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9. Scotland

Sat Jun 20, 2026, 07:39 PM

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… and if I ever get there, I’m not coming back.

Still pissed that my GGF left Scotland for the US by way of Canada—which would be my second choice, if only my kids would agree to learn to love winter… His 11 brothers also left Alba and wound up in Oz, which probably would’ve been better than we got stuck with. (Wish I knew the story behind the weird split in the family; probably a good story.)

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