Pleepsie

Went to buy my Sunday paper today, only to have the picture of Saddam on the gallows with rope around his neck displayed on every front page. I do not want to see that before I've had my brekkie. All images of that nature should have been in a sealed bag inside and not plastered over the first half dozen pages and if - like me - you dont want to gaze on scenes of death and torture you could have bunged it on the fire! As it is those images will play on my mind for ages

I see in the paper today that some councils are considering using high powered microphones with CCTV to be able to listen in to conversations in the street and if they detect 'agressive' or 'loud' speech to call the police and so prevent it escallating into violence. Does this mean the police will turn out to arguments between couples (high probability of that during Xmas shopping) or Mothers scolding Children? (Ditto). And what do they do with the recordings? Will they remain on record forever? This should be stopped before it starts!

As well as the chance you share DNA patterns with someone else, what about input errors onto the data base? As long as we have humans typing info into something mistakes will be made. After a two minute search I came upon this on the BBC web site: No scientist would ever say anything is foolproof. In the case of DNA fingerprinting only a relatively small portion of the DNA from a cell is compared. There is the possibility that more than one person might have the same pattern for such a fragment. (If it was possible to look at the pattern generated from an entire strand of DNA, agreement between two samples would be absolutely infallible.) In order to use such data reliably in criminal cases, forensic scientists include in their deliberations the probability that a certain pattern might occur. The lower the probability the greater its value as evidence. Of course, identical twins will have identical DNA.

I was thrown out of Sumburgh Hotel many years ago. I shall not reveal what for...

Pleepsie by name, Pleepsin by nature

I do like fish with all different kinds of flavourings - including garlic - my gripe was that there were about 7 different kinds of fish including shellfish, all cooked in a slighltly different way, and who knows there may have been herbs and other flavouring too -but the whole lot was swamped in garlic butter, I might just as well have been eating fish fingers...

Hmmmm.. could it be Embriodery?

Do tell.... it wont go any further....

A 20 centime coin works in them, and there's no chance of spending it, only problem is getting hold of one in the first place.

I was an avid collector of Marvel comics in the early 70s, I even had the first uk published spiderman comic - but my Mum threw them all out when I was working away from home . I've moved on to collecting books now - which take up a lot more room than comics do!

I hope you're not missing south already? No multiplex cinemas here in Lerwick. Chances are you will have to wait till it comes out on DVD.

I had a seafood platter at the Spiggie Hotel in the summer and they poured garlic butter over everything! Fresh fish and Garlic!!!

I totaly agree with you Babsy, I too have night driving specs -but my prescription actually changes in the dark -do you have this problem too?

Hmmmm... That sounds just like my Mother in Law.....

That should have been Stones.....

I remember Mary 'O' Papa telling me that I must never speak ill of anyone whilst standing on the white sones at the top of the hill - could this have been the witches lookout?

It is almost impossible to get a compost bin delivered to Shetland for a reasonable sum, one guy quoted £27 to deliver it It is also over £30 to buy one locally (at least that is what my Sister paid) but you can get one from Shetland council at: :http://www.shetland.gov.uk/waste/h.asp or call 01595 744800. They cost from £5 to £15 depending on what type you get. Happy Composting!

I seem to remember being told that witches were burnt on Galloway Hill in Scalloway. Was that my mother trying to scare me or was it true?

Has anyone noticed that fake tan users smell of stale biscuits?

We unlucky Shetlanders who live Sooth o da Border get regular visits at this time of year from Wolf Spiders... Huge hairy things that can run mighty fast!!

Drinking has always been part of the Shetland culture, and most people grow out of it - along with teenage spots etc. and go on to live responsible lives (and to cluck their tongues at the next generation coming along who do just as they did). Sadly, this young child got hold of a lot of booze, and we have to ask, not only who supplied it but also where were his parents? Surely they are the ones to be held to account for this? A child is not responsible for its actions, that is why this whole affair must be laid at the childs parents door for they alone are responsible for their child.