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Hello all members and guests, for some time now I have wanted to get this forum going again and I am now going to give it a go, each time I have visited this site I have found that people are still reading the old posts, I think it is worth saving and any thoughts or comments would be appreciated, regards, R...
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Scottish Gaelic Television Channel
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A new digital Scottish Gaelic television channel has been announced by the BBC. Apparently there is already some limited Gaelic television but this will take things to a new level. There are those of course who question its worth, but I know there has been Welsh language television for about the la...
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WONDERFUL WALES
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View The Ancient Brit.'s mapTaken in (See more photos here)North Wales. Im a romantic but when my daughter borrowed my camera for the day she took this shot of the Menai Bridge and proved she is equally if not more of a romantic. .ANON
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FACT OF THE DAY - GEORGE MACDONALD FRASER
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Fact of the Day - posted by Tony with Rabhairt's permission being in absentia. Scottish author George MacDonald Fraser died on January 2nd. He served in the Border Regiment in World War II and was a commissioned officer in the Gordon Highlanders after the war. After resigning from the army, he work...
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ON THIS DAY IN WORLD HISTORY
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On this day: 29 January1856: The Victoria Cross, Britain's highest military decoration for gallantry, is created by royal warrant. 1886: German engineer Karl Benz patents the first practical car powered by a petrol internal combustion engine. 2002: Iraq, North Korea and Iran are branded the 'ax...
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musing . . .
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Pleasant Memory I was rummaging through papers and folders, looking for something that I thought I knew where I had placed, but didn't, and I came across the little notebook I had taken with me to record the journal of my second trip to Scotland in the year 2002. For the next couple of hours, I was entranc...
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HELP STOP THE SLAUGHTER
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<<www.whalesrevenge.com.url>> Whales revenge is trying to get a million people to sign a petition to stop whaling. If you could tell as many people as you can about the website, that would be a great help. Thanks for your support and remember to sign the petition. Just click on the link b...
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RABBIES RAVES........PETER FREUCHEN
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G,day All, as a lad Thor Heyerdahl was my hero, a real life adventurer( The Kon Tiki Expedition etc). I have just discovered this fellow and bought his , Book Of The Seven Seas, Subject: PETER FREUCHEN Peter Freuchen (1886-1957) Danish journalist, writer, and explorer, who established with Knud R...
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FACT OF THE DAY SIR MARK ISAMBARD BRUNEL
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FACT OF THE DAY Today in 1849 the French engineer Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, father of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, died. His most enduring work in Britain is the Thames tunnel, built between 1825 and 1843. Commenting in 1837 on a proposal to begin work on the north bank of the Thames as well as the south, The...
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Outdated Laws
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I really loved this. It comes ffrom this week's Scotties' Snippets: Don't Carry a Bow and Arrow in York...A TV channel has drawn up a list of UK legislation which has never been repealed and now looks decidedly strange today. One of the laws permits the murder of any Scotsman carrying a bow and arrow wit...
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FACT OF THE DAY NAPOLEON WINTER WOES
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FACT OF THE DAY On this day in 1812 one of the worst winters on record began - and caused the defeat of the mighty Napoleon. During Napoleon's retreat from Moscow, troops endured temperatures as low as minus 37 degrees Celsius for 27 consecutive days. Is there chilly weather in your forecast? Visit sco...
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Beowolf
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An extremely interesting article is found in Wikipedia concerning Beowulf, the English epic poem that, in spite of dealing primarily with Danish and Swedish events, has risen to such prominence that it has been described as "England's National Epic." The URL to get there is: http://en...
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It's fun to try and read the Old Scots !
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There's an extremely interesting section of this week's Electric Scotland called Poems, Stories, Plays in the Scots Language by David Purves is:http://www.electricscotland.com/poetry/purves/folk_tales.htm
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PHOTO TEST PHOTO TEST
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HELLO, WELL THESE NEW ONES SEEM TO HAVE WORKED. -- Edited by Rabbie Downunder at 09:44, 2007-10-27
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Mistake
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I started to try to put my "musings" on here (one a month) . . . so I experimented, and they would not line up like I wanted them to appear. I even tried to put them up in HTML language (and it showed all the code). I worked and worked with them to try (using the editor - not using the editor), but fail...
