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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 4:24 pm
They just look dumb to me in kilts, although I absolutely love the way Sean says "Moneypenny"
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 5:57 pm
Broxi, one of the reasons I love Braveheart so much, well apart from the fact that is was a wonderful story about William Wallace but all those brawny guys in kilts.... The movie was a bit too violent for me but it's historical so I watched....the ending though, with poor Wallace...yikes, I almost couldn't watch.
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Broxi
Member
03-11-2004
| Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 6:03 pm
RupertBear.... they filmed the Battle {the one with Wallace in blue face} not far from where I was born. Although it is supposed to be Bannockburn it was filmed in Falkirk. The field it was filmed on could be seen from our old house. That is a movie that I can watch over and over... although my husband still insists that I interpret it for him. {He says that about EastEnders as well lol}
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 6:24 pm
Lol, I used to love to watch the Eastenders Broxi but they don't carry it on CBC any more. But I always used to watch um...was it called High Road and the bad guy was Sneddon? I love the Scots burr...it's as nice as the kilt and the sporran. Although, kid...you'll get a bit of an argument out of me over the uisce beatha & the bag pipes. Irish Whiskey versus Scottish Whiskey....and the pipes played with the bellows inflated by mouth or by elbow...hmmm, the debate goes on. I was born in Ireland, Broxi.
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Broxi
Member
03-11-2004
| Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 11:17 am
I get to see EE on PBS although it is 2 years behind... but I keep up to date with it via the bbc uk puresoap page. I didn't watch High Road though. As for the Whiskey debate... I will have to take your word for which is better as I don't drink anything but Dr. Pepper and Vanilla Pepsi lol {I am a sodaholic} Bagpipes... it makes no matter to me which. I love them period. Here in NY most people don't realize most pipe bands are using Irish pipes. And they don't hear the difference in the tones probably because they have not really heard both types. But then as with everything else in this world... either one loves pipes or hates pipes. My Dad and I are planning on a return trip home soon. I can not wait simply because it will only be the 2 of us going. As much as my husband is one of my best friends..... My Dad has been and always will be my best friend in the world. We have been thinking about going to Ireland while over there. Can you believe we lived so close and never went over. Hell the only part of London I have seen outside of a car was the airport! Sad huh? Wow we went really off topic....thank god this show is over or people would be annoyed. Have a wonderful day Rupertbear and I am sure we will text speak again ;)
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 11:51 am
Broxi & Rupertbear: Think I got more of a kick out of your kilt conversation than all of this past season of Survivor . But I'm going to have to side with Hermione69's opinion!
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 12:13 pm
Slanté, Broxi. It was fun! And p.s....I don't really know about the whiskeys either, I don't drink! Calamity....first let me tell you, I absolutely loved Doris Day as Calamity Jane. One cute movie! So by association I love the nic you picked, kiddo. Thanks about the convo though...funny how one comment can go in such directions, I love it! I'm glad this season is over, Calam AND btw...the piccy in your profile gave me a good chuckle....hee hee ;)
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Cassie
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 1:22 pm
Broxi, <Although it is supposed to be Bannockburn> Wasn't that the Battle of Stirling Wallace fought in blue face? I always thought the Bruce fought Bannockburn...GREAT movie 
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 1:25 pm

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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 1:29 pm
ROFLMAO!!!!! That is hilarious, Who!!!
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Broxi
Member
03-11-2004
| Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 2:06 pm
Cassie your right. I can not believe I had such a brain fart on that. My husband said for that I should renounce my citizenship. Whoami...love the Icon!!!! That is Great!!! Rupertbear...... aye it was fun! And I am also happy that this A-S-S is over. I did not like it as much as I usually do. I prefer to see new folks... cause then we have no idea how they will play.
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Hootyhoot
Member
12-18-2001
| Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 4:55 pm
Let's keep this thread alive just to talk about bagpipes! I went to Hunter Mountain Celtic Festival in New York last year, mostly because of a massed march of hundreds of pipers over the mountain ... aaaah, it was wonderful! There were about 40 bagpipe bands there ... the music never stopped. I was so pleased to find out that my traveling companion could enjoy 18 hours a day of listening to the bagpipes!
