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Dundee, Scotland
Joined May 2010
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3 months
53rd wedding anniversary today. ❤️ That’s it . That’s the tweet.
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A question for @PatrickHarvie Cumbria had heavy snowfalls with electric cars gridlocked in snowdrifts. Batteries died. No heating, No wipers, No radio or GPS. How does an electric car recharge in a snow storm? Or do the occupants just die of hypothermia? 🤷🏼‍♀️
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I could watch this over and over again.
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Where’s a seagull when you need one ?
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I’m still furious that @MichaelMatheson , on behalf of my husband and many, many others, has turned down the opportunity for him to travel to England (and end his painful 4 year wait) for a second hip replacement.
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So if all Tories are to be driven out of Scotland (I’m not Tory but may be one day 🤷🏼‍♀️) - does that mean I’m not wanted in Scotland, despite working & paying taxes for 50 yrs, but the wee drunk, brain addled druggie, who's never worked a day in his life, can stay? @HumzaYousaf
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He knows there are food banks in Scotland. He knows there are homeless people dying on the streets. He knows there's a cost of living crisis. He doesn’t care. He only went to COP28 so he could parade and make big gestures with our money. I despise this man. #HumzaBinShaggin
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Another £36 million bites the dust. No wonder Scotland has a £1 billion black hole.
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A Scottish advent calendar 😂
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@JournalistJill I went for a skin cancer review. The doctor was defo a male dressed as a female. He asked if I had skin anomalies elsewhere on my body. I have but I couldn’t bring myself to undress. The male nurse was very embarrassed too. 🤷🏼‍♀️
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And this is how #vegans are made. 😉
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I was wheeled into Ninewells A& E by the paramedics but the first question the clipboard queen asked me was,” Are you Scottish?”. I replied,”I’m British!” I swear she pursed her lips as she wrote my answer down. Paramedics were unfazed by this conversation.
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So @STVNews lead on a story that SCOTLAND didn’t get a carbon capture project it felt it deserved. No mention of ScotGov transporting Chinese steel across the world to build a winter-weather sensitive bridge and two rusting ferries. They didn’t buy local steel to be ecological.
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@BDStanley @HJacksonajh As a retired teacher and school administrator I urge you not to let this or any anything pass if you’re unhappy/disturbed about it. That history teacher needs to justify his comments to his pupils.
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Just received an update tax code from the Scot. Gov. My tax deduction has gone up ! I have a small teacher's pension & a state pension after 41yrs of work(excluding tax I paid on temp. holiday jobs as a student). Why am I paying more than pensioners in the rest of the U.K. ?
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Hey! @DundeeCouncil At 10:30 the driver of the small gritting truck entered Sidlaw Ave . He saw little old me struggling on ice, trying to spread grit from her trundle cart. He salted my pavement & threw handfuls on the steep drive so I could get home safely. #hero #medal
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Heavily pregnant and still working!
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@ninaismeblog The older generation has paid for your education. The older generation has paid for your health care. An even older generation paid,with their lives, for your future. Stop bleating and get on with the life you've been given.
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I hope the Scottish National Investment Bank is being scrutinised. @PoliceScotland @SNP
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@ScotNational These people could shroud themselves in invisibility cloaks and they wouldn’t be missed.
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Skye was put to sleep this afternoon after several days of painful and distressing seizures. She had a brain tumour. It’s been a privilege to have this beautiful, playful, bouncy, pure soul in my life for eight years. God Bless sweet girl. 🌈
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@dannyowen54 My oldest daughter (when 5yrs old) was frequently hit at the school gate by a bully. She used her Nature knowledge (how to pick nettles by their base to avoid getting stung). She lashed his bare legs with stinging nettles the next time he hit her. He left her alone after that. 😊
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@JimFergusonUK @leanjeanp It was the same with the truck drivers’ protests across America and Canada. The media, in collusion with government gaslit it.
