Hey Salsa - could you add 1 with me, as I figured it would be OK if my DGF accompanies me; she's a rider too and she's looking forward to it also. Thanks!
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Hey Salsa - could you add 1 with me, as I figured it would be OK if my DGF accompanies me; she's a rider too and she's looking forward to it also. Thanks!
You bet!Quote:
Originally Posted by MM_QFC!
I had Quill's phone number somewhere, but I don't know where. Oh, wait, I just found it! PMing it to you.
Hey, I forgot to also ask---does anyone have any really compelling food "issues"? Want to make sure everyone will be able to eat!
Knot? Gluten? Anyone else?
Me, gluten. Not an issue, I always find goodies to eat! (and I'll bring something, too.)
Most foods *don't* have gluten! :D
I'm ok with anything that doesn't involve eating organs or cooked cruciferous vegetables.
Sorry, no haggis for me.
Does he not do manskirts?Quote:
Originally Posted by mimitabby
It'll just be me - the hubby can't make it that night.
No food issues for me - 99% omniverous
Well, aparently your department of homeland security or suchlike doesn't let haggis be imported to the US. Probably afraid one mouthful will turn you all into socialists.Quote:
Originally Posted by boy in a kilt
Stop havering!Quote:
Originally Posted by boy in a kilt
Did Salsa not mention everyone has to talk Scottish all night????:rolleyes: Now c'mon, don't let on I haven't given you enough coaching - we all remember talk Scottish day, right?:D Don't worry, there will be personal tuition.Quote:
Originally Posted by boy in a kilt
And the more drunk I get, the more Scottish I become. Which means at some point I'll be arrested for 'breach of the peace' - which is a Scottish crime involving being drunk and singing very loudly out of tune.
I've got the official ruling and barring a major disaster, I'll be there. DH will not (so he says right now, I'll let you know if he changes his mind).
Now, where can I find a kilt around here?
So what DOES "havering" mean?? I love the Proclaimers and I always wondered what it meant in the song 500 miles... "When I haver...."??Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruno28
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Originally Posted by kelownagirl
It means to talk nonsense. It's what Scots do at great length when drunk.
It's also used to disparage the views of anyone you don't agree with. As in 'Awa 'n' stop haverin' (The final 'g' is normally silent in Scots). An alternative in this situation is 'awa 'n' bile yer heid'. (Trans -'go away and place your head in a pan of boiling water. That may bring you to your senses')
This is fun, isn't it:D :D :D
I really should be packing.
wow! learned something new! yes, this IS funQuote:
Originally Posted by Bruno28
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Originally Posted by mimitabby
Oh, there's so much more! We've hardly begun:rolleyes:
Funny, we call that Karaoke and unfortunately it's not illegal around these parts. Lost a lot of sleep my high school years due to it.(Why, oh, why did my parents have to do it 'til two in the morning on a school night and still expect me to do well in school?) It seems it's something the Scottish and Koreans have in common. Who woulda thunk?!! :rolleyes: ;) :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Bruno28
My schedule has opened up (I thought I was going to be out of town that week), so I'd love to come out and meet people...
Yea!! :cool: :D
BTW, someone needs to promise there will be NO karaoke! There just isn't enough beer in the world... :rolleyes: :p
I think I may need to wear my Utilikilt for this one. :eek: :D
DH will be accompanying me also :)
Hmmm, I know there must be some Scottish in my family tree somewhere... :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Bruno28
I've got MacGregors a few generations back (my British friend likes to tell me they were horse thieves.......)Quote:
Originally Posted by Xrayted
genuine mutt really though - Italian, English, Irish, Scottish, German, Slovak, who knows what else (granddad from Sicily so that opens up a whole world of mixing - now my dad thinks maybe greatgramma was Albanian :p )
I have German, Irish, Italian and most likely Scottish. No wonder I can't understand any of them... :p
As long as it isn't an Olive Original. Then we would match and that's creepy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xrayted
I understand this perfectly well. Have I ever mentioned that I am a descendant of moonshiners and hillbillies?Quote:
And the more drunk I get, the more Scottish I become. Which means at some point I'll be arrested for 'breach of the peace' - which is a Scottish crime involving being drunk and singing very loudly out of tune.
I'm not sure it would take something as drastic as haggis to make us socialists, we just would never refer to it as such.
You guys better take lots of pictures at this gathering. I am so disappointed that I won't be able to come... :(
We're sorry too, KG. Next time...
Welcome, Dex!
