Mark McNeill wrote:

Are you familiar with the literal meaning of "toom tabard"? I've
wondered in the past if he isn't just trolling.

All I knew was it was a nickname for a former Scots king. Maybe I
should know something else?

My opinion of his contributions (quite possibly wrong) was that
rather than a malign troll like Judith he's rather like Scharf:
well meaning but due to an inability to tell the difference between
his own opinions and facts of far more limited use than he might
be. But since he's established he really /can't/ tell the
difference between his opinions and fact I really ought to give up
and stop muddying urc's waters further: he's given himself enough
rope, tied the noose and jumped off the stool as far as his
pronouncements on helmets go.

Pete.
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