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Broxi
Member
03-11-2004
| Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 5:17 pm
Hooty.... ahhh another pipe fan! Tis a very rare group. I have not gone to the Festival up at Hunter Mountain. I hear great things about it though. Since you enjoy the pipes and ever get to Scotland... may I recommend going in August.... because you could then go to the Military Tattoo. There are Pipe bands from over 30 Countries each year. And if you are interested {even if you don't plan on ever going there} here is the website that will allow you to sort of preview one. http://www.edinburgh-tattoo.co.uk/
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 5:18 pm
I agree Hooty. I have a tape of just bagpipe music. There is something very compelling about it to me. Sometimes when I am listening to it, I can believe that reincarnation does exist, as I feel as if the music touches me to my very soul and beyond.
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 5:22 pm
Awesome site, Broxi. I always get goosebumps when I listen to the bagpipes. Just looking around at the site was giving them to me! lol
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Broxi
Member
03-11-2004
| Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 5:42 pm
Opps
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Broxi
Member
03-11-2004
| Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 5:45 pm
Here is another site.... basically has some photos of the bands while performances... http://community.webshots.com/album/49654598PKbMTx as well as many other sites in Scotland. {sorry this is way off topic now} And Rupertbear... I agree.. the music brings goosebumps and a feeling of home each time I hear them.
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 6:18 pm
Lol, if they wonder what going on in here, we'll just say we're tidying it up for September ;)
  The pictures are just beautiful, Broxi. Edinburgh Castle bathed in blue light is magnificent.
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Broxi
Member
03-11-2004
| Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 6:25 pm
LMAO.... I like that explanation Rupertbear. I am pleased you enjoyed both sites. Usually I don't do that stuff... but hey.... we were on a roll. And... that is one of my Favorite photos as well.
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 6:30 pm
Here's a song I was taught in school(when I lived in England) as a kid. Tell me if you recognize it: Queen Mary, Queen Mary My age is sixteen My father's a farmer on yonder green He's plenty of money to dress me sae bra' But there's nae bonny laddie to tak me awa'.
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Broxi
Member
03-11-2004
| Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 7:58 pm
Rupertbear I sort of recall my Gran repeating it but I can not say that I personally recognize it. I will check with my Dad tomorrow as I am sure he knows it.
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Hootyhoot
Member
12-18-2001
| Friday, May 21, 2004 - 5:33 am
Hi Broxi ... that tattoo site was awesome. I had to laugh at myself as the music started and my eyes filled up! Good grief ... it MUST be genetic! I went to Glasgow a few years ago ... my great-grandparents came from there in the 1880s. It was a thrill to walk on the same streets they did, even though it was mostly urban-renewed. Besides the bagpipes, I truly love the drums in the pipe bands ... that lovely thhhhhhuuummmmmmp thhhhhhhuuuummmmppp ... it gets me right here!
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Shewho
Member
10-06-2003
| Friday, May 21, 2004 - 8:01 am
Hello Fellow Bagpipe lovers ! I am one of those folks who could listen to them 24/7. When I was a kid MANY LONG YEARS AGO I visited Scotland one summer. It was in August and I am not certain whether it was Glasglow or Edinburgh that I attended Scottish games. The sports were enjoyable but I stood in a daze listening to the pipers and then the pipers accompaning the young children dancing. I think I also visited Sterling Castle and my guides were amazed when I knew nothing about the battle there. Low these many years later with the Braveheart picture, I now understand why they had such a reaction. Scotland was quite a place and I wish I had more time to explore it, but it was just a side trip to my visiting England. Oh Broxi I love EE also. I can't currently get that program from my area but I did watch it for several years before I moved here.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Friday, May 21, 2004 - 8:38 am
As long as we're so off topic...if you haven't already seen it, go to the "Write a Caption for this Picture" thread! You'll see a kilt picture posted w/in the past few days. 
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Friday, May 21, 2004 - 9:49 am
Lol....yep, nothing like a nice breeze on parade day.
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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Friday, May 21, 2004 - 1:01 pm
Rupertbear....I think you forgot this in your post:
  Great, ummmm, legs in that picture, huh?!!??
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Friday, May 21, 2004 - 1:43 pm
LMAO...yeeehaaawww Yes, Little Mary, we were admiring the...aaaahhh...legs...yep! 
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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Friday, May 21, 2004 - 9:12 pm
O.K., now I'll confess that even though I am a Dutch immigrant, my Mother always taught me to appreciate bagpipes. So I am secretly also a great admirer of pipe music. It is wonderful! And, yes, she also told me what Scotsmen "wore" under their kilts. ;-)
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