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The Wee Frees would like a word too.

Be off with you and your facts, there's a rabble to be roused.

What a day for my first trip to Murrayfield!

Was she suggesting that she has a nuclear first strike posture?

A rainy Glasgow, Buchanan Street.

It was only when I got here that I realised he was pulling the wool over our eyes.

Only if they can still get a mortgage against the lower valuation.

In a world where simplistic solutions are on the rise, people fail to recognise that politics is often about choosing the least worst of a bunch of bad options.

I know just what you mean. I feel I've spent the entire period since the election cutting them some slack, giving them the benefit of the doubt, recognising that there's a big hill to climb but, the post-result statement has a last straw feeling about it. He could at least have pretended to listen.

I'm quite annoyed that you've decided to be in Glasgow on the day I leave.

"If I didn't have a wallet and the phone was stolen I'd have to cancel the cards using an old fashioned land line, if I could find one." This is what I was asking about.

Why would you cancel your cards because your phone was stolen?

God, no. You'll be suggesting I watch Police, Camera, Action next. I suspect there isn't much call for contactless payment while out on a paddle board. In any case, I don't think anyone is suggesting a mandate that one can * only* use a phone, cards still exist.

Ah, yes, of course. Despite being Scottish, I have a devil may care approach to paying for banking convenience.

Is power anxiety really a thing these days?

Sometimes I have my wallet, sometimes I don't. I always have my phone. In fact, it was a lifesaver when my wallet got lifted on the Paris metro and I was able to immediately cancel all of my cards but I could carry on paying for things with my phone. It's a win win

I will admit to being surprised at how frequently cheques are used, even for very trivial purchases.

Since I live in France, I'm going to suggest that your first premise is flawed...

Sure, but they will be the same people that are taken by surprise when asked to pay by any means. It's like they've never been in a shop before.

Probably a project manager.

Some of us can see far enough into the future that we're ready before the assistant has finished ringing it up.

I suspect he's looking at the money making that continues across the Atlantic. Just think how much a PM could charge on Cameo!

Being at the tail end of the Boomer generation, I'm not entirely convinced that Sam is actually wrong in his suggestion.

In my defence, I don't have one and it was part of a series on tech in general.

There's a BBC podcast on the topic which confirms that they do indeed save energy compared to a conventional oven.

What does that matter? As my father used to say, if your aunty had balls she'd be your uncle

"beer -flavoured" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.

I'm only miffed because I want your side effect so that I can get close to cats and dogs. I love them but they make my life a misery.

I'm just about to start hormone therapy for prostate cancer and one of the potential side effects is exactly the opposite, increased sensitivity to allergies.

Oh, I wasn't suggesting it's not an issue just reflecting on how it's being received here in France.

Most of the upset that I've seen has been from dual-nationality Brits in France who no longer have a valid UK passport and are up in arms that they'll now need one to "go home".