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Old 08-20-2014, 09:22 AM
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The Scots have left their mark.

Alexander Fleming - Penicillin

Alexander Bell - Telephone

James Watt - Steam Engine

Adam Smith - Economics

John Baird - TV

David Hume - Enlightenment

Rev Patrick Bell - Reaping Machine

Andrew Carnegie - US Steel

Joseph Lister - Antiseptics

James Clerk Maxwell - Electromagnetic Radiation
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Old 08-20-2014, 09:25 AM
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Nice! But I don't see

Scrooge McDuck - piles of gold coins?



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The Scots have left their mark.

Alexander Fleming - Penicillin

Alexander Bell - Telephone

James Watt - Steam Engine

Adam Smith - Economics

John Baird - TV

David Hume - Enlightenment

Rev Patrick Bell - Reaping Machine

Andrew Carnegie - US Steel

Joseph Lister - Antiseptics

James Clerk Maxwell - Electromagnetic Radiation

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You forgot one.......

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Old 08-20-2014, 09:58 AM
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LMAO!

I'll play Military Tattoos tonight

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LMAO!

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How many are there? I only remember one, played with 'retreat' every afternoon at 5 PM.

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Pio, back when my dad played they I figured they were infinite

There's quite a few. I actually like bagpipes occasionally.

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Pio, back when my dad played they I figured they were infinite

There's quite a few. I actually like bagpipes occasionally.

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We just got the sad standard 'Taps-to' after 'retreat' on valveless bugle, as played at military burials. Haven't heard the others.

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Here's some: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuVOMrAtu_o

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The problem with the BBC is that it's biased. Alec Salmond took part in a 7 minute news shot for the BBC. They broadcast 3 minutes of it, missing out basic points such as when the headquarters of a major instition moves South it means nothing more than screwing a brass plate onto a different door. Staff stay here, work stays here, people stay here.

Economic arguments from 'experts' contradict each other over and over again. It's pick and choose. I reckon people will go by what their heart tells them. With any luck and a fair wind, by this time next week (UK time gentlemen) we'll have a good idea of which way it's going. My heart? Independence for Scotland.

Your country was founded be people wanting independence. It's not as ugly now as it was then but the feeling, the desire to control things for ourselves is just as important as back then.

My Heart? Independence for Scotland.

Ay what? It's so long since I've been here I can't find the spellchecker. Guess I'll have to go back to school. I before E except after C..............
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Best of luck to ya on the vote Combwork. It's been seven long centuries and overdue imo.
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