Here's a provocative question

[Kate B]

for those bold enough to look, here is a link to a picture of my wife and I at our clan society banquet. Excuse the fish backgroun, but it was in a lodge in Portland I guess that was the decor. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/41868789@N00/2739987645/in/set-72157606518029312/

mark

What a handsome lad! Thanks for sharing your wee bit of Irish (oops Scottish) dress:-)

[AMD]

I think I'll have to have some chocolate and wash it down with a nice, cold beer while I ponder this subject.   

AMD - I'll be right with you - I think we're both in trouble!  We won't even be able to hear each other say "pass the chocolate, please".

Lori

Ha Ha!!!!  That's too funny.  We can just utter "Huh??" as we are wiping the remainder of the Hershey kisses from our faces....   

And as far as a lot of our Irish heritages go, we can be so proud....first beer and kilts, along with an insatiable love of chocolate, only to develop AN's.  If we only knew....   We must be the party animals of the tumor world....

Amy

[Mark]

Thanks Kate, Actually, that's my highland clan tartan so you'd give my scottish cousins a coronary calling it irish  , but if I ever decide to add the Douglas kilt to the wardrobe, then certainly my Irish side will be on display 

[ppearl214]

Thanks Kate, Actually, that's my highland clan tartan so you'd give my scottish cousins a coronary calling it irish  , but if I ever decide to add the Douglas kilt to the wardrobe, then certainly my Irish side will be on display 

How come your legs look better in a skirt than mine? 

Thanks for sharing Mark... you both look great and hellos to that lovely wife of your's for me!

Phyl

[lori67]

Who knew men could look so stunning in a skirt?   

A friend of mine married a Scottish girl and wore the whole Scot ensemble for his wedding.  I think he spent more time trying to get dressed for the big event than she did!  Never having worn a kilt or knee socks, he was a bit confused on how to work everything.  I have to say, the was the first (and last) time I ever had to help a man put on a skirt.   

Amy, we can definitely be the party animals - and we'll probably never complain that the music is too loud! 

Lori

[JulieE]

Mark, Yep, looks good - rivals even the most dapper Double Breasted suit!
Lori,

I have to say, the was the first (and last) time I ever had to help a man put on a skirt.

-That's funny!  Neat how we're gifted with memories...although my short term is scarily gone!
J

[Nancy Drew]

Seems like this post is going everywhere, but I thought this was interesting.  She would have to back it up, but I think ColoradoGal told me her "old" college roommate also has an AN.  Could it be AN by association?  I think that is just freaky!!!

Nancy

[LADavid]

   This thread is still going!!!!  We're bound to get an answer yet.  But I have a question for you, Nancy.  Did Coloradogals college roommate live in the Rockies?  I swear there is an AN epidemic going on there.

[JulieE]

So Coors is the connection then...?!
Jules

[LADavid]

Jules

Back in the 80's, when Coors came East, I drank a lot of it.  It was also at that time when I developed tinnitus.  Hmmmm.

[lori67]

Oh, now wait a minute... we may be onto something here...

Everyone knows the preferred beer of everyone in Jersey is Coors Light.....and there are a lot of us from NJ here.  And there are fish there and Scottish people who talk on cell phones....

So the connection lies somewhere between New Jersey and Colorado.  Okay... we're making progress in figuring this thing out.

Lori, P.I.

[mindyandy]

My race is 1/2 Japanese & half American....Amerasian...LOL.....

[LADavid]

Ah but is that part of Mindyandy -- Andy which could stand for Andrew or Andrews which could be Scot who wear kilts and may work in fish hatcheries and drink beer if male or eat chocolate (craves it) if female or beer if you live in New Jersey.  I think we're narrowing this gene down and what provokes it.  I hope the academic community is taking note.  And Lori, maybe it could be fish that are exposed to beer-drinking kilt-wearing cellphone users.  I think I'm getting confused with this proliferation of fact.

[lori67]

I still think we should be able to get a research grant for this.  Look how much we've figured out on our own already!  No telling what we could do if we had a little cash to invest.

Lori

[Nancy Drew]

Hi LADavid,

To answer your question about ColoradoGal going to college in CO, I had to look back in my PMs, and I didn't find the college.  She grew up in Ohio, I think.  I also noticed in addition to her roommate having an AN, another one of her roommates at the same college had some other type of benign brain tumor.  As for Coors, I really don't drink it much (Miller Lite for me), but I do like tubing down the stream that runs right past the Coors plant.  Maybe I have been tubing in Coors beer all of these years.  WOW, Coors causing ANs . . . and there are fish in that stream also.  Must run out and warn the fisherman . . . . . .

Colorado is really a great place to live . . . . but, don't move here . . . .We are all "full up"!

Nancy