Got to thinking just now - can we be kind about posters❓

sorry but you have my name muddled up with somebody else
Charley I beg your pardon; you said recently that you have a poor memory; I have an excellent memory and moreover . I have a copy of the post in question. Are you suggesting you've been the victim of identity theft.?
I'd be surprised if that was possible on Gransnet!
OoRoo

Rufus I don’t think Charleygirl was nasty . It was a simple statement - which you obviously didn’t like - which is your right , but nasty? No.

Rufus sorry but you have my name muddled up with somebody else. I never told you to bog off or ride off into the sunset.

I had not noticed I had a nasty attitude or is it the fact I am Scottish?

Ah yes, a day of mist-shrouded castles does give some people a lifetime of avoidance, even after the rest of the holiday was lovely fresh sunny weather. Not everyone - I remember a drive to Whitby in fog so thick we couldn't see the fence between the road and the fields., but we went back to Whitby several times after that.

"^we returned to visit family"^ so you do have some Scottish blood! That accounts for you being so thrawn.

Do you really need to be so offensive?
Kalu For goodness sake lighten up! Can't you help create a light-hearted thread and not kill it? An earlier "Hate Rufus" thread was deleted earlier today I'm glad to say. Some kind soul (probably a Sassenach must have taken pity on me!
Wasn't that enough for you!

because we are not going anywhere
Charley Nor am I even though you told me to "go off into the sunset (or further) and "bog off!"
I'm disappointed you still persist with this nasty attitude"
OoRoo

Callistimon, sadly there have been a few posts not in the spirit of what was an enjoyable thread which derailed the point of Urmstongran’s friendly thread.

I do like your list though.? An interesting read about the part he played in establishing so much for the settlers arriving in Australia.

it sounds as though you lived there yourself once
Elegran No it doesn't! What made you think that? I'd avoided visiting there for all the 47 years I lived 'darn South, except for once when we returned to visit family, drove up to Fort William, lovely sunny fresh weather, crossed to Inverness, then turned for home ,(Bournemouth) and were shrouded in something called "Scotch Mist" all the way back to England! Stopped off in Edinburgh; couldn't see the Castle from the street and vice-versa. Needless to say we never went back!
OoRoo

Oh, that was a bit long and not in the spirit of the OP, just a lot of useless information from a Sassenach.

Lachlan Macquarie - you can hardly miss his name dotted around Australia. And Lachlan seems to be a very popular boys' name too.

Macquarie Island between Tasmania and Antarctica.
Lake Macquarie on the coast of New South Wales between Sydney and Newcastle renamed after Macquarie in 1826.
Macquarie River a significant inland river in New South Wales which passes Bathurst, Wellington, Dubbo and Warren before entering the Macquarie Marshes and the Barwon River.
Lachlan River, another significant river in New South Wales
Port Macquarie, a city at the mouth of the Hastings River on the North Coast, New South Wales.
Macquarie Pass, a route traversing the escarpment between the Illawarra district and the Southern Highlands district of New South Wales.
Macquarie Rivulet, a river 23 kilometers long which rises near Robertson, New South Wales and drains into Lake Illawarra.
In Tasmania:
Macquarie Harbour on the west coast of Tasmania.
Lachlan a small town named by Sir John Franklin in 1837.
Macquarie River.
Macquarie Hill, formerly known as Mount Macquarie, in Wingecarribee Shire, Southern Highlands, New South Wales.
Macquarie Pass, north-east of Robertson, New South Wales.
Macquarie Park and Macquarie Links, suburbs of Sydney.
Macquarie, a suburb of Canberra, Australia.
Division of Macquarie, one of the first 75 Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives created for the Australian Parliament in 1901.
RBP

Rufus there are a lot of us around- I am afraid you will just have to get used to us because we are not going anywhere.

I’m sure you must know at least something of Lachlan Macquarie Rufus. His history and name are appreciated by many.

As for your obvious dislike of Glasgow and our accent, I have a daughter in Australia who has made many friends and no one to date has had any difficulty understanding her particular Glaswegian accent. Do you really need to be so offensive?

I'm getting the strong impression that you're not too fond of the Scots Rufus?
Chewy You should turn that question round! They nearly always grasp the wrong end of the stick!
OoRoo

Good question Chewbacca but the digs at Scots are too often now to ignore.

nostalgia!

I take it you have never sat on Mrs Macquarie's Chair, Rufus, gazing with nostaligia across the seas towards Scotland!

It is because they are just as addicted to "telling it as it is" as the Ozzies are, and he doesn't like competition.
Most Ozzies have a good dose of Scots blood in their veins, which should make it less difficult for them to understand the lingo - which isn't a separate language to modern English, but still contains a lot of words common to both in previous centuries.

You say you "moved as far away from depressing Glasgie as I could, i.e. OZ" which sounds as though you lived there yourself once. There is no-one as fervent as a convert!

I'm getting the strong impression that you're not too fond of the Scots Rufus? Why is that?

Why should Elegran or any other Scottish gran drop a perfectly good proper Scots word as opposed to a proper English word Rufus?
Kalu So,s the majority of people who choose not to live North of the Wall, can understand what you're saying, like!
You all sound as if you are outcasts from "Taggart"; remember? I struggled for years trying to watch that without the benefit of captions! , but in the end I gave up and moved as far away from depressing Glasgie as I could, i.e. OZ!
So there; Clype that if you dare!
OoRoo

We all bow to your superior knowledge of STDs Rufus2

Yes, you said Rufus.
Sigh!!

I don't have to try and earn criticism

Hi Youse All!
See what I mean?
OoRoo is a term of endearment!

Clype reminds me of an STD
OoRoo

Of course there is always one who knows the ‘dirty’ version?

Yer bum’s oot the windae ?

Me too. Didn't want to strike a bum note though.

I nearly posted that one. Marydoll but decided it wasn't cryptic enough.

Leave it lying where it crashed, Kalu. Every time someone tries to set it back on its wheels it gets shoved off into the mire again. It was great while it lasted, UG.