BS: lets develop Scotland

Subject: RE: BS: lets develop Scotland
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 19 Jun 14 - 04:58 PM

Sorry, Eliza. they are "....hypocrites to a man. They use Scotland, then vote for the Union. "

Even if she is a woman! All the English in Scotland have sold their £1,000,000 mansions and are now living off the backs of the decent upstanding Scots.

There IS a stereotype

Says ake...

DtG

Subject: RE: BS: lets develop Scotland
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 19 Jun 14 - 04:09 PM

My sister went to Scotland at eighteen, to St Andrew's Uni. She studied Medicine and has been a doctor in Dundee ever since. She works in a large hospital and is permanently exhausted, but loves her job and gives her all to it. She was widowed at an early age and left with two young babies (both born in Perthshire). These two girls are now in their twenties and have very good jobs. All three obviously pay taxes and are contributing to Scotland in many ways. My sister is a member of her local church and is involved in village life. She will soon be retiring, and wishes only to end her days in her small Scottish village and be buried in the tiny graveyard alongside her late husband. She has occasionally been put down for being English, although it's now over forty years since she arrived up there. Our father was a Scot. There are quite a few 'foreign' doctors in the large Dundee hospital, all doing great things and working their socks off. It would be a real shame if their contributions were disregarded and Independence meant an uncomfortable existence on the receiving end of racist-type attitudes for her and other English-born residents.

Subject: RE: BS: lets develop Scotland
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 19 Jun 14 - 01:17 PM

There IS a stereotype Dave.

No there isn't. If you accept that then you must accept that all Irish are thick, all Jews are tight fisted and all blacks are lazy. Stereotyping is a lame excuse for believing that a whole section of society is worse than you. There is no such thing as a typical Englishman, Scotsman or even homosexual. Every person is different and deserves to be judged on their own merits rather than dismissed because they do not belong to the right group.

So, would you sned Dave's heids lik taps o' thristle simply because he is English and owns a house in Scotland?

DtG

Subject: RE: BS: lets develop Scotland
From: Musket
Date: 19 Jun 14 - 10:39 AM

Isn't this where I point out that your poverty offends me Jock Strapped? Or some such expected champagne comment playing to the crowd?

Akenaton knows how to survive though, I notice. Although any decent tradesman would treat all customers equally and with respect. But there again, equality was never his strong point.

All true and free thinking Scottish people will vote for union. Turkeys don't vote for Christmas and until and unless Salmond says how money, defence and EU trade will take place, ie., what will happen rather than what should happen, there is no reason whatsoever for people to take a risk. Not liking the Prime Minister of today is about as good as it gets and going back isn't in the gift of the scots. Meanwhile, BP have now put in planning permission on that land they bought on the Northumbrian Coast.

Voting for a successful Scotland isn't hypocrisy, it's common sense.

Subject: RE: BS: lets develop Scotland
From: akenaton
Date: 19 Jun 14 - 10:19 AM

I see them all, they swarm over Loch Fyne and the West Coast.
I even work for some of them....when I'm pushed.

There IS a stereotype Dave. Easily recognised by all the guys in the trade....hypocrites to a man. They use Scotland, then vote for the Union.

Subject: RE: BS: lets develop Scotland
From: GUEST,Jock Strapped
Date: 19 Jun 14 - 09:45 AM

"I too have properties in Scotland"

Och.. no wonder so many mudcatters can afford to splash out thousands on luthier guitars !!!

While so many of the rest of us have to make do with cheap 2nd hand mass produced Chinese boxes from Cash Converters...

Subject: RE: BS: lets develop Scotland
From: Musket
Date: 19 Jun 14 - 08:56 AM

Didn't know they were classed as masters. Masturbators maybe.

I too have properties in Scotland and although renting them out, (holiday lets in some areas, students digs on Edinburgh,) my plan is to retire up there when Mrs Musket has had enough too. She was at medical school in Edinburgh, and we have many friends there.

Akenaton is as typical a Scot as Dick van Dyke is a cockney.

Subject: RE: BS: lets develop Scotland
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 19 Jun 14 - 08:16 AM

My mate Dave worked hard all his life. Started down Agecroft colliery at 15. By self improvement and hard work retired as a network engineer of very high standing with a decent pension. Paid for out of his own pocket by careful management and going short when younger. For nearly 30 years he holidayed in the south west of Scotland, initially because it was all he could afford and later because he grew to love the place. He has put more into the economy of Dumfries and Galloway that he will ever take out and, quite likely, more than many people who were born there ever will. He upped sticks from his ex-council house in Manchester and by putting in most of his pension lump sum and some other savings managed to buy a lovely bungalow overlooking Wigtown Bay which I am pleased to say I visit as often as practicable.