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@Herne_TheHunter As a girl I admired and was in awe of a wonderful Head of House (It was an old fashioned grammar school).Miss MacTaggart would swirl downstairs & round corners in her magnificent academic gown. She often wore odd shoes & frequently left a roller in the back of her hair. ❤️ 😊
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‘Cheaper to tear down Scottish parliament by 2020’ Repair costs are £141,000 PER MONTH Just let that sink in while your child shares a school text book and your tyres are shredded in potholes !
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Now #Dundee is mired in fraud and bribery by,allegedly, the SNP councillors. They too are being investigated. 🤷🏼‍♀️
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Coronavirus: Expert says Scotland 'could be Covid-free by end of summer' Where is Devi, adviser to ⁦ @NicolaSturgeon ⁩ ? Where is @NicolaSturgeon ? #AWOL
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Theresa May is meeting Nicola Sturgeon prior to triggering Article 50. Nicola oversaw the interior decoration.
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I wonder of @AndyBurnhamGM formed the same opinion as the Spanish Consul ?
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@alimacno I’m conservative with a small 'C' i.e. worked hard, paid taxes, law abiding, have kids, and had family members serve in the Armed Forces! How ultra Far Right does that make me, @HumzaYousaf ? Oh, and my skin colour is light - not white !
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@ziggy6769 @Gingy16836908 Whatever happened to the Scottish #Covid enquiry? Why did the members of the enquiry’s team all resign in unison? Where did the Covid £billions,given to Scotland from the U.K. taxpayer, go? Has a new enquiry team begun their investigations? Is Westminster going to investigate?
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This spoof is so convincing.😂
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"I know it’s racist and I shouldn’t say it but I can’t watch England play." This today from a carpet salesman to me and my husband in #Dundee We won’t be shopping in there again.
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@STVNews In Scotland we pay higher income tax to pay for “ free” stuff. The ScotGov is not gifting us anything.
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Today is our 49th wedding anniversary (with a 2yr courtship beforehand) Normally we would splurge out on a posh meal or weekend away.Instead we will enjoy our home and garden. We will have a video conference with our daughters. We will be full of gratitude for our life together.
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Dear @NicolaSturgeon Do something!
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Oh dear! Seats are not selling well for Jane (Janey) Godley are they ? For either performance! In Dundee - an SNP town !
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General election 2017: SNP lose a third of seats amid Tory surge The SNP had 37% of the vote in Scotland. The other 63% of the vote was divided across several political parties. The SNP is NOT Scotland This cannot be retweeted often enough!
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The SNP asked for my views.
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More proof, if it were needed, that politicians do not serve the people. They serve themselves. They crave attention, money and titles. Politicians are weak and vain.
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When is @NicolaSturgeon going to do something about the ugliness in Scottish politics?
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Come on Scotland, this is wrong. The SNP are a mainstream political party and they have members talking about stringing up Conservative MPs from bridges? Someone is going to get hurt soon. Enough is enough. Let’s reject the ignorance & Anglophobia. Stand with @Alliance4Unity
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@RealDeniseWelch Husband has waited 2 years for a hip replacement. I have been diagnosed with a serious heart condition & prescribed medication over the phone without ever seeing a doctor. (Tayside) The death toll indirectly related to Covid will be huge. (But will save the NHS a fortune ! 😡)
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Post hip operation, Ninewells’ orthopaedics & cardiology asked husband’s GP to monitor his v. low blood pressure. The earliest appt is June 15th. How is that caring for a person? Where’s the Health Secretary for Scotland ???
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@ArgyleBecky I have been saying this for the last 13yrs, since I retired from 41 yrs of Primary School teaching. Sadly the predictions of me and my retired teaching colleagues have been fulfilled. Criminally a whole generation has been blighted by substandard education.
