Acknowledgements
I would like to thank everyone involved and /or mentioned in this memory melange of the first 20 years I befriended James and accompanied him on many an escapade and travels, in our gravedigging work and in propping up a fair few bars.
So my recognition of accompanying, sharing and enriching the great times with James goes to the following worthies: Sandy, Lynda, Alan, Harvey & Karen, Dennis, Rod, Maggie, John, Torquil, “Chud”, Billy, Paddy, Dave, Fanny, “Old Jim”, Pete, Claire and my parents. We were a motley crew!
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Contents
Apéro, Interduction – Here’s a Guid Yin! – Are ye fu’ ye’? – Alan (Auln) McDonald’s “Mindin’s” – Fotties o’ Early Times – Doc Batty Story – Fotties o’ James an’ Ithers – School Years – Travels Thegither – University Years – Rong’s Don – Gravediggin’ Summers – Scottish Lingo Daftness – Mair Daft Stuff – Tinribs and the Glue – Urine in Latin? – A Pickle o’ the Great Times – Chesayin’, Pal? – An’ Ither Visits – The Las’ Wurrz