Douglas chuckled, in a friendly manner.  Then raising his glass, he responded to the toast.  "Aye, tae Scotland!"  He tossed down the liquid and realized he should likely not go quite that fast.  There had been quite a lot of wine with dinner.  He sat the glass down and poured some more, but didn't pick it back up at first.

"So, when you say it's been a while, how long ago would that be?"  He grinned.