X Marks the Scot - An on-line community of kilt wearers.
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7th November 05, 04:03 PM
#1
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
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7th November 05, 04:24 PM
#2
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.
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7th November 05, 05:55 PM
#3
I'm a member. There's pics of my wife and I somewhere in the members section.
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7th November 05, 06:02 PM
#4
FoL...
I just claimed my plot of land! :mrgreen:
Slainte! 
Todd
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8th November 05, 09:11 AM
#5
 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.
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8th November 05, 09:13 AM
#6
Me To I'll have to wait for Santa:-?
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8th November 05, 09:19 AM
#7
 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. ;-)
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