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Friday, November 25, 2022

Interesting characters

Traffic barrier on the Royal Mile, Edinburgh
    I was standing in a line waiting for my food. I young man rolled up in a wheelchair beside me. I had turned to my wife to verify her order and the young man must have heard my accent. He asked me if I liked the "American President". The president at the time was George W. Bush. I asked the young man why. He went on about the Republicans in the U.S. and about foreign policy. I  realized then that he was very much a member of the UK. Many of them know and understand what is going on in other countries. He knew more that I did. I could not have told you much about the political issues or people in the UK. The young man taught me a lesson. I never guessed I was so American-centered.
 

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