"spamtrap1888" > wrote in message
...
On Feb 2, 6:57 pm, "I'm back on the laptop" >
wrote:
> Michel Boucher > wrote
> 1:
>
> > "I'm back on the laptop" > wrote in
> :
>
> >> This is *definitely* on the 'to do' list for when we go to
> >> Canadia.
>
> > Except that you will need to go to Québec and/or Newfoundland to
> > find any and there are no guarantees.
>
> Hmmmm, bugger!!
>
> Newfoundland (and that side/part of the country) was on our list as we
> keep
> seeing it in some of the fishing shows on cable.
>

Did your wife ever read the Anne of Green Gables books? My sister
always wanted to check out Prince Edward Island. That might get you to
the East Coast

_________

PEI is beautiful. They have good lobster suppers at different churches
around the province. There is a restaurant in North Rustico that has a 60
foot buffet that is included in their lobster dinner. It's a trip that I'd
like to repeat, but health reasons prevent. We travelled around the island
to start then did some touring in the interior. It's free to get onto the
island either with the bridge or the ferry, but you pay to get off the
island....I guess they want people to stay...lol...Sharon in Canada

"I'm back on the laptop" > wrote in
:

> She probably has read AoGG, she's a voracious reader.......
> but she has told me while we were watching the shows "I'd like
> to go there one day."
>
> Which means, "make sure you remember to book us out to that
> part of the country when we get over to the States again."

Except for the fact that it's not in the US, so it can't be "that
part of the country".

--

If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t
help the poor, either we’ve got to pretend that Jesus
was just as selfish as we are, or we’ve got to acknowledge
that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy
without condition, and then admit that we just don’t
want to do it.

Stephen Colbert (via videcormeum)

Michel Boucher > wrote in
:

> "I'm back on the laptop" > wrote in
> :
>
>> She probably has read AoGG, she's a voracious reader.......
>> but she has told me while we were watching the shows "I'd like
>> to go there one day."
>>
>> Which means, "make sure you remember to book us out to that
>> part of the country when we get over to the States again."
>
> Except for the fact that it's not in the US, so it can't be "that
> part of the country".
>


Yes, I can understand your parochialism..... but hey!! you're all part of
the same big Island!!




--
Peter
Tasmania
Australia

"I'm back on the laptop" > wrote in
:

>> Except for the fact that it's not in the US, so it can't be
>> "that part of the country".
>
> Yes, I can understand your parochialism..... but hey!! you're
> all part of the same big Island!!

Hardly parochialism. Do you consider Honduras or Guatemala to be
par of the same big island? Of course you don't. And PEI is an
island on its own so it can't be part of a bigger island...SNAP!

--

If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t
help the poor, either we’ve got to pretend that Jesus
was just as selfish as we are, or we’ve got to acknowledge
that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy
without condition, and then admit that we just don’t
want to do it.

Stephen Colbert (via videcormeum)

On 2/7/2012 10:42 AM, Michel Boucher wrote:
> "I'm back on the > wrote in
> :
>
>>> Except for the fact that it's not in the US, so it can't be
>>> "that part of the country".
>>
>> Yes, I can understand your parochialism..... but hey!! you're
>> all part of the same big Island!!
>
> Hardly parochialism. Do you consider Honduras or Guatemala to be
> par of the same big island? Of course you don't. And PEI is an
> island on its own so it can't be part of a bigger island...SNAP!
>
I get annoyed by people thinking Scotland is part of England - they're
on the same island...

Michel Boucher > wrote in
:

> "I'm back on the laptop" > wrote in
> :
>
>>> Except for the fact that it's not in the US, so it can't be
>>> "that part of the country".
>>
>> Yes, I can understand your parochialism..... but hey!! you're
>> all part of the same big Island!!
>
> Hardly parochialism. Do you consider Honduras or Guatemala to be
> par of the same big island?


Yes.

Apart from the Panama Canal, you're joined.
The Lock Gates connect you ;-P



> Of course you don't.


????? Hang on!! You answering for me now?



> And PEI is an
> island on its own so it can't be part of a bigger island...SNAP!


