tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post2618222054791117699..comments2024-03-27T00:02:28.418+00:00Comments on Alex and Bob`s Blue Sky Scotland: Around Donegal. Derry-Londonderry. Scotland Independance Thoughts. Last Day in Ireland.blueskyscotlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-46356433196625273192014-04-13T00:59:56.713+01:002014-04-13T00:59:56.713+01:00Hi Kay,
Yes,I read a report by an American busines...Hi Kay,<br />Yes,I read a report by an American business magazine recently that said exactly that. It was about stores across the USA that catered for the middle range customer and all of them have switched to upmarket products or low end goods. Folk either have money to spend or they are looking out for bargains. It doesn't help that many of the "new jobs" created are lower paid or not paid at all in some cases where you just work for the "experience." That's the biggest growth industry of the last few years here.Zero hours contracts and unpaid experience/ training positions.<br />Maybe it's just because I'm used to seeing it but the Union Jack doesn't look as striking with only two colours in it. The Scottish flag still looks good though on its own :o)blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-26798179434207014872014-04-12T23:04:02.428+01:002014-04-12T23:04:02.428+01:00Lovely photos. The ones that you got from the plan...Lovely photos. The ones that you got from the plane of the clouds, wow, those are incredible!<br />What you wrote about the differences between the "haves" and the "have-nots" could also apply to the USA. The middle class seems to have disappeared.<br />Would they change the Union Jack if Scotland becomes independent?<br />Kay G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07228498846814735537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-66525645125286661402014-04-11T00:45:57.065+01:002014-04-11T00:45:57.065+01:00Scotland for the English Carol!
Actually I don'...Scotland for the English Carol!<br />Actually I don't think Scotland would rush towards Independence if it wasn't for a Conservative government( Lib-Con supposedly... apt title)turning the screw at every opportunity with their austerity programme while the taxpayers empty their pockets yet again to fund second homes for hardworking MPs and the memory of Scotland as a wasteland under the Thatcher years for people of a certain vintage,(she wasn't all that popular in Yorkshire and the north of England either I seem to remember)so the SNP might well scrape in by default. Not because we like them that much but just because we really hate the Tories telling us what to do and how bad it will be if we go it alone.<br />Who knows, if we do become independent, rich, and successful maybe the north of England will want to go it alone as well... or vote for Nigel Farage, who seems to be doing jolly well down there at present :o)blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-65456191775610430572014-04-10T11:28:54.339+01:002014-04-10T11:28:54.339+01:00We have clouds over Yorkshire like that - almost p...We have clouds over Yorkshire like that - almost permanent! :-(<br /><br />I certainly don't know what Scotland should do about Independence and don't think it's anything to do with us English so I'm deliberately keeping out of the various debates on it. But I love your quote:<br /><br />"Boom or bust in the UK we're still in the same leaky boat paddling hard just to stay afloat"<br /><br />So true...<br />Carol.<br />Carolhttp://www.mountaincowardadventures.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-84033209672393359662014-04-09T00:13:19.333+01:002014-04-09T00:13:19.333+01:00Hi Jim,
Yeah,thanks to Graeme and Marion we explor...Hi Jim,<br />Yeah,thanks to Graeme and Marion we explored a fair bit of Donegal over three days.<br />The cottage was near St John's Point, a small craft museum I think.<br />It's a great video.The same man has posted a few others on You Tube and they are all quality productions.blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-32379915950751310232014-04-07T22:23:39.451+01:002014-04-07T22:23:39.451+01:00Goodness me, you got around Bob.
That whitewashed ...Goodness me, you got around Bob.<br />That whitewashed thatched cottage looks awfully like one we stayed in around 1990 near Kincasslagh.<br />Back in the 70's and 80's we crossed the border a few times via Lifford Strabane. It was sometimes considered less hassle that way. My missus with her soft Cavan accent would never talk to the guards or the army or customs, she always left that to me cause she thought I'd understand the accent easier. It wasn't long after our last crossing by that route that Strabane man George Cunningham was shown on "It'll be Alright on the Night"<br />The Celtic Tiger years certainly saw Ireland prosper.The south took full advantage of Europe, while our government poured a lot of money into the north. It's not just that though, the Irish are much like I remember the Scots being as a youngster, very enterprising. <br />Back in Willie Hamilton's day I'd have taken Independence, now I'm not sure, there's a lot not been thought out. You're right about our towns too, both Stirling and Kirkcaldy after a 35 year absence disappointed me no end.<br />I like Tanya Gold's comment in your link to the Guardian article. <br />"Iain Duncan Smith should do as she has done, for which the gag is surely: haven't the poor suffered enough?"<br />Really enjoyed the video too.The Glebe Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09609629219727888442noreply@blogger.com