bottom rung Posted October 19, 2009 Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 Have an overnight ferry to Santander instead of Aberdeen. In fact just submerge everything south of Fair Isle and north of Spain to give the boat a direct route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Farkoff Posted October 19, 2009 Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 ^^Lerwick/Santander.I second that with gusto! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleJoannie Posted October 19, 2009 Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 Santander is nearer than you think. Alliance & Leicester, and the Bradford & Bingley savings business, are coming together to become Santander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted October 19, 2009 Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 pretty much the same as everyone else.Would be ever so nice if it was cheaper/easier to get off shetland (or for friends coming up). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malachy Posted October 19, 2009 Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 I'd make the trains run on time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodeyn Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 The lack of breastfeeding facilities in the town! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khitajrah Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 Breastfeeding facilities? We're supposed to use breastfeeding facilities? Just go to a cafe, have a cuppa and a nice slice of cake and pop 'em out. They're not allowed to complain (as far as I am aware) I wouldn't know where else to go otherwise, except Tesco has a nice handy chair in the changing room. MacKay's has let me feed in the childrens clothes section too (I do ask if it's ok if I'm in a shop). They have a chair near the baby girl clothes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JordanKZ Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 As sad as this sounds, a decent high speed broadband connection. Lerwick's exchange gets throttled to all hell around peak times making it near unusable for many things. 100mbps fibre plz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainlander Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 The lack of breastfeeding facilities in the town! Khitajrah is right - I remember a leaflet being delivered a few years ago saying it was now an offence for anyone to prevent or stop breastfeeding of a child under 2 in a public place. A quick Google search suggests it probably comes under the "Breastfeeding etc (Scotland) Act 2005". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marooned in Maywick Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 I'd change the Charitable Trustees to be directly elected - not councillors or LL/AHS HT by default. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 The lack of breastfeeding facilities in the town! Khitajrah is right - I remember a leaflet being delivered a few years ago saying it was now an offence for anyone to prevent or stop breastfeeding of a child under 2 in a public place. A quick Google search suggests it probably comes under the "Breastfeeding etc (Scotland) Act 2005". It's UK wide thing and there is some law somewhere about women are allowed to breastfeed in the public gallery of the house of commons.Problem is not too many women are confident to whip it out - so to say in public. But usually if you ask in many shops/cafes if there's somewhere quiet, most are quite obliging and will show you to staff room or quiet corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GypsyScy Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 This is maybe turning in to a different thread, but I agree with MJ and feel it is something to do with confidence. It is something that can be done very discreetly, you shouldn't have to ask permisision to feed your child, I feed both mine on demand, wherever and whenever I needed too - technique, suitable clothing and use of a blanket meant most of the time it was never noticed. And usually if anyone did I notice it was a positive reaction was commended for it both in Ireland with my first and here in Shetland with the second! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unlinkedstudent Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 As above re travel but ... and this is sooooo sad ... ... Get rid of Tesco and if a supermarket must be there, at least make it a Sainsbury's. I can't believe the price of some things in Lerwick Tesco compared to Sainsbury's in Ilford, Essex! Down with Grotesquescos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances144 Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 Get in a decent greengrocer on the street! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Para Handy Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 The councillors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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