PEI is just an 'offshoot' of the 'big island'.


Hey!! I love your part of the world dude....... lets leave semantics out
of this, OK? :-)





--
Peter
Tasmania
Australia

S Viemeister > wrote in news:9pcvfcFo8pU2
@mid.individual.net:

> On 2/7/2012 10:42 AM, Michel Boucher wrote:
>> "I'm back on the > wrote in
>> :
>>
>>>> Except for the fact that it's not in the US, so it can't be
>>>> "that part of the country".
>>>
>>> Yes, I can understand your parochialism..... but hey!! you're
>>> all part of the same big Island!!
>>
>> Hardly parochialism. Do you consider Honduras or Guatemala to be
>> par of the same big island? Of course you don't. And PEI is an
>> island on its own so it can't be part of a bigger island...SNAP!
>>
> I get annoyed by people thinking Scotland is part of England - they're
> on the same island...
>


I get annoyed with Yanks thinking that because I'm an Aussie, I live in
Sydney.

Scotland *IS* a part of the same Island England is,,,,,, get over it.



--
Peter
Tasmania
Australia

"I'm back on the laptop" > wrote in
:

>> And PEI is an
>> island on its own so it can't be part of a bigger
>> island...SNAP!
>
> PEI is just an 'offshoot' of the 'big island'.
>
> Hey!! I love your part of the world dude....... lets leave
> semantics out of this, OK? :-)

If you only you knew what country it was in, I might believe you.

And this is not semantics. PEI is an island, not an offshoot of
another island. North America is not an island, it is a continent,
the same way Australia in a continent, and Tasmania is an island.

--

If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t
help the poor, either we’ve got to pretend that Jesus
was just as selfish as we are, or we’ve got to acknowledge
that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy
without condition, and then admit that we just don’t
want to do it.

Stephen Colbert (via videcormeum)

On 2/7/2012 10:54 AM, I'm back on the laptop wrote:

>
> Scotland *IS* a part of the same Island England is,,,,,, get over it.
>
Yes, England and Scotland are both on the same island. So is Wales.
They're all part of the island of Great Britain - but Scotland isn't
part of England, any more than Queensland is part of NSW.

S Viemeister > wrote in
:

> Yes, England and Scotland are both on the same island. So is
> Wales. They're all part of the island of Great Britain - but
> Scotland isn't part of England, any more than Queensland is
> part of NSW.

Or any part of Canada is in the US simply because geographically
challenged people say so.

--

If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t
help the poor, either we’ve got to pretend that Jesus
was just as selfish as we are, or we’ve got to acknowledge
that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy
without condition, and then admit that we just don’t
want to do it.

Stephen Colbert (via videcormeum)

In article >,
bane says...
>
> S Viemeister > wrote in news:9pcvfcFo8pU2
> @mid.individual.net:
>
> > On 2/7/2012 10:42 AM, Michel Boucher wrote:
> >> "I'm back on the > wrote in
> >> :
> >>
> >>>> Except for the fact that it's not in the US, so it can't be
> >>>> "that part of the country".
> >>>
> >>> Yes, I can understand your parochialism..... but hey!! you're
> >>> all part of the same big Island!!
> >>
> >> Hardly parochialism. Do you consider Honduras or Guatemala to be
> >> par of the same big island? Of course you don't. And PEI is an
> >> island on its own so it can't be part of a bigger island...SNAP!
> >>
> > I get annoyed by people thinking Scotland is part of England - they're
> > on the same island...
>
> Scotland *IS* a part of the same Island England is,,,,,, get over it.

But they are different countries. Like Canada and the USA are different
countries on the same continent.

Janet.

On Feb 7, 8:23*am, Michel Boucher > wrote:
> S Viemeister > wrote :
>
> > Yes, England and Scotland are both on the same island. So is
> > Wales. They're all part of the island of Great Britain - but
> > Scotland isn't part of England, any more than Queensland is
> > part of NSW.
>
> Or any part of Canada is in the US simply because geographically
> challenged people say so.
>

Right -- PEI is much closer to Greenland than to the US. (Tee-hee)

Aussies and Kiwis are used to the opposite confusion, but the distance
between Sydney and Auckland is the same as the distance between
Montreal and Miami.

