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-   The Rovers Return (https://britishexpats.com/forum/rovers-return-111/)
-   -   Another Scottish island (https://britishexpats.com/forum/rovers-return-111/another-scottish-island-870110/)

Pulaski Sep 12th 2017 5:25 am
Re: Another Scottish island
 
Originally Posted by scot47 (Post 12336731)
My friend from Eastern Europe was shocked at how BACKWARD we are here! .....
Well you are in Scotland, right? :rolleyes:

cdfergus Sep 12th 2017 6:51 am
Re: Another Scottish island
 
Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 12336762)
Well you are in Scotland, right? :rolleyes:

:sarcasm:

scot47 Sep 12th 2017 11:50 am
Re: Another Scottish island
 
You think Barnsley is any better ?

Pulaski Sep 12th 2017 11:57 am
Re: Another Scottish island
 
Originally Posted by scot47 (Post 12336939)
You think Barnsley is any better ?
It doesn't get much better than Barnsley! :nod:

Derrygal Sep 12th 2017 12:14 pm
Re: Another Scottish island
 
Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 12336762)
Well you are in Scotland, right? :rolleyes:
Actually the Scottish people were a lot more forward thinking than their English counterparts last summer. The majority of them voted to remain in the EU - against Brexit!

cdfergus Sep 12th 2017 12:55 pm
Re: Another Scottish island
 
Originally Posted by scot47 (Post 12336939)
You think Barnsley is any better ?


:goodpost:

Shard Sep 12th 2017 6:08 pm
Re: Another Scottish island
 
Originally Posted by scot47 (Post 12336731)
My friend from Eastern Europe was shocked at how BACKWARD we are here ! he was also telling me about the current bunch of crazies in power in Warsaw who are now planning POXIT ! (ie Polish Exit)
What did he think was backward?

scot47 Sep 13th 2017 10:49 pm
Re: Another Scottish island
 
Infrastructure. Transport links. Hotels. Lack of maintenance in public buildings.

It seems to me that we need to take over responsibility and bid Madam May "Au revoir"

"Better Together" ? I do not think so !

To me it is facing sober reality when I hear a resident of Poland complaining that this place is run down and dilapidated !

Shard Sep 14th 2017 12:04 am
Re: Another Scottish island
 
Originally Posted by scot47 (Post 12337914)
Infrastructure. Transport links. Hotels. Lack of maintenance in public buildings.

It seems to me that we need to take over responsibility and bid Madam May "Au revoir"

"Better Together" ? I do not think so !

To me it is facing sober reality when I hear a resident of Poland complaining that this place is run down and dilapidated !
Yes, that's a bit of a kick in the teeth. Maybe the SNP has been investing too much in trams and not enough in general infrastructure.

scot47 Sep 14th 2017 4:41 pm
Re: Another Scottish island
 
Too many aircraft carriers to defend the Empire and not enough ferries ?

The trams scheme in Edinburgh was a LibDem idea and resolutely opposed by the SNP.

Shard Sep 14th 2017 6:44 pm
Re: Another Scottish island
 
Originally Posted by scot47 (Post 12338532)
Too many aircraft carriers to defend the Empire and not enough ferries ?

The trams scheme in Edinburgh was a LibDem idea and resolutely opposed by the SNP.
They can't have opposed it that much, it was built while they were in government ??

scot47 Sep 15th 2017 8:12 am
Re: Another Scottish island
 
City Councils have a surprising amount of power. I can assure you that there were heated discussions about the Trams Project dreamed up by the LibDems.

morpeth Sep 15th 2017 8:31 am
Re: Another Scottish island
 
Originally Posted by scot47 (Post 12336731)
My friend from Eastern Europe was shocked at how BACKWARD we are here ! he was also telling me about the current bunch of crazies in power in Warsaw who are now planning POXIT ! (ie Polish Exit)
Travelling recently in the Croatia I met Croatians and Poles who expressed sentiments that perhaps time to consider leaving the EU, Merkel may be laying the seeds for an eventual break-up of the EU more than she realizes.

scot47 Sep 16th 2017 10:47 am
Re: Another Scottish island
 
He had last visited Scotland in 1967. This time around he was really shocked at the obvious obesity - especially among young females. Another aspect of Americanisation of life-style, eating habits and thought patterns

Shard Sep 16th 2017 8:06 pm
Re: Another Scottish island
 
Originally Posted by scot47 (Post 12339657)
He had last visited Scotland in 1967. This time around he was really shocked at the obvious obesity - especially among young females. Another aspect of Americanisation of life-style, eating habits and thought patterns
Some truth in that.


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