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Old 20 June 2009, 14:05   #41
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Well, have to give credit where credit is due - much of the backbone of young Canada was formed by people of Scottish & Irish descent. It is particularly remarkable how much of our armed forces were comprised of Macs & Mcs in arenas such as Vimy, Passchendaele, and so on.
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Well, have to give credit where credit is due - much of the backbone of young Canada was formed by people of Scottish & Irish descent. It is particularly remarkable how much of our armed forces were comprised of Macs & Mcs in arenas such as Vimy, Passchendaele, and so on.
Quite a few Welshmen as well. Plenty of Williamses - Evans - Jones etc etc.
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Couldn't believe it when I was in Swansea, eight pages of Williams's!
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Quite a few Welshmen as well. Plenty of Williamses - Evans - Jones etc etc.

Ah, I apologise for the oversight there.
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Ah, I apologise for the oversight there.
Thats ok - you would be suprised how many Welsh people there are in Canada - over 400,000 of Welsh decent that they know about!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadians_of_Welsh_descent
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Thats ok - you would be suprised how many Welsh people there are in Canada - over 400,000 of Welsh decent that they know about!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadians_of_Welsh_descent

Probably more but I dont blame them for choosing to hide it .........
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Probably more but I dont blame them for choosing to hide it .........
Thats rich coming from a country where the men wear mini skirts!!!
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It's all very functional. Zippers scare sheep.
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Thats rich coming from a country where the men wear mini skirts!!!
.... but they're not hiding ANYTHING, are they?
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...and for the record, I had lunch in Islay today and the bloke in the bar was wearing bermuda shorts. That's brave. Bumpy return to Eireann's shore just now. Wee drop of Ardbeg Uigeadail in hand here - nite!
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Thats rich coming from a country where the men wear mini skirts!!!
Aye ... kilts are not for the faint hearted, I wouldnt try it if I were you Codders, knobly knees, milk bottle legs, the lassies would run a mile from ye, (wow.. 3 assumptions in one go)

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It's all very functional. Zippers scare sheep.
IIRC there are far more sheep in Wales per head of human population
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Aye ... kilts are not for the faint hearted, I wouldnt try it if I were you Codders, knobly knees, milk bottle legs, the lassies would run a mile from ye, (wow.. 3 assumptions in one go)



IIRC there are far more sheep in Wales per head of human population
I have a new theory - the more sheep per person the better the country is at Rugby. The one country with even more sheep than Wales is New Zealand!!!
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I have a new theory - the more sheep per person the better the country is at Rugby. The one country with even more sheep than Wales is New Zealand!!!
Christ with 3000 people and 750,000 sheep we ought to win the next rugby World Cup
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No that's just being silly - you would never have any energy left................
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No that's just being silly - you would never have any energy left................
Says the voice of experience
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No that's just being silly - you would never have any energy left................
Very good!
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I wouldn't buy another landrover if they paid me. My last 90 needed multiple rear view mirrors just to watch for the bits falling off, these included insignificant and obviously unneeded parts such as a passenger door, a front wheel and the gearbox extension case seperating from the main body of the car at random intervals.......
LR have been trading on badge loyalty now for a number of years IMO
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Great video - the Royal Marines do similar things!!!

How can the front wheel fall off a Land Rover? Unless of course repeated use of an air driver has sheared the studs?

Nothing has fallen off any of my Land Rovers - ever!!!
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