On Feb 7, 8:30*am, Janet > wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > S Viemeister > wrote in news:9pcvfcFo8pU2
> > @mid.individual.net:
>
> > > On 2/7/2012 10:42 AM, Michel Boucher wrote:
> > >> "I'm back on the > *wrote in
> > :
>
> > >>>> Except for the fact that it's not in the US, so *it can't be
> > >>>> "that part of the country".
>
> > >>> Yes, I can understand your parochialism..... but hey!! you're
> > >>> all part of the same big Island!!
>
> > >> Hardly parochialism. *Do you consider Honduras or Guatemala to be
> > >> par of the same big island? *Of course you don't. *And PEI is an
> > >> island on its own so it can't be part of a bigger island...SNAP!
>
> > > I get annoyed by people thinking Scotland is part of England - they're
> > > on the same island...
>
> > Scotland *IS* a part of the same Island England is,,,,,, *get over it..
>
> * *But they are different countries. Like Canada and the USA are different
> countries on the same continent.
>

Not since 1707. Unless you want to argue that the US is 49 different
countries on the same continent.

On 2/7/2012 11:23 AM, Michel Boucher wrote:
> S > wrote in
> :
>
>> Yes, England and Scotland are both on the same island. So is
>> Wales. They're all part of the island of Great Britain - but
>> Scotland isn't part of England, any more than Queensland is
>> part of NSW.
>
> Or any part of Canada is in the US simply because geographically
> challenged people say so.
>
Yup.

On 2/7/2012 11:47 AM, spamtrap1888 wrote:
> On Feb 7, 8:30 am, > wrote:

>> But they are different countries. Like Canada and the USA are different
>> countries on the same continent.
>>
>
> Not since 1707. Unless you want to argue that the US is 49 different
> countries on the same continent.
>

Scotland, England, Wales and NI are parts of the same _state_; but they
are different nations.

On Feb 7, 9:00*am, S Viemeister > wrote:
> On 2/7/2012 11:47 AM, spamtrap1888 wrote:
>
> > On Feb 7, 8:30 am, > *wrote:
> >> * * But they are different countries. Like Canada and the USA are different
> >> countries on the same continent.
>
> > Not since 1707. Unless you want to argue that the US is 49 different
> > countries on the same continent.
>
> Scotland, England, Wales and NI are parts of the same _state_; but they
> are different nations.

Ah, like the Iroquois and the Apache are separate nations.

Michel wrote:

> North America is not an island, it is a continent,
> the same way Australia in a continent, and Tasmania is an island.

Australia is the world's smallest continent. I've seen it referred to as
"Asia's appendix".

Bob

Bob Terwilliger > wrote in
b.com:

>> North America is not an island, it is a continent,
>> the same way Australia in a continent, and Tasmania is an
>> island.
>
> Australia is the world's smallest continent. I've seen it
> referred to as "Asia's appendix".

Indeed.

"The world's smallest continent and sixth largest country [Note:
Canada being the second largest country after Russia/Siberia] by
total area, Australia—-owing to its size and isolation—-is often
dubbed the "island continent", and is sometimes considered the
world's largest island."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austral...hy_and_climate

--

If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t
help the poor, either we’ve got to pretend that Jesus
was just as selfish as we are, or we’ve got to acknowledge
that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy
without condition, and then admit that we just don’t
want to do it.

Stephen Colbert (via videcormeum)

spamtrap1888 > wrote in

s.com:

>> Scotland, England, Wales and NI are parts of the same
>> _state_; but they are different nations.
>
> Ah, like the Iroquois and the Apache are separate nations.

And Québec. It all depends how you define nation.

" On October 30, 2003, the National Assembly of Quebec voted
unanimously to affirm "that the people of Québec form a nation."
On November 27, 2006, the House of Commons passed a symbolic
motion moved by Prime Minister Stephen Harper declaring "that
this House recognize that the Québécois form a nation within a
united Canada." However, there is considerable debate and
uncertainty over what this means. "

There is no debate as to what it means to the Québécois. There
is debate as to what it means to the federalists. Or in the
words of Bob Hoskins' character Dobbs in THick as Thieves: Wot's
'is game, eh? One suspects Harper thought he was buying votes,
but it turned out differently. He certainly did not do it
because it was "the right thing".