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ELVIS LANDS IN SCOTLAND
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FACT OF THE DAY On October 25, 1960, Elvis Presley landed at Prestwick airport, when his US Army transport plane stopped to refuel. This was to be Presley's only visit to Scotland and is commemorated in the airport's 'Elvis Bar'. To read more about Elvis, visit here
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HEY LORD SEND SOME PEOPLE DOWN
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A good song. Print: B.J. Thomas - Everybody Is Out Of Town Lyrics print version Where have the people gone Seems like there's no one hanging on Looked through the windows The houses are empty Hey.. everybody's out of town Seems like, I'm the only one around All of the streets are bare No traffic tie up's a...
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PRINCESS DIANA INQUEST/PRINCE WILLIAM
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Wills enjoys the limelight as Diana inquest casts shadow over royals HAIR slicked back by sea spray and flanked by Royal Marines, Prince William sped across the waters of the River Clyde yesterday as he took part in military manoeuvres, then settled comfortably into his public role by opening a soci...
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ELTON'S TRIBUTE TO PRINCESS DIANA
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FACT OF THE DAY Elton John's funeral service tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales, 'Candle in the Wind 97', was declared the biggest-selling single in music history today in 1997. It sold 5.4 million copies in the UK, 11 million in the US and reached number one in most other countries. Read more about th...
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USA WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
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FACT OF THE DAY World history takes a major turn today in 1781 as British forces under Gen Cornwallis surrender to the combined armies of American Gen George Washington and French Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau in Yorktown, Virginia. This is the last major battle of the Ameri...
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TRUE BLUE requested by 3 members
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http://www.johnwilliamson.com.au/music/true_blue_21.html -- Edited by Rabbie Downunder at 14:26, 2007-10-15
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FACT OF THE DAY MATA HARI NAZI SPY
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FACT OF THE DAY Mata Hari, a Dutch-born exotic dancer, was shot in Paris today in 1917, having been found guilty of spying for the Germans. Hari, real name Margaretha Zelle, achieved fame in pre-WWI Paris through her fictional Indian stage character, elevating exotic dancing to a more respectable s...
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FACT OF THE DAY THE X- FILES TV SERIES
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FACT OF THE DAY Chris Carter, the creator of the hit American TV show 'The X Files', is 51 today. His date of birth has added significance as he used it to name the production company he set up when The X Files first aired in 1993: Ten Thirteen Productions. The show ran for nine years, making it the second lo...
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THE WHITE HOUSE USA FACT OF THE DAY
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FACT OF THE DAY On this date in 1901, President Theodore Roosevelt renamed the executive mansion the White House. The building was constructed in the last years of the 18th century, following the design of James Hoban, an Irishman who was himself influenced by the Georgian-style Leinster House in D...
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FACT OF THE DAY Estonia Where are you
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Hello Heili, I could not help myself, Rabbie (with a smile) FACT OF THE DAY Eleven years ago today, Estonia failed to appear for a World Cup qualifier against Scotland in a row over floodlights. Scotland were awarded the match 3-0, but later they were ordered to replay. Follow all the latest football...
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FACT OF THE DAY SRI LANKA
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FACT OF THE DAY On this date in 1987 Tamil militants killed at least 24 people, most of them Sinhalese, as Indian peacekeeping troops fanned out to quell violence in northern and eastern Sri Lankan provinces. Read the latest from this idyllic yet turbulent island nation here
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Reporting on China last May.
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The Yangtze River which is now fully dammed below the Gorges had experienced a drought which had left a wide band of bleched rock and dead bushes above the waterline Now the river generates an immense amount of power, much of which is wasted in cities with garish light displays It prevents floods down r...
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FACT OF THE DAY REMBRANDT
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FACT OF THE DAY The Dutch painter Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn died today in 1669. Rembrandt was one artist who knew success in his own lifetime, and was frequently commissioned for portrait-painting by the great and good of 17th century Dutch society. However, his personal life was not so happy....
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FACT OF THE DAY STEVE REICH COMPOSER
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FACT OF THE DAY American composer Steve Reich is 71 today. In the 1960s Reich was at the forefront of experimental music, forging a minimalist style and incorporating tape loops into phasing patterns in works like It's Gonna Rain. He is acknowledged by many music critics as being one of the most influ...
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FACT OF THE DAY SEEING STARS
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FACT OF THE DAY The first telescope was demonstrated by Dutch lensmaker Hans Lippershey today in 1608. The word "telescope" (from the Greek "teleskopos" = "far-seeing") was actually coined a few years later by Galileo Galilei when he adapted Lippershey's inven...
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