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😂🤣😂
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@IngrameThomas Imagine you and a colleague are vying for the same promoted post. You snitch about your rival to the police under the excuse of the Hate Crime Law and presto! Your competition is disqualified and you get the job of your dreams. 😊
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My timeline is swamped with SNats, Snatbots and SNat politicians trying to deflect attention from Humza Yousaf’s actions ( or inactions) over Scots welfare versus Hamas welfare
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National disgrace when @HumzaYousaf has given away £ thousands to foreign countries and squandered £thousands more on his COPs28 freebie holiday at Scottish tax payers’ expense !
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Well @HumzaYousaf @ScotGovFM @PaulMcLennan7 hundreds of people wait for food as they are homeless hungry vulnerable will you Humza meet with us ?
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@FifeRight14 Exactly !
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175 people killed in Europe by terrorists. 33,500 Americans killed by Americans in America in the same year. #GunViolence #GunLawsNOW Why do they inflict this pain on themselves ?
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@ziggy6769 @HumzaYousaf It’s like the Dundee mother watching her son in a military parade. "They’re a' oot o' step except Oor Wullie !" That’s Humza Yousaf and Scotland.
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Just blocked SNP supporters calling me uneducated & disillusioned. I dared to criticise Nippy Nicola. Here's the truth about her government.
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Who'd have thought it ;-) http://t.co/N9tvlQmNtC
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Why did Ian Blackford resign? Champagne parties in London at £50K a time - did SNP donors pay for them? Did they come out of the £600K pot? Why were staffers flown down to London & given hotel rooms? #murkySNP
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HaHaHa
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Easily the most rude, ungracious BRITISH politician ever.
@GitGrumpygit
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Has @NicolaSturgeon apologised to @Mike_Blackley yet ??
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@DrPragyaAgarwal I look and sound normal but need a lift, not stairs, due to mitral valve regurgitation ( leaking heart valve). How dare she lecture anyone on what is healthy. Stairs would kill me !
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British !
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So I was walking in the park, thoroughly enjoying myself when BAM ! I had a heart attack. I’m in the Acute Medical Ward because there’s no spare beds in cardiology. More tests & hopefully out tomorrow. #optimist
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This isn’t just Scotland's problem. Millions of U.K. tax payers' money has been either squandered, mismanaged or gone missing. It’s time for people in the whole of U.K. to petition their MPs to call in the auditors to assess the SNP's governance of Scotland's financial affairs.
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A political party without an auditor for 6 months & seemingly unable to find another. These are uncharted waters. At what point does the regulator step in and appoint an administrator? Are there any rules about parties raising £ without safeguards? If not, should there be?
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@anugent514 @BBCScotlandNews And they wonder why the English aren’t holidaying in Scotland? @Ianblackford_MP
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@MBallantyneMSP 30 flights will arrive at Edinburgh and Glasgow this week from European and International airports while we cannot cross the English border. It is NOT about stopping the spread of the virus and its mutations. It’s about NS passion to be in the history books.
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Hurrah ! Dermatology don’t need to see me for three months. Skin cancers removed & skin healing up well- even for an auld biddy like me. 😊 Check your blemishes regularly, people ! Don’t die of melanoma like my brother.
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@doctor_oxford @devisridhar Forget the academics for a moment - what about the English quietly living in Scotland for decades until she stirred up anglophobia ?
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@ziggy6769 Did Humza Yousaf miss this?
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@Jackson_Carlaw @gala_borders I don’t find it laughable at all. I was a teacher for 41yrs and I’ve seen @JohnSwinney and the SNP ruin Scottish Education. Not only is excellent education a Scottish birthright, but it used to be exported throughout the world as the 'Gold Standard"
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Alex Salmond criticising loss of U.K. steel industry but SNP has bought Chinese steel for new @Edinburgh bridge #hypocrite #SNPfail
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@C4Ciaran @macnahgalla @NicolaSturgeon I still wonder why the Scottish Covid Enquiry had a stuttering start. Did these legal experts walked away when they knew the Covid communications had been deleted ?
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Ministers use new legal loophole to block reveal of ferry costs | The Herald
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Well, @HumzaYousaf ? When are you going to look after your own instead of buying 'allies' at COP28 with tax payers' money.
