Re: Greetings!


"Jane Margaret Laight" <jml27515@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> As the old year wends its weary way out, and the new year stands poised
> and ready, I usually cast about for new experiences to try--although I
> have used computers in my line of work for quite some time, it was only
> the enforced leisure resulting from a collision with a taxi cab that
> showed me the Internet and the World Wide Web as a form of recreation.
> Therefore, I have been looking at various newsgroups, participating at
> some, lurking at many others. I arrived here because I am (on my
> father's side) of Scottish ancestry; my grandfather's grandfather was a
> native of Ayrshire who studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh
> and emigrated with his family to Canada after the American Civil War.
> Our family was always aware of being Scots; one of my sisters (I am the
> youngest of six) married a native of Glasgow and visits those relatives
> he has left back in Scotland at least twice a year--I have tagged
> along, and have always enjoyed myself. So since I was a little girl, I
> have had an interest in my family background and the country from
> whence we first sprang.
>
> I have been lurking amongst you all for quite some time, and I thought,
> as the new year approaches, it's best I make a start and announce my
> presence (to which most of you may say something somewhat
> (un?)appropriate as "Awa' and bile your heed, ya girning little Murkin
> git") and just say that I have continually enjoyed this group, and look
> forward to participating more fully in the New Year.
>
> Jane Margaret Laight
> native of Rich Square, North Carolina,
> now currently sojourning in Greenbelt, Maryland
> United States of America
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Come in and start an argument then.

Glenallan
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