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Old 26th July 2014, 03:15 PM
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Talking It's Official!

I am now, thanks to an anniversary present from SWMBO, officially a Laird and my estate is part of Glencoe Wood in the Highlands.

The certificate is attached.

How cool is that?
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Old 26th July 2014, 04:03 PM
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Very cool, as is my Square Foot of Islay that has been mine for some 20 years.
I called in and collected my annual "Ground Rent" a few days after the meet in June.

Of course my bottle is now empty, but I did get a new certificate (attached) and to relax in the "Friends Lounge" also pictured:
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Old 26th July 2014, 04:10 PM
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http://www.gridreferencefinder.com/f...&lg=-5.3108744

I zoomed right in on your Gaff but couldn't see you, must have been out tending to the neighbours estate.

Great present BTW you must be pleased.
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Old 26th July 2014, 04:36 PM
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my estate is part of Glencoe Wood in the Highlands.
Just realised that we drove by it (briskly ) during the June meet on the way to Oban.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant.
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
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Old 27th July 2014, 04:14 PM
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Old 27th July 2014, 06:12 PM
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I'm just shocked that you weren't already one!!
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Old 28th July 2014, 09:04 PM
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All hail his Lairdiness

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Old 29th August 2014, 11:35 PM
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I'm also a Lord, awesome the way people treat you, clearly wrong as I'm as human and normal as the next person, but the sucking up people will do just because my post comes through as Lord Hefner, and bank cards, Driving license, car Insurance and all the other crap, but it is rather nice to being of an upper class system. Whether it's due to simply purchasing land and doing various bits of paperwork... the fact is the process is the process and I think more should do it. I've been a Lord for over two years now, and enjoying every minute.

How does a Laird differ to a Lord, am I assuming that this is some sort of Scottish version of the same thing, or does the hierarchy of it place you either above or below myself on the grand old scheme of things?



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