This is the type of person that ake is happy to lump in with the 'new Scots' who take all the benefits while pocketing loads of cash for selling their million pound properties. No surprise really. I have often said before and I am sure I will say it again that stereotyping is a terrible thing to do. Ake does seem to be the master of it.

Cheers

DtG

Subject: RE: BS: lets develop Scotland
From: Rapparee
Date: 18 Jun 14 - 09:40 PM

I think it should be left as a third world country. Drives up property values in Cornwall.

Subject: RE: BS: lets develop Scotland
From: GUEST,Allan Conn
Date: 18 Jun 14 - 04:22 PM

Baton came through Kelso this afternoon. Scorching day! Megan Kilpatrick a school pupil who sometimes sings at our club was one of the torch bearers. Here's she is singng Wild Mountainside



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9eWvvOrbgM

Subject: RE: BS: lets develop Scotland
From: GUEST
Date: 18 Jun 14 - 09:44 AM

$1 billion !!!???

.. how may fried mars bars or bottles of Buckie would that get you ???

Subject: RE: BS: lets develop Scotland
From: Ed T
Date: 18 Jun 14 - 09:27 AM

"Originally estimated to cost $676 million, the 2014 Commonwealth Games are now expected to cost Scotland's largest city more than $1 billion.

That $1-billion figure was the revised estimate of the cost of the games after detailed work on the budget was completed by the organizing committee, known as Glasgow 2014. It was established in 2009. "

A poor start.

Subject: RE: BS: lets develop Scotland
From: Musket
Date: 18 Jun 14 - 08:42 AM

There are no wallabies in Scotland, zoos apart.

Plenty running wild in Derbyshire though.

Och aye, the 'noo! Or some such bollocks.

Subject: RE: BS: lets develop Scotland
From: akenaton
Date: 18 Jun 14 - 08:41 AM

Don't think sneddin' 'es heid wid mak much difference tae the bugger Al!!

He seems tae be deid fae the neck up onnyweys.

Subject: RE: BS: lets develop Scotland
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 18 Jun 14 - 07:48 AM

as rabbi burns said

Och! Wa'll snedd his heid
And auld musket wallaby deid!

Subject: RE: BS: lets develop Scotland
From: Musket
Date: 18 Jun 14 - 05:16 AM

Oh, I don't know Al. History tells us that when they get a bit too uppity, we tend to get the cane out of the cupboard and give them a jolly good thrashing, what?

Can you imagine integrating with Akenaton? It's back to your earlier point I suppose.

As we are looking at suggestions for what to do with Scotland, we could pave it and turn it into a car park for people visiting The Lake District.




How do you know the dog's jacuzzi has gold taps? I'm going to have to have a word with him about who he invites in. I know he has had the Labrador from next door in, and he fancies the poodle he sees when we walk into the village, but I wasn't aware anyone else had sneaked into his bachelor pad?

Subject: RE: BS: lets develop Scotland
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 18 Jun 14 - 05:01 AM

laugh on the other side of your face when they turn at your designer crofters cottage (gold taps in the dogs Jacuzzi) and say your heid hasn't been snedded, you're in trouble mate!

Subject: RE: BS: lets develop Scotland
From: Musket
Date: 18 Jun 14 - 03:21 AM

Doing the thick indigenous peasants a favour then...

zzzzz

Subject: RE: BS: lets develop Scotland
From: akenaton
Date: 18 Jun 14 - 02:59 AM

We already have far too many like Richard and Ian here Al and they don't "integrate", they mostly try to dominate.
Usually they have left the south of England, sold their bungalow for a million and bought a nice house on the West Coast for £250,000, leaving them plenty to pay the peasants and buy themselves into the Community Council :0)

The Irony is that these new "Scots" will vote no to independence...to a man. Take all the benefits fought for and won by the Scottish Government....free care for the elderly, free prescriptions, no tuition fees for their children if they have any, yet they are the sector which could defeat the Independence vote.

Never mind, if we win, "We'll sned therr heids lik taps o' thristle" :0)

Subject: RE: BS: lets develop Scotland
From: GUEST,Musket
Date: 18 Jun 14 - 01:24 AM

Not true.

No bloke would have him.

