tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189846598621085702024-03-16T02:09:07.947-05:00DUMBWIT TELLHERexpat in tartanDumbwit Tellherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18148671166061931241noreply@blogger.comBlogger22513tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118984659862108570.post-65761186785946138192013-11-04T15:02:00.000-06:002013-11-04T04:54:02.826-06:00Dear World<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dear World, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Do you see me as I am? I'm the little girl who had big dreams - living in Europe (check), being married (check x2) and raising a family (check x4). I'm the woman who worked hard all her adult life. I gave birth to four babies and experienced a miscarriage. For 30 of those years raising children, I worked full-time for the majority of them; remember me? </span><span style="font-size: small;">I'm the one who cried and worried myself sick that I wouldn't be able figure out ways to keep them all in University and witness them grab that diploma as they walked the stage.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's me world who while the children slept, would begin DYI projects in hopes the paint was dry by morning. You need a clown costume, no problem. A trip to House of Fabrics, McCalls pattern 4217 and bring in the clowns. Excuse me world, do you remember son no. 1 when struck with an illness that left him for weeks unable to hold-up his head or walk? Did you forget the 3 out of 4 who had tonsillectomies, and one with the emergency appendectomy? If that wasn't enough, son #1 fell into the corner of a 4 ft. book case and ripped open a hole between his inner lip and his nasal passage. Son #2 had to beat that with breaking off his front tooth at University with the nerve left dangling. How soon you forget as I didn't even mention the broken bones. One doesn't want to appear too needy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But surely world you noticed when I ended a toxic marriage of 22 years. You must have taken note when I packed up my 5, 10, 12, and 16 year old's and we left our family home, the home we loved. With $500.00 in child support each month we had to make it work and we did. We grew strong and happy. Did you notice world that I'm still judged today for what others don't have a clue about. Did you even see that my world became dark and sad and there was finally light?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">World you must of smiled when knowing I found an honorable, kind, stable man; a Scotsman. If anything you likely inhaled as you wondered, 'what was he thinking?'</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Did you take note of the career I've had; the times I've started over and the many places we've lived? Each new desitnation starting from scratch; re-winding really. Trying with all my might to fit-in and helping my family to adjust. Praying to God we made friends. There were hopes my colleagues saw me as more than my current job title and I'd win their respect. Did you remember world that we moved 5 times in a 12 year span and this last move was a doozy?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm the one at age 50 passed my motorcycle course in front of twenty three twenty-somethings. The majority in your world didn't understand why, but for once I knew that didn't matter. Life gets in the way and it's prevented me from important moments that I know I'll never get back. Meeting my first born grandchild as a wee baby or spending special moments with the ones you love. This is when I think my world is stuck on repeat and it'd be nice for a break. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And now world, I know you no longer see me as the woman full of hopes; the little girl with white blonde braids holding a fishing pole or riding her baby blue second-hand Schwinn. I am no longer a mother of children, let alone four. I am not valued for raising them to adulthood as good people. My accomplishments in the working world and how I have influenced others are blurred. You see me through glasses that are scratched and clouded; you view only my age, the lines in my face, and the eyes that don't sparkle as they once did. You roll your eyes when I ask you to repeat what I can't hear. You don't see me as the 16 year old who loved Steely Dan, the Guess Who, and Joni Mitchell and who obviously listened to rock too loudly. I was that kid who grew-up in a High School band room filled with music. You only know me as the person without perfect hearing today.</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">World you no longer recognize me as a daughter, nor feel the pain I carry since my mom died. You only see what you take in today as though I've been this age for my lifetime. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I feel myself slipping away, almost </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">invisible</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With youth comes inexperience, naivety & in some cases, excessive self-importance; the inability to see that the world does not slow down for any one of us. World, you catch up to us all and although you have favourites, you leave no one behind. I am so much more than the person you see now. I wish these words would clear your vision but I know when I wake-up tomorrow, I'll be viewed as I am for today. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So world you are on notice. Look into my eyes as this is how I want you to see ME!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Go forth and live responsibly</span></div>
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Dumbwit Tellherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18148671166061931241noreply@blogger.com194tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118984659862108570.post-13984581292702606522013-10-20T11:48:00.002-05:002013-10-20T16:24:14.762-05:00The Measure of A Bonny Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span>ts is <a href="http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~kjt/general/scots.html">dreich</a> day. Staying put in the Milne flat wrapped in wooly tartan throws feels like the only sane goal for this sunless Sunday. What a true waste of a day.<br />
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So what if you came to visit me and we could run away to this Scottish gem a bit further afield. This beauty makes me think of Ernest Hemingway if he had a Glaswegian accent.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">You're welcome to invite a friend or two to come with but be weary whom you invite. If the Queen of England comes to stay, history states that no one thereafter is allowed to sleep in the room where she slept. That's prime real estate going to waste I tell you. I wonder if laundering the sheets is allowed?</span><br />
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When you get peckish, I will go for a' Pig in a Bun Run'. You have your choice between Scottish bacon, or local sausage on a white or whole wheat 'softie' (bun). If you keep the fire stoked, I'll bring you one of each with brown sauce. </div>
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After tea (in Scotland tea means your dinner; I know I'm equally confused) we'll go for a drive to one of my favourite country homes located on the outskirts of Ellon. If we pass the Queen, simply wave and act natural. </div>
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This my friend is <a href="http://www.haddoestate.com/haddo-house.html">Haddo</a> House, a 1732 Georgian property. It was in 1857 that Queen Victoria slept here after she informed the Gordon's that in 12 months time they had better have her room ready. She arrived with a gift, a white marble bust of her likeness. Said bust still rests on a fireplace mantel here today. I think Victoria was onto the ultimate of house warming gifts. </div>
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Just so you understand, let me recap the prioritising of Scottish estate homes and castles - every one is measured by the calibre of its tea room and the 'fancy pieces' on offer. </div>
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The Haddo House tea room gets the savoury scones seal of approval. A large pot of tea served with a smaller pot of hot water & scrumptious baked goods equates to the ideal pause after the 2 hour guided tour. </div>
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After our well needed walk around the grounds, I've come up with a thought; it's approaching week no. 5 since the Lord of the Milne Manor was laid-off from his recent position. I say, </div>
