A Rare Bird..............

[Combwork]

[QUOTE=Charles;163221]
Our long lost brutish cousin from across the pond, who engages in drunken fisticuffs with children of half his age!!!

Sorry Charles you've lost me; must be mistaking me for someone who gives a shit about the ramblings of a distressed mind.

Having said that, I have to agree with the stupidity of building windfarms. Take into account the raw materials, processing of same, limited life span (especially those planted offshore), maintenance costs, cost of replacement etc the maths doesn't add up.


Being the spoor of long displaced Irishmen, any insight from the keen wit of a current member of the British Isles will be given the up most gravity.


Interesting. My wife's mother's into genealogy; apparently I've Scottish blood, English blood and god help me Irish blood in my veins. I guess two out of three's OK.................... Anyway come the revolution we can all watch an independent Scotland sinking slowly beneath the waves.

[Charles]

[QUOTE=Combwork;163250]

Originally Posted by Charles

Our long lost brutish cousin from across the pond, who engages in drunken fisticuffs with children of half his age!!!

Sorry Charles you've lost me; must be mistaking me for someone who gives a shit about the ramblings of a distressed mind.

Having said that, I have to agree with the stupidity of building windfarms. Take into account the raw materials, processing of same, limited life span (especially those planted offshore), maintenance costs, cost of replacement etc the maths doesn't add up.


Being the spoor of long displaced Irishmen, any insight from the keen wit of a current member of the British Isles will be given the up most gravity.


Interesting. My wife's mother's into genealogy; apparently I've Scottish blood, English blood and god help me Irish blood in my veins. I guess two out of three's OK.................... Anyway come the revolution we can all watch an independent Scotland sinking slowly beneath the waves.

I thought you told a story about an altercation you had in a pub with someone half of your age, and how we was shocked that the old fellow, being yourself, took him to task. I saw a certain amount of humor in it at the time, and still do.

My apologies if I've confused you with someone else...I was just having some fun.

If nothing else, we're on the same page on the wind farms. IMHO, the only way they will pay for themselves is to increase the cost of electricity to the point that no one can afford it in the first place.

They also kill lots of birds over here as well, noticeably the Bald Eagle, our treasured national bird.

We should have taken Ben Franklin's advice and made the wild turkey the national bird, as we're fast becoming a nation of skittish, bug eyed turkey necks with the attention span of...well, a damned turkey.

BTW, are hard feeling once again festering between the British, the Scots, and the Irish in particular? I was of the assumption that everyone had taken to getting along. At least, I haven't heard much about the IRA for some time.

Take care, I need to get busy and do some work.

Chas

[Combwork]

[QUOTE=Charles;163251]

Originally Posted by Combwork

I thought you told a story about an altercation you had in a pub with someone half of your age, and how we was shocked that the old fellow, being yourself, took him to task. I saw a certain amount of humor in it at the time, and still do.

My apologies if I've confused you with someone else...I was just having some fun.

If nothing else, we're on the same page on the wind farms. IMHO, the only way they will pay for themselves is to increase the cost of electricity to the point that no one can afford it in the first place.

They also kill lots of birds over here as well, noticeably the Bald Eagle, our treasured national bird.

We should have taken Ben Franklin's advice and made the wild turkey the national bird, as we're fast becoming a nation of skittish, bug eyed turkey necks with the attention span of...well, a damned turkey.

BTW, are hard feeling once again festering between the British, the Scots, and the Irish in particular? I was of the assumption that everyone had taken to getting along. At least, I haven't heard much about the IRA for some time.

Take care, I need to get busy and do some work.

Chas

I thought you told a story about an altercation you had in a pub with someone half of your age, and how we was shocked that the old fellow, being yourself, took him to task. I saw a certain amount of humor in it at the time, and still do.

My mistake, 'twas indeed I that you were referring to. The egit was young (mid 30's), reasonably fit but pissed.

