Originally Posted by
slohairt
I do agree that there are far too many Jack Sparrows. What about Captain Morgan? Now there was a pirate...
...or Henry Avery/Every. My distant cousin Thomas Hollinsworth sailed with his fleet raiding the Indian Ocean.
But I digress... 
Originally Posted by
Sir William
BUT, my biggest pet peeve.....
is to go to the Pub Tent and not find any decent ales! I don't much care for lagers (and lite-beer isn't real beer), and I'm never sure why a German or Belgium style wheat beer is served at a Scottish function, but why can't we get a decent Scottish, British, or even an Irish ALE?
At the local Bellingham games we are fortunate in that our local micro-brewery (Boundary Bay) supplies real ale, including 'Scottish' ale 
[SIZE="2"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]T. E. ("TERRY") HOLMES[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]proud descendant of the McReynolds/MacRanalds of Ulster & Keppoch, Somerled & Robert the Bruce.[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]"Ah, here comes the Bold Highlander. No @rse in his breeks but too proud to tug his forelock..." Rob Roy (1995)[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
Bookmarks