magnie ii

Very odd. It loads fine for me.

i.t.s is next to muddy bay and gts are behind leasks garage cant speak for i.t.s but gts do a good job i would say the camera have a pretty good range and they are pretty competitive on price

i heard it was going to be the first lap dancing wetherspoons

i heard it was going to be the first lap dancing wetherspoons

2 many shops start granting permission to turn shops into accommodation plenty of people looking for housing the internet and supermarkets have cut the need for high streets all over the uk no point in holding onto yesterday

2 many shops start granting permission to turn shops into accommodation plenty of people looking for housing the internet and supermarkets have cut the need for high streets all over the uk no point in holding onto yesterday

2 many shops start granting permission to turn shops into accommodation plenty of people looking for housing the internet and supermarkets have cut the need for high streets all over the uk no point in holding onto yesterday

i heard it was going to be the first lap dancing wetherspoons

There's two games at play with Holyrood, firstly, regardless of their protestations and overtures to the contrary, the Scottish establishment do not, never have, and probably never will in the next few centuries at least, consider Orkney & Shetland as a "true" part of Scotland, any more than many Orcadians and Shetlanders consider themselves 'Scottish' - We are very much the reluctant and mostly ignored foster child which they don't want, but their greed won't let them let go of. Just like you sometimes see (albeit not so often these days) a family with kids of their own, but one or more foster kids as well, who are very obvious by the fact they wear the hand me downs, while the biological children are always dressed in the new stuff - The foster ones are only where they are because the fosterers get an allowance paid for them, they're a commodity, and commodities only justify the minimum investment to ensure they continue to yield the maximum payout. We're a commodity in the same way to the Scottish political establishment, and right now they're conducting an experiment in just how low they can let their investment go without affecting the returns on it they get from us.
 
Secondly, we're sitting on a little bit of money, and nobody in Holyrood is going to take pity on us and send momey here when it serves their interests better to throw it around as bribes for votes in the central belt, as that's where the numbers are that matter as to whether they stay on their gravy train or not, it doesn't matter how we vote, as in the bigger picture our influence whoever we vote in is minimal, the support the local SNP branch was getting from Head Office and the quality of candidates they've put forward in both Scottish and national elections in the recent past is proof enough that they really don't care what happens here.
 
We're on our own to sink, we can choose between spending our reserves to plug the gap in Government funding either quickly or slowly, but until its all spent there will be no compassion or fairness coming this way out of Holyrood, only empty promises and flowery talking, and any compassion even then will only come if we go cap in hand and do a lot of begging. Or we can take on Holyrood at their own game, with the right research, planning and tactics any Council, including this one, could, back Holyrood in to a corner where they had to choose between honouring their obligations to the entire populations in a reasonable and fair manner, or face the real prospect of being painted so black their chances of holding on to power were all but wiped out. That unfortunately seems to be the last thing on our lot's mind though, given that the only reported reaction from our great white leader to yet another funding reduction was to scuttle away with his tail between his legs muttering about "more cutbacks to keep within the Edinburgh enforced budget". What happened to fighting for our fair share? I doesn't need much midder wit to know that if you just meekly and submissive accept whatever you're offered, you're very liable to be offered even less next time round - and we are, time and time again. Yet those on top of teh ttem here let it happen over and over again. Things will get worse regardless, but they'd get worse a whole lot more slowly if Edinburgh were a bit nervous of just what sort of broadside was about to be unleashed on them from these northern wastelands unless they sent enough to keep our protestations down to a dull roar.
 
'Those who fail to learn from history are destined to repeat the same mistakes' or something like that is how the adage goes - History tells us that between 1500 and 1900 we were lorded over by the Scottish establishment who systematically ground both the place and the people in to the ground by creaming off almost all of the lion's share in the better times and ignoring folk's needs in the harder ones. History aso tells us that in the 15 years or so since the establishment of the Scottish Parliament the apple hasn't fallen far from the tree in the 100+ years we've managed to largely stay out from under their thumb.....The thumb is now well and truly back, and if you want to have a general idea of how the remainder of this century will unfold politically, go check your history for the period 1600-1900 and the attitude of those who held power then, as the immediate future will be the same MO, only adapted to suit modern society and lifestyles.
 
The Council themselves could do much to put their own house in order as well, which would minimise the need for cuts in the actual service delivery. They're sitting on a grossly bloated over-complicated management system, and using many equally over complicated and un-necessary management and admin procedures and systems, not to mention the slew of totally un-necessary 'non-job' positons, all of which are drawing salaries and incurring costs needlessly. The place would run as well, probably better in fact, if all the desk bound elements between the elected members and the front line staff were completely redesigned and streamlined with an emphasis on minimalisation, effectiveness and efficiency, and yield a scarily surprising amount in savings, but there seems no stomach within the organsation to even explore that avenue.

surely would not have been hard to search on google and find that this was not the man to hang with taking a load of rescue animals into hell just says you should never have been allowed to look after them

you certainly cant trust them after the assurances given to the Ukraine that they would be protected if they gave up there nuclear deterent then when they do and Russia invades everybody whistles

surely with the state of the unst ferries if they don't build a bridge they will have to renew the terminals and the ferries soon anyway yell has huge new ferries and terminals but when you get to the other side its all on its last legs.

wow so its true they don't make it here just flavour it thought they would be better than blackwoods but obviously not

if they put in a tender that didnt meet the spec they shouldnt get the work if a builder puts in a quote for a project and it doesnt meet the speck should the council give them work.  just because they work in pr so they are good at making noise doesn't mean they should be given special treatment.

the solution is surely a change in planning policy accept the reality that times are changing deal with the surplus of shops by allowing them to be changed into accomadation

the solution is surely a change in planning policy accept the reality that times are changing deal with the surplus of shops by allowing them to be changed into accomadation

I was turned away in a supermarket whilst buying alcohol in my late 30s and didn't have ID (and I also had bit of a beard!), and was once refused on a flight for having no photographic ID. I couldn't very well complain as it was the policy. Them's the breaks! If I'd had ID then it wouldn't have been an issue.
 
If I did feel aggrieved by the decisions then a formal complaint would be a more constructive way forward rather than going to the media. Once it has 'gone viral' then I don't suppose the organisation has much choice apart from sticking to the letter of their policies and backing their employee's judgement call.
 
On balance, I'd rather that establishments selling age restricted 'goods and services' were quite strict with their ID requirements and risk the odd incident such as this rather than operate a more lax policy and risk underagers accessing unsuitable 'goods and services'. I'd image there would be a hell of a stooshie if parents found out their kids were routinely getting in to unsuitable films or if Mareel was to lose it's film license (if such a thing exists!)  due to underagers getting in!

how does the wine shop sell its white cider and vodka differently to everybody else?

how does the wine shop sell its white cider and vodka differently to everybody else?

^ Well maybe Shetland isn't drinking enough of it, compared to the rest of Scotland, and this is all just a devious publicity stunt to try and address that. They do say there is no such thing as bad publicity........

Yes, they were en route to Faroe to help clamp down on Sea Shepherd who have been a menace in Faroe this summer.
 
A grind took place on Saturday and 17 SS members were arrested for breaking the law.
 
http://aktuelt.fo/17+hirdar+handtiknir+sigur+paul+watson.html