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He was </span><span class="SpellingError SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; background-color: inherit; background-image: url(data:image/gif; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">aff</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> his heed; whit a </span><span class="SpellingError SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; background-color: inherit; background-image: url(data:image/gif; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">numpty</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> that poor loon."</span></span></i></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Somehow, one doesn't seem to mind the total disregard for the ever nagging F</span><span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">ather Ti</span><span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">me. People smile more, and are genuinely more happy. When that sun does come out, it's as though you've given the people of Scotland the greatest gift of all and they are grateful for it;</span><span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> I am grateful for them.</span><span class="EOP SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">free parking</span><span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> - </span><span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">virtually non-existent even in front of your own home if you live within the city. </span><span class="EOP SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<li class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX31487013" style="font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px 0px 0px 48px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="Paragraph SCX31487013" paraeid="{4f93f624-baf0-4fa1-9d27-92dc48845481}{176}" paraid="289773731" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">
<span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">hamburgers</span><span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">do exist </span><span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">but juicy ones are extinct. </span><span class="EOP SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<li class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX31487013" style="font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px 0px 0px 48px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="Paragraph SCX31487013" paraeid="{4f93f624-baf0-4fa1-9d27-92dc48845481}{180}" paraid="1934996305" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">
<span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">95% of homes are heated with a gas or oil boilers & 99% of expats don't know how to operate them.</span><span class="EOP SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">t</span><span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">hanks to cobble stones, </span><span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">shoe repairs shops </span><span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">do a bang-up business. I've had</span><span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> the</span><span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> heels </span><span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">of my shoes</span><span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> done every 4-5</span><span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> months. </span><span class="EOP SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">foil, trash bags, food storage bags, you name it, are all thinner. Call it greener I'm not</span><span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> convinced</span><span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">?</span><span class="EOP SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<li class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX31487013" style="font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px 0px 0px 48px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="Paragraph SCX31487013" paraeid="{4f93f624-baf0-4fa1-9d27-92dc48845481}{204}" paraid="819352764" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">
<span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">sales people actually say those two magic words, </span><span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">'thank you'.</span><span class="EOP SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">h</span><span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">i-</span><span class="SpellingError SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; background-color: inherit; background-image: url(data:image/gif; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">ya</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> is </span></span><span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="SpellingError SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; background-color: inherit; background-image: url(data:image/gif; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Aberdonian</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> for hello.</span></span><span class="EOP SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">not everyone plays the bagpipes.</span><span class="EOP SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<li class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX31487013" style="font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px 0px 0px 48px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="Paragraph SCX31487013" paraeid="{4f93f624-baf0-4fa1-9d27-92dc48845481}{218}" paraid="491258016" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">
<span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">to have your teeth cleaned by a private dentist (not NHS) is £30.00 (about $50.00). </span><span class="EOP SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<li class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX31487013" style="font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px 0px 0px 48px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="Paragraph SCX31487013" paraeid="{4f93f624-baf0-4fa1-9d27-92dc48845481}{233}" paraid="703533732" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">
<span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">all </span><span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> electrical </span><span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">outlets have their own on & off switch. It's when it is turned off</span><span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> that my Yankee laziness shines through. </span><span class="EOP SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">a 'leave-do' is a your co-workers throwing you a party to send you off to your next job</span><span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> with well-wishes and a hardy hang over. </span><span class="EOP SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">beer by the ounce is far cheaper than a soda </span><span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">(pop for us West Coasters</span><span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">). </span><span class="EOP SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> wives do not complain about their husbands and not a lot else either EXCEPT the weather (rightly so!). </span><span class="EOP SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<li class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX31487013" style="font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px 0px 0px 48px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="Paragraph SCX31487013" paraeid="{4f93f624-baf0-4fa1-9d27-92dc48845481}{253}" paraid="1430633661" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">
<span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">we should all own stock in self-tanner sold in Scotland.</span><span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> There is population of orange people, mainly the twenty-something's.</span><span class="EOP SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">most Scottish foods are based on a dare. </span><span class="EOP SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="EOP SCX31487013" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Tipping my cup of tea to you and cheers from Aberdeen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">clear the cobwebs</span></span></div>
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