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15th June 08, 05:10 PM
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No Pipes in Edinburgh? That would be like banning Tea in England? What is the world coming to? Really Sad....
MrBill
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16th June 08, 03:24 AM
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It was on the news this morning that someone in an English village had put in complaint about the church bell ringers practicing on a Sunday afternoon.
A tradition that has been going strong for 400 years...
And if the complainant gets their way it might lead to another tradition being banned. 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ay-locals.html
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16th June 08, 10:04 AM
#3
 Originally Posted by mbhandy
No Pipes in Edinburgh? That would be like banning Tea in England? What is the world coming to? Really Sad....
MrBill
Banning tea in England? Now THAT'S a good idea! 
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16th June 08, 12:29 PM
#4
Originally Posted by georgeblack7
Banning tea in England? Now THAT'S a good idea!
Er,no it's not! 
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16th June 08, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Jock Scot
Originally Posted by georgeblack7
Originally Posted by mbhandy
No Pipes in Edinburgh? That would be like banning Tea in England? What is the world coming to? Really Sad....
MrBill
Banning tea in England? Now THAT'S a good idea!
Er,no it's not!
Sir, banning tea anywhere is bad! I get very cranky when I don't get my tea … 
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16th June 08, 02:59 PM
#6
For many it may come somewhat as a shock, but tea is just as popular in Scotland as it is in England.
And the Scots have some outstanding confections to accompany them.
Slainte yall,
steve
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16th June 08, 06:02 PM
#7
maybe they can just ban BAD pipers?
Gillmore of Clan Morrison
"Long Live the Long Shirts!"- Ryan Ross
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17th June 08, 09:16 AM
#8
perhaps it should be limited to pipers who have the college of pipeing performers certificate
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17th June 08, 09:55 AM
#9
Originally Posted by highlander_Daz
perhaps it should be limited to pipers who have the college of pipeing performers certificate
As I recall, the requirements for that are pretty onerous. I know I wouldn't pass, since I don't play for dancing (I'm sure I could learn how, but that's neither here nor there). But then again, maybe we should be doing more to protect the listening public from pipers who take their money and deliver substantially sub-par performance.
There are pipers I know who play a lot of gigs, and I find myself asking (So I says to myself, says I, self...) "they took /money/ for this?"
That's not to disparage the many fine people who play gigs. It's just a shame that some people think anyone who can learn "Amazing Grace" and "The Minstrel Boy" can be a paid piper.
"To the make of a piper go seven years of his own learning, and seven generations before. At the end of his seven years one born to it will stand at the start of knowledge, and leaning a fond ear to the drone he may have parley with old folks of old affairs." - Neil Munro
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17th June 08, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by highlander_Daz
perhaps it should be limited to pipers who have the college of pipeing performers certificate
genius!! thats a great idea! get all the bad pipers out and tell em to practice!
Gillmore of Clan Morrison
"Long Live the Long Shirts!"- Ryan Ross
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