The only one I currently own…

This week, my beautiful wife and I are celebrating our 20th year of being wed. If I knew 20 years ago how much hard work would be involved…



I’d do it again in the blink of an eye!

Happy Birthday, from a Jarhead brother further south!

You have a photo? Sounds intriguing…

Aye! Also, good food abounds, and I am grateful for that as well. There’s a 20lb bird in the smoker as we speak…

I follow the same advice, although I state it a bit differently-

I’ve plenty of experience being uncomfortable, and find no need to practice.

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We stand on the shoulders of giants…

We shall keep the faith

Oh! You who sleep in Flanders' Fields
Sleep sweet - to rise anew;
We caught the torch you threw,
And holding high we kept
The faith with those who died.

We cherish,...

There’s been rather a lot of research going on here lately. I narrowed it down to five Thomas Scotts, and then someone updated their info and mine all went away. Now, I don’t even know if my ancestor...

I am completely new to heraldry and symbols of rank in highland dress. Can you please explain the various items and their meanings, i.e. the significance of your arms, what a single feather means,...

That’s pretty cool.

I still shoot film, so I have to pick before I load the camera…

Please add to the thread and let’s keep it going if we can…

"There will be a lot of people watching who will wonder what does a true Scotsman wear under his kilt, and I can tell you a true...

Modern fabrics have done wonders for the lowly, foot-slogging infantryman. That being said, soaking wet or knee deep in mud is miserable no matter what new wonder fabric your uniform is made of. In...

I apologize, but “plus 4”? What does that mean?

Because dawn is tough on Greece…

Thank you for narrowing it down a bit. I was aware the Scotts are a border family, but they are still recognized as a clan by the Lord Lyon.

Thanks to both of you. EagleJCS- I’ve got everyone from Thomas down to me accounted for. Trying to go a bit further back and at least narrow down a geographical area. Seems that Scotts in Scotland...

In particular, I am looking for further information on my ancestor, one Thomas Scott. Born in Scotland about 1772, moved to Chelsea, Middlesex England around 1841, and died about 1851. I am trying to...