tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702704691528115190.post3130255940013328726..comments2023-11-05T00:54:02.116-07:00Comments on Not Sweating the Small Stuff: Alex de Ravinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02451670815693819558noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702704691528115190.post-41112754148373722752009-08-11T16:38:57.179-07:002009-08-11T16:38:57.179-07:00hey anonin the C18 and C19 - they were more easily...hey anon<br><br>in the C18 and C19 - they were more easily achieved in scotland than the rest of UK as there was little legal protection there for year-by-year tenants - so lots of ugly land clearance<br><br>and these land clearances led to migrations to quebec and to australia among other places<br><br>tangentially about colonials, when i lived in london as a kid, people constantly referred to australians as colonials - tho i've not heard it in the canadian context for the british there<br><br>best<br><br>nicknickwallacesmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264274719820605716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702704691528115190.post-35425002378764316722009-08-08T07:35:05.822-07:002009-08-08T07:35:05.822-07:00PS: Qvestion? When did us colonials become citiz...PS: Qvestion? When did us colonials become citizens? When I was brought up it was hammered into our heads that we were "Loyal Subjects of His Magesty, later Her Magesty the King or Queen. We absolutely were not citizens like those ignorant French or Yanks that were the rabble of republics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702704691528115190.post-24096139403887146852009-08-08T07:29:12.482-07:002009-08-08T07:29:12.482-07:00When were the last Scottish Land Clearences? The ...When were the last Scottish Land Clearences? The Sassnach thought nothing of uprooting families from their farms and sending them off on different ships to different places. It was more profitable to raise sheep on their land than to farm produce. Industrial revolution and all that. <br>We got a lot of Scots (Ecossais) in Quebec at that time. During the previous 100 years our famiy lost 5 to transportation to Australia, mainly for protesting about confiscated property.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702704691528115190.post-58641328304374468782009-08-04T09:25:52.962-07:002009-08-04T09:25:52.962-07:00hey paul againjust read my comment - first line is...hey paul again<br><br>just read my comment - first line is unfinished - i was going to say that all's revealed by ... a quick examination of our puter hard drives!<br><br>CYA<br><br>nicknickwallacesmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264274719820605716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702704691528115190.post-14087839478049490152009-08-04T09:23:31.768-07:002009-08-04T09:23:31.768-07:00hey paul in NYCnow all the answers to such questio...hey paul in NYC<br><br>now all the answers to such questions can be known ... just by getting someone expert to <br><br>you make a very interesting point about the evaporating of common oral knowledge - my maternal grandmother was an inveterate and constant recorder - and her side is totally pinned down. <br><br>she wrote (among many things) of the periodic great floods when everything that could be moved had to be carted up the local hill out of the way of the advancing waters<br><br>and she wrote of picnics out into the still virgin bush they'd not clearer - she describes the food they took (jellies and scones for dessert) - we even have the names of the horses they were rode! one (Charlie) was a return horse from the Boer War! he'd been taken as her brother's mount and returned with him to australia<br><br>the adorable young man was a great great uncle (Norman) who was a great lady killer - see, we know so much about absolutely every one except the great grandmother!<br><br>good to hear from you again<br><br>best<br><br>nicknickwallacesmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264274719820605716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702704691528115190.post-78303531557423173432009-08-04T07:19:18.980-07:002009-08-04T07:19:18.980-07:00Her story does lead to all sorts of questions. Int...Her story does lead to all sorts of questions. Intriguing to be sure. Especially when you think that at one time the answers probably were common knowledge. Why write such things down, we all know them...and then within a couple generations the story is lost.<br><br>And speaking of questions, who is the adorable young man in the bottom left corner? Such an intriguing family you are blessed with...Paul in NYCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702704691528115190.post-77238694506092727252009-08-04T00:12:37.035-07:002009-08-04T00:12:37.035-07:00hey dougthey were toughamazing that walk you menti...hey doug<br><br>they were tough<br><br>amazing that walk you mention, really astonishing<br><br>my great grandparents carved their vineyard out of wild bush - much like the opening up of the west in the States i imagine<br><br>sent most of their kids to melbourne to university ...<br><br>makes my life seem a bit low key! LOLnickwallacesmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264274719820605716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702704691528115190.post-56775445645659480342009-08-03T17:59:49.199-07:002009-08-03T17:59:49.199-07:00Pioneering people were very tough. One of my neig...Pioneering people were very tough. One of my neighbors grandmother walked all the way from Kansas to California...several thousand miles. You can see it in their faces, Nick. <br><br>Doug...LA, CAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com