Happy Hogmanay :)

**DieKaiser** · 12-31-2009, 02:00 PM

Happy Hogmanay to you all, and I wish you all the best for 2010

**joemanf** · 12-31-2009, 02:04 PM

Ooh, that sounds a lot cooler than new years!

**DieKaiser** · 12-31-2009, 02:09 PM

Originally Posted by joemanf

Ooh, that sounds a lot cooler than new years!

Aye - Hogmanay is Scottish for last day of the year, and thanks for the compliment from all us Scots

**joemanf** · 12-31-2009, 02:13 PM

Originally Posted by DieKaiser

Aye - Hogmanay is Scottish for last day of the year, and thanks for the compliment from all us Scots

Ahh, I like the Scots! Lot better than the Brits

We have a Scot in OT, actully. His name's Woody

**Tricky Boy** · 01-01-2010, 10:17 AM

Originally Posted by joemanf

Ahh, I like the Scots! Lot better than the Brits

We have a Scot in OT, actully. His name's Woody

Scots are Brits. They just like to think they're independent. But they're not.

Though Scotland is pretty cool.

. I'm a bit Scottish myself.

**joemanf** · 01-01-2010, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by Tricky Boy

Scots are Brits. They just like to think they're independent. But they're not.

Though Scotland is pretty cool.

. I'm a bit Scottish myself.

Lol, you know it wasn't always that way

**DieKaiser** · 01-01-2010, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by Tricky Boy

Scots are Brits. They just like to think they're independent. But they're not.

Though Scotland is pretty cool.

. I'm a bit Scottish myself.

No - Scottish are Scottish, end of story.

The signing Union Treaty maintained the individual identity of Scots as Scottish. Additionally the people of Ulster are not British either, as they belong to the Union in only the respects of the United Kingdom.

Its the Welsh who are British, as Wales has never been a formalised Country, and always been a 'County' of England.

To explain it more to you:

1707: The Act of the Union united the Crowns of England and Scotland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain. NOTE: It was ONLY uniting the Crowns. Additionally, it merged the English and Scottish parliaments, and created 13 Laws to protect the identity and interests of the Scottish People.

1800: The Act of the Union Ireland united the Crowns of Great Britain and Ireland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. NOTE: Ireland was not absorbed into Great Britain, and the Irish's National interests were also maintained by the Act, as with Scotland.

Neither Scots nor Irish lost ours identities, nor did we become British. However, some Scots and Irish claim being British as their Nationality, but that is their own choice.

Both Scotland and Ulster (Northern Ireland's State) maintain our own Currencies, though it is strongly linked to the English Pound - in fact so strongly linked it is a crime to refuse any tender from any state other than our own, which is within the Union, when presented in another Member's State. Additionally Scotland maintains its own Economy, Healthcare, Education and Legal Systems, completely independant from the UK. No Laws passed from the Government of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland apply that would intefer with Scotland's Constitutional Law.

Does this REALLY look to you like Scottish folk became British?

**~~FoxyBunny~~** · 12-31-2009, 02:13 PM

Love that gorgeous pic too!

**DieKaiser** · 12-31-2009, 02:16 PM

Originally Posted by FoxyBunny

Love that gorgeous pic too!

Thats Edinburgh castle Foxy - I'm gonna be seeing that LIVE in a few hours, I cannae wait - Edinburgh New year is fantastic. You should get yersel over here some year and experience it for yersel