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Hi All,

Husband has given me an early birthday gift :) Hes bought me a foot sq of scotish woodland which is titled which means i am now a Lady :) as well as protecting part of scotish woodland :)

I am thrilled that i can do my bit for conservation plus I can change my name and annoy people with it :)

Woo Hoo

Lady Cam!

Does that mean Harriet is a "Lady in waiting" M'lady? :D

takes more than 1 sq ft of wood to make a lady out of someone!

well if I gave my partner a square foot of woodland for her birthday, things would turn unladylike pretty blooming quickly

Harriet - lady in waiting - Yep  i can pass it on in my will

As for the other comments sows ear and silk purse come to mind :)
hehe

yep, you can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear

personally I think English people buying up the whole of Scotland on a square foot by square foot basis is a splendid idea, but not all might agree  :)

don't you make sausages out of sow's ears?

I AM NOT ENGLISH  ;D

(husband is so i will let you off :) )

Quote from: Bugloss2009 on March 22, 2011, 22:13:01
personally I think English people buying up the whole of Scotland on a square foot by square foot basis is a splendid idea, but not all might agree  :)

don't you make sausages out of sow's ears?

nope, it's pigs intestine for the sausage skins, and shoulders and cheeks for the filling !

Quote from: cambourne7 on March 22, 2011, 22:30:50
I AM NOT ENGLISH  ;D

(husband is so i will let you off :) )

I bet you're not Scottish either  :D

Quote from: tonybloke on March 22, 2011, 22:31:22

Quote from: Bugloss2009 on March 22, 2011, 22:13:01
personally I think English people buying up the whole of Scotland on a square foot by square foot basis is a splendid idea, but not all might agree  :)

don't you make sausages out of sow's ears?

nope, it's pigs intestine for the sausage skins, and shoulders and cheeks for the filling !

so "Walls have ears" wasn't a reference to sausages?

Pork Scratchings?

"the only part of a (poor) pig that isn't used is the squeak"

So what's your new title then? Something fancy? I think that is a funny and original gift, much nicer than a paperback or a new jumper!

Quote from: Bugloss2009 on March 22, 2011, 22:36:56

Quote from: cambourne7 on March 22, 2011, 22:30:50
I AM NOT ENGLISH  ;D

(husband is so i will let you off :) )

I bet you're not Scottish either  :D

Nope close though i am defiantly a celt :) Irish :)

That said i have been doing some family history and have traced my family down my grandmothers side to strong Scottish roots

John Inglis Nicol
Birth 17 June 1789 in Teawig, Beauly, Near Inverness, Scotland
Death 25 Sept 1849 in Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom
Occupation: Physician & Surgeon.
Lord Provost of Inverness 1840-1843
His picture and bust are in the Inverness Town House
"information Sheet No. 2: "One of several medical men who became provost was JOHN NICOL (1840-1843). His portrait is near the side door at the stage. He was a remarkable man, an experimenter in chemistry and horticulture, an industrialist, an anatomist - with hints of 'resurrectionist' activities - notable for his efforts to improve sanitation in the town. True to medical tradition he died in 1849 while coping with a cholera epidemic. The portrait of this lively little man is by Robert Innes of Edinburgh". Also in the Town House, in the same room as the portrait, is a bust of Dr. John Inglis Nicol More About http://www.ambaile.org.uk/en/item/photograph_zoom.jsp?item_id=73128&zoom=2"

Through this connection there is links to the clan Chisholm, Macpherson, Ingles & Bruce going back past the 1680s


I did contact the clans and i am entitled call myself part of there clans and wear the tartan then they ask for money one wanted £150 a year just to support the clan.

a Bodysnatcher! How cool is that?

everybody seems to have some Irish roots. Here's Muhammad Ali talking about his Irish roots, and the interview goes horribly wrong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM74gz61c3Y

Yes we rock :) Defiantly Irish born in Dublin with Irish passport and everything :) Going to be interesting in a few years when i change my passport to Lady rather than Mrs :) haha

Just ordered my form to change my driving license :)

Wonder how long before i get junk mail with the new title :) HAHA

Nothing wrong with Irish Girls - I married one

yep we rock :)