paulb Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 good for them. its nice of the communities to cancel things when a death or illness strikes. dont lose it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMe Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Now if the kid is on the mend and bearing in mind that lots of people have spent lots of money on this event could there not have been some sort of arrangement whereby the 2010 Jarl could have stood in for this year's Jarl or that the most senior member of this year's Jarl's squad could have become Jarl and this year's Jarl could have officiated in 2010. As for Piddly's comments I do have to argue with the concept that the Lerwick UHA is any more real than the Scalloway Fire Festival and the rural UHAs and I am certain that the Lerwick UHA could be cancelled if circumstances justified it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lively Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Had the fire festival gone ahead, the Jarl Squad would not have been present & many other squads would have pulled out (known fact).I know any sensitive person would not be bothered one bit about the credibility & damage to the reputation of the festival, the inconvenience to the halls & as for the squad members who weren't consulted-not spoken to many squad members, have you?As max said, some things are more important than a p*** up so stop thinking about the halls takings & show some respect & most of all sensitivity towards baby & family.You make me sick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lively Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Now if the kid is on the mend and bearing in mind that lots of people have spent lots of money on this event could there not have been some sort of arrangement whereby the 2010 Jarl could have stood in for this year's Jarl or that the most senior member of this year's Jarl's squad could have become Jarl and this year's Jarl could have officiated in 2010. 2010 squad haven't even deciced who their Jarl is yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EM Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 ...and I am certain that the Lerwick UHA could be cancelled if circumstances justified it.Lerwick UHA has been both cancelled and postponed several times. 1901 was cancelled due to the recent (22nd Jan) death of Queen Victoria (leading to the infamous R.S.B.B. invitations).1915-1919 were cancelled due to WWI1940-1948 were cancelled due to WWII The last postponement was 1965 due to Churchill's recent (24th Jan) death. Another notable postponement was 1900 due to a flu epidemic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da norseman Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Lively my subject was more on the weather on the night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lively Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 My post was aimed directly at colin. Nobody else. Apologies to anyone who thought otherwise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted January 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Well said EM. You summed up the feelings of almost everyone i have spoken to. Colin's input to this post is highly insensitive, innaccurate and offensive.OK. Were you at the meeting? If so, please tell me where my posts have lacked sensitivity, been inaccurate or, more to the point, offensive? To combat but one of his many tedious points, the one about people paying to travel here, a jarl squad member was travelling over from Alaska to partake. He is still coming over, but refused to go out if the jarl couldn't. Some things come before a public hall's takings. I NEVER mentioned the Public Halls takings. I did, however, point out the amount of organisation and other work that has already gone into the event. All squads were at the meeting, so they had a chance to talk to all their members and gauge opinion. I also think that we have not indeed evolved beyond a p**s up, common sense and decency comes first.It wasn't me who accused the SFF of being a "p*** up" Also You can't compare Scalloway Fire Festival to the Lerwick UHA, much smaller community.I didn't. It's much better than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleJoannie Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Now if the kid is on the mend and bearing in mind that lots of people have spent lots of money on this event could there not have been some sort of arrangement whereby the 2010 Jarl could have stood in for this year's Jarl or that the most senior member of this year's Jarl's squad could have become Jarl and this year's Jarl could have officiated in 2010. I understand that the Guizer Jarl was quite happy for someone to stand in for him. One of the reasons given to me for postponment was the fact that several squads every year take off the Guizer Jarl and his family. This year they would not have felt right doing so with them at a sick child's bedside, and no doubt the audience would have felt the same. This could have knocked a big hole in some squads' acts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted January 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Had the fire festival gone ahead, the Jarl Squad would not have been present & many other squads would have pulled out (known fact).Which is why I suggested a constitutional change. As max said, some things are more important than a p*** up so stop thinking about the halls takings & show some respect & most of all sensitivity towards baby & family.As I replied elsewhere, I have NEVER mentioned the Hall's takings (or expenses for that matter) and I DID NOT refer to it as a "p*** up".You make me sickI'm sorry if I've made you sick but, I'm not resposible for the interpretation you apply to my posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted January 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 2010 squad haven't even deciced who their Jarl is yet! Yes they have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umph Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 whats the scalloway fire festrival gone past Colin????????????????is this a dig at scalloway folk or what Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambasheep Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 No, but neither were you. Also someone who was at the meeting phoned me up about your posts absolutely fuming about what you had said. The insensitivity lies in pathetic little complaints about the people who bought tickets and the halls credibilities when the main man's peerie boy is lying on a life support machine. Do you think the squads put no work in? That we wanted it cancelled? It wasn't the right decision, it was the only decision. My earlier post may have been emotional, but it mirrored the emotions of the other people i've told about what you have been saying. All i was trying to convey at the start of the post was how the VAST majority were thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted January 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 whats the scalloway fire festrival gone past Colin????????????????is this a dig at scalloway folk or what Not a dig at Scalloway people at all, quite the reverse.I was trying to point out that the Fire Festival has become a significant event in the local calendar that attracts people from all over Shetland (and elsewhere) due, mainly, to the quality, commitment and general sobriety of the squads. It is not a "p*** up" and hasn't been for a number of years and, in my opinion, it has a reputation approaching that of Up Helly Aah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted January 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 All i was trying to convey at the start of the post was how the VAST majority were thinking. Unlike some, I'm not going to get personal and, if you want to discuss it properly, phone me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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