X Marks the Scot - An on-line community of kilt wearers.

   X Marks Partners - (Go to the Partners Dedicated Forums )
USA Kilts website Celtic Croft website Celtic Corner website Houston Kiltmakers

User Tag List

Results 1 to 10 of 54

Hybrid View

  1. #1
    Join Date
    5th September 05
    Location
    Chicago
    Posts
    5,144
    Mentioned
    2 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Years ago...and I remember this...I was a kid then and watched the show religiously...we had a tv show called Sgt. Preston of the Yukon....this cat was a dashing mustachioed mounty who, with the aid of his chief sled dog, Yukon King...the smartest frickin dog in the entire universe, kept the Northwest Territories safe from...whatever it was that threatened law and order up there.

    They ran a promotion in cahoots with a breakfast cereal wherein they gave away deeds to square INCHES of the Northwest Territories. So here are these thousands of kids clutching very official looking deeds to one square inch of the Yukon and promising themselves that one day they would go and visit their "claim", get a sled dog at least as brilliant as Yukon King and, perhaps, prospect for gold on their piece of the world (with these teeny-tiny little picks and shovels!).

    Needless to say, these deeds have only sentimental value these days and show up at nostalgia shows as collectibles...but what a great promotion!

    Perhaps I could interest you in some extremely small highland cattle or some miniscule sheep for your claim in Scotland?

    best

    AA

    just in case you're curious:

    http://home.teleport.com/~jrolsen/premiums/preston.html

  2. #2
    macwilkin is offline
    Retired Forum Moderator
    Forum Historian

    Join Date
    22nd June 04
    Posts
    9,938
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    FoL...

    You can also get invited by other member of FoL.
    To paraphrase Monty Python, "hint, hint, nudge nudge, wink, wink, say no more..." :mrgreen:

    T.

  3. #3
    Join Date
    10th August 04
    Location
    San Jose, CA
    Posts
    1,172
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    I'm a member. There's pics of my wife and I somewhere in the members section.

  4. #4
    macwilkin is offline
    Retired Forum Moderator
    Forum Historian

    Join Date
    22nd June 04
    Posts
    9,938
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    FoL...

    I just claimed my plot of land! :mrgreen:

    Slainte!

    Todd

  5. #5
    Join Date
    23rd January 04
    Posts
    4,682
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot
    I just claimed my plot of land! :mrgreen:

    Slainte!

    Todd
    I want to sign up, but I need a bar code first.

  6. #6
    Join Date
    21st May 04
    Location
    Norway
    Posts
    2,824
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Me To I'll have to wait for Santa:-?
    All the Best.....David.
    Why be part of the crowd Choose a Freelander Sporran
    A Member of the Caledonian Society of Norway
    My Photo Gallery Flickr

  7. #7
    Join Date
    23rd January 04
    Posts
    4,682
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Freelander Sporrano
    Me To I'll have to wait for Santa:-?
    or maybe someone (wink,wink Todd) can invite us if they are already a member. ;-)

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

» Log in

User Name:

Password:

Not a member yet?
Register Now!
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v4.2.0