[Mercia]

I have long learned not to assume that a people are like their government. I just love the fact that a land that big, can have reletively so few people. Coming from the densely populated island I suppose it simple jealousy!

[mrsmel]

You're not alone, I'm jealous on the grounds of their weather-believe it or not!-actually, I'm jealous of almost anyone's weather who lives a good bit further North than I do-as I sit hibernating in my home to avoid the 100+ temperatures (higher when the humidity is factored in), only going out to swim :) I hate Southern summers! How did people manage before central A/C? And wearing all those clothes, and corsets!!!! No wonder the women were always fainting!