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About a year ago I discovered that California has its own tartan pattern. Unfortunately I was unable to find any manufacturer which currently makes a flannel shirt in this pattern. It's a shame, the pattern is quite nice, but it's unclear to me whether it's ever used anywhere.
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Are you sure this is as uncommon as you suggest?
I have seen it only once so far when one minor German publisher asked me to send the same details per snail-mail. Luckily they also had other options. I can't really know how common it is in UK, never been there, but I would definitely be surprised.
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The will of those people against the English was unbelievable. During the siege of Caerlaverock Castle, 60 Scottsmen held off 3000 English men along with about 87 English knights. It is also one of the most exquisite castles in that it is triangular. If you ever are in Dumfries, you must see it: http://www.techandfacts.com/caerlaverock-castle-scotland/ Edit: This poem from one of the king's heralds detailing the batt…
My family (father's side) left Scotland and the company towns in the 30's and we're planted in Canada. Mother's side left much later—from Derry & Belfast in the early 60's—notably to get away from the Troubles— but that's another thing altogether (yet still rooted in English interference...). Still it's long been on my list to visit. I still have family in Belfast and Newcastle and some in Edinburgh and London. There…
Since 1/2 of my team is based out of London (I'm in the US), I go to the UK at least once or twice per year and always take an extra week or two to see the various other parts of the UK. Nice country overall.
Some fun and semi-related tartan sites:
The list of US State Tartans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_tartans
A Tartan warp sequence generator: http://www.weddslist.com/cgi-bin/tartans/pg.pl?source=sts#re...
The above site is pretty neat! They have a GIANT list of recognized tartans, with the warp sequences. In addition, you can input your own warp sequence. Though I can't find evidence of the warp sequence being used as a messaging platform, it's not hard to envision. Take some message, convert it to hexadecimal (or some other method), put it in the weft, and viola! A 'secret' message:
http://www.weddslist.com/cgi-bin/tartans/tartan.pl?col(g)=00...
Out of curiosity I checked out the "New Tartans" page. The most recent item is: https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails?ref=12260 which, sadly, seems to have been registered on behalf of a white supremacist cult.
If it was a black supremacist cult, would that have been OK?
That is a weird way of paying by credit card they have: In order for the customer to make a payment by credit/debit card we need: 1) the card number 2) the card expiry date; 3) the issue number if Maestro; 4) the last 3 digits of the card security number (on the reverse of the credit card); 5) the cardholder's name and initials as displayed on the card; and 6) the cardholder's address. Please note that all of these d…
What seems weird about those details? Seems to cover all the things you need to make a payment over the phone.
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What seems weird about those details? Seems to cover all the things you need to make a payment over the phone.
It seems weird for me to give that kind of details to anyone, first time I see this kind of payment option.
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My family (father's side) left Scotland and the company towns in the 30's and we're planted in Canada. Mother's side left much later—from Derry & Belfast in the early 60's—notably to get away from the Troubles— but that's another thing altogether (yet still rooted in English interference...). Still it's long been on my list to visit. I still have family in Belfast and Newcastle and some in Edinburgh and London. There…
And I can tell your family is Irish because you called it Derry, not London Derry. I nearly got in a fistfight with an Irishmen over accidentally making that distinction wrong. Since 1/2 of my team is based out of London (I'm in the US), I go to the UK at least once or twice per year and always take an extra week or two to see the various other parts of the UK. Nice country overall.
I don't know. Lots of people in England also say Derry (the few times they think about that part of the country at all). Even in Ireland most people in my experience are pretty chill about it as long as you aren't an ass about it.
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And I can tell your family is Irish because you called it Derry, not London Derry. I nearly got in a fistfight with an Irishmen over accidentally making that distinction wrong. Since 1/2 of my team is based out of London (I'm in the US), I go to the UK at least once or twice per year and always take an extra week or two to see the various other parts of the UK. Nice country overall.
And I can tell your family is Irish because you called it Derry, not London Derry. I don't know. Lots of people in England also say Derry (the few times they think about that part of the country at all). Even in Ireland most people in my experience are pretty chill about it as long as you aren't an ass about it.