Bruno, should I wear my Celtics shirt or my Rangers shirt?? OK, never mind that one. (I'll just wear my Man U shirt instead)
[dodges objects being thrown and puts karaoke machine back in the basement]
Hmmmm, I have a Flogging Molly shirt :p
Wrong country though and besides, I believe they are from the US.
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Originally Posted by salsabike
http://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/home/
DH and I did re-watch Trainspotting the other night as to get the lingo down right.
Hilarious albeit disturbing movie.
:cool: Trainspotting :cool:
Begbie :eek: :cool:
C
the movie always makes me want to eat beans for breakfast :eek:
Flogging Molly is good trail running music. They are up there with Social Distortion as my favorite lower-key punk bands.Quote:
Originally Posted by teigyr
Dave King, the singer, is from Dublin. Originally came to the US as part of Fastway, which Wikipedia describes as "a late-80's/early 90's hard rock band." I remember Fastway having a couple of hits around 1983-ish. I still catch myself singing it from time to time.
I'm sure wearing a T-shirt from an Irish punk band won't seem too odd. Let's ponder the all the cultural cross-threading going on here. Scottish woman in Seattle, hanging out (and presumably drinking) with a bunch of Yanks. At least one yahoo of undetermined heritage running around in a kilt made in the US, either tartan or an Olive Utilikilt. Also, there will be at least one person there born in Asia (unless I end up going alone).
Oh, and the common denominator is we all ride bikes. The first bike with cranks was invented by the French.
I'm sure I'm missing something, but that's a good start.
Sounds like a party to me.
Am actually going to NY in November to see Stiff Little Fingers which, despite their ages now, is kind of Irish punk. Have many SLF shirts.
Am still thinking of what I have that is Scottish.
Midge Ure! Got it.
a blast from the past...
"We're on the march with Ollie's Army
We're going to the Argentiiiiiiine
And we'll really shake them up
When we when the World Cup
Cause Scotland are the greatest football teeeeeeeeam"
and let's not forget:
"I want to be a punk rocker
but my mommy will nae let me,
she says if I'm a punk
She'll kill me, and hate me
I want to be a punk rocker
but I'm fraid to be a punk
cuz me mommy will nae let me be a punk"
And "Restless Natives" is a good way to get the accent... (hee hee!)
Finally have sitters nailed down, so Mr. Kiltiger will definitely be accompanying me. Yea!
Anyone living in the north end interested in carpooling (big van), pm me. We do turn into pumpkins at ~10:30, so be aware that we need to leave by 10pm.
I turn into a pumpkin at 10:30 because I get up for work at 5:30. She's usually on her second decaf cappucino happily web surfing. At least, I think that's what she's doing. I'm usually asleep.Quote:
Originally Posted by sgtiger
I am interested in your club and it's activities. Please feel free to send me more information.Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
Here is my contribution to the evening.
If I post it now you will **all** have time to practice the words
to the tune of A Scottish Soldier (you can find it on the internet or YouTube)
One...two... three...and...
There was a cyclist, a Scotttish cyclist
Who cycled far away, and rode so far away
There was none bolder, nor heart-of-gold-er
Than Bruno 28 of Falkirk town
She's seen the flowers, at sunset hours
She's seen the cows a-graze thro' Scottish haze
And now she's flying, her heart is sighing
To meet the girls of Team Estrogen
[chorus] And they're TE girls, they're the greatest girls
Not just cycling girls, they're all-rounder girls
Forever these girls will be TE girls
One for all and all for one
There were some cyclists, Seattle cyclists
Who cycled far and wide, they rode so far and wide
There were none bolder, nor heart-of-gold-er
They rode on all the routes and cycled all the tracks
They've seen the grizzly, in weather drizzly (??!!)
They've seen the ducks in lines, above the pines
And now they're eating, and no doubt drinking
And Bruno 28 is there with them
[chorus] And they're TE girls...
Wish I was there to see if I could drink Bruno under the table.
You Americans haven't a chance! You need an ozzie or a kiwi to have a hope of out-drinking a Scot!
don't worry SG, i am home and in bed before 10pm. Talk about pumpkins! (Chickens!)
Great song Margo!
Here's one you can all practice
http://www.tartanspecials.com/myfavouritethings.html
I made it to Calgary. Will be appearing in Seattle soon!
How about a good Canadian girl with a lot of Scottish Ancestry.Quote:
Originally Posted by margo49
Which brings me to my next question...does anyone have some floor space where I can roll out my thermarest? Or even a safe place to park where I can sleep in the back of my truck?