Penzoil3 Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?98729-Finally-captured-on-film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdguy Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Sorry Sue, but I can't get in unless I register. I am reluctant to register onto a website I will probably never return to because I am not interested in combat sims. I'd like to try real Haggis sometime. I am of Norwegian ancestry but I think there are some Scottish genes in my DNA because I an fond of bagpipes and Scottish culture. I used to attend the Highland Festival in Estes Park Colorado every year. One year the Queens Scot Guards were there. It was fascinating to watch those 250 pound guys in kilts toe dancing across the crossed swords. I wrote a letter to the Queen thanking her for allowing them to perform in Colorado. I got a reply on Buckingham Palace stationery signed by a brigadier general. It's entirely possible that I have a drop or two of Scot blood since Norwegians lived in and held what is now Scotland from the 8th to 15th centuries. One of my bucket list items that will probably never be realized is attending the tattoo at Edinburg. Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penzoil3 Posted February 5, 2016 Author Share Posted February 5, 2016 Here you are..."A genuine wild Haggis, somewhere in the Highlands. The photographer is rumored to be after Nessie, next. (I thought at first it was just a common airborne drone.) " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdguy Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Cute... Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Museumkeeper Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Hi Sorry Sue, it is not genuine as both its legs are the same length. To be a genuine haggis it has to have one leg shorter than the other to allow it to run around the hills level. Kind regards Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdguy Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 What about lowlanders Ian? Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Museumkeeper Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 we've got hills as well, just not quite so big. Not so much a mountain, more a molehill. This link is just for you Noel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBYVmnMFMtA Kind regards Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdguy Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Magnificent Ian. Thanks Almost better than sex. Hell, at my age better than sex. I did miss Scotland the Brave though. Fife and drums playing The British Grenadiers also makes my blood run. Nobody, absolutely nobody, does military pageantry better than the British. I love it! Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penzoil3 Posted February 6, 2016 Author Share Posted February 6, 2016 I vaguely remember sex, something like riding a bicycle, wasn't it ? LOL Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdguy Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Don't you turn the TV set on Sue? Every time I turn it on I'm reminded of what it used to be like. Only in my day the cameras weren't on. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall never embarrassed us on the screen. Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdguy Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 My three favorites. Scotland the Brave. The British Grenadiers. The Gary Owen (7th Cavalry...Custer's regiment) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkJM5Upfusc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXVVjNav2Uw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaPk9yYWQcM&list=RDgaPk9yYWQcM Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Museumkeeper Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Glad you liked the link Kind regards Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdguy Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 I showed my wife U-Tube presentation of the Edinburg tattoo and she asked me why it's called a tattoo. Probably a lot of you don't know where the term came from either. It's derived from a Dutch term from the 1600s during the 30 Years War. Many British and Scottish troops were attached to the Dutch Army and under command of Dutch generals. In the late evening bugles and drums from camp would sound telling the local pub and bar keeps to 'doe den tap toe'. That meant to turn off the beer spigots and for the troops to come back to the camp. In English a shortened 'doe den tap toe' became tattoo. It became traditional for the British and Scotch and Irish to maintain the custom around their forts and camps. When tattoo sounded the pubs closed, the troops marched back to the base, and then they drilled for an hour to half sober up before going to their barracks to sleep. The more common meaning of the word tattoo comes from the Polynesian word 'tatu' which means marking the body. Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Museumkeeper Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 17 hours ago, birdguy said: I showed my wife U-Tube presentation of the Edinburg tattoo and she asked me why it's called a tattoo. Probably a lot of you don't know where the term came from either. It's derived from a Dutch term from the 1600s during the 30 Years War. Many British and Scottish troops were attached to the Dutch Army and under command of Dutch generals. In the late evening bugles and drums from camp would sound telling the local pub and bar keeps to 'doe den tap toe'. That meant to turn off the beer spigots and for the troops to come back to the camp. In English a shortened 'doe den tap toe' became tattoo. It became traditional for the British and Scotch and Irish to maintain the custom around their forts and camps. When tattoo sounded the pubs closed, the troops marched back to the base, and then they drilled for an hour to half sober up before going to their barracks to sleep. The more common meaning of the word tattoo comes from the Polynesian word 'tatu' which means marking the body. Noel Kind regards Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdguy Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 That requires a followup Ian. I mentioned Scots Guard toe dancing around the crossed swords at the Estes Park Highland Festival in Colorado. Here they are again at Estes park. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZN9grfnPts Not once do toes touch steel! Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Museumkeeper Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Thanks kind regards Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLA1836 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Hi Noel, The only way you can taste a traditional Haggis would be a visit to Scotland, where the Haggis can contain not only lamb mince but also lungs and heart. However, scottishgourmetusa.com can supply an alternative, made in USA. The difference is that they are not allowed to use offal ( USA regulations), but it seems that people of Scottish origin find their Haggis quite acceptable. I personally do like Haggis, served with potatoes and turnip ( swedes), especially with a "wee dram" of single malt to follow. Cheers, Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdguy Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 US regulations on meat products are sometimes hindersome. When I make meatloaf or spaghetti sauce I ask the butcher to mix sausage and ground beef together. But I'm told that's against the law. I have to buy them separately and mix them myself. I have a 'wee dram' of single malt from time to time myself. I'm partial to The Glenlivet. Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLA1836 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Yes, The Glenlivet is excellent - my favourite is Glenmorangie. I also like the Edinburgh Tattoo with the massed Pipe Bands - must be something from my Scottish heritage ( my Grandmother came from Turriff near Aberdeen) One of the displays I really enjoyed some years back was the USMC Silent Drill Platoon - magnificent precision! They are also on YouTube. Cheers, Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdguy Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 I've seen the USMC Silent Drill before Bill. And the Old Guard fife and drum corps are worth watching too. But still they don't measure up to the military pageantry that seems inherent with the British. Back in the 60s when I was in the regular Air Force I was sent to Australia to backfill a station we operated in Alice Springs for about three weeks. I landed in a military transport in the middle of the night at some RAAF base near Brisbane I think. In the morning I went to the NCO mess for breakfast and was quite startled when a chap in a white waiter's jacked and a white towel draped over his arm came up to my table and stomped his boot down and said, "Sir! Coffee or tea?" I wondered if they were going to give me a bat man too. I have to say my three weeks in Alice were delightful. I found the Aussies extremely friendly. We could hardly walk into a pub without someone shouting out, "Set one up for the Yanks!" I tried to get permanently assigned there but it didn't work out. And before you ask, yes, I saw The Rock. Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLA1836 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Noel You probably saw The Alice and Ayers Rock at their best - before they became so commercialised. How long did your trans-Pacific flight take - I flew from the UK to Sydney in 1970 and it took 2 days, with 5 stopovers and that was in a 707 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdguy Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 I actually flew from California to Hawaii and then from Hawaii to Fiji to Brisbane. It was a few days as I recall. I had to wait at Hickam for a C-141 that was transporting other personnel (mostly civilian) who were working on other projects. I flew from Travis AFB to Hickam on a contract Continental B707. Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olderndirt Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Back in '53, I came from Southampton to New York in a little over four days - S.S. United States. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdguy Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 About the same year, olderndirt, I sailed from San Diego to Korea on a troop ship with about a thousand other Marines. It was old APA and it took us almost 4 weeks including stops in Hawaii and Japan (where we were not allowed to leave the ship). Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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