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RE: Building up a HBD Savings Balance on SSC 3

in LeoFinance8 months ago

Aha Oil and Gas company perhaps your 14 years? I just read your other comment, and pointed out it is Aberdonians who are tight.

Yeah Balmoral Castle is great, the whole drive out there is cracking.

Funnily enough it was Aberdeen Airport my future wife landed in 1997 on Christmas Eve from America wondering what she had wandered into ...

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"Aha Oil and Gas company perhaps your 14 years?'

No, I had an Uncle who was involved in that, though, and was based out of Aberdeen. The reason I went there, in the first place, was to visit him and his Scottish (2nd marriage) wife. He was away on business, however, when I arrived, so I went for my Scottish Highlands adventure, ending up in Pitlochry, before turning back ...

My employer was a chemical company, based out of the Yorkshire area of England. One of my great memories of going there was being taken to York. Not NEW York. No ... The original ... Sitting in a pub, built in 1100 something and "remodeled" in 1600 something, it was remarkable the very thick planks we sat on had uhhh ... "well worn" ... bucket seats. The old fashioned kind! Hahaha ...