is Scotland a 'seperate' country now?
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No, Scotland may of `helped` in defining the world as we know it, but what does it contribute to the UK now ? Cant give it a free pass because years ago it did this, that and the other.
Taking the UK as a business, and Scotland as a department, what value does it give to the business ? ITs costs seem to out weight its profits.
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Taking the UK as a business, and Scotland as a department, what value does it give to the business ? ITs costs seem to out weight its profits.
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That is true however, and AFAIAC, "Whiskey", "Whisky" and "Wiskey" are all interchangeable terms to describe the drink, not the name of the drink and originating country, Ireland (~1100AD when grains were first distilled), Scotland later at about ~1450AD.
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[QUOTE=blu-scoob;8901698]What has a thread about Scotlands independence got to do with the Welsh??
I'm English born and moved to Wales last year. Got fed up of living in a sh*thole ![Big Grin](images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
So you've not had your house torched yet?
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So you've not had your house torched yet?
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What has a thread about Scotlands independence got to do with the Welsh??
I'm English born and moved to Wales last year. Got fed up of living in a sh*thole ![Big Grin](images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
Quality spelling, not once but twice!!! Maybe you should learn Welsh, you might find it easier to spell the words........
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Quality spelling, not once but twice!!! Maybe you should learn Welsh, you might find it easier to spell the words........
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That's when they are not shooting their allies or themselves, the latter, of course, I happy to turn a blind eye.
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I love it when someone replies to a thread about incorrect spelling / grammar, then another guy then corrects his :-)
I’m incredibly bored at work today, so I’m not normally this annoying or opinionated :-)
I’m just tired of reading about how many in Scotland want independence. Well I say give it to them. As long as we keep Wales, mmmmmmmm tremendous roads.......
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I’m incredibly bored at work today, so I’m not normally this annoying or opinionated :-)
I’m just tired of reading about how many in Scotland want independence. Well I say give it to them. As long as we keep Wales, mmmmmmmm tremendous roads.......
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LOL
If you want to talk about contrubution, you may wish to know that only the Eastern, Greater London and South East regions have made a positive contribution to the UK economy in recent years and that, for example, the North East and North West of England combined "cost" the UK more than Scotland does.
In practice it is not England as a whole that is subsidising other parts of the UK, but the most prosperous parts of the UK ‘subsidising’ both the non-English parts of the UK and the rest of England as well.
Of course, if we properly apportion oil revenues by territorial waters, then Scotland has been bankrolling much of England for many, many years.
As Jasey has alluded to, had Scotland gained its independence years ago, we'd be in a considerably better financial position than we are now.
And as for the perpetual slagging off of the kilt, are you what, like, 12 years old?
If you want to talk about contrubution, you may wish to know that only the Eastern, Greater London and South East regions have made a positive contribution to the UK economy in recent years and that, for example, the North East and North West of England combined "cost" the UK more than Scotland does.
In practice it is not England as a whole that is subsidising other parts of the UK, but the most prosperous parts of the UK ‘subsidising’ both the non-English parts of the UK and the rest of England as well.
Of course, if we properly apportion oil revenues by territorial waters, then Scotland has been bankrolling much of England for many, many years.
As Jasey has alluded to, had Scotland gained its independence years ago, we'd be in a considerably better financial position than we are now.
And as for the perpetual slagging off of the kilt, are you what, like, 12 years old?
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Build your wall, the oil will go, by sea, somewhere else.
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I love it when someone replies to a thread about incorrect spelling / grammar, then another guy then corrects his :-)
I’m incredibly bored at work today, so I’m not normally this annoying or opinionated :-)
I’m just tired of reading about how many in Scotland want independence. Well I say give it to them. As long as we keep Wales, mmmmmmmm tremendous roads.......
:-)
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I’m incredibly bored at work today, so I’m not normally this annoying or opinionated :-)
I’m just tired of reading about how many in Scotland want independence. Well I say give it to them. As long as we keep Wales, mmmmmmmm tremendous roads.......
:-)
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you can make a helluva a lot of poitín in the 250 years before the blight. they then fooked off to america and made it illegally there. ahh the black and tan. many a sibín interrupted by those boys through the years.
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hang your heads in shame firstly scots dont wear quilts they wear kilts if you are trying to insult do it properly secondly most if the oil in britain comes from the north sea which is off the coast of scotland and before you start yes i have been to england and the best thing to come from it is the road home lol an this site has went way down hill i dont know who is moderating this site but u lot give scooby net a very bad name now if i was a new subaru owner and came on here looking to join a good club and seen the pish u lot have just typed 3 words would come to mind very fast (full of fannies) now i hope this wont apply to all scooby net users so u little specky spotty lads go back to your safe little corners and keep pulling ur tiny little monkeys over us hunky scots men in our sexy kilts lol
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That was one of the worst streams of unpunctuated, poorly spelled English I have ever seen. Well done for re-enforcing the Scottish stereotype ![Thumb](images/smilies/thumb.gif)
If England is so bad, why do you speak it's language (albeit poorly) ?
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If England is so bad, why do you speak it's language (albeit poorly) ?
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hang your heads in shame firstly scots dont wear quilts they wear kilts if you are trying to insult do it properly secondly most if the oil in britain comes from the north sea which is off the coast of scotland and before you start yes i have been to england and the best thing to come from it is the road home lol an this site has went way down hill i dont know who is moderating this site but u lot give scooby net a very bad name now if i was a new subaru owner and came on here looking to join a good club and seen the pish u lot have just typed 3 words would come to mind very fast (full of fannies) now i hope this wont apply to all scooby net users so u little specky spotty lads go back to your safe little corners and keep pulling ur tiny little monkeys over us hunky scots men in our sexy kilts lol