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So, 2 airplane crashes in 2 days, spooky or what ? . Still in Croatia and heading to Italy on Tuesday. Split is really nice and spotlessly clean but have seen all there is to see. Spent last night with 3 US Maries on a stop off on the way back from the middle east after a 6 months tour of duty, goes to prove they are not all mad as they proved to be well educated and interesting. Apart from 2 female 3d year Law students from Glasgow I haven't heard another Scots accent. One gut for some reason claimed to be Scottish but he had a South African accent, he was so drunk he was hanging onto a lampost and coudn't move. Apparently he was claiming to be in the secret services and abusing some locals, when one of them asked me if he was my friend and I said no, the local said "so you wouldn't mind if I took out my gun and shot him in the head", at that I made my excuses and left not looking back but I didn't hear anything thankfully. Those of you alive in the 70's might remember Clackers, the 2 annoying balls attached on a string which you clatter together, we'll bad news is they have made a comeback and all the kids have them, it's like having a permanent headache, hopefully this is just a Croatian thing and it hasn't spread. Off on a boat trip today as the forecast is for rain tomorrow. Cheers

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