I had thought that I had nothing to add to this thread --- until last night.

Off we went to a Philippine national day celebration charity event as guests of one of the officers, an old friend. I was pulled from my seat (without warning) and introduced to the crowd as being the first person in the ten-year history of the event to have come "all the way" from Scotland for the party. In fact, we had traveled "all the way" from Falls Church, Virginia, to Washington, DC, maybe 15 miles. I haven't seen my wife laugh so much in years. I think she and our friends liked seeing me try to figure out what, if anything, I ought to have said. She does say I should learn Gaelic so I'm ready if it happens again.

But it was a fun evening!

Holcombe