Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc We have been to Perth, Dundee and Inverness as well as the Lowlands. We have found the people to be just as nice. Never made it to John o' Groats though. Got a phone call to get back to work in Burnley, Lancashire. Jerry Marc James Small wrote: > At 03:24 PM 3/8/03 -0000, GeeBee wrote: > >From: "Jerry Lehrer" <jerryleh@pacbell.net> > >Sent: 08 March 2003 03:09 > >> I see the red cross of St. George (England) and the UK flag. My wife > >> is disturbed 'cause she can't see the cross of St. Andrew, ( She > >> is Scottish). > >> > >> Jerry > > > >Hi Jerry, > >I know how your wife feels. I used to be a regular visitor to both Glasgow > >and Edinburgh and I was appalled at the lack of St. George flags on show > >there :-) > > The proper flag of Scotland is the Saltire and not the British version of > the St Andrew''s Cross. Most Scots partisans use the Lion Rampant to make > certain that there is no misunderstanding. And Glasgow and Edinburgh, as > Lowland towns, are of course merely parts of those Northern English > provinces won by the Highlands in the Middle Ages. Go to Perth or > Inverness or the like to see what the real Scots believe! > > Slainte! > > Marc > > msmall@infi.net FAX: +276/343-7315 > Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html