--

If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t
help the poor, either we’ve got to pretend that Jesus
was just as selfish as we are, or we’ve got to acknowledge
that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy
without condition, and then admit that we just don’t
want to do it.

Stephen Colbert (via videcormeum)

On 2/7/2012 12:57 PM, Michel Boucher wrote:
> > wrote in
>
> s.com:
>
>>> Scotland, England, Wales and NI are parts of the same
>>> _state_; but they are different nations.
>>
>> Ah, like the Iroquois and the Apache are separate nations.
>
> And Québec. It all depends how you define nation.
>
> " On October 30, 2003, the National Assembly of Quebec voted
> unanimously to affirm "that the people of Québec form a nation."
> On November 27, 2006, the House of Commons passed a symbolic
> motion moved by Prime Minister Stephen Harper declaring "that
> this House recognize that the Québécois form a nation within a
> united Canada." However, there is considerable debate and
> uncertainty over what this means. "
>
> There is no debate as to what it means to the Québécois. There
> is debate as to what it means to the federalists. Or in the
> words of Bob Hoskins' character Dobbs in THick as Thieves: Wot's
> 'is game, eh? One suspects Harper thought he was buying votes,
> but it turned out differently. He certainly did not do it
> because it was "the right thing".
>
I wonder what are the legal aspects of complete secession in Canada and
Britain. The USA did fight a war concerning the secession of the CSA, as
you probably know.

--
Jim Silverton

Extraneous "not" in Reply To.

I imagine the food there is much the same as food in Americia. Except, og course, that we lack poutine here.

Jerry
--
"I view the progress of science as being the slow erosion of the
tendency to dichotomize." Barbara Smuts, U. Mich.

S Viemeister wrote:
> I'm back on the laptop wrote:
>
>> Scotland *IS* a part of the same Island England is,,,,,, get over it.
>>
> Yes, England and Scotland are both on the same island. So is Wales.

England, Scotland and Wales all field their own teams for the World Cup
in professional soccer.

England, Scotland and Wales all combine to field a single team for the
Olympics in amateur soccer.

Why it works this way is beyond the kenn of rational minds.

Michel Boucher wrote:
> spamtrap1888 > wrote:
>
>>> Scotland, England, Wales and NI are parts of the same
>>> _state_; but they are different nations.
>
>> Ah, like the Iroquois and the Apache are separate nations.
>
> And Québec.

None of which actually make any sort of rational sense in the modern
world.

> It all depends how you define nation.

If you read the dictionary definition of nation it's about unity through
shared language and/or culture and/or religion. Thus calling any region
a nation is a bit of an exageration. I've tried to refer to the US as a
country ever since I read the dictionary definition.

That and nonsense like people who claim that "The United States is a
Christian nation" which anyone who passed third grade civics knows was
never the case. The United States is a secular country whose government
was deliberately designed to emulate most of the features of the
pre-Christian pagan Roman Republic. There's a difference between a
secular country that happens to have a majority of Christians in its
population like the US and a Christian state like some in Europe where
the citizens are enrolled in the Lutheran Church at birth and they have
to fill out forms to explicitly leave the Church and stop their tax
money from going to the Church. If every Christian in the US converted
to Buddhism over night tomorrow morning there would be no need to change
a single secular law.

Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> Michel wrote:
>
>> North America is not an island, it is a continent,
>> the same way Australia in a continent, and Tasmania is an island.
>
> Australia is the world's smallest continent. I've seen it referred to as
> "Asia's appendix".

Until the Panama canal you could walk between North and South America so
it is really one big land mass not two continents. Until the Suez
canal you could walk from Eurasia to Africa so it is really one huge
land mass not three continents. The division between Europe and Asia is
far more arbitrary than either of those ismuses.

