BS: Things I shall miss about the USA

Subject: RE: BS: Things I shall miss about the USA
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 01 Mar 02 - 06:00 PM

SOunds to me, mate... like the pros still outweigh the cons...

Besides... home depot has a web site!

LOL!!!

Good one ya eh!

;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Things I shall miss about the USA
From: catspaw49
Date: 01 Mar 02 - 05:59 PM

Great news Murray.......My congrats to the both of you. I too am sorry to see you go but you ARE getting a great chance there and I for one am very envious!!!!

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Things I shall miss about the USA
From: Kenny B (inactive)
Date: 01 Mar 02 - 05:34 PM

Congrats & best wishes Murray

AND there are deals from BT that give you free internet calls along with free local calls 6pm to 6am etc. all is not lost ;>) TTFN Kenny B

Subject: RE: BS: Things I shall miss about the USA
From: Big Mick
Date: 01 Mar 02 - 05:31 PM

Well shit, Murray. I had looked forward to the next visit to Florida so I could meet you. Guess I will just have to visit you in Scotland. And I will bring the Cuban when I come.

Congratulations to Yvonne and yourself.

All the best,

Mick

Subject: RE: BS: Things I shall miss about the USA
From: PeteBoom
Date: 01 Mar 02 - 05:22 PM

Congratulations. Best wishes to you.

Regards -

Pete

Subject: RE: BS: Things I shall miss about the USA
From: Irish sergeant
Date: 01 Mar 02 - 05:19 PM

Murray; I'm glad you enjoyed your stay. You might actually be ablke to order tools from Home Depot on line. (Hate to think what the excise men would charge you for that.) Congratulations to Yvonne and you. May I ask where in SCotland you will be? Just curious. My father's grandfather came from around Glascow if I remember correctly. Congratulations too on what sounds to be not only a once in a life time opportunity but a career to kill for. best of luck and keep in touch with us here on the cat. neil

Subject: RE: BS: Things I shall miss about the USA
From: CarolC
Date: 01 Mar 02 - 05:15 PM

Well, congratulations to you, Murray, and best of luck with your wedding!

Subject: Things I shall miss about the USA
From: Murray MacLeod
Date: 01 Mar 02 - 05:10 PM

In a little over two hours I am getting married to my beautiful Cajun bride Yvonne, and this will be my last post as a single man. Third time lucky, they say.

At the end of the month we are returning to Scotland, where I have been offered a golden opportunity by the owner of the Pinetrees Hotel in beautiful downtown Pitlochry, where I will be dividing my time between making guitars, making furniture, and making music for the hotel guests. This is literally one of these once-in-a-lifetime opportunities.

The downside of all this joy and celebration is that I will be leaving a country whose people I have come to know and love over the past four years. It occurred to me to jot down a random list of the things I shall miss most about the USA (some of these are Florida-specific)

1. The weather, obviously. Although I have never had any problems facing the Scottish weather, I must say that being able to work outside stripped to the waist in December has its advantages.

2 Cuban coffee. Unique. Unlike anything else. I am going to suffer severe withdrawal symptoms. Nescafe Instant just doesn't hold out the same appeal ....

3 Free local phone calls. Having to pay for local calls in the UK means I can't just log on to AOL and leave the thing running 24/7, which I have been in the habit of doing over here. It does however mean that when DebC sends me an instant message she can be sure I am actually at the other end.

4 Feet and inches. Again, I have no problem operating in metric, it's just that I like working and measuring in imperial units, and going back to buying wood that is priced by the "cubic metre" instead of the "board foot" is really going to piss me off.

5. Cheap gasoline. $1.10 is what I currently pay for a gallon of gasoline, over in Britain it must be at least five times that. Bummer.

6 Turning right on red. Well, in Britain, it would be turning left on red. Such a sensible idea, keeps the traffic moving, why Britain hasn't adopted it I cannot understand.

7 American tools. As a woodworking tool junkie, I have drooled for four years over the range and quality of tools available both through specialist catalogs and over the counter in superstores such as Home Depot. I am going to miss Home Depot. B & Q doesn't quite match up. ( Or didn't last time I was there. )

These are just a few, personal, selfish and really wuite unimportant things I shall miss. There are of course things I am looking forward to with keen anticipation, such as the taste of British milk ( I have never enjoyed the taste of American milk ), and visiting Glenfarg Folk Club again.

No doubt there other "things I shall miss" will occur to me later, but right now I got to go and get ready to get married.

Murray