Royal Visit to the USA

[Alan H]

Actually Alan, with your sailing, hiking and physical fitness prowess-es your skills would be perfect for encouraging the youngsters along the right lines to achieve these awards. I am not recruiting, by they way!

Oh, I doubt that. I'm nowhere near correct enough to be thought a good example for the leaders of tomorrow.

But carry on, whatever. The Awards sound like good things, though I'm not familiar with them. I think it's great that the Prince is visiting one of the Games in the USA, I hope he enjoys himself while he's here.

[Jock Scot]

Oh, I doubt that. I'm nowhere near correct enough to be thought a good example for the leaders of tomrrow.

But carry on, whatever.

Oh I don't know, a good dollop of plain speaking still works wonders with most youngsters, even today.

[Alan H]

I just deleted my very plain-spoken/written post in favor of restraint, will save my plain-speaking for face-to-face encounters where it might have some impact, and will retire back to the Athletics forum.

As just Alan to Jock....I'd love to get over there and tramp around your land sometime. Perhaps we could put a dent in the trout population. I'd like that a lot, and I promise that when it's dumping down rain And the mud is ankle deep and I'm grubbing around trying to get close to an animal to shoot it........with a camera......... I'll have the common sense to wear modern raingear, and not my finest wool kilt.

Carry on.

[Pleater]

Duh - I just realised that the comment earlier in the thread was about the divine right of kings to rule - a concept dispensed with here some considerable time ago, and at some cost too.

Our royalty are for the most part a hard working lot, and they are involved with many organisations which strive to make the world a better place. Sometimes the media put them in danger by trying to make them into celebrities, for instance by revealing where their military duties have taken them and so laying them open to attack whilst praising their bravery in facing the threat they have created by their reports.

With Prince Phillip getting on a bit now it is only sensible for younger family to take on the awarding of the DoE scheme achievements - they are a serious undertaking and require time and dedication, particularly the higher level ones. It is more than likely, however, that Prince Edward is visiting in order to further various British interests and the visit to the games is to raise public awareness of his presence in the country.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[Alan H]

This is ridiculous.

I have no problem with the Prince attending a Games in the USA. I have no problem with the Royal Family, generally. I'm bluidy glad that I wasn't born "Prince Alan", however! If Prince Edward....or Charles, or Andrew or the Queen or Fergie or whoever, so happened to show up in California, I'd be delighted to meet them, shakes hands politely, buy the gentlemen a beer if the opportunity came up, and have a grand old time.

I'm not familiar with the Awards being discussed, but they sound worthwhile, and anything that gets kids in the out-of-doors, and doing public service rates highly with me!

What prompted my comment has nothing to do with the main point of the thread, and honestly, we all ought to just drop it. I have.

Back to discussing the Princes visit, the color of his sporran, the Balmoral tartan, and the Awards program he is working with....

[ForresterModern]

TROUT? Did I hear someone say something about TROUT?

[wildrover]

Fergie or whoever, so happened to show up in California,

I thought that's where she lives...? Wait, there is another Fergie? One that doesn't look like the creepy rubbish muppet from Labyrinth?

Honestly, I only vaguely know who these people are. All I know is the guy with the sporran is gonna come over here and be classy, and I figure that's enough, right?

TROUT? Did I hear someone say something about TROUT?

No, but the thread seems to be giving people haddocks.

[Tartan Hiker]

OK, everyone. Please remember that we all agreed to behave as gentlemen and gentlewomen. The bickering has gone on way too long, and closing this circus down is becoming much more likely.

[BoldHighlander]

TROUT? Did I hear someone say something about TROUT?

That perked me up too!
I can't wait for the season to open here! Perhaps we need to start a thread on the joys of trout fishing (unless there already is one)?

[Andrew M. Stewart]

TROUT? Did I hear someone say something about TROUT?

I think they said Eddy Windsor's got the Gout!