continental divide
In northern Scotland it rains in late summer like the sun shines in upstate NY. "Fuck this country," I thought. No wonder our ancestors left. The 1998 Blair Athol scouting Jamborette was in full effect. In the early twentieth century, we invented a way for the youth who were not old enough to join the military to get the experience thanks to Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powel the first, may he burn in hell. At thirteen years old we had slept on the ground for a week and schlepped through the mud like the American civil war. In the evenings we'd pile into an over-sized communal circus tent with a two man cover band rocking their limey socks off to the hits of the day. The crowd favorite was easily The Rembrandts 'I'll be there for you.' Absolute shite. Hopped up on liters of the regional favorite bubble gum soft drink Irn Bru we pogo danced like jack rabbits on meth amphetamine until the shaggy cows came home. A we...
