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Hello from Glasgow
#41

Batter on Rap.



Andy
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#42

Party on Wayne, party on Garth!
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#43

Sorry Mysterae. Thanks for the compliment. Didn't mean to ignore it. Just failed to get back to the link. Yep, an Aeronca. Certainly nothing I could fly across the pond.
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#44

[quote name='Rap' timestamp='1320454150' post='117590']

Party on Wayne, party on Garth!

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"If it's no Scottish it's crap"!



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#45

Meant to ask you Mysterae, have you ever been up Glen Gubbit and malkied any of the haggis there. I know we're way past the glorious twelth but they do command a good price in those fancy English restaurants. There's a wee butt an ben run by two doctors called Finlay and Cruickshank and their breakfast's are a joy to all Scotsmen (if it's no Scottish it's crap!). Anyway their porridge wee cream and a dram in it is ace as is the sheep's stomach lining wee a nice oatmeal mix inside. What more could you ask for! They also do bagpipe repairs as a hobby and service to all Scotsmen, so if your set is needing attention, their the the boys.



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#46

I have some Scots Irish blood in me but I suspect to youse guys that " must be crap" , lol
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#47

45 replies to an " introduction " thread must be a record..and I'm guessing it's a record by a huge margin as I recall the overwhelming majority of responses typically stay in the single digits with no more than a handful in the 10s...so without reading every post to see how much this has stayed on topic I just reached the conclusion we must love Scotland !! I think this calls for a celebration so I'll help myself to a bit of Lismore 21 yr old Speyside single malt in honor of this thread. Not that I really need a reason to enjoy that..;-)

Cheers,

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#48

Any thread that has "They also do bagpipe repair as a hobby..." is going to get a lot of hits, no matter what the forum <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/biggrin.png" class="smilie" alt="" />
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#49

Hey when these guys post it's a blast just to read whatever the heck they say. Not that I understand most but hey I get the whiskey reflections!
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#50

Linguistics , scotch , and all sorts of other stuff in here but no one brought up the legendary talking octopus who could play multiple musical instruments yet looked completely puzzled at the site of a bagpipe ? Long story, but ending with his owner asking him,

" what's the matter, you can't figure out how to play that one ? ". To which the octopus replies : " Play it ?! Hell, right now I'm trying to figure out how to take off its pajamas so I can f**k it ! "



Don't blame me , it's that scotch I just finished that's doing the talking :-)
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#51

If the scotch is talking who is typing?
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#52

The octopus ( much better dexterity that mine )
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#53

[quote name='mysterae' timestamp='1317316820' post='116048']

Cheers Tama



Didn't mean to use dirty words in posts!



Good stuff, best thing about that new four door car is the way it uses the classic logo across the back - just like my 968.



I started looking at 928s before coming to my senses and getting my 968 - glad it worked out that way, I think it sits in a pretty unique place in the history of the company and it just puts the biggest smile on my face and there is space for my wife in the passenger seat and the kids in the back. The weans get almost as excited as me each time we take the car out!



The car is unfortunately currently up on jack stands and have started to strip down to replace the oil filter/pressure relief valve housing gasket - coolant only leaking from around the back lower bolt, no evidence of mixing, may well be the beginnings of more work over the Scottish winter as the sump gasket looks to have been over-torqued.

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Give me a phone about your ongoing repairs, if your fiddling with areas I have had done I can maybe save you some time and effort. Mobile #07792486422



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#54

[quote name='Rap' timestamp='1320531481' post='117611']

I have some Scots Irish blood in me but I suspect to youse guys that " must be crap" , lol

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Look at the map, there's Ireland, there's Scotland, and there's the Irish Sea in between! it's no the same!



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#55

Gee look at a map huh. Will a globe work? You seem to forget that I am an ugly American and to those of us of this persuasion, anything other than the US is just like one big country like totally dude! Lol I stand corrected and suitably chastened by my Scotish brethren.
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#56

Just been enjoying a 12 year old Macallan's with a splash of water while reading this post. Great introductory post. Way behind on my forums reading due to the odd ball harvest we had. Crushed 40 tons, finally. I was going to say that we need a Scottish/English translator on this site, but if you watch enough Masterpiece Theater on PBS you can almost understand our Scottish brothers. Very entertaining, keep it up!!!!
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[quote name='Rap' timestamp='1320665952' post='117652']

Gee look at a map huh. Will a globe work? You seem to forget that I am an ugly American and to those of us of this persuasion, anything other than the US is just like one big country like totally dude! Lol I stand corrected and suitably chastened by my Scotish brethren.

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Don't worry Rap I'm not asking if your mother can sow. Check out "If its not Scottish its crap/Christopher Walken" on Youtube Especially the sly little joke against the Scots when Mike myers offers a customer a piece of haggis and in the same breath says " Bye Bye now" Its brilliant! PS you haven't phoned me!