BTW, are hard feeling once again festering between the British, the Scots, and the Irish in particular? I was of the assumption that everyone had taken to getting along. At least, I haven't heard much about the IRA for some time.


Not really, but using the word British instead of English sums up the divide.

"The Acts of Union were two Acts of Parliament: the Union with Scotland Act 1706 passed by the Parliament of England, and the Union with England Act passed in 1707 by the Parliament of Scotland."

If you look up the Massacre of Glencoe you'll get an idea of how tense things were between Scotland and England before the Act of Union. It's crazy. Even now, some people think marriage between a Campbell and a McDonald is wrong.

"In 1688, William, Prince of Orange, accepted an invitation to take the throne of England, glad to enlist English help in his wars with Catholic France".

The thing to remember is that following The Act of Union between Scotland and England, the previously independent Scottish Parliament was suspended, not closed. There's to be a referendum in Scotland next year, question is basically "should Scotland be an independent country again"

The IRA thing was different. Basically the cause was sound; England ruled Ireland and treated the Irish very badly. There were republican movements before the IRA. Problem is that the IRA were strong, organised and stupid. They thought that bombs and shootings could unite, not further divide. Now we've got the Good Friday agreement; a clean slate where almost all IRA/UDA prisoners were released.

There are still splinter groups like the Real IRA. Inasmuch as there membership is low they're Relatively harmless but still dangerous.

As a species, humans seem to specialize in bigotry, hatred and stupidity.

[Charles]

[QUOTE=Combwork;163258]

Originally Posted by Charles

I thought you told a story about an altercation you had in a pub with someone half of your age, and how we was shocked that the old fellow, being yourself, took him to task. I saw a certain amount of humor in it at the time, and still do.

My mistake, 'twas indeed I that you were referring to. The egit was young (mid 30's), reasonably fit but pissed.

BTW, are hard feeling once again festering between the British, the Scots, and the Irish in particular? I was of the assumption that everyone had taken to getting along. At least, I haven't heard much about the IRA for some time.


Not really, but using the word British instead of English sums up the divide.

"The Acts of Union were two Acts of Parliament: the Union with Scotland Act 1706 passed by the Parliament of England, and the Union with England Act passed in 1707 by the Parliament of Scotland."

If you look up the Massacre of Glencoe you'll get an idea of how tense things were between Scotland and England before the Act of Union. It's crazy. Even now, some people think marriage between a Campbell and a McDonald is wrong.

"In 1688, William, Prince of Orange, accepted an invitation to take the throne of England, glad to enlist English help in his wars with Catholic France".

The thing to remember is that following The Act of Union between Scotland and England, the previously independent Scottish Parliament was suspended, not closed. There's to be a referendum in Scotland next year, question is basically "should Scotland be an independent country again"

The IRA thing was different. Basically the cause was sound; England ruled Ireland and treated the Irish very badly. There were republican movements before the IRA. Problem is that the IRA were strong, organised and stupid. They thought that bombs and shootings could unite, not further divide. Now we've got the Good Friday agreement; a clean slate where almost all IRA/UDA prisoners were released.

There are still splinter groups like the Real IRA. Inasmuch as there membership is low they're Relatively harmless but still dangerous.

As a species, humans seem to specialize in bigotry, hatred and stupidity.

Perhaps the serpent led Eve to the wrong tree.

Chas

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by Combwork

Interesting. My wife's mother's into genealogy; apparently I've Scottish blood, English blood and god help me Irish blood in my veins. I guess two out of three's OK.................... Anyway come the revolution we can all watch an independent Scotland sinking slowly beneath the waves.

Warning don't take up genealogy as a hobby because it will rapidly become an obsession. Take my word for it. Plus when you get back to 1700 the only thing available in most cases are the Bishops Records, so you practically have to visit the parish church, and Lincolnshire is a fair piece from Maryland.

Then there is a family in my background name of Auger (pronounced mostl like the drilll tool) but I imagine is actually French. I did find a goodly number of cousins though. And links into Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire