Frances144

The actual medical definition of influenza is:- If there were a £50 note at the bottom of your garden, would you go out and get it? If you have real flu, then there is no way on this earth you would or could. If you have a cold, then you would be skipping down there like a shot, sniffling as you go, but planning what to spend the cash on!

Had chips in a cone at The Fort last Monday - best description "average" from me and "good" from my OH. He thinks, compared with the rest, they are the best of a pretty poor bunch. The Fort are, at least, consistent - we think this is due to the amount of traffic so that the chips are never chewey and old. There is just no excuse for chippings (thank you, Happy Haddock!). This is a very sad state of affairs. The Happy Haddock used to be great, Ian's were just as good and The Fort stayed the same. What has happened to the great chip? They are the bench-mark of Shetland cuisine! Oh, the chypocrasy!

At least they acknowledged you and your dog's existence. They couldn't even be arsed to look up from what they were reading to answer my query with a grunt.

I have perused the Podcasts and have the Stephen Fry stuff, the Radio 4 Friday Night Comedy inc News Quiz and Now Show, 8 out of 10 cats, Armstrong & Miller (Timeghost), Logan's Run, E4 laughs at Edinburgh. I also have some Radio 7 stuff - a friend gets it for me. List includes: Dad's Army Sticks out Half a Mile All gas and gaiters Big Bang Day Blackadder Blake 7 Belack Expectations Cabin Pressure Absolute Power Cadfael (books and 2 radio dramas) Narnia Chambers Colvil and Soames Douglas Adams Dr Syn All Harry Potter I Claudius Kicking the Habit Men from the Ministry Mrs Bradley Michael Palin Himalayas Jeeves Navy Lark Rumpole Space Force Space Hacks Saturday Night Fry The Castle The Now Show The Lost Weblog (rubbish, utter rubbish) So, any more things like that would be appreciated. Anyone got Yes, Minister on CD? More Cadfael radio dramas, more Radio 4 comedy dramas would be great. Thanks everyone - appreciated. Fx

Try the Hydro Shop in the Street - I hope they got a full refund from their attendance at Charm School!

I am going south some time soon for a back operation. The pain is bad so I am sleeping odd hours and spending the rest of my time at night resting and listening to my iPod. I am quickly running out of things to listen to in the wee small hours. Has anyone got on CD any good Radio dramas, audiobooks, comedy programmes, etc that I can transfer onto my iPod to listen to? If so, please pm me with details - I have some already and can say yes or no to you and then we take it from there. I am willing to pay postage there and back. All CD's will be returned, I promise. I will try the library too but the majority of their stuff is on cassette. I like just about anything that takes my mind off my misery! Many thanks Frances

Brilliant! Thought, tbh, it is really scary how little some folk actually know about where their food comes from or what it is.

I am still a-wheelchairing with Flybe and I must say they are horrible to me. Last time I wanted to have my wheelchair after the security bit and shops at Aberdeen airport - not a huge walk and one I wanted to do as I haven't seen a shop for at least a year. "Customer Service Desk", and I use that term very loosely, told me that I could only have a wheelchair before security and no I could not look at the shops but just get straight on the plane (so i would go through security last minute). I said but I want to look at the shops and could manage that. No, i was told, it was before security or nothing. So I went and ate my lunch and thought abit about the situation. I went back to "Customer Service Desk" and said in a very loud voice, in front of all the other desk staff (EasyJet, etc), "Fine, I have taken my morphine. I am going through Security now and I will go shopping on my own. If I pass out, perhaps Flybe would have the courtesy to then provide me with a wheelchair" and off I stomped (well, limped - I have slipped discs in my back and awaiting urgent NHS surgery). I did what I set out to do, knackered myself and limped down to the gate (luckily a nearby one) and went to sleep (morphine and pain does that for you!) by the desk waiting to be called to board the plane. Funnily enough Flybe sent a wheelchair plus attendant to find me to get me on the plane first. There is a lot of work to do before this system even begins to work and no one wants to get involved or help. I am beginning to become an expert as I am using their system on a fairly regular basis - Consultants, scans, ops..... and I am not impressed. Flybe have made me feel small, unhelpful and in their way.

