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A Scottish bagpiper who played men into battle during World War II has died in Devon
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Posted on 08/18/2010 10:26:36 AM PDT by MadMitch
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To: MadMitch
Upon seeing an unarmed man strolling about the battlefield wearing a dress and playing bagpipes, Germans soldiers probably feared they were imagining things and becoming psych cases.
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posted on
08/18/2010 10:56:45 AM PDT
by
fso301
To: calex59
Right. I’m sure he was a top target.
I’m Italian, but I love the pipes as well. And kilts.
Highland people are fierce warriors.
To: Mr. K
The sweetest sound in the world.
It makes me think of war.
To: wordsofearnest
I will definitely pull The Longest Day out of my film library tonight and watch in his honor.
To: texmexis best
I love bagpipes. If I hear someone playing I will walk blocks to find him and listen.
Makes my hair stand on end.
To: sionnsar
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posted on
08/18/2010 11:28:20 AM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(If Bam is the answer, the question was stupid.)
To: MadMitch
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posted on
08/18/2010 11:29:09 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: little jeremiah
Me too. We were at a car dealer buying a car a few years back and there was a wedding across the road. Piper piping the bride into the church. The salesman kept asking me questions. Hubby told the salesman, “You’ll have to wait till he’s done”. LOL
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posted on
08/18/2010 11:30:42 AM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(If Bam is the answer, the question was stupid.)
To: MadMitch
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posted on
08/18/2010 11:32:57 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: texmexis best
I couldn’t agree more. Nothing grabs my heart and stimulates my tear ducts like the pipes. God lovem.
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posted on
08/18/2010 12:02:19 PM PDT
by
mcshot
(Who is the power behind the MSM that is trying to take-down our Country?)
To: righttackle44
The only other unarmed men on that whole beach were medics. And chaplains.
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posted on
08/18/2010 12:05:53 PM PDT
by
Romulus
(The Traditional Latin Mass is the real Youth Mass)
To: DJ MacWoW
I would love to go to one of those competitions. Immersion.
Must be genetic! I’ve loved them ever since I first heard them, whenever that was, as a kid sometime.
To: DJ MacWoW
To: MadMitch
“It takes an Irishman to play the pipes.”
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posted on
08/18/2010 12:25:02 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: little jeremiah
Same here. I have always wanted to attend a Gathering. They have them all over but I have never gotten to one.
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posted on
08/18/2010 12:26:44 PM PDT
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DJ MacWoW
(If Bam is the answer, the question was stupid.)
To: All
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posted on
08/18/2010 12:50:37 PM PDT
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Charles Martel
("Endeavor to persevere...")
To: dfwgator
To: waterhill; P8riot; Rannug; Tainan; mstar; Twotone; Knitting A Conundrum; ThanhPhero; Julia H.; ...
Thanks to
ReneeLynn and
DJMacWowfor the ping!
Pipes and Drums of FreeRepublic ping!
This is an ultra-low-volume ping list (typically weeks to months between pings, for matters related to Highland bagpipes and Scotland).
FReepmail sionnsar if you want on or off this list.
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Clan FReeper get-together!
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posted on
08/18/2010 1:51:45 PM PDT
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sionnsar
(IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
To: from occupied ga
“I thought that they went into battle to get away from the sound of the pipes”
Lol.
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posted on
08/18/2010 2:01:44 PM PDT
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Beowulf9
To: sionnsar
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posted on
08/18/2010 9:10:25 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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