I used to have a different username (surname) here, but I got sick of GMX EMail services with their eternal bugs on logging into E Mail accounts and I thought I’d come along and start fresh, with a different surname.
So, hello to everybody!
Hi IanMcK and welcome. You sound like a Scot…
Just like my old “Haines”…“McKlatchie” is a fake surname. “Mc” is mostly Irish. “Mac” is mostly Scottish. So, I’m just another Merseysider, from the Wirral, really - I wish I did have a Celtic background, though.
Ah, The Wirral. I know it well. I’m a Scot from Kirriemuir but then I moved to the south of England most of the time the retired to Yorkshire.
Welcome again Ian.
The Wirral? That’s the posh part of Merseyside isn’t it? 
A cousin of mine once did a family tree - it took her 5 years to complete it. And, it turns out that I am an Emmerdaler! Yes! My great (or great, great) grandfather was born in a farmhouse in Yorkshire that is now a holiday cottage. So, we have something in common, in a way.
It’s supposed to be the posh part of Merseyside, but it’s really not. People, here, still peg out their teabags on a washing line, dry them, then use them again. So, it’s safe to say that it’s really not posh, here!
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Thanks for the tip.I’ll try that.
Hi Ian, welcome to the club. Further to the south, in German speaking countries, your fake surname would probably make people smile since it sounds very much like a word they use which means bonkers. I know you won’t go there anyway. Have a good time here.
Oh, make no mistake about it…I am one flat rock short of my full pavement! If I were any saner, I’d be insane! Glad to be back!
Hi again Mr IanMc, just of interest what was your job before you retired ?
The last time I worked, the UK had £1 notes - it was back in the 1970s. I simply worked in shops, selling things! My first wage packet was £9.53. I didn’t let it go to my head, though.
Ah, you are a youngster ! I think I got about £6 while I was working and the other part when I was at college/university. Electrical engineering was my field.
Welcome back Ian. 