Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Graham When we last visited Scotland and made a search of the Rutherford clan genealogy, we found out that the Rutherfords were border reivers, who pillaged the English near the border. My wife's mother was a MacDonald, and they had a different reputation. Bloodier yet, I believe. BTW, are we supposed to consider Marc the Small, as an arbiter of who are the real Scots? I'll wager that he can't drink Laphroig.:-) Jerry GeeBee wrote: > From: "Jerry Lehrer" <jerryleh@pacbell.net> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: 08 March 2003 20:01 > Subject: Re: [Leica] Flag waving > > Marc > > We have been to Perth, Dundee and Inverness as well as the > Lowlands. We have found the people to be just as nice. > Never made it to John o' Groats though. Got a phone call > to get back to work in Burnley, Lancashire. > > Jerry > > Marc James Small wrote: > > > At 03:24 PM 3/8/03 -0000, GeeBee wrote: > > >From: "Jerry Lehrer" <jerryleh@pacbell.net> > > >Sent: 08 March 2003 03:09 > > >> I see the red cross of St. George (England) and the UK flag. My wife > > >> is disturbed 'cause she can't see the cross of St. Andrew, ( She > > >> is Scottish). > > >> > > >> Jerry > > > > > >Hi Jerry, > > >I know how your wife feels. I used to be a regular visitor to both > Glasgow > > >and Edinburgh and I was appalled at the lack of St. George flags on show > > >there :-) > > > > The proper flag of Scotland is the Saltire and not the British version of > > the St Andrew''s Cross. Most Scots partisans use the Lion Rampant to make > > certain that there is no misunderstanding. And Glasgow and Edinburgh, as > > Lowland towns, are of course merely parts of those Northern English > > provinces won by the Highlands in the Middle Ages. Go to Perth or > > Inverness or the like to see what the real Scots believe! > > > > Slainte! > > > > Marc > > > =================================================================== > > Hi Jerry, > I was wondering , if your wife is from the lowlands, is there any chance you > could record the conversation when you tell her where the real Scots are > from :-) If so I would like to order a copy. > > --Graham > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html