Jim Dunbar has been late for everything.
Late for work, late for football matches, late for holidays.
He has left women waiting on first dates, turned up to meals with friends hours after he should have, and even arrived for funerals long after they have begun.
But the 58-year-old who suffers from “chronic lateness” cares so much about independence that he made sure the vote was one thing he would not be late for.
“I voted by post because it would have been so upsetting to miss my chance,” said Mr Dunbar, who lives near Monifieth.
“I really care about the vote. I have never really seen myself as British, just as Scottish. I think that is something that you are born with.
“I signed-up for a postal after taking early retirement in 2009 (because of a disability) and I voted Yes,” he added.
Mr Dunbar has suffered from “chronic lateness” all his life he can remember being late for school at Longhaugh Primary as a five-year-old and, until a diagnosis at Ninewells last year, blamed himself.
But despite his condition, Mr Dunbar said he could only remember once missing a vote.
“I first voted in the 1974 referendum on membership of the ECC,” the former council worker said.
“Since then the only vote I’ve missed was in 1987 I was down in Blackpool for work and, despite being registered in Dundee East, I didn’t manage to get a postal vote. Politics is a real passion of mine,” he added.