Tales of Home [7]

Great concert Id say Where has our intrepid Mayor been ?
{{{ all I can say Halfy is, Im sorry I let you down lol }}}

{{{Its that time of the year again in my corner of the world- its the Cowal Highland Gathering (and annual buckie and crabbit competition) from roughly 6pm 6.30 ish until its dark and the fireworks begin the pipe bands march form the stadium at one end of town to the other end of town.
If you want a taste of it then go here-

http://www.dunoon.tv/

The camera points at the jubilee lamp, which is a popular place for bands to stop and play on their way through town so should get to see at least a few}}}

{{{Its running late- looks more like it will be 7- 730 ish for it to start. Which for those who cant be bothered working out the time difference thats in about 45 minutes from this post time.}}}

IL give it a go Petty

                 

{{{Our Mayor has been at the buckie! I hearby endorse this Mayor! }}}

{{{Some stuff from the Cowal games.
First the serious stuff, starting with the highland dancers whose main competition day is Friday}}}

{{About 30secs in for the dancing to start- its damn competitive cut throat stuff the highland dancing world. And the judging is harsh as buggery, the slightest lapse in poise or position and your marked down instantly, you may as well go home if your foot touches one of the swords}}




{{The pipe bands take centre stage on the Saturday- first the serious competition stuff in the park- heres one of the best pipe bands in Scotland, Inveraray and District performing before the judges}}}



{{{There is also a bunch of traditional competions that day in the stadium, from running to caber tossing and wrestling, sadly no footage of that so far.
But after the days competition the bands march from the stadium through the town to the pier, by which time everyone, bands included are usually a bit pished and its all just for fun}}

{{{There is an old inn in the village I grew up in, it was called The Why Not? when I was a kid, these days its the Holy Loch Inn. And outside their front door they have a good old fashioned chalk blackboard, on which they put the days specials, special offers, or live events on to entice in passers by. But every so often the sign is more like this }}

Those are good. There's a store on the Main Street of the town where I grew up that puts similar humorous messages up on their sign; always fun to drive by and see what it was.

I shared these pics with a friend of mine whose mom was raised in Paisley before the war.
She enjoyed the humour but brought up a good point. How do they keep the chalk from running in the drippy Scottish weather????
The "could be Bears" one looks particularly damp, yet not a run on it.

I love signs like that

{{Got a young deer, a stag no less, living in my back garden }}



{{Cheeky bastard, its not een paying for those bushes its eating Might be a touch tricky to shift mind you, he is rather well armed at the moment after a first summers growth }}}





{{ Maybe I should risk opening the fridge door at letting the Thing that lives in there out and hope they kill each other }}

He is beautiful Petty ! Your lucky to have him. Ok, they eat the things you'de rather keep & chew the bark off trees but, look at him He's probably looking at you with a similar idea ? In fact his stunned face looks like he's thinking "Eh ?!"
{{{ you keep that thing in the fridge IN the fridge, the world aint ready for that kinda savage destruction ! }}}

aw bless its furry face.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1809088/minnesota-knife-attack-the-somali-isis-fanatic-dahir-a-adan-who-went-on-mall-knife-rampage-after-checking-whether-victims-were-muslims/

good, theres one less shithead in the world.

{{{Breakfast with me! And can you understand a word I say?! I do try to tone the accent down a bit for clarity sake, but um I may have forgotten to take the cig out of my mouth at points }}}

I found that quite delightful!

we should all do one of those thingies. its weird to hear peoples real voices. and I understood the seagull better than Petty.

Pettytyrant101 wrote:{{{Breakfast with me! And can you understand a word I say?! I do try to tone the accent down a bit for clarity sake, but um I may have forgotten to take the cig out of my mouth at points    }}}

That a proper Scottish accent you got, great idea for a vid

I blame Figgy for this.  

You can say "piss off" all yer like to a seagull, it wont notice you
I find voices more than faces are a real eye opener I think I "get" the person more that way ? But anyhoo, that was fun !

{{{Your English is better than mine Amarie!

I think I "get" the person more that way ? - Azriel

I shudder to think what you get from my speaking voice}}}

Oh, definitely.