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AS: Sturgeon and Chips: the Scottish thread 2020
Happy new year, one and all!
I hope you all had as good a Hogmanay as I did, and aren't feeling too fragile.
We had a wonderful view of the fireworks from the balcony of my brother's flat, and had a very jolly evening.
During the party, I had a message from my estate agent in Canada with a new offer for my house, which I've accepted, so if all goes well I should be returning to God's Own Country™ in the not too distant future.
I hope you all had as good a Hogmanay as I did, and aren't feeling too fragile.
We had a wonderful view of the fireworks from the balcony of my brother's flat, and had a very jolly evening.
During the party, I had a message from my estate agent in Canada with a new offer for my house, which I've accepted, so if all goes well I should be returning to God's Own Country™ in the not too distant future.
Comments
Have I remarked before on what a neat hairstyle Ms Sturgeon has? Quite a contrast to other 'leaders' I could name (but won't).
May Bonnie Scotland fulfil her destiny as a leading European country!
Did you overdo the champagne a bit last night?
As it's New Year, we had steak pie last night (alas, the butcher was closed so it came from W**tr*s*e and wasn't as good) and a HAM is being roasted as I write. (In fact I'd better go and have a look at it). Apparently these things are Important.
Amazing what a difference a consonant can make. The usual Yorkshire one is 'God's own county'.
Got in late from a Burns Supper last night. Were other shipmates likewise occupied? This one was organised by one of my churches and a local heritage group to restore a grave of a lady of letters who got Walter Scott interested in the Highlands, and so changed our nation’s history and iconography. Though of course the evening was mainly about Burns. And shinty. Everything here has to mention shinty.
We had a friend round to dinner on Friday night, and had haggis, neeps and tatties soup, followed by ham cooked in Irn Bru, followed by cranachan. Not a proper Burns supper but a nod in his direction.
Our village butcher's shop was going like a fair on Friday. I counted seven members of staff hard at work and I still had to queue. The place was stuffed with assorted haggi, plus duck sausages which were being sold for Chinese New Year.
Well, we killed a haggis last night (a real one, none of your plastic sheathing) and ate it accompanied with neeps, tatties and Irn Bru. Herself had a wee dram later, however, supplies of the Scottish variety had run out so she had to drink a very excellent Welsh variety instead.
We had a haggis, complete with a very dramatic rendition of the Ode to the Haggis for the sake of the Dragonlets. I can confirm that despite none of us having any known Scottish antecedents, that everyone in this house enjoys haggis, even though Dragonlet 1 is only 5.
Word at church this morning was it was a good evening and would have been even better had the giver of the immortal memory not seemed to think she was giving an eternal memory. 45 minutes! Bit steep.
I think the five posts above were maybe meant for this thread; my apologies for appearing to have written five posts in a row!
Piglet, AS host
Would that be Jane Porter, or should I be thinking of someone else?
This afternoon we had a brief chat about the Welsh variety. But, then I'm currently working in Wales.
Stay safe, everyone.
That, alas, indicates a return of the Lost Water some time tomorrow or Tuesday, when the Belgians get fed up with it, and send it back.
I hate the thought of you not enjoying the benison of Gales, such as poor little Ukland is enjoying...
never mind differences from one town to the next, the snow is definitely not lying in our High Street but definitely is further up the hill where we are.
It'll depend on where (if) I find work, obviously, but it looked as if there were some quite decent, affordable places there.
Three loads dried today and the sky has been mostly blue.
(We’re ignoring that attempt at snow this morning....)
I though I was going to escape that sort of weather when I left Canada ...
That could be this town. Our church was predominantly Scottish until a few years ago, and so was the weather. Then there was a Dutch influx and the weather started to change at the same time. I'm not saying there was a connection, of course, but some of us are harbouring our suspicions.