Could I move to Scotland?!

Are we talking about Scotland here, or Upstate New York?

Blessed be,
Baha

Christina Websell wrote:

"jmcquown" wrote in message
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Please.... with my cat and my small parrot

Love you guys!

Jill


Why do you want to move to Scotland? Very cold weather, no work. Nice
scenery. Think again.

Tweed (half Scottish herself)

Chakolate wrote:

"Christina Websell" wrote in
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Note my words. IT'S TOO
COLD UP THERE!


Too cold? From a page about Scotland's climate: "January and February
are the coldest months, averaging 41°F to 45°F (5°C to 7°C), and summer
has average temperatures of 66°F (19°C) during its warmest months of July
and August." The hottest months average 66 and the coldest average 41?
Sounds like paradise to me.

I live in Buffalo. We have a saying locally; there are two seasons around
here; winter and the Fourth of July. 45 fahrenheit in January? Around here
there are many who would sell their souls for it!

Not the football fans though. Our stadium was built purposely to align with
the very cold and nast winds that come down off Lake Erie southward from
Canada; this was done solely and specifically so the Buffalo Bills could
intimidate visiting teams. There's a story...many years ago, we had a game
going with our biggest rival, the Miami Dolphins, and our side had a fellow
named Bruce Smith. Big, bulky, brawny Brucie; one of those guys whose neck is
wider than his head. It was mid December and a very nasty day. Snow was
blowing around and the temperature had dipped far below freezing, and there
was Bruce before the game walking aound bare-armed in a T-shirt. A fan near
the Bills entrance hollered down at him, "Yo Bruce! Aren't you freezing your
a$$ off?" "Yeah," Bruce Smith said, "but Miami don't need to know that!"

Blessed be,
Baha



Chak

--
In religion and politics, people's beliefs and convictions are in almost
every case gotten at second hand, and without examination.
--Mark Twain

Kreisleriana wrote in
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Not if you consider how many days are gray and clammy. It rarely gets
below freezing, true, but there's a really biting chill.


Fine by me - Chicago is generally a high-humidity location, too. You
learn to dress for it, no?

Chak

--
There is something wonderful in seeing a wrong-headed majority assailed
by truth.
--John Kenneth Galbraith

Cheryl Perkins wrote:
It was answered by me, when I said 'race' can mean any group of people, in
spite of the fact that in recent years in some parts of the world it has
been mainly applied to groups of people which are (in some people's
opinion) identifiable by physical characteristics such as skin colour and
eye shape.

I thought it was the opposite of what you write. The idea of
identifying people by the color of the skin and other physical aspects
goes back 200 years, from a German scientist, Blumenbach. He theorized
that caucasians were descended from Noah's Ark and that was in the
mountain area of the Caucasas.

An Englishman, however, writing in German, Stewart Chamberlain, later
championed the idea about a superior race of people, the Aryans, who
save the world from the Semites, the Jewish. He wanted to separate the
Jewish as a different "race."

So the kernel of the idea used by the nazis and the resulting Holocaust
came from an Englishman who decided to create a "race" of Aryans that
was not merely cultural, but physical. This led directly to genetics
and the phony German biologists under the nazis. There is no Aryan
race. There is a caucasian race of which the Jewish and the Germans are
the same, that is, people with white, pink, orange, dusky?, or olive
skin tone. Nothing more profound than that, just the color of the skin.
Just a method of physical classification, as you do with plants or
cats, like a tortie versus calico. That was the original idea before it
got *******ized by the nazis and neo-nazis who, thanks to our David
Duke, are on an upswing in Europe and eastern Europe, especially
Russia, right now.

If you say they, the Aryans or Germans and the Jewish, are two
different races, which you can using your logic, then you are playing
into the hands of the neo-nazis, who use race physically for what are
really cultural groupings.

Because race is used indiscriminately, it is a garbage term best left
in the garbage.

Rhino wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message
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Obviously I'm being facetious, folks. I do hope to visit there one
day, though. I have some family there. Of course they have no idea
who I am, but what the heck

And some of them might even have cats.

The Brits are famous over much of the world for being animal lovers
so I feel sure you will find many cat-lovers there.

This thread has started me thinking about a former neighbour, he was a Scot
and pretended not to like cats. One day he said "that blooming cat of yours,
Smokey" I said "what about him" he said "he's been asleep on my bed for the
last three hours". I miss them both, they died within three months of each
other, my neighbour three days after my brother. :-(

A picture of Smokey:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...75823146tInHpD
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart.
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

"jmcquown" wrote
Y'all'd be welcome for a visit

Purrs
Gordon & the FF

They say y'all in Cornwall? And here I thought that was just the
southern
U.S. By the way, do you have a recipe for Cornish pasties?

No, that was just a compliment to my correspondents' location.

Some of the locals might say it as 'yorl' but there aren't many of thos
left around 'ere.

I'm not into cookery much (I'm a veggie & happy to live on plantlife) so
can't provide a recipe - if after googling you present me with a few
alternatives I might be able to tell you which is the proper traditional
pastie but that's about all. Sorry.