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Ah gentlemen, one and all...Rap, Andy, gbarrier, tama, ds and Chris



Glad wur all agreed 968s and whisky are both good things!



Time for some reverse translations - what's a mook?



Rap, don't stress the Scots/Irish thur nae the same as Andy says but still a good combo in your bloodline, Stairway would not be denied in my car! Party on!



ds - nothing like tartan pajamaed pipes, been needing my octopus hands while under the car of late



Andy man, there is no finer pursuit than malkying multiple haggi, a brace no less, up there with guddling for trout.



I understand the good doctors took over the running of the butt n ben when the family Brown moved back to Dundee.



Nothing finer than soaking the oats overnight in preparation for the following days avoidance of the gamey.



The good Drs are well know to all and sundry throughout the land, they operated on my chanter some time ago and the results were astonishing. When my mate impaled his bag on a rail, they were on the scene in a flash, sorted the leak and altered his pitch of voicing. The set are safely stored beside my clubs, been a while since I've battered my balls doon the fairway.



Cheers for the offer of assistance, starting to build things back up after a bit of cleaning and tidying, will be in touch if there is oany boather!



Sightings of UK spec Sports are about as rare as albino haggis on a snowy day in the glen, well held!



Tama and gbarrier - good to hear from you guys, popped through to see my Pa (grandfather) at the weekend, saw an amazing picture of him at age 17 in 1940 playing the pipes in the local pipe band, just before he joined the RAF, he served as ground crew in the middle east from 1942-1945, worked on lots of stuff, he always talked with lots of respect about Liberator bombers, they'll get you across the pond without doubt! Cheers guys



ds - the octopus needed to know that female bagpipes often respond to a little lubrication with a drop of the fabled Sweetheart Stout, makes them squeal all the more, there was a blind jazz musician called Roland Kirk who could indeed play multiple horns at the same time and another guy, Albert Ayler who incorporated bagpipes into his improvisations....



Chris - sorry to hear about the harvest, is that 40 tonnes going to go into some homebrew to be enjoyed alongside the Macallan, hope it doesn't go to waste, is that you in the picture next to number 18, looking good both you and the car, is it a 906?



Better roll oot, nae fechting oot there, gan tae champ some neeps and ensure that my whisky evaporation issue is controlled in the Glen of tranquility - the garage.



Cheers and listen to the Real Mackenzies.

Ah gentlemen, one and all...Rap, Andy, gbarrier, tama, ds and Chris



Glad wur all agreed 968s and whisky are both good things!



Time for some reverse translations - what's a mook?



Rap, don't stress the Scots/Irish thur nae the same as Andy says but still a good combo in your bloodline, Stairway would not be denied in my car! Party on!



ds - nothing like tartan pajamaed pipes, been needing my octopus hands while under the car of late



Andy man, there is no finer pursuit than malkying multiple haggi, a brace no less, up there with guddling for trout.



I understand the good doctors took over the running of the butt n ben when the family Brown moved back to Dundee.



Nothing finer than soaking the oats overnight in preparation for the following days avoidance of the gamey.



The good Drs are well know to all and sundry throughout the land, they operated on my chanter some time ago and the results were astonishing. When my mate impaled his bag on a rail, they were on the scene in a flash, sorted the leak and altered his pitch of voicing. The set are safely stored beside my clubs, been a while since I've battered my balls doon the fairway.



Cheers for the offer of assistance, starting to build things back up after a bit of cleaning and tidying, will be in touch if there is oany boather!



Sightings of UK spec Sports are about as rare as albino haggis on a snowy day in the glen, well held!



Tama and gbarrier - good to hear from you guys, popped through to see my Pa (grandfather) at the weekend, saw an amazing picture of him at age 17 in 1940 playing the pipes in the local pipe band, just before he joined the RAF, he served as ground crew in the middle east from 1942-1945, worked on lots of stuff, he always talked with lots of respect about Liberator bombers, they'll get you across the pond without doubt! Cheers guys



ds - the octopus needed to know that female bagpipes often respond to a little lubrication with a drop of the fabled Sweetheart Stout, makes them squeal all the more, there was a blind jazz musician called Roland Kirk who could indeed play multiple horns at the same time and another guy, Albert Ayler who incorporated bagpipes into his improvisations....



Chris - sorry to hear about the harvest, is that 40 tonnes going to go into some homebrew to be enjoyed alongside the Macallan, hope it doesn't go to waste, is that you in the picture next to number 18, looking good both you and the car, is it a 906?



Better roll oot, nae fechting oot there, gan tae champ some neeps and ensure that my whisky evaporation issue is controlled in the Glen of tranquility - the garage.



Cheers and listen to the Real Mackenzies.

Oops a double nip
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#59

"When my mate impaled his bag on a rail,..."



I *hate* it when that happens!
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#60

I must apologize for the use of the wrong word. Although I use it frequently when you asked me its definition I looked it up and was agast at my mistake. So much for being a wordsmith. Good old arrogance strikes again.
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