And there's always the joke for people who's minds can't do geometry -
Because of how they look on the Mercator cyclindrical projection map
Greenland is bigger than Australia. ;^) I remember joking with an
elementary school teacher about that and I actually had to bring in a
globe map to explain how it worked.

On 07/02/2012 11:47 AM, spamtrap1888 wrote:
> On Feb 7, 8:30 am, > wrote:

>> But they are different countries. Like Canada and the USA are different
>> countries on the same continent.
>>
>
> Not since 1707. Unless you want to argue that the US is 49 different
> countries on the same continent.
>

Not exactly. Scotland is a constituent country within the United Kingdom.

Jerry Avins > wrote in
news:20290378.2452.1328641570042.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@y
qkz3:

> I imagine the food there is much the same as food in Americia.
> Except, og course, that we lack poutine here.

There is much more than that (especially in Québec and the
Maritimes), but I'm not going to start explaining the differences
when I`ve already posted on them.

--

If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t
help the poor, either we’ve got to pretend that Jesus
was just as selfish as we are, or we’ve got to acknowledge
that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy
without condition, and then admit that we just don’t
want to do it.

Stephen Colbert (via videcormeum)

In article <3c5240d6-5c6c-4bb2-af3e-7d06e1b0ea25
@og8g2000pbb.googlegroups.com>, says...
>
> On Feb 7, 8:30*am, Janet > wrote:
> > In article >,
> > says...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > S Viemeister > wrote in news:9pcvfcFo8pU2
> > > @mid.individual.net:
> >
> > > > On 2/7/2012 10:42 AM, Michel Boucher wrote:
> > > >> "I'm back on the > *wrote in
> > > :
> >
> > > >>>> Except for the fact that it's not in the US, so *it can't be
> > > >>>> "that part of the country".
> >
> > > >>> Yes, I can understand your parochialism..... but hey!! you're
> > > >>> all part of the same big Island!!
> >
> > > >> Hardly parochialism. *Do you consider Honduras or Guatemala to be
> > > >> par of the same big island? *Of course you don't. *And PEI is an
> > > >> island on its own so it can't be part of a bigger island...SNAP!
> >
> > > > I get annoyed by people thinking Scotland is part of England - they're
> > > > on the same island...
> >
> > > Scotland *IS* a part of the same Island England is,,,,,, *get over it.
> >
> > * *But they are different countries. Like Canada and the USA are different
> > countries on the same continent.
> >
>
> Not since 1707. Unless you want to argue that the US is 49 different
> countries on the same continent.

Maybe you're going to argue that because we share the same Queen,
Scotland and Australia are also the same country?

Janet

On Feb 7, 2:23*pm, Janet > wrote:
> In article <3c5240d6-5c6c-4bb2-af3e-7d06e1b0ea25
> @og8g2000pbb.googlegroups.com>, says...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Feb 7, 8:30*am, Janet > wrote:
> > > In article >,
> > > says...
>
> > > > S Viemeister > wrote in news:9pcvfcFo8pU2
> > > > @mid.individual.net:
>
> > > > > On 2/7/2012 10:42 AM, Michel Boucher wrote:
> > > > >> "I'm back on the > *wrote in
> > > > :
>
> > > > >>>> Except for the fact that it's not in the US, so *it can't be
> > > > >>>> "that part of the country".
>
> > > > >>> Yes, I can understand your parochialism..... but hey!! you're
> > > > >>> all part of the same big Island!!
>
> > > > >> Hardly parochialism. *Do you consider Honduras or Guatemala to be
> > > > >> par of the same big island? *Of course you don't. *And PEI is an
> > > > >> island on its own so it can't be part of a bigger island...SNAP!
>
> > > > > I get annoyed by people thinking Scotland is part of England - they're
> > > > > on the same island...
>
> > > > Scotland *IS* a part of the same Island England is,,,,,, *get over it.
>
> > > * *But they are different countries. Like Canada and the USA are different
> > > countries on the same continent.
>
> > Not since 1707. Unless you want to argue that the US is 49 different
> > countries on the same continent.
>
> * Maybe you're going to argue that because we share the same Queen,
> Scotland and Australia are also the same country?
>

In 1707, Scotland and England became one kingdom, with one flag, king,
parliament, tax structure, and currency. In contrast, Scotland and
Australia merely share a titular head, as does Ellan Vannin. How many
members of the House of Commons come from Oz? Why is the British pound
called the Australian dollar? Why doesn't the Southern Cross appear on
the Union Jack? Why is the British flag called the Union Jack, anyway?

