On Friday, July 25, 2003, at 12:36 AM, teresa sneddon wrote: > If I have this right its Eric that moving to the UK? > Why? > Sounds to me like he hates it already, or am I picking up the wrong > message. > Iam from Edinburgh, and I have only lived in this country for 8 years, > so > Iam still homesick!! > But trust me, Iam sure you will love it, and I dont think we Brits are > backward just because some things are still imperial, its quite easy to > work > with both, once you get the hang of it, Iam in my early 50's, so they > never > had metric when I went to school, but so far it has not caused me any > problems. > As for the UK, at the moment being where Canada was 10 years ago, I > think > you are way off the mark. If anything I would say that the UK is further > along than Canada, but maybe Iam a bit biased about that!!!! > As for the Royals and the 'anthem' we in Scotland sing our own > 'anthem' 'o > flower of Scotland' make sure you hear it when you are over there. > How long are you going for? > > Teresa > I too am from the UK - a small part of it - called Guernsey !! In 1940 I was 'forced' to move to England and later I moved to Glasgow where I met my wife and finally after about 12 years we moved to Canada, with 3 children, in 1962, 40 years ago now!!!! By the way - when things went metric, tje Brits refused to give up their PINT of beer, etc. !! Paul _________________________________________________ For information concerning the MUGLO List just click on http://muglo.on.ca/pages/members.html#Joinmuglo Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: http://muglo.on.ca/