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My twitter has just started to get a few Yes voters asking for a retweet to a story saying that the discovery of massive new oil reserves is being suppressed by the media.
People find it easy to believe that they are lied to by anyone in a position of authority these days, the media, the government.
Why the Scots expect their own government to be any different is beyond me, it seems that they just want to be lied to and manipulated by Scottish people, except that it isn't just Scottish people who live in Scotland so all they'll end up with is a different set of rich, lying, manipulators in charge.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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The moon. Total freedom if you are able to sustain your own food and water, and if needed the air. Otherwise there is always Mars as well
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I would like to live in Cuba, and my job would be to lie in a hammock all day whilst Pedro and Ernesto (My employees) rented Jet Ski's to tourists.
(I know the apostrophe is wrong but it looks horrible without it).
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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You may consider Scotland... 
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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That would mean moving abroad if the polls are anything to go by.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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In a failed state, if the economics are anything to go by.
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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Patagonia?
It's a bit ... "windy", but they got the oil, they got amazing peaks with snow all year, as child-friendlyness of latin american countries (which is to say: great). Kirchnerism and Peronism certainly are bizarre, but have little impact on wifal drivability and similar matters.
Not sure about the oil industry working conditions (but then, I donät even know if "4/4 rotation" means you'll be caught in a 4x4 roundhouse swing when your shift starts, just as warm up).
Also, distances *are* big, not sure if you get snowy peaks and mother earth leaks are close enough for you, distances between places are usually measured in days.
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Well if you can cope with another language (and there's lots of support for learning it if you can) then the answer is southern Germany! Dunno about oil/gas industry so that could be a deal breaker but wouldn't be surprised if Munich had work somehow related to that. Ticks all the other boxes nicely!
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Rockall[^]
Is that going to be British or Scottish in the invent of a yes vote, or will the Irish put in a claim again?
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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The answer is on the page:
The islet of Rockall is part of the UK: specifically it forms part of Scotland under the Island of Rockall Act 1972. No other state has disputed our claim to the islet
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Let me see....
Sh*te weather... Check
Oil&Gas... At the moment, Check
Education and low madness factor... Check (you must be warned, we are a bit weird  )
You should move to Norway
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He's from Scotland you have nothing on the weird they have up there
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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giving me the silent treatment are you!
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Shetland, by all accounts if the votes a yes they are going to apply for separation from Scotland and they have a goodly chunk of the oil, fits all the other boxes except the good summer but you from Aberdeen should be used to that
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Not a hope in hell I'm moving to Shetland! Permanent Force 10 wind blows across that place......
Don't you knock Aberdeen Summers, NE Scotland is surprising good due to geographical location in relation to the Grampian Mountains. Just look at the solar output chart for my roof: 4kwh system: http://monitoring.solaredge.com/solaredge-web/public?name=AberdeenDMA[^] Better than I thought it would be! 
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eye but it feels mighty chilly with that wind blowing up your Trossocks
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Romania
But I'd advise against actually living in Ploiești.
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Obviously Southern California, fer shur, dude. 
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other than the Skiing, I would say North Dakota, Winters though are horrible, 80mph winds and -30 normal daily high.
Might check out Colorado/Wyoming, Working on some oil industry, Summers are spectacular and lots of skiing to be had.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
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My rotter'd be a bit melenky skorry and my tash all up on my gulliver if the steggywegs was being reduced to bog polly (in the oeconomic sense, that is) as it is in Daveauldland. But, "vote"!
Vote?
Who does that anymore. Dim's running Laputa anyway.
I'm not wrong.
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DaveAuld wrote: Requirements;
A nice weather in the summer, snow in the winter + skiing on tap (say within an hour or so).
Oil & Gas industry within region, preferably as not to have to do silly rotations like 4/4
Good education system, child friendly with no Extreme/bizarre cultural religious madness. e.g. woman can't drive etc.
Well, you've just described Siberia, so you're not giving us many options.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I've got an application in with Canada at the moment. They have some unemployment issues, but tech is okay.
It's not as easy as you might think; there are points to be earned in age, language skills, length of education, close relatives living in Canada and you need a minimum amount of cash in the bank, but it's 'front door' unlike the US and there is no strict age limit unlike Australia and NZ.
Personally I like Canada, I go on holidays whenever I can to letch, drink and attend music performances.
Simultaneously.
Good luck with the Zombies. 
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Right now a couple of years I am taking advantage of French Riviera hospitality and I cannot complain.
From your checklist it does not comply in one point only - Oil $ Gas, but then again what are the motives to keep that one?
The regions is nice, I've been lucky to find English speaking job and that little amount of French you need for daily task I was able to learn. The problem with this region? Not that many job opportunities; full of tourists every summer and most of all French bureaucracy :P
However, trade-off is in a form of climate and nature that outbalance these things a lot...
With little bit of balancing and sacrificing other options could be also considered (except those already mentioned in the discussion):
- Italian peninsula (though not sure how important English language is for you  )
- Barcelona
- Malta
- Hong-Kong
- and as we all saw last winter, Sochi could be mentioned here too 
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Bajaja wrote: but then again what are the motives to keep that one?
Quite simply Money....
Sooner we get 18th over and done with the better....
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