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I'm sure people will be able to lava bout it eventually.

Makes me smile to see snow in the hills again, I love it. Beats wind and rain hands down, no competition. More!

As another case of not wanting to start a new thread: http://www.icenews.is/index.php/2010/04/19/iceland-mackerel-fishermen-face-net-ban/ Can you imagine? That would work as an April Fools thread here. Check the comment.

Blimey, and I thought 132p a litre was bad. Where did you buy this? Antarctica?

And also keep a bit of perspective about this, Bill Bailey is obviously very popular and short of running a raffle with a random number generator there will always be difficulty in securing a ticket in such demand. It's not particular to Shetland either, how many folk have sat hitting redial for gigs on the mainland, with thousands of tickets available and still been disappointed? - I know I have.

Yeah, I don't get this. One was random, two makes a theme.

You are correct, it wouldn't be allowed on this forum. Not only would it technically be an invasion of privacy but say, for instance, a user had a gripe against another user who owned a dog, then they could come on here anonymously and lie, or exaggerate, about a dog fouling problem just to get back at the person they have some grievance with. Especially if they knew where they lived and what type of dogs they owned. It could be quite convincing, especially if other users conveniently appeared to further this targeted line of personal attack.

I was truly gutted when I didn't hear immediately about when the tickets for Dylan Moran coming to Shetland were to be available and it sold out before I could get access to buying a ticket, in person or by phone. I see the Bill Bailey ticket I now possess as karmic justice.

Could have stuck a sign next to the cran o it and called it a SMUHA exhibition? Some folk noted the mess, some folk explained the schedule for clearing it up, end of. QED. Any speculation into motives, perspectives or lacking responsibilities are just that and anything more than that is really just inflammatory. Can we not just accept that we all know what happened and who's doing what now and be done with it? Next time, if quick removal isn't an option: " Here lies the good ship....." Tourists, vikings, naturalists happy.

Standardisation: Why, ninety, eighty, seventy, sixty, fifty, forty, thirty and perhaps twenty at a push, but not one-ty. I think we should start a campaign, especially if it also results in 19+ being referred to as twoty/tooty. Tooty-one, tooty-two, tooty three, etc. Mind you, hereabouts thay would be twaty-wan, twaty-twa, twaty-tree. .......I should get on we me wark noo.........

Kate Bush - Aerial I'm largely enjoying this today, as muzak. So, to all those whom I've previously declared my distaste for Ms Bush and her album, I take it back. It's no bad.

Lerrick, for example, was razed to the ground in the 17th century for similar reasons, perhaps less drugs though, more drink, prostitution and debauchery. Time moves on but people remain the same, generally. They just have more access to things, illegal or otherwise.

^ On Facebook, if you become a 'fan' of Shetland Arts they have a news feed that contains most of the events going on. That's what got me a ticket I noticed it there before my Shetland Times RSS feed picked it up. It's amazing how Shetland has been grippit we Facebook lately. I'm so chuffed he's coming to Shetland, never expected that!

Most impressive display I've seen of that was a seal at the Brig o Waas about seven years ago. Must have gone a hundred yards or more porpoising all the way. Leebitton pier seems to be a good spot for seals porpoising too. Never seen it anywhere else, notably not in Lerwick, with all the seals knocking around there.

Unlucky indeed. Better luck next time.

why do I hit the keys far harder when I am writing something short, than when I am writing something long. I actually have to restrain myself from bashing them when correcting one letter/word among a hundred, wtf? I irritate me!

Not at all. The pure and focused mind accepts all input, as the pool is fed from the waterfall, but the pool is still and clear and the waterfall opaque and exuberant. Neither is better than the other. ...and the guy sitting fishing for troots in the pool is the happiest of the three.

But the sources of irrelevant and inconsequential noises are as the sound of a distant waterfall to the pure and focused of mind. Rather than creating a trial, they offer the opportunity to enjoy the peaceful mind as clear as the crystal waters of the sunlit pool that is ultimately filled by the frivolous water flowing over the falls.

No, I took Spinner's comments to be following the basic premise of local government democratic rule, once the majority decision has been taken, those against it are bound to publicly accept it as the best way forward and uphold it as best they can....or just say nothing. Those speaking publicly against the previous appointment would be demonstrating their lack of understanding of how the system works and their unsuitability to function within it. They can argue til they are blue in the face behind closed doors, even when deciding who should form the selection panel, hell they could even threaten each-other, but to do so in public would be wrong, destructive and, dare I say, ignorant. Silence is golden.

But then that lack of a coherent and unified response is exactly what made such a mess of Shetlands national reputation in this matter in the first place. Least said, soonest mended. There may be the aspersion that all our councillors are blithering idiots that care not for our money nor our land or well-being but this is unlikely to be the case and there is the remote possibility that they are tying to do their best in a bad situation. Staffing matters are just that. Vote however you see fit.

^ That's absurd! Type an gobbledegook into a search engine and it will be a proper noun somewhere in the world. Scrabble was difficult enough against any true aficionado of the game due their devious lists of obscure technical terms and archaic language as it was, now it'll just be a case of putting any letters anywhere and then arguing about it. Rubbish! (not that I've played it in about 15 years, but it is still wrong! )

There's a cartoon? Never knew that. I've never stumbled across them on satellite and hadn't seen them on TV for years. Maybe it is selective memory but I think of their humour as timeless. Bairns should be made to watch them!

When was the last time you saw Laurel and Hardy on TV? Why is that?

Yep, I would disclose it in this instance. The are not going to exclude you because of it. We live in a world where dyslexics can become teachers and those without sight can take part in extreme sports (as two of hundreds of examples) No harm or shame can come of it, surely.

Interesting question. I know someone who has no sense of smell and has no idea what caused it. They do still have a, perhaps somewhat limited, sense of taste remaining though. I wouldn't call it a disability because they are not limited in what they can do in restrictive way really. There are obvious considerations regarding smoke, gas or stale food, but none of these would prevent employment, leisure pursuits or routine personal or group safety to an extent that they could be described as disabled. I think.