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Originally Posted by Rocket-Sauce
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Born January 4
Graham McTavish (with Sam Heughan) https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...7c14483b13.jpg |
Originally Posted by Rocket-Sauce
(Post 23673299)
Born January 5
Jane Wyman (with Ronald Reagan) https://c8.alamy.com/comp/HD1XCE/fro...940-HD1XCE.jpg -D.S. |
Originally Posted by Doc Sharptail
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That's quite a tandem! Thought I was looking at a modern 650b drop bar conversion at first. Rear d/r on it too! Front chain appears to be running without a retaining idler.
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Originally Posted by Duragrouch
(Post 23673363)
DANG that's nice construction. Hand-hewn stone. I see a drawbridge so there must be a moat, that explains the castlely height. Nice tweeds too. I had to look up both fellows, not a clue, I never saw the works of either.
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Originally Posted by Reynolds
(Post 23673590)
Me neither, but as soon as I saw the photo I thought "It doesn't get any more Scottish than this" - maybe based on stereotypes about Scotland though...
During the Scottish independence referendum, there were greedy self-interests at work, but on the night the vote failed, I saw a Scottish woman sitting on the curb, *weeping*, and I thought, that's not greed, that's concern about loss of *identity*. The same was true about the Quebec independence movement. But while that failed, it woke up the Canadian national government, and they did what was required for Quebec to maintain their identity, such as learning French FIRST as their native tongue and official language, and since then, I think all prime ministers have been bilingual in English and French. And it worked, Quebec was happy, and maintained the benefits of being part of Canada. It would be a harder sell for all UK PMs to learn Scottish Gaelic, versus a more world-useful language like French or Spanish as a second language, but if the Scots want all kids to learn it, I wouldn't have an argument. Many native people's languages are in danger of becoming extinct because not given the support to be maintained. Scottish Gaelic is spoken by only 1.1% of the population 3 years and older. |
Originally Posted by Duragrouch
(Post 23673845)
Stereotypes be damned, when you're in Scotland, you want to know you're in Scotland!
During the Scottish independence referendum, there were greedy self-interests at work, but on the night the vote failed, I saw a Scottish woman sitting on the curb, *weeping*, and I thought, that's not greed, that's concern about loss of *identity*. The same was true about the Quebec independence movement. But while that failed, it woke up the Canadian national government, and they did what was required for Quebec to maintain their identity, such as learning French FIRST as their native tongue and official language, and since then, I think all prime ministers have been bilingual in English and French. And it worked, Quebec was happy, and maintained the benefits of being part of Canada. It would be a harder sell for all UK PMs to learn Scottish Gaelic, versus a more world-useful language like French or Spanish as a second language, but if the Scots want all kids to learn it, I wouldn't have an argument. Many native people's languages are in danger of becoming extinct because not given the support to be maintained. Scottish Gaelic is spoken by only 1.1% of the population 3 years and older. -D.S. |
Originally Posted by Doc Sharptail
(Post 23673873)
That's an overly simplified view of what actually happened with the Quebecois independence movement. It failed, not on languages, but on politics. Hint: Paris wasn't particularly interested. The michif tinged "french" Canadian patter still generates muted chuckles down by Seine. ;)
-D.S. But anyway, that young Scots woman weeping on the curb, that got to me, it just seemed about more than being able to ignore Euro trade limits on fishing and north sea oil rights and such, leading to a tragedy of the commons. I hope someday to visit the UK, but probably won't happen. My dream would be to just be in an urban flat for several months, buy food and cook it myself, and via my folding bike, explore and learn about the city, instead of just viewing touristy things. But the cost of a very minimal flat, just foldout bed, bathroom, and cookstove, in some place like London, is prohibitive. |
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Originally Posted by Duragrouch
(Post 23673845)
Stereotypes be damned, when you're in Scotland, you want to know you're in Scotland!
During the Scottish independence referendum, there were greedy self-interests at work, but on the night the vote failed, I saw a Scottish woman sitting on the curb, *weeping*, and I thought, that's not greed, that's concern about loss of *identity*. The same was true about the Quebec independence movement. But while that failed, it woke up the Canadian national government, and they did what was required for Quebec to maintain their identity, such as learning French FIRST as their native tongue and official language, and since then, I think all prime ministers have been bilingual in English and French. And it worked, Quebec was happy, and maintained the benefits of being part of Canada. It would be a harder sell for all UK PMs to learn Scottish Gaelic, versus a more world-useful language like French or Spanish as a second language, but if the Scots want all kids to learn it, I wouldn't have an argument. Many native people's languages are in danger of becoming extinct because not given the support to be maintained. Scottish Gaelic is spoken by only 1.1% of the population 3 years and older. |
Caught The Cotton Club recently. Don't think it's one of FFC's best, but the music and dancing is pretty great. Diane Lane is pretty memorable too. Here she is a handful of years earlier in A Little Romance.
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...4e7ae82b63.jpg https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...b019c6c3b8.jpg |
Pamela Franklin and Michele Dotrice in "And Soon the Darkness" -- 1970
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...6e164aeac5.jpg Odette Annable and Amber Heard in "And Soon the Darkness" -- 2010 https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...676778b1b2.jpg |
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Born January 7
Jeremy Rener https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...7b30e4e4c5.jpg I heard an interview where Jeremy mentioned that cycling played a big part of his recovery from his snow plow accident, and that he enjoyed the freedom it brought after being so limited by injury. I couldn't find any pics of him on an actual bicycle. :p |
Born January 7
Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...83b061144f.jpg |
Born January 7
Sammo Hung https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/...qcGc@._V1_.jpg https://asianactioncinema.co.uk/wp-c...r_06._bild.jpg |
Originally Posted by Rocket-Sauce
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