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St Mungo's outreach teams are out tonight and every night, helping people off the streets and into safety. Donate today and help make tonight someone's last night on the streets.
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Has his brother in law not been arrested in Dundee for drug dealing ?
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Humza Yousaf repeats call for personal drug use to be decriminalised in Scotland ……. This makes me so angry 😡 …. So alcohol prices are unaffordable for some so is he encouraging drug taking instead ???
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This has to be the best photo of a sunrise over the Forth Bridges #Edinburgh EVER! Pic by Derek Fallis. http://t.co/81QDGcuLp6
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@donnaloumac Quite frankly, my dear, the SNP don’t give a damn! The 31% who vote SNP are inflicting a terrible toll of constant failure on Scotland.
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To all of you not living in Scotland-this is the unacceptable face of the Scottish Nationalist Party.
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SNP - hang your head in shame ! 16 years to eradicate child poverty in Scotland and you failed. @NicolaSturgeon @JohnSwinney @ShonaRobison @HumzaYousaf
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This is a reminder of the level of poverty in GLASGOW & across Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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We’re having a lovely day. The children visited the garden for a drink, celebration cake and a chat until the snow started. #goldenweddinganniverary during #lockdown
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Fabulous golden wedding anniversary-a year later than planned. 😊
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@IngrameThomas Angus doesn’t like old people. Angus wanted Grandma and Grandpa to die. Angus thinks that would be good for the independence cause. Angus thinks it would make him look successful.
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@Bubtok It sounds like a "call to arms" to disrupt Remembrance Day services throughout the land. @RushiSunak @SuellaBraverman
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@AgentP22 Scottish NHS is not ready for its own Scottish patients !!!
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Gosh ! Political debate in Scotland has gone down the sewer this morning !
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Is this true? Humanitarian aid is gifted and meant to be free for the recipients.
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tons of humanitarian aid are displayed for sale in the markets of Gaza!!!
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Last nights rain froze. The whole cul-de-sac is just one lethal sheet of ice.
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Spent an hour with this little charmer this afternoon. Oh my! What a character she is and she’s only 14 weeks old ? #Betsy
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We’re off to pick up this little beauty today. Her name is Betsy. She is a mixed breed Cavapoochons. Mum is K.C. Registered pure breed Bison Frise & Dad is a Cavalier Spaniel/Toy Poodle. Betsy is 12 weeks old with all her vaccinations.
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For all the knitters put there.
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It’s going to be -6°C tonight in #Dundee I haven’t had my one-off promised £50 cold weather payment promised in February. Are those not killed by Covid to die of the cold? @HumzaYousaf @_KateForbes @AshReganMSP1 @NicolaSturgeon @ChrisLawSNP @JoeFitzSNP
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#Edinburgh looked stunning in last night's sunset. http://t.co/UWmphsBamM
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He’s useless at home with unlimited incompetence but he’s totally out of his depth implementing foreign policy which is totally out of his remit. President Erdogan will use that photograph as political propaganda at home in Turkey. The dictator and the fool !
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Yousaf triggered diplomatic row by meeting Turkey's President Erdogan
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Remember Remember the 4th of May !
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I noted Jeanne Freemen referred to the latest vaccine as “Astra-Zeneca” completely missing off the prefix OXFORD which is of course its English origins. #mealymouthed
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Dear Harry Mountbatten Windsor How could you?
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Update on @davidwbrown60 eye op at Ninewells yesterday. 1) It only took 15 minutes 2) He was back home by 2 p.m. exhausted 3) Opthalmics say, because of his last cataract removal, within a week he'll be able to drive. Thank you to all who sent best wishes to him. 😘
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@moutet : What could POSSIBLY go wrong? #XMen http://t.co/YhzAeQQUuf” 😳
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It’s so good to be alive and to be out of hospital - albeit with a heart monitor stuck in the middle of my chest!
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@STVNews There ! I’ve fixed the sign for you.
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