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I suppose it's as new as the "my Waitrose" card has been in existence..

http://www.waitrose.com/home/mywaitr...or_coffee.html

Before that I have no idea what happened.....I have only been shopping at Waitrose since I moved down to this area as Waitrose stores appear to be more common down here in southern England than they are back home in Scotland which is a pity as most Scots would love a free tea or coffee as you can imagine....a free anything in fact.

But before you can have that free hot drink you have to produce that card to the assistant in the store restaurant.

The weather here is still absolutely crappy - still gloomy and very, very soggy underfoot and very damp elsewhere but on top of that it is getting colder as well.

Don't bother to come "home" until the weather gets better..if it ever does.....there is now talk of snow and icy roads on the distant horizon.....now it's twenty past three on a Sunday afternoon and the sky is the colour of lead and all the lights are on all around. But it isn't deterring the local Morris dancers with blackened faces and bells on their socks and flowers in their top hats braving the conditions outside one of the pubs in a local village as tomorrow, 06 January, is Plough Monday, whatever that is.

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We're getting a Waitrose this year, just a couple of miles from me ... :drinkingwine:

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I'll be coming over later this week, got a short term rental in Norfolk for three months. I'm looking forward to the weather actually. It'll probably be 30 or 40 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than it is over here in the US northeast, and less precipitation. Last but not least, you have a reasonably reliable electrical supply setup in the UK. Lengthy power outages when the temperature is fifty or sixty degrees below freezing are no fun.

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So when are you actually going to get around to emigrating?

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If the Scots vote "yes" for independence, technically he will then retrospectively have emigrated to the UK. ;)

And I will have retrospectively emigrated to Scotland. :eek:

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Didn't think of that :lol:

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Maybe they could set up an exchange for the two of you? Kind of like The Spy Who Came In From The Cold except you both survive?

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Wow! This is Exactly the kind of info I needed to read I was beginning to think the the UK was filled with blue skies and sunshine according to some posts I've read on the UK Forum :rofl:

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Ah well, we've already got that here in my part of the USA. Around a foot of snow fell the day before yesterday, with 50 MPH winds and temp of 7C. So your weather back home sounds nice by comparison.

This was my worry when the wind was moaning through the nearby treetops, but thank goodness our town didn't lose power in this particular storm. Many UK power cables are underground, IIRC. Very, very sensible!

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You obviously missed the "UK is full of immigrants" thread.

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As has already been stated in another posting in this thread - I already have emigrated and I think that Cheltenham is a really lovely town, the local people are nice (for the most part) and and the surrounding Cotswolds/Malvern Hills/Vale of Evesham countryside is straight out of a perfect picture postcard in a very English way, the people here are nice (for the most part) and the local beer is nae sae bad either...I have jumped the gun of what might happen back home in Scotland come September and I will probably apply for English citizenship anyway..if they will have me that is.;)

Anyway, my civil partner is English (from Norfolk).

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It's a lifeboat heading towards an iceberg.

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Nope I didn't. ;) :lol: I actually meant it literally..

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If the scots decide they want to stay in the UK, that will be the next referendum.....should we let them:p:rofl:

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I can't remember from that part of the white paper, but would you be able to claim dual citizenship (Scottish by birth, UK by residence)? I think I will qualify for Scottish citizenship by residence.

Sorry, taking the thread off-topic a bit.