[Magdalen] (SPAM: ?) Litany of British saints for use by those who want Scotland to say "No"

James Oppenheimer oppenheimerjw at gmail.com
Mon Sep 29 15:06:21 PDT 2014


Actually, the clans had all kinds of infighting and feuds, says my beloved
spouse.  The Campbells are probably not all that different, and besides,
what happened a long time ago has no impact on our lives today -- or
certainly ought not to.

Nobody makes a better soup, unless it's the Heinzes.

James W. Oppenheimer
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I remember visiting Scotland long ago and being struck by Glencoe, where
> the MacDonald had been fallen upon by the treacherous Campbells.  After a
> later visit, when I was telling my uncle about the trip, I mentioned that I
> had spoken proudly of being a MacRae, but hadn't mentioned Campbell.  He
> snorted and said of his mother, my grandmother,  that 'a finer woman never
> walked this earth."  True enough -- I felt ashamed and never did that
> again.  I remember her as the quintessential grandmother, a sweet, slight
> woman, with lace-up black shoes,  long dark polkadot dress, wire-rimmed
> glasses, and white hair with a little bun at the nape of her neck.  She
> made glorious lemon meringue pies ....
>
> Marion, a pilgrim    ... today my sail I lift ....
> On 9/29/2014 8:53 AM, Judy Fleener wrote:
>
>> I am reading mail from 11 days ago, and getting caught up.  Marion, I have
>> a  Campbell ancestor as well.  My grandmother was a  Campbell.
>> Judy
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Marion Thompson <
>> marionwhitevale at gmail.com
>>
>>> wrote:
>>> My highland MacRae, Campbell, and MacLeod of MacLeod  blood says Yes!
>>>
>>> Marion, a pilgrim   ... today my sail I lift ....
>>>
>>> On 9/18/2014 9:50 AM, Jay Weigel wrote:
>>>
>>>  Nope, not prayin' that. Me Armstrong ancestors are sayin' go!
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   :)
>>>>
>>>>> http://liturgiae-causa.blogspot.com/2014/09/stay.html
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Scott R. Knitter
>>>>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
>


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