In article <9c6170e4-f45e-4585-a354-460285dee054
@v6g2000pba.googlegroups.com>, says...
>
> On Feb 7, 2:23*pm, Janet > wrote:
> > In article <3c5240d6-5c6c-4bb2-af3e-7d06e1b0ea25
> > @og8g2000pbb.googlegroups.com>, says...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Feb 7, 8:30*am, Janet > wrote:
> > > > In article >,
> > > > says...
> >
> > > > > S Viemeister > wrote in news:9pcvfcFo8pU2
> > > > > @mid.individual.net:
> >
> > > > > > On 2/7/2012 10:42 AM, Michel Boucher wrote:
> > > > > >> "I'm back on the > *wrote in
> > > > > :
> >
> > > > > >>>> Except for the fact that it's not in the US, so *it can't be
> > > > > >>>> "that part of the country".
> >
> > > > > >>> Yes, I can understand your parochialism..... but hey!! you're
> > > > > >>> all part of the same big Island!!
> >
> > > > > >> Hardly parochialism. *Do you consider Honduras or Guatemala to be
> > > > > >> par of the same big island? *Of course you don't. *And PEI is an
> > > > > >> island on its own so it can't be part of a bigger island...SNAP!
> >
> > > > > > I get annoyed by people thinking Scotland is part of England - they're
> > > > > > on the same island...
> >
> > > > > Scotland *IS* a part of the same Island England is,,,,,, *get over it.
> >
> > > > * *But they are different countries. Like Canada and the USA are different
> > > > countries on the same continent.
> >
> > > Not since 1707. Unless you want to argue that the US is 49 different
> > > countries on the same continent.
> >
> > * Maybe you're going to argue that because we share the same Queen,
> > Scotland and Australia are also the same country?
> >
>
> In 1707, Scotland and England became one kingdom, with one flag, king,
> parliament, tax structure, and currency.

You're out of date. Scotland has its own separate parliament, legal,
health and education systems.

Janet

On Feb 7, 3:50*pm, Janet > wrote:
> In article <9c6170e4-f45e-4585-a354-460285dee054
> @v6g2000pba.googlegroups.com>, says...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Feb 7, 2:23*pm, Janet > wrote:
> > > In article <3c5240d6-5c6c-4bb2-af3e-7d06e1b0ea25
> > > @og8g2000pbb.googlegroups.com>, says...
>
> > > > On Feb 7, 8:30*am, Janet > wrote:
> > > > > In article >,
> > > > > says...
>
> > > > > > S Viemeister > wrote in news:9pcvfcFo8pU2
> > > > > > @mid.individual.net:
>
> > > > > > > On 2/7/2012 10:42 AM, Michel Boucher wrote:
> > > > > > >> "I'm back on the > *wrote in
> > > > > > :
>
> > > > > > >>>> Except for the fact that it's not in the US, so *it can't be
> > > > > > >>>> "that part of the country".
>
> > > > > > >>> Yes, I can understand your parochialism..... but hey!! you're
> > > > > > >>> all part of the same big Island!!
>
> > > > > > >> Hardly parochialism. *Do you consider Honduras or Guatemala to be
> > > > > > >> par of the same big island? *Of course you don't. *And PEI is an
> > > > > > >> island on its own so it can't be part of a bigger island...SNAP!
>
> > > > > > > I get annoyed by people thinking Scotland is part of England - they're
> > > > > > > on the same island...
>
> > > > > > Scotland *IS* a part of the same Island England is,,,,,, *get over it.
>
> > > > > * *But they are different countries. Like Canada and the USA are different
> > > > > countries on the same continent.
>
> > > > Not since 1707. Unless you want to argue that the US is 49 different
> > > > countries on the same continent.
>
> > > * Maybe you're going to argue that because we share the same Queen,
> > > Scotland and Australia are also the same country?
>
> > In 1707, Scotland and England became one kingdom, with one flag, king,
> > parliament, tax structure, and currency.
>
> * You're out of date. Scotland has its own separate parliament, legal,
> health and education systems.
>

So, after some three centuries these constituencies no longer send
anyone to the House of Commons?

