AS Burns Night approaches, reader John Robertson tells us he was in Inveraray's Tourist Information Office where he heard an English visitor ask the assistant: "Do you have a CD of Rabbie Burns reading his own poetry?"
AS Burns Night approaches, reader John Robertson tells us he was in Inveraray's Tourist Information Office where he heard an English visitor ask the assistant: \"Do you have a CD of Rabbie Burns reading his own poetry?\"
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Says John: "After a diplomatic explanation regarding time travel, they left quietly."
Cook up a plan
OUR mention of retirement being a difficult adjustment reminds Calum Carmichael: "I knew one fellow, admittedly much too used to an affluent lifestyle, who, not until well into his 60s, happened to find himself in the kitchen of his home. He turned to his wife and said, 'Here, this is a really nice room. Why don't we use it more often?'"
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Poetry in motion
AS Burns Night approaches, reader John Robertson tells us he was in Inveraray's Tourist Information Office where he heard an English visitor ask the assistant: "Do you have a CD of Rabbie Burns reading his own poetry?"
Says John: "After a diplomatic explanation regarding time travel, they left quietly."
Cook up a plan
OUR mention of retirement being a difficult adjustment reminds Calum Carmichael: "I knew one fellow, admittedly much too used to an affluent lifestyle, who, not until well into his 60s, happened to find himself in the kitchen of his home. He turned to his wife and said, 'Here, this is a really nice room. Why don't we use it more often?'"
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