Njugle Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 Just wiped the last traces of Glasgow off the heel of me boot. Now in Melbourne. Do I get a coconut?Good to see you back on the air, NewMagnie, no coconuts for you though. At least, not until it is established that you retain your rapier wit and splendiferously eloquent observations and not become pickled in Ozzy grog and start rambling about convo's in the avo round the barbie with tinnies and sheilas and the mozzies etc. And watch out for those funnel-webs and redbacks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewMagnie Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 Cheers Njugle. As far as rambling in the curiously truncated Aussie argot goes, you might have to hold on til I get a handle on what the buggers are actually saying. This is the only country I've been to where actual letters are abbreviated. My new neighbour refers to her VW Beetle as "the vee-dub". You have to wonder about a race that can't even be arsed to say "w". Any chance of a column in the Times relating my milk buying and tea making adventures to a gape jawed public do you reckon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turrifield Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 I'm in Edinburgh it's really windy here today just got in from cycling back from work for the second time today it's kinda tough in the wind. I was cycling through the Cowgate at about 9.30pm and some ass threw something at me and it hit me in the cheek. Bloody Edinburgh skeemie w****rs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 ...... I was cycling through the Cowgate at about 9.30pm and some ass threw something at me and it hit me in the cheek. Bloody Edinburgh skeemie w****rs. "Go postal" on them next time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 "Go postal" on them next time I don't think that writing them a letter would help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 Dunno if I'm officially an ex-pat or what. My family and a lot of my mates are in shet - I try and get back from Sunny Edinburgh as often as I can, but that's working out at about twice a year at the moment, so maybe I can't get away with saying I live in shetland anymore. I do live on shetlink for half my working day. Does that count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junior Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 "Go postal" on them next time 8 grand for an Uzi thems tourist prices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonwifie Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 I spent a great chunk of my working life in Shetland, and my bairrrns were born there and are fiercely "Shetlandistic" - but I now live 8,000 km away, and this board is making me very nostalgic. Can I be an honorary Shetland expat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trout Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 Hello yonwifie, Welcome to Shetlink. Do stay ... chip in on any threads that interest you, or if you want - make your own Kind regards,The Shetlink Team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technobob Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 Question. Is a person who wasn't born in Shetland, but who now lives (House, Wife and Kids) in Shetland, but ends up having to work outside of Shetland for weeks on end... an Incomer?... an Ex-Pat?... an non-ex-pat? (because I wasn't born there)... or just unlucky because I seem to spend more time on the plane than I do in Shetland... and when can I call Shetland home... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabiaTerra Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 In-pat? Ex-comer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutton Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Interested to know, how many of our Shetland expats who may be away working, studying or whatever else intend to come back for good at some point? (***MOD Edit - Merged with existing thread***) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 I may be back but I'm no planning on staying longer than I have to. Just got to persuade the bairn otherwise. I'm definitely a city suburbs sort of person. I like trees, buses and shops, probably in that order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonners Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Career comes first so it would be impossible to return to Shetland. Sometimes think I would like to - I love the attitude of most of the people most of the time. There's a real live-and-let-live sense of egalitarianism that runs through Shetland culture that is probably similar to other island areas where money hasn't always been plentiful. There's also no more beautiful place than Shetland on a fine, sunny, still summer day. But just being away from Shetland does help spawn a sense of nostalgia about the place. It's too small, too difficult to get off it on a regular basis and nothing much really ever changes. 20,000 people is a Scottish city suburb - and sometimes Scotland can even feel like a bit of a village! So in short, no - at least not until I have retired and then I would still want a house somewhere else other than Shetland too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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