Originally Posted by Lothianlad

At least you will have had the experience and excitement about living in another country - in your case the USA. For reasons I have set out in another thread I don't think I will ever have this same experience myself, and I think I would have enjoyed living over there for a period of time, no idea how long for, really. I'm not sure whereabouts in the USA I would liked to have lived in either - initially I had a good contact in Iowa, but having read up a good deal about that location I'm not sure it would have suited me - very rural and perhaps, just perhaps a wee bit redneckish? but how can I really tell until I'd been there. I reckon I'd have liked somewhere in New England, as to me that part of the USA appears to have more in common with the UK than any other part of that country.

I am a true Lothian lad - the region - my home area is Corstorphine, in the western part of Edinburgh, but now live with my partner in Stockbridge, and area of the city closer to the centre, and my workplace which suits me well.

Welcome back to the Lothians when it happens, Windsong. Let's hope the area will have warmed up a lot by then - after one slightly milder day yesterday, Saturday, the freezing cold has returned and when I checked the thermometer in the screen a wee while back it showed -9.1C at 22:50hrs.