Scotland Thread

[Flashermac]

Good on her!

 

p.s. Is "singleton" the new PC name for an old maid?

[Mekong]

No Loch Ness Monster sightings for first time since 1925

 

For the first time in almost 90 years no "confirmed sightings" have been made of the Loch Ness Monster, a veteran Nessie spotter has said.

Gary Campbell, who keeps a register of sightings, said no-one had come forward in 18 months to say they had seen the monster.

Bookmaker William Hill also said the three entries to its annual Nessie spotting contest could be explained.

They were images of a wave, a duck and a picture not even taken on Loch Ness.

Mr Campbell said it was the first time since 1925 that there had been no confirmed reports of the monster.

He said: "It's very upsetting news and we don't know where she's gone.

"The number of sightings has been reducing since the turn of the century but this is the first time in almost 90 years that Nessie wasn't seen at all."

'Time out'

Mr Campbell, a chartered accountant based in Inverness, has been logging Nessie sightings for 17 years after seeing something in the loch himself.

As Nessie's registrar of sightings, he has put together a list of sightings going back 1,500 years.

Irish missionary St Columba is said to have encountered a beast in the River Ness in 565AD.

Mr Campbell said: "So far 1,036 reported sightings have been recorded and there were some in 2012.

"I'm convinced that Nessie has just taken some time out and will be back with a vengeance this year."

Last year, Loch Ness Monster was placed ahead of the Himalaya's Yeti in a list of "top 18 mysteries" for travellers to solve in 2014.

Wanderlust Magazine put Nessie at number three and the Yeti at 12.

Easter Island's carved monoliths, the moai, were in first place followed by Mongolia's Gobi rock art.

Also listed are the Pyramids of Giza, the USA's Marfa ghost lights, Angkor Wat in Cambodia and finding Australia's Tasmanian tiger.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk...slands-26081992

[Flashermac]

Why is Angkor Wat a mystery?

[Mekong]

It is the BBC come on.

[The_Munchmaster]

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For the first time in almost 90 years no "confirmed sightings" have been made of the Loch Ness Monster, a veteran Nessie spotter has said.

 

 

I saw her two weeks ago, went to take a photo with my super zoom and then realized that I'd forgotten to put the CF card back in my camera since I downloaded the images from my last outing! Gutted I was.

[Mekong]

Scotland 0-20 England

[The_Munchmaster]

I had expected the score to be worse.

[unit731]

Ewan Mcgregor in another movie.

 

August: Osage County.

 

Excellent movie if you come from a dysfunctional family or know one. I laughed much more than others in theatre but I do know quite a few folks in same type family situations.

[Flashermac]

The United States is a disfunctional family.

[The_Munchmaster]

A letter to the Sunday Telegraph yesterday, in connection with the UK governments assertion that if Scotland votes for independence it will not be able to keep the Pound sterling as it's currency.

 

"SIR - If Scotland feels left out of the sterling area Alex Salmond could consider monetary union with Armenia. It's currency is the dram, which should suit nicely."