Tinker: Aye, that! We'll be there wi bells on. Suid we wear onythin else?

Alaska Mike: Nae, mon, ye didnae hear me speakin Guid Scots back then, as Ah hadnae stairtit studyin either Scots or Gaelic.

Ah wis jist ane o those wee wistfu lassies, hingin roond the plaice, ne'er kennin Ah cuid be a pairt o onythin sae grand. The claisest Ah gaet tae the limelicht wis an end-o-festival ('94?) impromptu Sea Shantey session in the lobby, whaur Ah wis beltin oot "Barrett's Privateers" wi the best o 'em. Ma college freens frae A.P.U. were caught aff guard-- they cuidnae figger oot how their mild-mannerit pre-seminary freend suddenly turnit intae a swearin sailor!

Ah think ye micht hae been there then, but Ah'm sure 'twas nae sae memorable for ye as 'twas for masel!