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This Wednesday, MCI will be celebrating St Andrews Day! St Andrew has been the patron saint of Scotland since 1320 when The Declaration of Arbroath was signed declaring Scotland’s independence. Feasts have been held in St Andrew’s honour since 1000AD. Our flag, the saltire, is also known as the St…
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MCI’s Mr November is Morse. He came all the way from Romania as a rescue dog. He loves his walks, especially being allowed to run around the nearby woods off-lead at very high speed. When he visits MCI offices, he likes to tell everyone when the post is arriving. It’s…
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Today, MCI wants to mark Remembrance Day. Few people in the UK need reminding of why we link the poppy with Remembrance Day, but after World War One, poppies grew prolifically where the battlefields had been. In English folklaw, the poppy has always been linked with sleep and death, so…
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MCI would like to wish everyone a very happy Halloween. It has been a colourful sight in Edinburgh and Glasgow this weekend seeing so many people in fancy dress heading off to parties across Scotland. We hope you all enjoyed yourselves! Samhain – The Ancient Halloween For those of us…
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MCI wants to shine a light on Robert Stirling, whose birthday is next week. This Scottish inventor, from Galston in East Ayrshire, was both a clergyman and engineer. He went to Edinburgh University and is one of the fathers of hot air engines. In 1816, he was the first to…
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For those newer followers of MCI Electronics, we are a dog friendly office and we showcase an employee’s dog every month. This month, Miss October is Missy Moo, the Pomeranian with pomittude. The smallest of MCI’s dogs is definitely the boss of Steph and James’ house. She enjoys chasing pigeons…
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This week MCI is celebrating the birthday of Robert Stevenson, engineer. He is said to be the greatest engineer of the 19th century, and dubbed ‘Father of the Railways’. He was most famous for inventing the Rocket, a locomotive that made its debut this month in 1829. It may not…
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Today MCI wants to pay homage to the first Model T Ford to roll off the production line and into the lives of everyday people. Not only was it the first car designed to be affordable, but was the first production line vehicle. If you are having electrical problems with…
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This week, MCI is acknowledging the achievements of Sir Barnes Neville Wallis who was born this week. He invented geodesic airframes to give planes a very strong and light structure with a larger internal volume. His most notable invention was the bouncing bomb. The Barnes Wallis Foundation was set up…
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This month our dog of the month is the beautiful Beau. ‘Miss September’ celebrated her 8th birthday on Monday. She loves it when the grandkids have gone as she gets to play in goals, with the swing ball, and even gets the trampoline all to herself. Beau gets more than…
