On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 13:39:46 -0000, Janet > wrote:

>In article >,
says...
>>
>> On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 08:56:55 +0000, S Viemeister
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On 22/03/2021 23:22, Boron Elgar wrote:
>> >> On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 21:15:07 +0000, S Viemeister
>>
>> >>> Fortunately, our last major power outage here (Scotland) lasted less
>> >>> than a day, and the weather was warm. A wildfire on moorland had got out
>> >>> of control, burned thousands of acres, melted the transmission lines,
>> >>> and even damaged the roadway, closing off the main road across the north
>> >>> coast of Scotland.
>> >>
>> >> I have never been that far north. It is on the list of places I want
>> >> to see.
>> >>
>> >Let me know when you do, I can provide travel tips. Also tea, coffee,
>> >and home baking.
>> >We're so far north, that if I walk up the road a bit, I can see Orkney.
>>
>> A delightful offer and I thank you and hope to take you up on it.
>>
>> I want to get to Orkney, too, if I am going to head up all that way.
>> Besides, the idea of even passing a sign that says "****t" is its own
>> goofy lure. And the Shetlands...
>> >
>> >>> Ob food: I had booked a grocery delivery for that day, and wondered if
>> >>> it would arrive - it did, and was only a little bit late. The driver had
>> >>> to make a 100 mile detour to get here.
>> >>
>> >> Wow!
>> >>
>> >There aren't many roads up here, and many of them are single track with
>> >passing places.
>>
>> Must be fun when the weather closes in.
>>
>> So tell me what you think about Nicola Sturgeon.
>
> How long have you got? :-)

LOL. Took me a while to warm to her, but she's not a fan of Boris or
Brexit, so that encouraged me.
>
> Looks like she's going to survive a determined atempt to unseat her.
>
> She's (in some ways) equivalent to Biden; a very experienced
>politician and right now, there's no credible alternative for the job.

Experience and decency are good things.
>
>
> Scotland has parliament elections in 6 weeks.

Yeah...I love to hear the election results come in. Much more colorful
reporting that anything over here.
>
> Janet UK

Do you think she will make a secession push? I am gonna ask all who
have any relatable feelings about that...