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**Jock Scot** · 10th July 08, 12:34 PM

Testing.

Its working again!It must be the collected wisdom of xmarks that frightened it to work again!Well done chaps!I really am very grateful for all your efforts!Honestly, I have done absolutely the same as I have always,for nearly a year.Splice the mainbrace!

**McMurdo** · 10th July 08, 12:38 PM

Glad to see it's working for you again Jock

**Splash_4** · 10th July 08, 12:40 PM

WooHoo sir. I am glad it is working.. (now anxiously awaiting the promised flood of photos)

**Jock Scot** · 10th July 08, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by Splash_4

WooHoo sir. I am glad it is working.. (now anxiously awaiting the promised flood of photos)

Thanks for your help and everyone else too. What do you want?More fishing?Brae Roy?The ruins of High bridge? You choose.

**Splash_4** · 10th July 08, 12:48 PM

Ruins of high bridge??? Ooooh, sound good.

**Ruanaidh** · 10th July 08, 01:27 PM

Originally Posted by Splash_4

Ruins of high bridge??? Ooooh, sound good.

And more fishing, too.

**Jock Scot** · 10th July 08, 01:43 PM

OK here goes!High bridge was built for the cost of 1000 guinnees(1 guinnee = £1--05) by General Wade in the early 1700's as part of a military communications system to move troops, quickly,around the highlands in times of trouble.Sadly, one span collapsed in about 1913 and a steel walkway was put across and in about 1960 the other span collapsed and it is as you see it now.In its time it was reputed to be the highest bridge in Europe abot 100 ft above the water.

The cairn at High Bridge.

Central pillar.The "rebels"side to the left, the army tried to cross from the right.

The steel tempory bridge put in place in 1913.The river Spean below.

The plaque on the cairn.

General Wades road leading to the bridge from the "rebel" side.

The system is still playing up, so I will quit while I am ahead!

**Jock Scot** · 10th July 08, 01:51 PM

Ok the second picture should have been this! Best to blame the opperator!

The central pillar,the "rebels" were to the left the army were trying to cross from the right.

Phew!

Sorry about the spelling,I was concentrating on getting the pictures up.

**Hamish** · 10th July 08, 06:17 PM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

You are going to "love" me! What's a clipboard?

I will do exactly as suggested and see what happens.Give me ten minutes!

If it is any consolation, Jock, I do not have the faintest idea what "the clipboard" is either, at least not in connection with computers! I have been using them for ten years (all but three weeks!) and I have heard of clipart, but not clipboards! I guess I have just never needed one.

Take care,
Ham.

PS: Congratulations on getting there with the images at last.

**ghostlight** · 12th July 08, 11:22 AM

Basically if you think of the copy/paste function in Windows as tucking a note into your pocket to remind yourself of something later, the clipboard is the "pocket" that holds the note. It's the place the note goes when you press control-c (or when you highlight text and right click to copy) and it's the place the note comes from when you press control-v (or when you right click to paste).

Splash_4's instructions for displaying the clipboard basically allow you to look into the pocket to verify that the note you made for yourself is still there. The clipboard is usually running in the background when you do this kind of thing. It's hidden to avoid clutter, but it's the "man behind the scenes" doing the work.

(The above isn't completely technically correct, but I hope it helps illustrate the basic concept.)

Thanks for the pictures, Jock. It's always nice to see historic sites.