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Luigi, you read my mind! BUT, ha,ha,ha! I have already lodged the business plan with Shrekland Enterprise, so all that euro investment AND casino taking will be mine, mine! ALL MINE! mwohahaha!

This is all nonsense! here is a quote directly from the site of SHI.., oops I mean SIBC: "SIBC plays new releases by local artists over 1500 times in 2005." The grammar may well suck but the good intention is there, c'mon guys give the man a break. AND unless some kind of partitioned broadcasting with a "Local" feature was presented, let's face it, where do you draw the line. If local bands are not making it onto national radio,could there be a reason to not broadcast them 4 times a day, 7 days a week? I rest my case. Guest presenters? Once again, c'mon guys. You're making a mockery of it. Obviously it would require persons with the vocal talents of Patrick Moore, or perhaps Brian Sewell. Let's see an end to these unintelligible dialects in broadcasting. "This is big brother..." Give me a break!

Good topic! My tuppence worth here, directly is that it is all "in the mouth of the utterer", so to speak. Very similar to words from other nations lik Gringo, or Farang. Not offensive in themselves but can often used as derogatory labels, especially in the ennounciation. The other fantastic point here is that any objections to those from off-isle gaining access to 'da park' etc., is hilarious, given that it's a 'viking' emulation and where did they come from? Papa stour? People have lived here for 4000+ years and the 'vikings' are mere passers-by in that time frame! light the blue touch paper and stand well clear....

As another ex-smoker, one observation of mine is that even now strong coffee is one of the only things that still brings on cravings. Must be the caffeine creating a nicotine-like effect. Avoid it! Point of interest- As a smoker, if you're hungry, thirsty or tired, your body asks you for something and you think you need a fag. The major leap as a non-smoker is to eat when hungry, drink when thirsty, rest when tired. Especially the drink bit. Water is best. WARNING! The only time i succumb to the evil 'nico' now is when on the p**s. It's flaming hard not to. But, from experience; smoke other peoples if you must, don't buy your own under any circumstances, because if you're anything like me, you will not crave anything the next day when hungover and the only way you'll slip is if you buy.

Fish, fruit, "bedfellows", Jamie Oliver, and tongues in mouths in one very short phrase. The psychologists would have a field day with you amigo.

True, but the joke only works once. It is garbage otherwise, i say that and i know i will spend time watching it. The non-celebrity is as much of a celeb as the rest of them because she's more inclined to try harder. It is also a blatant attempt to provoke celeb sex on tv this time, you know who i'm talking about! I stand by what i told 'Endemol' a couple of years ago. Combine Big Brother with Fear Factor and Beadles About and you've got TV gold. Gorilla suits with paintball guns at 3am, flood the house, turn rooms upside down. Give them bugs to eat. I'd watch that 8O

Though i 100% sympathise wit the RAF dependant inhabitants of Unst it may be worthy of speculation that the government can comfortably turn around and say "we do not owe you a living". Certainly in a 'new labour' context anyway. The other fact is that given it's beauty, birdlife, geology, cleanliness and generally outstanding 'feel-good' factor as well as it's geography in a national context, Unst may well have a painful and bleak transitional phase, but it does have an awful lot going for it if properly exploited and marketed. A tunnel to Yell would be a major and relatively inexpensive stop-gap economic measure. Especially if Europe can be persuaded to pay for it.

"Tumours of suburbia", i like that pert. some things never change. Anyhoo, It's only a shame about the ferry jobs if someone can justify their existance, ie. bressay would not become a desolate ghost island without the ferry jobs, like eg. foula would.

If it means i can get to the flotation tanks in the new Bressay Holistic Health place for nothing, i'm all for it, man. Mind you the tunnel would be better as a 'rebirthing' experience from the tunnel could be incorporated seriously!

Another consequence of shetland becoming a retirement haven is the now common practice of people reaching a certain age on the mainland and selling up, enabling them to bid silly money for local houses that otherwise would sell to younger people for reasonable prices. It happened right up the west coast of scotland and now it's happening here. Maybe we should instigate an off-island house bidding tax eh? That is of course until i decide to buy, live in and later sell property sooth at great profit to retire with 100k nest egg myself..

Rather than criticise her articles, i'd tend to agree with peeriebryan, and have thought for a while that a regular 'day/week in the life of' feature would be of interest to everybody, not just those that know them, and plenty of scope. Chances of a bit of humour are pretty good also bring it on who would you like to see featured 8O