Purrs
Gordon & the FF

Rhino wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message
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Rhino wrote:
"wafflycat" wrote in message
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"jmcquown" wrote in message
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Please.... with my cat and my small parrot

A Jew is walking down the street in Glasgow and is jumped by a pair
of drunken Glaswegians (the adjective for natives of Glasgow) who
apparently mean to rob and beat him. One of the thugs says "So, are
you a Protestant or a Catholic?"
(snippage)

Let me tell you a little story. In 1679, John McQuown, along with
his son,
also named John, were captured at the battle of Bothwell in
Scotland. The McQuown's were Protestant but they were fighting on
the side of the Catholics against religious oppression. (All these
centuries later, we have
this funny way of not being against anyone's beliefs.)

In 1680 they were sold as indentured servants to some folks in the
Virginia
colonies. On the way over, apparently GOD (whichever one you chose
to worship) took a hand and struck down the captain of the ship (not
Cap'n Pine
Cone, no worries!) Kitties are absolved of all but... wait, did you
just open that cabinet door? Hey! Get out of there! I already fed
you, Persia!

I digress. The man who took over command of the ship changed the
course and
landed at Amboy, New Jersey. The Scots who landed there renamed the
place Perth Amboy. Okay, Purrth! (hugging Persia, mostly to keep
her from raiding
the pantry). Yeah, Perth Amboy, NJ.

My great, great, great whatever was subsequently given a land grant
by William Penn, on the banks of the Brandywine in Pennsylvania. So
I wouldn't
call it emigrating, exactly, since they were prisoners of war and
sold into
indentured servitude.

I would like to visit Scotland, at least once.

And I wouldn't want to do anything to discourage a visit. But
Scotland is not without problems, just as your current city is not
trouble free. Just be careful when you are there, just as you would
at home. That is all I'm saying.

My current city (area, I don't live in the city of Memphis proper) has had
57 murders and this is only the 4th of May). I don't want to say how many
rapes, home invasions, burglaries and so on and so forth.

Also, if you really want to bring your pets with you on a visit, be
sure to investigate the quarantine laws, otherwise, you might find
them spending the entire visit in a kennel at the airport. They are
VERY fearful of rabies in the UK and will quarantine pets for 6
months in most cases.

I'm aware of quarrantine laws. Persia has had her rabies shots. Poor
Britta's Vino is still in quarantine in Perth, Austrailia for another 5 or 6
days.

And again I reiiterate I was really just joking about this house and Dad
buying me a place in Scotland.

Jill

Jill

I'm a resident (of 12 years) in Cornwall, just above the Tamar Valley,
and can guarantee it. History drips from every lichen-encrusted
tree-branch and decaying granite mine-engine house.

Y'all'd be welcome for a visit

Purrs
Gordon & the FF

They say y'all in Cornwall? And here I thought that was just the southern
U.S. By the way, do you have a recipe for Cornish pasties?


I have my grandmother's recipe, as remembered by my father.

Take a pie crust and roll it out. Put raw sliced potatoes into the
middle, with some pieces of raw ground beef and chopped onions. Salt
and pepper to taste. Seal it all up and bake until done.

Sometimes he put mushrooms in it.

I've seen versions that are deep-fried, but we've never done that.
Check out pasty.com for lots more recipes. I have never seen one
like my grandmother's.

Jane
- owned and operated by Princess Rita

W. Leong wrote in message
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"Karen" wrote in message
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I've always thought Cornwall sounds interesting too.


There is a Cornwall near hear in eastern Ontario. But I am sure it is not
as
interesting as the
Cornwall in the original post.

Winnie


I've been there! We stopped overnight at a motel on our way from Cape Cod to
Hamilton. Hey, it's not often I can identify with a place in North America.

As I remember, the view over the lake was amazingly beautiful, but the place
shut very early and we ended up dining on Doritos and dips and diet cola
from a convenience store.

Jeanette

Jane wrote:
I'm a resident (of 12 years) in Cornwall, just above the Tamar
Valley, and can guarantee it. History drips from every
lichen-encrusted tree-branch and decaying granite mine-engine house.

Y'all'd be welcome for a visit

Purrs
Gordon & the FF

They say y'all in Cornwall? And here I thought that was just the
southern U.S. By the way, do you have a recipe for Cornish pasties?


I have my grandmother's recipe, as remembered by my father.

Take a pie crust and roll it out. Put raw sliced potatoes into the
middle, with some pieces of raw ground beef and chopped onions. Salt
and pepper to taste. Seal it all up and bake until done.

Sometimes he put mushrooms in it.

I've seen versions that are deep-fried, but we've never done that.
Check out pasty.com for lots more recipes. I have never seen one
like my grandmother's.

Jane
- owned and operated by Princess Rita

I'll trust your grandmother's version Sounds good to me! I absolutely
suck at making pie crust, though. Guess I'll have to buy some ready made
stuff.

Jill