Is that right? Did you really say that?

Sister

My great great grandmother was a Buchanan and the name has been passed down in each generation since.  She married a Macadam and arrived with him and extended family in Melbourne in 1848.  The Buchanan castle is (or at least was in the 80's) a picturesque ruin in the middle of a golf course near Loch Lomond.  Apparently, George Buchanan was a famous Latin scholar and tutor to Mary Queen of Scots and later to her son, James (I believe he was also convinced that the world was flat).

Sister

Oops - meandering off topic - thought I was in Night Howls.

kmakm

@kezmusc He was just gagging to mansplain wasn't he... A most excellent retort. #nofilter!

SoldierCrab

@kezmusc
Just let my son with Autism read your morning at Bunning's he is now giggling his head off and said good on ya !!

Zoffiel

BoomTISH! @kezmusc. We must go shopping together one day, we could offend everybody. Absolutely everybody:)

arpie

HAHAHA  LOVE IT @kezmusc   Well said - and a CLASSIC!  And I bet he didn't even realise that he walked right in to that one!   LOL   That just made my day!!   

@Sister   @Flaneuse @Patti J   @Afraser
How did you all find whether your forebears had sat on the fence or not with the Scots vs the Poms??   I am a 'MacIlwraith' ....... and don't  know WHO they supported!!!    All my siblings names are Scottish!  (Including me - a female version of Robert.)

Flaneuse

@arpie I'm a Ross. When I visited Culloden there was an information panel with this sort of information.

Afraser

I was born and raised in Scotland, came here when I was 19. Scottish schools taught Scottish history! I would have preferred to have been associated with the Frasers of Lovat, but I am pretty sure I am not. 

kmakm

@Zoffiel @kezmusc If I carry your bags can I come and watch?!

Flaneuse

@Zoffiel @kezmusc @kmakm Worth a hidden camera!

kmakm

@Flaneuse Totally!

Sister

http://unknownscottishhistory.com/articlefourteen.php Neither of mine mentioned.

arpie

Many Thanks  for that, @sister ..... looks like my mob sat on the fence too!   LOL  I will check out that link with interest!!! 

viking1

I told my dad I had breast cancer first, then my sister.  She said "Is that the official diagnosis?"  I said yes, I needed surgery, chemo and radiation. She said, "Well, the chemo and radiation are going to kill you anyway."  I didn't say anything but the next day she said she wanted to apologise as she MAY have said the wrong thing! Possibly!
I quite liked the response from a 'friend' whose brother I had been dating. Sadly his wife had passed away early in their marriage in a car accident.  When I told my friend she said "Maybe it's best if you just stay as friends with my brother …. He's already had one wife die on him."  I thanked her for her thoughtfulness, but until then hadn't really considered dying … especially not on top of someone!

kmakm

@viking1Wonderful to see you round these parts again! How are you travelling? K xox