So the Merse will be awash with the cross of St George following the crushing of the toblerones. Croatia awaits.Good thing it is not Georgia whose national flag is identical to the English one
Englishmen seem to like the Hutton/Paxton area. And they seem to do a lot of the work. Deliver the milk, the post and the papers (unless Dave the paper has a Scots replacement?) Run the pub-the three nearest Community Councils have
Sassanach* chairmen (if that counts as work)provide most of the builders, plumbers and electricians (some admittedly coming from Berwick across the border). At least the post office is now in Scottish hands after several years hosted by English incomers. Even the Kirk has an English organist.
* Yes Pedant of Peebles. Strictly speaking a Sassanach is not necessarily an Englishman-but a foreigner. Highlanders used to call Lowlanders Sassanach. And it is not a compliment
Canberra is wet and cold.Fish, MBE, like. Winter has arrived said the checkout lady at Spence with some satisfaction whilst scanning my purchases for the wrong type of intimate feminine attire.But my nerve is broken-these are left to the wife to get.
