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Looked for Alistair on line, and one of the addresses given was Albert Building, 171 Commercial Street. Neatly combing the old and the new. As long as the postie knows ! An SIC page gave a Kirkwall address with a Lerwick phone number !

I think it means we have not got to page 5 yet ! although it did show as being there earlier, it's gone now- if that makes sense !

171 Commercial Street ! Are you sure that is up to date ? That sounds to me like the office Alistair Easton used to work from before he went full-time agent. I think the Lib-Dem office is in the same building as the harbour office.

Does it really matter Until I read the Times today, I had not heard of either Castaway or Ben Fogle so I am sure there must be many more in the same position. I was reminded of Slim Jim's reference to former Times reporters as 'transient nonentities'.

J A , don't worry about it ! It's perfectly normal Shetland / Lerwick behaviour. The exposure here will do you good as you are letting the wider world know your attitudes, preferences etc, and you are showing yourself to be a normal, balanced individual. It is also the norm for any local employer to partially vet any applicant by finding out " Wha ir dae ?", meaning your total family background. On this point, you need have absolutely no fears. Only thing is, I think your taste in music is rubbish, but then I am one of the 2% of Shetlink subscribers ( >65 )

Who's with Sandy ? On Radio Shetland this evening he said he was supporting any team playing against England. That seems to be a widely held view, north of Berwick-on Tweed. Go on, tell the truth, don't be PC.

I have seen them at the Gremista marina several times, walking along the pontoons and, on one occasion, having a freshwater bath in an open boat which had not been bailed out for some time. He must have enjoyed it, as after having a good shake on the pontoon, he went back in for another go. Then he walked up the gangway, under the gate and went over the breakwater behind the power station.

Graeme's house is at Westerloch, with certain wind directions, his station reports a near flat calm when elsewhere in Lerwick you can hardly open your door. Rumour has it he is going to flit, so maybe the new location will be more representative of Lerwick wind.

The wheel clamping info from the Citizens Advice site applies to England and Wales only. I seem to remember reading that wheel clamping in Scotland is illegal.

Onybody else in da toon budderd wi maas tryin tae use der roof fur a nursery I'm ta'en fower nests doon so far, but I tink de're got da message noo. I hear da cooncil 'scorie squad' ir takin £50 for 3 visits, hard goin' if you ir no able tae ging up yoursel'. Mebbe a wark opportunity fur underemployed girse cutters

I'm -2.50, -1.08, alang wi' peeriebryan, Nelson Mandela, Dalai Lama, and Gandhi

Da wife got her card today, no sign of mine yet

I see Thatcher is being blamed for Prescott's 'affair'. She abolished free eye testing

It's the Scottish Labour MP's who keep Tony in power, without them there would be a Tory government in England.

I get mine on-line from www.sterling-inkjet.co.uk they are in Cornwall, but do a good postal service. They do photo etc papers as well.

A quick look at lerwick Port Authority charges http://www.lerwick-harbour.co.uk/harbourcharges.pdf page 4 will show you that they have a reduced rate which looks suspiciously like it's just for the Norrona. Do they charge any more than any other port would? The LPA site appears to show that Norrona pays 36000 GT X .064p for a stay not exceeding three hours, comes to £2300. That must eat up quite a lot of fares to cover that, and no wonder they turn the ship around so quickly

Why the ship cant call in Lerwick on the return route to Faroe? She's passing by Sumburgh Head anyway. Cost. The Lerwick Port Authority charges several thousand pounds each time she berths.

Whit aboot somethin like 'sheepthief@yell.com', dat wid be great for some'en fae Yell

Donald Rumsfeld was giving George Dubya his daily briefing. He concluded by saying: "Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed in an accident' "OH MY GOD!" the President exclaimed. "That's terrible!" His staff sat stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the president sat, head in hands. Finally, the President looked up and asked..........''Er - how many is a brazillion?"

Operamail.com and Ecosse.net are both free and webmail. The Opera one has some ads in the free version, Ecosse.net has none.

James, James ! re-size your pics ! Please ! They are FAR TOO BIG

Humlibands, kabes, tafts, tilfers, nile an hinnie spot.

I think the planning committee are making fools of themselves on this one, to grant permission for his 52 space car park, then refuse permission for a change of use immediately afterwards is perverse in the extreme and just plain daft. I would hope that the full council will reverse this decision, taken by only 7 members out of a total of 25 ( ). The support he seems to be getting would indicate that there is a demand for the stuff he is selling. Certainly a lot of it is crap quality ( "never mind the width, feel the price" comes to mind) but some of it is OK and is keenly priced. My niece bought a packet of 36 HB pencils with rubbers on the end for £1.50, should keep her going until the summer holidays at least When he was an itinerant trader I would not have bought anything from him as he was paying no rates or employing local staff, but he has now made a significant commitment to Lerwick and is doing both. Customers ( or lack of) dictate the success (or failure) of a business and artificial barriers should not be raised against it.

Tony Blair visits an Old Folks Home,whilst there he shakes hands with the residents. Then he comes to an old lady who's been looking at him quizzically. "Hello" says the P.M. "Do you know who I am?" The old lady thinks for a while and replies. "Ask Matron, she'll tell you"