ONLY IN BRITAIN!!!

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Being British is about driving in a German car to the pub for a Belgian beer, then travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry on the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese TV.

Only in Britain can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.

Only in Britain do supermarkets make sick people walk all the way to the back of the shop to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.

Only in Britain do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries and a DIET coke.

Only in Britain do banks leave both doors open and chain the pens to the counters.

Only in Britain do we leave cars worth thousands of pounds on the drive and lock our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage.

Only in Britain do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first place.

And the most British thing of all? Suspicion of all things foreign!

Dont you love being British??

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Talk to a real descendant of MCBAIN clan who fought at the Battle of Culloden

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I have just had an interesting chat with a descendant of the MCBAIN clan who fought at the Battle of Culloden! He lives in Southern California , but lays claim to Castle Tulloch and lands north of Loch Ness! Extremely good discussion. Come and chat for yourself at our Chatroom

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DONT DRINK AND DRIVE

"MOM"*

I went to a party, Mom
And remembered what you said.
You told me not to drink,
so I had a sprite instead.

I felt proud of myself,
The way you said I would,
that I didn't drink and drive,
though some friends said I should.

I made a healthy choice,
And your advice to me was right.
The party finally ended,
and the kids drove out of sight.

I got into my car,
Sure to get home in one piece.
I never knew what was coming, Mom,
something I expected least.

Now I'm lying on the pavement,
And I hear the policeman say,
the kid that caused this wreck was drunk,
Mom, his voice seems far away.

My own blood's all around me,
As I try hard not to cry.
I can hear the paramedic say,
this girl is going to die.

I'm sure the guy had no idea,
While he was flying high.
Because he chose to drink and drive,
now I would have to die.

So why do people do it, Mom
Knowing that it ruins lives?
And now the pain is cutting me,
like a hundred stabbing knives.

Tell sister not to be afraid, Mom
Tell daddy to be brave.
And when I go to heaven,
put ' Mommy's Girl' on my grave.

Someone should have taught him,
That it's wrong to drink and drive.
Maybe if his parents had,
I'd still be alive.

My breath is getting shorter,
Mom I'm getting really scared
These are my final moments,
and I'm so very unprepared.

I wish that you could hold me Mom,
As I lie here and die.
I wish that I could say, 'I love you,Mom!'
So I love you and good-bye.

MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers)

Ireland, Casualties of WWI

If you have military ancestors who were born or lived in Ireland, and who died in WWI, searching the Ireland, Casualities of WWI collection can help you discover more about their lives.

The collection lists over 49,000 soldiers who died and is the only publication to bring all of these names together in one place.

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I have replaced the Blog RSS feed on the toolbar as it was missed by people hahaha

One of those people being me!

National Library of Ireland

Hi All

The National Library of Ireland has launched a website called Sources which is a new database for Irish research.

Read more about the contents and what they have to say about the project here

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