I have registered on the Car Share website and not ever had a bite. I would be interested to know if it has worked for anyone else?

What about 1 SIC employee = 1 yellow van. They never do lovely sharing, ever! Perish the thought! They need that spare seat for their Voe pie and, on a Friday, their newspaper!

I think the Council should request a feasibility study and then a Customer Focus Department to deal with this. Flybe have a Customer Focus Department who are busy focussing on the complete lack of wheelchair appearances despite requests using their Special Assistance Request Department. Or there is the old fall-back position, the Focus Feedback Forum......

The best crispy chicken wontons can be found at the Red Dragon takeaway, Lerwick. Truly divine and a real treat at lunchtime!

Anyone know where they are this weekend? I fancy a Chinese takeaway if they are on the wastside. Cheers Frances

M&S if you spend more than £30 do not charge postage to UK (and that includes Shetland!)

The existing bogs are, I think, by the New Pier which is not very near to anything. Abit like the ones at Sandness which are in Melby (and that is quite a trek to spend a penny!).

Sorry Happy Haddock, but twice in the space of two weeks our chips at lunchtime have been vile, old and chewy. Today's offerings were scraps of tattie not even the full chip. You have lost our business. No more second chances.

Nicolsons Garage have a flat bed with a winch on the front - 01595 810303 (I think). Very useful thing, a winch!

I always do that too, BigMouth. Give 'em £1 and tell them to have the time off on me! I just want to pack my own bags, that's all coz I have a long and arduous windy journey home and sometimes "contents may settle in transit".

I loathe bag packers. They have no idea how to actually pack - eggs at the bottom, then grapes, then tins....... Milk upside down, then bread, then tatties....... Firelighters, then fish, then cake....... No, no, no - leave me alone. I don't want to finance you at all. I will actually pay you to go away and chew gum somewhere else. Fx

You can give a place another chance and then write a review. My partner is not a fan of The Raba. He says everytime he eats there, he spends the night on the loo. This is his review from 2 years ago. I don't but do usually end up drinking alot of water. Haven't been for a year or so, so we decided to give it another chance (basically everywhere else was booked up and we were being taken out for a curry) and aren't we glad we did! The food was great, the service wasn't bad, and we left very happy bunnies having had a delicious meal, totally changing our opinion. Yes, we will go back. Yes, things have changed since the last couple of years and yes, my OH enjoyed himself and is more than happy to return.

I knew I needed a wheelchair to meet me at Edinburgh airport so I emailed their special assistance email address requesting that one met me at the plane from Sumburgh and there was one available for my return trip (same day). I was assured by email that this would be available and a wheelchair was duly waiting for me at the bottom of the steps of the plane from Sumburgh. Upon my return to Edinburgh airport, there was no wheelchair. I managed to get to the DIY check-in section where a Flybe rep/assistant/helper was showing folk how to work the computer. When I asked her if she could find me my wheelchair, she pointed and said "go over there (pointing miles away into the distance) and find one for myself" or to request for one when I checked in. I told her that standing in a queue let alone walking was a virtual impossibility and that a wheelchair had been pre-arranged for me to meet me upon my arrival at the airport. This Flybe rep then appeared annoyed that I had bothered her, flounced off in her clacky high heels to the Flybe info desk to arrange a wheelchair for me by telephone. This appeared to inconvenience her day greatly and made me feel that I had solely contributed to this. So be warned, if you want a wheelchair and have alreayd made arrangements at Edinburgh airport, Flybe will treat you like an inconvenient piece of dirt. It made a bad, stressful day 100% worse. Thanks FLybe.

I think I would prefer the human element and hopefully I have found someone's au pair who has been volunteered! Thanks Fx

Chicken in White Sauce Voe pie. Perfection! Hmmmm.

I need to put an advert in The Danish Shetland Pony Stud-Book. I think it might be best in Danish. Can anyone on here translate my advert into Danish for me? Please pm me if you can. Thanks Frances x

Are you building a telly tubby house? If so, can I have rabbits?