Irish Exit (07-15-2018), ThatOwlWoman (07-15-2018), USFREEDOM911 (07-15-2018)
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At the 63rd Annual Grandfather Mountain Highland Games, met my clan, got invited to their cèilidh, outside at a small house, down an old gravel road in Banner Elk. There were about 30 people there, not including three guest fiddlers, one from Scotland, on from Australia, and the third from Deep Gap, NC. Got my kilt christened, treated to a small concert of traditional Scottish tunes by the fiddle band. A 15 year old bag piper from Tampa played two traditional tunes. Then a three guitar band played some great bluegrass. Danced with my wife under the stars in her new tartan skirt. Great times! Planning on meeting up with them again in Charleston this coming February.
Irish Exit (07-15-2018), ThatOwlWoman (07-15-2018), USFREEDOM911 (07-15-2018)
Seems like somewhere or another someone I know told me some relative of theirs died at Grandfather Mountain years ago. Can't remember what they fell off of--the mountain or the swinging bridge.
Not easy to die on or around the swinging bridge. No, it's not a mile high, but it is at a mile elevation. It crosses a shallow ravine, maybe 80', and has a high railing with closely spaced balusters. Accessed from the parking lot by a short paved walkway and about two flights of stairs. Hiking trails on the mountain though, that's a different situation. Lots of opportunities to lose your footing and say bye-bye forever.
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Guno צְבִי (07-16-2018)
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— Golda Meir
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“If Hamas put down their weapons, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons, there would be no Israel."
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Nomad (07-16-2018)
“If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we’d rather be alive and have the bad image.”
— Golda Meir
Zionism is the movement for the self-determination and statehood for the Jewish people in their ancestral homeland, the land of Israel.
“If Hamas put down their weapons, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons, there would be no Israel."
ברוך השם
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Definition of tartan
1 : a plaid textile design of Scottish origin consisting of stripes of varying width and color usually patterned to designate a distinctive clan
2 a : a twilled woolen fabric with tartan design
b : a fabric with tartan design
3 : a garment of tartan design
m-w.com
Don't see the word "skirt" anywhere there...
Guno צְבִי (07-17-2018)
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