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    Was he the one that tried to sell the Cuillin to fund his leaky roof?
    I wasn't much of a fan of his after that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Calgacus View Post
    Was he the one that tried to sell the Cuillin to fund his leaky roof?
    I wasn't much of a fan of his after that.


    In fairness to Lord MacDonald, it was the old MacLeod Chief who tried to flog the Cuillin to fix his roof. They never sold after an huge local stoochie over whether or not he actually owned them and/or had the Right to sell them.

    The Skye dynamics between Dunvegan and Armadale remain interesting. The battle for the tourist's cash rumbles on, thankfully bloodlessly. I think.

    Humm... now there's a thought... enough with this new fangled Bannockburn Virtual Battle experience. (Where the English can actually win.) Perhaps, the MacLeod's and MacDonald's are missing a trick by not staging real battles over the buns, burgers and tat in the Gift Shops?

    Orionson
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    I seek the things they sought." ~ Basho

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    Ah, I'll let him off then

    I didn't realise such 'dynamics' existed, though I had picked up in one of your previous posts that there was 'something'.

    Back on topic, I probably have some photos of the Quirang and the Cuillin if you want that sort of thing, Nathan.

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    You have a rich vocabulary @Orionson. I had to Google two words you used; "tetchy" and "stoochie". Although the meaning is basically revealed from the context in which you used them, I wanted to be sure I understood.

    For the benefit of other readers of this thread, "tetchy" means irritable and bad tempered. "Stoochie" is a Scots word (which, incidentally, has a very different meaning in the Urban Dictionary) meaning an uproar, a commotion, a fuss, a row or a brouhaha. Apparently stoochie can also be spelled stushie and is rendered in some Scots language resources as stashie and given such alternative spellings as steeshie and stishie.

    Back to photos ;)
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    [QUOTE=Nathan;1248697]"You have a rich vocabulary @Orionson. I had to Google two words you used; "tetchy" and "stoochie". Although the meaning is basically revealed from the context in which you used them, I wanted to be sure I understood.

    For the benefit of other readers of this thread, "tetchy" means irritable and bad tempered.
    "Stoochie" is a Scots word (which, incidentally, has a very different meaning in the Urban Dictionary) meaning a an uproar, a commotion, a fuss, a row or a brouhaha. Apparently stoochie can also be spelled stushie and is rendered in some Scots language resources as stashie and given such alternative spellings as steeshie and stishie."

    One of the many things I have learned here, Nathan, is never to ever underestimate the punctilious nature and Sherlockian powers of deduction of the dedicated quasi
    Rabelaisian denizens of XMarks.

    Orionson
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    I seek the things they sought." ~ Basho

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