I've cheated on the routine of posting. Yesterday's effort has been held ack so it will combine with today's. The rest of today will bve devoted in a big house cleaning exercise (so any burglars will not find us less than spotless) and the packing of large garments into small bags.
The place we are going seems quite well provided with the more than basics of labour saving devices but I'm hoping it will be a bit rural when it comes to communications. This political ranting is already too much for my gentle stomach. The talk about immigration is particularly heave-making. It is now too late to do anything really effective. The immigrants already here will retain their own cultures and raise their children the same way. Our birthrate is apparently going down in the (I'm not being racial if I use the word 'white') white community and up in the various nationalities that constitute in the main body of immigrants. The recent trial of the ricin man shows just how capable some incomers are at creating multible identities. One case found these irregularities - how many more must there be about which we know nothing?
The other topic is taxes. Thankfully, I only pay tax on pensions but as I have three of these I end up as if I were some middle manager when it comes to the leakages from my starting income. Norma tells me that they are treated as 'unearned income' - Huh!!
I think that the tax money is put to better use up here than dahn suff but how long the Dons of Devolution will be able to maintain that is unsure. One of the thoughts about coming here was that there is a higher level of common sense amongst the Scots and that they might really start things booming with their limited independence. This has not taken off yet but I suppose we have to work on the lines of crawling before walking.
Right - that's me off. See you Sunday week if the sea does not wash me off some rock or the seals treat me as one of their own. At least I'll not have to worry about Wood peckers attacking my baldy bit.
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