really looking forward to it (can't you tell? ;))

[BruTak]

I might be. Me and my dad have gone for the past 3 years.. hopefully again this year. T'is an amazing show though.
Well me an' the guys will be going with Nick and Kitty (who're first aiders with the St. Andrews Ambulance Association). No firm plans as to whereabouts we'll be, just keep your eyes open for a bunch of suspicious looking young men...;)

[Bragi]

I take it Aberdeen is a good school.

Conratulations.

[silverdamascus]

The Universitys with the best reputations in Scotland are known as the Ancient's funnily enough, four of them - St. Andrew's, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen. All built around the C15th/16th. So yeah, Aberdeen Uni is a good one :D

[sueKay]

Though IMO, some of those are overrated (not Aberdeen though...it's good :))

I'm at Caledonian, which doesn't have much of a reputation because it's so new.

[Bragi]

Ahh.

Scottish ivy league.

[Three PhDs]

^ Not me mate, then again living next to an airfield has sort of driven out any desire to rubberneck. ;) Have to say though, that the Leuchars show is one of the better ones. :DAh Leuchars is lovely, I was so pissed at the last one it was lovely. Got speaking to some Afghans on the train on the way back, spent hours quite drunk practicing my awful Pashtun. Happy days.

[Egeria]

^ Hey babe, you're back. :D How's it going?

[Three PhDs]

^ Hey babe, you're back. :D How's it going?Ah quite boring. Though there's lots of super special stuff I can do in the Int Corps if I'm fit enough, so I'm hammering the gym somewhat lately.

[Egeria]

Mmmm....I get your drift. Going on holiday anytime soon? ;)

[Three PhDs]

Mmmm....I get your drift. Going on holiday anytime soon? ;)I'm on leave at the mo, though I plan to head out to Costa Del Basra before the year's up.

[Egeria]

I'm on leave at the mo, though I plan to head out to Costa Del Basra before the year's up.

You be careful, it's getting dodgier out there. Hubbs is taking a trip early next year north of Basra. :(

[Three PhDs]

You be careful, it's getting dodgier out there. Hubbs is taking a trip early next year north of Basra. :(I've always been the kind that falls into a river, then climbs out bone dry with a salmon under each arm. Hmm, though about your husband, hard to discuss I guess. I'm a young guy, invincible as they come, nobody to worry about. Still, if he's RAF he'll be about 100 miles from the nearest insurgent anyway. Bloody crabs. :p

[Egeria]

I've always been the kind that falls into a river, then climbs out bone dry with a salmon under each arm. Hmm, though about your husband, hard to discuss I guess. I'm a young guy, invincible as they come, nobody to worry about. Still, if he's RAF he'll be about 100 miles from the nearest insurgent anyway. Bloody crabs. :p

Crabs indeed! :D Bloody git is one of those crabs who always ends up in the thick of things.

So how're you enjoying the job?

[Three PhDs]

Crabs indeed! :D Bloody git is one of those crabs who always ends up in the thick of things.

So how're you enjoying the job?It's not so bad. I've discovered a means to erm, specialise, from where I am. It's quite interesting and I intend pursuing it.

[Egeria]

It's not so bad. I've discovered a means to erm, specialise, from where I am. It's quite interesting and I intend pursuing it.

Ah, hence the getting fitter...mmm. :D

[Three PhDs]

Indeed. ;)

[silverdamascus]

dipsofjazz- :D happy birthday! :D

[sueKay]

Happy Birthday Bev!!!!!

[Missster.Freeman]

Again, happy birthday dipsofjazz :D

Hope ye didnae run oot a puff blawin they candles oot ;)

[Deano]

Happy Birthday