Colin

Another one gone...

Steve Harley, the frontman of British rock band Cockney Rebel, has died at the age of 73.

Come here in winter to try it out. Don't try to change anything, just aceptit for what it is. Also, it's Shetland not The Shetlands

Wonder what the 'Boys from New York City' will be singing up above..

I see that someone has been refused entry to a local service bus due to lack of space (to many tourists). As a regular bus user, I have had to stand more than a few times. OK, this is not really an issue travelling between Lerwick and Scalloway, but it must be a right pain on longer routes. It's bad enough when there are a couple of young lasses with prams, shopping etc. Then there are the seat hogs who seem to think that they can rightously occupy two seats just for their shopping, and to hell with everyone else. Maybe the drivers could be a little more proactive but, I have no idea what the solution is. Any suggestions?

I haven't seen any of it yet but, I'm a little puzzled at you delight with Shetland being (once again) ripped off with almost no benefit to the local population. Can you explain it to me in simple terms?

Good luck.. There must be an awful lot of old CB's gathering dust up here. Might dust off one of my old ones for a look around.

Not much experience with Macs, but have you tried re-instaling Safari.

It was a National Vote spread over all four nations. I always thought that the majority (of those who voted) voted to leave. I guess that is the 'democracy' and 'self determination' you speak of.

As soon as possible afterwards. They will keep pushig until they get the answer they want.

That's the whole point. I thought we already did decide..

Does it really matter if the EU becomes an election issue ? We all know that it's on the table anyway.

Be interesting to see how many squads invite women/girls join. My perception is that it is a bit of a "boys club". Time will tell.

This is the SIC you are speaking about. They don't do aything cheap..

Be careful. That's how my problem started.

Sympathies. The web seem to be more like the Wild West than a comms tools. Far to many scammers...

Maybe they just don't want to be associated with you..

Then they are without hope, or ambition....

Easy to block emails but, problem is that my account was being locked by it. Anyway, why would I block emails from Shetlink ?

Another try again today ! "We have detected 5 failed log in attempts to your account from United States."

Basically, the subject says it all. Got an automated email advising me that someone (from the united states) has tried to access/hack their way into my shetlink account. It doesn't matter really as the password (since changed, and was originally quite simple) was not used anywhere else. Anyone else been a target for this ?

afaik, it is a trading affilliation to the Landmark Wholesale Group (now UNITAS(I think)). Local distributor is J W Gray @ Co.

I thought that there was a local campaign running to purchase our own MRI scanner. Am I wrong?

I think that the biggest problem is some kind of information overload. Far to much is available at the press of a button, and far to many conflicting opinions on it's accuracy. It's way to easy to find an opinion that matches 'your' version of the 'facts'. People just don't think anymore. There is also an attitude that says "if google says so..." then it must be true. Trouble is tha google is far to powerful in this respect and can ALWAYS find an opinion that you are comfortable with.

The "age of misinformation" has been with us for decades (probably even longer). Chamberlain's "peace in our time" and Harold Wilson's "pound in your pocket" claims are examples. I guess there are very many others. It's just that the internet has made it possible for everybody(?) to air various crackpot(?) theories etc., not just a select few. I guess that everybody is wanting their "15 minutes of fame"...