Aberdeen North
Aberdeen South
Aberdeenshire West and Kincardine
Airdrie and Shotts
Angus
Argyll and Bute
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Ayrshire Central
Ayrshire North and Arran
Banff and Buchan
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Dunbartonshire East
Dunbartonshire West
Dundee East
Dundee West
Dunfermline and West Fife
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh East
Edinburgh North and Leith
Edinburgh South
Edinburgh South West
Edinburgh West
Falkirk
Glasgow Central
Glasgow East
Glasgow North
Glasgow North East
Glasgow North West
Glasgow South
Glasgow South West
Glenrothes
Gordon
Inverclyde
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Lanark and Hamilton East
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Livingston
Mid Lothian
Moray
Motherwell and Wishaw
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
North East Fife
Ochil and South Perthshire
Orkney and Shetland
Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Perth and North Perthshire
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Stirling

On 2/7/2012 6:50 PM, Janet wrote:
> says...
>> On Feb 7, 2:23 pm, > wrote:
>>> says...
>>>> On Feb 7, 8:30 am, > wrote:
>>>>> says...
>>>>>> S > wrote
>>>>>>> On 2/7/2012 10:42 AM, Michel Boucher wrote:
>>>>>>>> "I'm back on the > wrote
>>>>>>>>>> Except for the fact that it's not in the US, so it can't be
>>>>>>>>>> "that part of the country".
>>>>>>>>> Yes, I can understand your parochialism..... but hey!! you're
>>>>>>>>> all part of the same big Island!!
>>>>>>>> Hardly parochialism. Do you consider Honduras or Guatemala to be
>>>>>>>> par of the same big island? Of course you don't. And PEI is an
>>>>>>>> island on its own so it can't be part of a bigger island...SNAP!
>>>>>>> I get annoyed by people thinking Scotland is part of England - they're
>>>>>>> on the same island...
>>>>>> Scotland *IS* a part of the same Island England is,,,,,, get over it.
>>>>> But they are different countries. Like Canada and the USA are different
>>>>> countries on the same continent.
>>>> Not since 1707. Unless you want to argue that the US is 49 different
>>>> countries on the same continent.
>>> Maybe you're going to argue that because we share the same Queen,
>>> Scotland and Australia are also the same country?
>> In 1707, Scotland and England became one kingdom, with one flag, king,
>> parliament, tax structure, and currency.
> You're out of date. Scotland has its own separate parliament, legal,
> health and education systems.
>
Yes. And the right to maintain its own legal system was part of the 1707
agreement.

Michel Boucher > wrote in
:

> "I'm back on the laptop" > wrote in
> :
>
>>> And PEI is an
>>> island on its own so it can't be part of a bigger
>>> island...SNAP!
>>
>> PEI is just an 'offshoot' of the 'big island'.
>>
>> Hey!! I love your part of the world dude....... lets leave
>> semantics out of this, OK? :-)
>
> If you only you knew what country it was in, I might believe you.


Well, you rabbit on about Canadia...... so one would assume.........


>
> And this is not semantics. PEI is an island, not an offshoot of
> another island. North America is not an island, it is a continent,
> the same way Australia in a continent, and Tasmania is an island.
>


Semantics.


--
Peter
Tasmania
Australia

S Viemeister > wrote in news:9pd19vF7koU1
@mid.individual.net:

> On 2/7/2012 10:54 AM, I'm back on the laptop wrote:
>
>>
>> Scotland *IS* a part of the same Island England is,,,,,, get over it.
>>
> Yes, England and Scotland are both on the same island. So is Wales.
> They're all part of the island of Great Britain - but Scotland isn't
> part of England, any more than Queensland is part of NSW.
>


I said "Scotland is a part of the same Island (that) England is".


