Hi Everyone

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HI GANG. HOPE YOU ARE ALL FINE AND NOT MISSED ME TOO MUCH. IT WOULD SEEM THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD IN LEAPS AND BOUNDS- AT LAST. WE REALLY SEEM TO HAVE ESTABLISHED THE PAST AND PREPARED THE FUTURE. I MYSELF HAVE BEEN BUSY AND MAY HAVE SOME BIG SCOOP TO RELEASE IN NEAR FUTURE. WATCH THIS SPACE.

[nessie]

Youve been sorely missed Real Mac------but we do understand how your undercover intelligence gathering ops keep you so busy!
'Looking forward to hearing more.
btw---did you see Simon McT 's story on "Highland Empire" (BBC2) last week?

[REALMACTAVISH]

NO MISSED THAT SWEETIE SADLY.MAYBE THEY'LL SHOW IT AGAIN. IVE BEEN OVERSEAS FOR A WEE WHILE .MY FREE TIME AT THE MOMENT IS HARD EARNED AND FRITTERED AWAY ON SLEEP! HOWS YOURSELF?

[nessie]

Dont over-tax yourself big guy-----coz GB will happily do that for you!
Hope youre getting some R& R now==
Im fine but getting so world weary in the city and longing for the hills of home---- the best of tonics dont you think?

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GOT TO AGREE FAIR NESSIE, GIVE ME SPACE WITH LIMITED HORIZON ANYDAY. WHEN I REACH CAIRNDOW I VISIBLY RELAX AND SLIP INTO 'ARGYLL TIME'. LOCHGILPHEAD PEOPLE CARE LITTLE FOR THE OUTSIDE WORLD , IF NEWS ISNT IN THE OBAN TIMES THEY PAY IT NO HEED. BRIGADOON!
I MIND RETURNING HOME FROM EASTERN EUROPE IN THE EARLY NINETIES (WITH A SERIOUS CASE OF PTSD) AND BEING MET ON ARGYLL STREET BY 2 VERY OLD LADIES, ELSPETH AND ISOBEL, THE CONVERSATION WENT LIKE THIS;(I'LL TRANSLATE IT FROM THE GAELIC)
'DO YOU LOOK ELSPETH, IT'S MACTAVISH BIG AND STRONG!
' DOES HE STILL BRING AN APPLE FOR THE HORSE OF McCOLL, ISOBEL?(THEY WERE MINDING ME IN MY CHILDHOOD, EVERY DAY I FED McCOLL'S HORSE AN APPLE)
'DID HE NOT LEAVE ELSPETH?
'OOWEESHK. ISOBEL, NO ONE LEAVES LOCHGILPHEAD WHEREVER THEY GO,

THATS MY HOMETOWN, A PENDANT IN THE CLEAVAGE OF ARGYLL'S HILLS.

THE LOCALS SAY THAT GOD MADE EDEN AND THEY CALLED IT ARGYLL.
HOPE WE MEET ONE DAY.

[cathy]

Someone else mentioned A Highland Empire on BBC2. do you know if a person can buy a DVD of the show??

Cathy

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IF I CAN ACQUIRE A COPY OR DOWNLOAD IT I'LL SEND YOU A COPY.