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The History of Scotland - YouTube videos of BBC program
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www.youtube.com/user/jamgilp#p/c/799FB58034AB9108/0/8hG01ZzlKxI
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Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year
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I just wish to send the seasons greetings to Clansmen and women everywhere. have a great time. Kev, Karen, Kyle and Kruger (the dog)
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Celtic Christmas Traditions
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Celtic Traditions that have influenced our Christmas Celebrations Living in Washington State I have noticed this year more so than in previous years how dark it is this time of year. Living in the 47th latitude on Dec 21st (Winter Solstice) the sun rises at 7:54 and sets at 4:22. This, coupled with...
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Three Sheets to Scotland
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http://www.hulu.com/watch/22906/three-sheets-scotland#s-p5-so-i0
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Hebrides Island Photos
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http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/01/hebrides/richardson-photography
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The Piper's Tale
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I thought I would pass along this email I recieved The Piper's Tale As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper's cemetery in the backcountry. As I was not fa...
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Heading to Coronado... again
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Hey y'all, Heading out for some military training in Coronado through this weekend. Should be some long days with field exercises during the days and than extra classes at night for my advancement to E6. Jim
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G.I. Joe Movie featuring Scottish Destro
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Let me start by saying that if you are planning on watching this movie stop reading this post right now. I'm glad I waited for DVD on this. I just wanted to point out that they opened the movie with a scene from 17th century France where a Scot is being forced to wear an iron mask for selling arms to both side o...
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Happy St. Andrews Day!
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Happy St. Andrews Day! On Saturday night, the Scottish Society of NW GA had their St. Andrews Day Dinner in Dalton, GA. Great time. The Lamonts were well represented with our inimitable leader, Mike Whitfield, and his lovely wife, Jean, in attendance, along with another, less illustrious Lamont...
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Happy Thanksgiving, Cousins!
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I don't know how much time I'll have to do this later, so, before it gets past, Happy Thanksgiving!
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Dirt Brike Trip To Mojave Desert
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Are there any dirt bike riders out there? I will be going out to the Mojave Desert in California, the Dove Spring HOV area on October 8 to October 16. Dove Spring is about 30 miles north of the town of Mojave on highway 14. We have a lot of fun out there.
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U.S.S. New York
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Today the U.S.S. New York, LPD-21, set sail from New Orleans, her birth place, to New York City. She is composed of over 7000 tons of steel reclaimed from Ground Zero. They probably do not have a grog ration aboard!
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LITTLE KNOWN TIDBIT OF NAVAL HISTORY...
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The U. S. S. Constitution (Old Ironsides), as a combat vessel, carried 48,600 gallons of fresh water for her crew of 475 officers and men. This was sufficient to last six months of sustained operations at sea. She carried no evaporators (i.e. fresh water distillers). However, let it be noted that acc...
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Swine flu paranoia grows
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Scottish Dudes
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I fell out of my chair and hurt myself when I saw this....
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Best instrumental version of Amazing Grace
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Okay, I know it's overdone. Some people are tired of it. Some people can't get enough of it. (They even want it played at their funerals even though they won't hear it! ;) But for those of you who can't get enough Amazing Grace, and even for those who think they're sick of hearing it -- I strongly sug...
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Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance
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Volunteering this weekend for the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. I love to see all the cars that they have out there. Here is a picture of the 1954 Oldsmobile F-88 (Olds’ Corvett) that I had taken last year at the Concours.
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Celtic Women
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I first saw them on Georgia public broadcasting and fell in love...with ALL of them. I had an opportunity to see them in Chattanooga about a year ago and have found out they may be coming back in October......and my family and I will be attending again if that is so. Heres the web addy: http://www.celtic...
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Heading out to CA
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Heading out for my two weeks a year thing out on Coronado CA. Going to be serving with the Seabees for two weeks. Not sure how much internet access but I'll try to keep in touch. Once I get back it's time to start the serious planning for this year's Christmas candy. Jim PS - if any of you are in that area let m...
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Clan Lamont on Facebook & Myspace
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If you are so inclined visit the Facebook group Clan Lamont Society of North America and on myspace www.myspace.com/clsnane There are several Clan Lamont groups on Myspace so I didn't start an "Official" group. Current Member Count: Myspace : 338 Facebook : 18 -- Edited by James on Fr...
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So, I was watching Family Feud the other day....
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Ok so I was really just flipping through channels and I noticed that the Campbell family was on. So I thought I would watch these losers go down! After they got their 3 strikes and the camera flipped over to the other family to my surprise it was The Turners! I won't bore you with the details but in the end th...
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Clan Claus? Are you kidding me?
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No it's real! James can verify that they had a tent set up at the Ohio Games. http://www.clanclaussociety.com/ A new clan established by Professional Santa Performers. There are so many things wrong with that statement. This is cute and harmless I suppose but I kind of feel like it's a bit of mockery a...
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Kilt jokes or have you heard a good one lately
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Keep them coming from where ever you find them - From Freedom Kilts website - What is worn under your kilt? 1. Why, shoes and socks, of course. 2. Why nothing is worn under my kilt. Everything under there is in perfect working order. 3. If you were a Lady you wouldn't ask. If you're not a Lady, you'll find ou...
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Scot Shoppe
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I just ordered a bunch of goodies from the Scot Shoppe!! Crabapple badge, stickers, graphics sheets, Goodies are good!!
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Silly Question?........Bagpipe or Celtic ringtones?
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I am looking for some good Scottish/Celtic/bagpipe ringtones and am having a heck of a time, anyone have any links? Thanks.
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Bagpiping
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Does anyone have the pipe sheet music (or Bagpipe Player file - .bww) for "Captain Lamond's March"?
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How swine flu really started
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True? Scot's honor
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Why do full length golf courses have 18 holes? During a discussion among the club's membership board at St. Andrews in 1858, one of the members pointed out that it takes exactly 18 shots to polish off a fifth of Scotch. By limiting himself to only one shot of whisky per hole, the Scot figured a round of...
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I went to a wedding and guess what I found out?
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I went to a wedding last night and discovered that there are still quite a few people that are ignorant of Scottish heritage. I actually had someone come up and say,"Pirate, right? That's cool man. Pirate!". Now granted this guy had put a few Keystone Lights away but he was actually serious...
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Hello
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Dropping in to say hello. Hi Jim, George and hello Ken. I may know some more, but I don't recognise your screen names. This is Karen/MiLadyCeilidh. Anyone else I may know???????? -- Edited by Selkie on Monday 30th of March 2009 02:55:38 PM
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