I never said it was 'part' of England.


--
Peter
Tasmania
Australia

Janet > wrote in
:

> In article >,
> bane says...
>>
>> S Viemeister > wrote in news:9pcvfcFo8pU2
>> @mid.individual.net:
>>
>> > On 2/7/2012 10:42 AM, Michel Boucher wrote:
>> >> "I'm back on the > wrote in
>> >> :
>> >>
>> >>>> Except for the fact that it's not in the US, so it can't be
>> >>>> "that part of the country".
>> >>>
>> >>> Yes, I can understand your parochialism..... but hey!! you're
>> >>> all part of the same big Island!!
>> >>
>> >> Hardly parochialism. Do you consider Honduras or Guatemala to be
>> >> par of the same big island? Of course you don't. And PEI is an
>> >> island on its own so it can't be part of a bigger island...SNAP!
>> >>
>> > I get annoyed by people thinking Scotland is part of England -
>> > they're on the same island...
>>
>> Scotland *IS* a part of the same Island England is,,,,,, get over
>> it.
>
> But they are different countries. Like Canada and the USA are
> different
> countries on the same continent.
>
> Janet.
>


But all part of the *same* big 'island' :-)



--
Peter
Tasmania
Australia

Michel Boucher > wrote in
:

> Boob Twitiliger > ****ed moaned cried and
whined in
> web.com:
>
>>> North America is not an island, it is a continent,
>>> the same way Australia in a continent, and Tasmania is an
>>> island.
>>
>> Australia is the world's smallest continent. I've seen it
>> referred to as "Asia's appendix".
>
> Indeed.
>
> "The world's smallest continent and sixth largest country [Note:
> Canada being the second largest country after Russia/Siberia] by
> total area, Australia—-owing to its size and isolation—-is often
> dubbed the "island continent", and is sometimes considered the
> world's largest island."
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austral...hy_and_climate
>


And yet Australia is *continually* saving the USA's ass in shitfights all
over the world!!!

LOL!!!

--
Peter
Tasmania
Australia

"I'm back on the laptop" > wrote in
:

>> And this is not semantics. PEI is an island, not an offshoot
>> of another island. North America is not an island, it is a
>> continent, the same way Australia in a continent, and
>> Tasmania is an island.
>
> Semantics.

What you call semantics I call geography.

--

If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t
help the poor, either we’ve got to pretend that Jesus
was just as selfish as we are, or we’ve got to acknowledge
that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy
without condition, and then admit that we just don’t
want to do it.

Stephen Colbert (via videcormeum)

On 07/02/2012 2:06 PM, Jerry Avins wrote:
> I imagine the food there is much the same as food in Americia. Except, og course, that we lack poutine here.


Basically.

Dave Smith > wrote in
news
>> I imagine the food there is much the same as food in
>> Americia. Except, og course, that we lack poutine here.
>
> Basically.

Superficially, maybe, but it can surprise.

--

If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t
help the poor, either we’ve got to pretend that Jesus
was just as selfish as we are, or we’ve got to acknowledge
that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy
without condition, and then admit that we just don’t
want to do it.

Stephen Colbert (via videcormeum)

On 09/02/2012 7:15 PM, Michel Boucher wrote:
> Dave > wrote in
> news >
>>> I imagine the food there is much the same as food in
>>> Americia. Except, og course, that we lack poutine here.
>>
>> Basically.
>
> Superficially, maybe, but it can surprise.
>

Sure it can, but I think that any American eating in a family restaurant
is going to see a lot of the same items on the menu that they would at
home. They may see a few regional specialties or items using local
produce in season, and not see items are are regional specialties in the
US. For instance, yall ain't gonna see grits or biscuits and gravy.

Captain Peter Swallows blatantly lied:

> Astrala is *continually* saving the USA's ass in shitfights all
> over the world!!!

That's like a hamster claiming it continually saves a lion's ass. Thanks
for the laugh, Hamster. (Well, actually, "Gerbil" would be more
appropriate for YOU!)

Bob