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Hi trout, A massive improvement! Thanks for all your efforts - now working fine again. Cheers

shetlandpeat, you are a patronisng old fart. I think you'll find I'm not "as ever, are wrong""...... I did try to find out about it and got nowhere. The Lerwick Communtiy Council voted during an open meeting last winter that the current house development proposals are a shambles and failure in relation to Lerwick. Colin in his first post hit the nail on the absolute head - and we can see the evidence of it walking the streets of Lerwick every day.

'You can look after yourself. It isna da States job to provide those that are able with housing. It's for those dat irna. Wise up.' So what are people like me meant to do then? Why should I be paying for a heroin addict to have a 3 bedroomed house, when I can't even get one myself? Is it my fault he/she chose to take heroin? Is it my fault he/she doesn't have any qualifications and doesn't have job? No. These people aren't 'able' because of their own doing, and the decisions they made. I don't pay my taxes so someone can live off of me working, and can be housed before I can. If you gave them nothing they would have to fend for themselves, just like me, and plenty of others, are trying to do and then we would see a difference. If you hand someone something good on a plate, why wouldn't they take it? I have a stable job, and could afford to pay my rent, council tax and all the rest of the bills that come with having a house every month. But I'm not rich. Even to buy a house, I could not afford to pay over the odds, like some people are doing to rent out to the contractors who are moving up. How can anyone say that drug addicts deserve houses more than working people? Absolute joke.

What were the 'reasons' I posted? Seems to me that I just posted a personal opinion but, just what is 'rubbish' and 'totally misleading' about what I said? I know working people who have been waiting for a Council House (I REFUSE to call it Social Housing because that is just another way of forcing acceptance of the way the system(?) has been hijacked) for more than 15 years. At the same time I see people who contribute nothing to society get housed almost immediately. Where is the justice in that and, just how long will the working population be prepared to put up with such inequality? I know that there is not enough housing available in this country and the blame for that is due to Thatchers enforced moratorium on council house building (NOT on the 'right to buy') but to ramble on about the needs of the 'disabled', 'special needs' and those who pay(?) the 'bedroom tax' (nobody 'pays' bedroom tax, it's a deduction from your benefits ) misses the point of what I posted. "that there are people who seem to gravitate towards the top of the points system who, in my opinion, do not deserve to be there". Better to allocate what limited accommodation is available to those who are working and contributing towards society. Look after the rest when you can.

Aye good to see the Statsraad Lehmkuhl back in Shetland, some pictures of her arrival this morning and more on Flickr :- http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7355/9668994429_b3a90fc33e_c.jpgIMG_8442 by Ronnierob, on Flickrhttp://farm8.staticflickr.com/7441/9668969949_d47e25a3dd_c.jpgIMG_8462 by Ronnierob, on Flickr

An interestingly ironic neologism.

Ok .. ideally that should be that fixed?! Do reply or PM should there be any other such issues ...

David Wiseman removals. Used to be 20 quid an hour. Dunno if the price has gone up or not, 'cos I've had no need to move anything recently. His number will be in the local directory. Hope this is of use to you.

Fondly known by us islanders as The Spew Cruise.... New boat please !

Shouldn't we be looking after all the needy equally? Children in almost all cases have parent(s) and in some cases extended family, and every day are becoming that bit more capable of taking care of themselves. There are also extensive procedures and services in place where they don't. Old folk may or may not have family/friends who can aid them, are becoming less able to care for themselves each day, and while procedures and services also exist to assist, it is much more likely for the old to go undetected or fall off the radar than a kid. Worst case scenario, any healthy kid is amazingly resilient, and every passing day is more able to help themself to betterment even in trying circumstances, the old on the other hand are far more likely to go in to a disproportionate rapid decline in the face of only moderate adversity, and do not have the power to extricate themselves from it and the fast track to a plywood overcoat.