No apology needed! Excellent.
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Whereās my one? 
Thatās ok. Youāre immortalised in my memory of the day. Always nice to get an unexpected call from over the pond. Thanks for listening out.
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Iāve been the GM AM since 2007 and Iāve only just noticed there are two Creag Ruadh summits, and theyāre almost consecutively numbered and within about 10km of each other
Creag Ruadh GM/CS-092 & Creag Ruadh GM/CS-095
I noticed, then forgot, then had to double check everything after writing the above comment!
Itās quite amazing that just about all of the two point WS summits in the national park are line of sight and very close to one another. Less amazing was having to drive over the Lecht and Bridge of Brown passes, then down the A9 to reach them all.
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With apologies to all connoisseurs of poetry.
There was a young man from Aberdeen
Who was Scotlandās activator supreme
He finished the Cairngorms National Park
His excellence was quite stark
Now he celebrates with a wee dram of Tullibardine
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Auld Jim named one of them. When asked which hill, he forgot which was which so they both ended up named the same.
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HaHa! That sounded like it had twenty syllables when I read it, with all the emphasis on the wrong ones. Good effort.
I donāt think you have to worry about that on here.
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I had to go through a list of whiskies to find one with the right ending. Pam Ayresā career is safe.
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Having pondered on this for 24 hours, I then gave in and ran it through a couple of AIās. They didnāt even come up with Tullibardine. Oban was suggested by both meta and Google. So, that makes you a genius.
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I havenāt ha a bottle of Tullibardine for a good few years, at least 10. I canāt remember what it was like now 
Seem to be mainly on Old Poultney, and Cardhu at present. I think when we moved the kitchen about and the hooch cupboards were restocked from the cardboard boxes I found an unopened The Balvenie Double Wood which I hesitate to consider how much it sells for now.
If only the damn diabetic drugs didnāt suppress my desire for a dram as effectively as they do 
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Is that specific to whisky or other stuff as well?
Most times Iām happy with a single (double) dram.
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It reduces desire for food and drink. Iām on tablets not injections and my weight is slowly dropping. Not fast like the injected form causes. But after 16months Iāve lost 1.5-1.75kg. You just donāt feel the need to eat as much. Or drink.
If I wander in to the kitchen now and open the hooch cupboard Iāll see about 10 different Malts to pick from, Vodka, Gin and the Sloe Gin being made from Sloes I picked when out ādoggingā. Then Iāll check the tea-pot, find thereās tea in it and have a cuppa instead. It is really weird. My consultant was overjoyed when I told himā¦āAh thatās working, letās increase the doseā were his words. 
That doesnāt mean there isnāt an obscene amount of Duck, Turkey and Ham to eat over the coming holidays. And Pigs in Blankets. Last year my son said āwe donāt need the fowl, we can just eat the piggies, stuffing, roasts and the vegetablesā.
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Having served many a Christmas lunch to work colleagues over the years, Iām happy to admit that the best reward was being able to hover over the servery all day and to eat as many kilted sausages*, roast potatoes and skirlie** as I could manage.
*what pigs in blankets used to be called in 
**stuffing made from oatmeal, onion and fat. The only stuffing eaten north of Forfar.
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A class expression I will introduce to Mrs. LLD and the family.
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You need to try skirlie. Youāll never go back to Paxo 
Top tip (think I posted it somewhere prior, apologies):
Yorkshire puds (they belong on the Christmas dinner plate and Iāll have a row with anyone who disagrees!) - any you have left over, put in the fridge. Peckish later? Grab a cold Yorkshire pudding and drop a dollop of golden syrup in there.
Magic! 
Canāt be dealing with Paxo though. Or stuffing in general. 
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Mrs. LLD has been making the recipe her mother gave her which uses Suet, breadcrumbs (made from a white Tin loaf a few days old), onion and lots of Sage, Rosemary & Thyme. In deference to our arteries we use Vegetable Suet now. Sheās also produced her own stuffing using frozen Cranberries which is a bit special as well. I shall suggest maybe trying a test run using oatmeal.
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