Anyway, I blame school teachers in Nottinghamshire. They used to teach you to aspire to flicking Vs at the peasants, getting out of the pit at the earliest opportunity and getting out of the bath for a jimmy.

Hobnobs never took off here in dirty rotten stinking capitalist land. We prefer the raj inspired predilection for tiffin don't 'cha know?

Subject: RE: BS: lets develop Scotland
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 17 Jun 14 - 10:57 PM

yeh same thing applies with England, Richard. the musket family move into an area, fifteen of them in a bedroom. pissing out the window and driving all the prices down. then before you know it, they own everything. designer skis for their dog.

I tell you another thing. they have no respect for our culture. they get married and they all groom their wives into having sex.

next thing its tea with Tony Blair, hobnobbing with Queen, telling Ake he's got to get married to a bloke.

you got to watch 'em.

Subject: RE: BS: lets develop Scotland
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 17 Jun 14 - 07:59 PM

Isn't there a problem with lots of it being owned by rich bastards already?

Subject: RE: BS: lets develop Scotland
From: GUEST,Eric Reasonable
Date: 17 Jun 14 - 07:27 PM

Northumberland ? dozy buggers, they should have spoke up a bit louder before the Romans started builing the bloody wall.

Ok, fair enough, shove the wall a bit further up north, then start sawing...

Subject: RE: BS: lets develop Scotland
From: GUEST,Allan Conn
Date: 17 Jun 14 - 06:35 PM

If you were sawing off at Hadrian's Wall then you'd be ceding a large chunk of England to Scotland. Don't think the good folk of Northumberland would be happy with that.

Subject: RE: BS: lets develop Scotland
From: Musket
Date: 17 Jun 14 - 03:33 PM

I always said I wouldn't mind being two bob behind Al. I have no hotel issues in Scotland. The hydro ones aren't too bad. Gleneagles has a decent restaurant. When I am in Aviemore, toss a coin between the Hilton and McDonald.

Can't see what the problem is....

(We rent cottages normally to be honest and spent two weeks on holiday only last month . Had to use cottages as we had the mutt with us.)

Q. Don't you dare move Canada. We ski at least every other year in your fair country. Not 100% certain what other attraction it would have for us?

Subject: RE: BS: lets develop Scotland
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 17 Jun 14 - 02:36 PM

For a long time, I have held that Canada should link politically with Caribbean nations. Vacations in "the warm" might be cheaper.

To tow it down there would be difficult, because of the size.

Subject: RE: BS: lets develop Scotland
From: Jack Campin
Date: 17 Jun 14 - 01:56 PM

Geologically, a large part of Islay (the bit where the best whisky comes from) is part of Venezuela.

Maybe they'd like to tow it back and we could throw in the rest of Scotland with it? We'd get tropical weather, El Sistema and 4000 miles between us and Nigel Farage.

Subject: RE: BS: lets develop Scotland
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 17 Jun 14 - 12:09 PM

we must be talking about a different place. loch linhe, loch ness, loch Lomond - and unless its the same one that pops up between every mountain for about three hundred miles.....

anyway...you know what I mean the bleeding place is virtually empty and in England, we're tripping over each other. I think it would be an attraction, proper hotel rooms where you can have a shower and a shit and a kip. not some room the size of an upright piano - don't pretend you've never encountered it.

one place they offered us a three quarter sized bed for a couple of podgies like me and the wife. and it was top price - more than you would have paid at a hilton.

Subject: RE: BS: lets develop Scotland
From: GUEST,Eric Reasonable
Date: 17 Jun 14 - 10:13 AM

come to think of it..

"On a pub crawl from Dover to Dingle" aint to shoddy an idea for a song title.

Subject: RE: lets develop Scotland
From: GUEST,Eric Reasonable
Date: 17 Jun 14 - 09:53 AM

How about sawing Scotland off at Hadrian's Wall, towing it south,
and reattaching to the useless empty gap betwen Wales And Ireland ?

Sorted, one long motorway would get you from Kent right across to Dingle.

Excellent Drinking Man's summer roadtrip !!!

Subject: RE: lets develop Scotland
From: Musket
Date: 17 Jun 14 - 09:47 AM

The only lake in Scotland already has a decent hotel on its shores.

Subject: RE: lets develop Scotland
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 17 Jun 14 - 09:42 AM

sorry should be in the bs section.

Subject: lets develop Scotland
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 17 Jun 14 - 09:41 AM

if we built a Ramada hotel next to every loch. there would be jobs for everybody. no more shitty old bed and breakfasts - cheap holidays in the Costa del Whisky.