Strange goings on along Bayhead
Posted: Thursday, 09 November 2006 |
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Sorry about the spelling in the above piece - new medication and two of my fingers are on a work to rule.
camelannabell from Arong Spelling House
So, Anne is out honey-mooning, probably a wiser move than waiting for the moon to rise over the fank at Ness. Is she in Seville (and did she perchance spot Mama Beag, who owes me a well-cured marag??) practising her flamenco for the Fank Riverdance when not looking deeply into the eyes of ... (Inspector Morse, is it?).
mjc from NM
Ouch Anne, congratulations. calumannabel best tell Donald to turn the double caravan into the honeymoon suite. I'm just wondering if the spoused could be a pal for the mighty Trevor, if necessary I can aquire an extra wheelie bin for the Fank. Yet again calunannabel has been shown as the fountain of all knowledge, however, gambling tch tch tch.
GrannyE. DBE.RM from Auchenshuggle tryin to work out where weegie fits
I see from 'The Big Day Out' that Anne was on leave but not away from her computer - funny thing to be doing on honeymoon - do you think it was a virtual wedding? Will we have to show respect as befits a respectable married lady and desist from weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth when comment don't appear? It's a worry.
Flying Cat from the battered remains of a bouquet
I don't understand any if this, should I be worried? The bit about the bookies is strange, but, knowing Donnie Campbell, it's more than likely very true.
thewhitesettler from the croft lewis
thewhitesettler: if you have not eaten Guga you won't be able to tell Anne from Anna, Fank from Funk, and Annie Beag from GrannyE.DBE.RM, Fellow of the Royal Society of Guga Fanciers. When you are out of the loop, my dear chap, there is no alternative but to swim to Sanda, and hope you make it before the bar closes.
mjc from NM,USA
"When you are out of the loop, my dear chap, there is no alternative but to swim to Sanda, and hope you make it before the bar closes. mjc from NM,USA" . I just re-read this part of my comment above. It was meant to be a Fank funky joke, and I want to make certain it is now viewed as a reflection on Sanda or visitors there. As a matter of fact, since the birthday party mentioned in Sunny's and Willowweaver's blogs, I have been thinking of how to get on an Arran Adventure trip to Sanda (I want to see that Lighthouse).
mjc from NM,USA
I rerember my fingers frequently meeting the rule at the Laxdale School, and that was always about not doing work. Is this the sort of educational comments you're hoping for?
Mark from A house sold down south
The request list still stands. Well, the fank is still a few months away and a girl has to keep her options open... ;-)
Anne from IBHQ
"and I want to make certain it is now viewed as a reflection on Sanda or visitors there." mjc. Good grief!! Yes, FC would say it is a Freudian slip of the tongue (or the finger), but, really, sincerely, I meant to write "noT viewed ..." Where did I leave my coffee?!!
mjc from NM,USA
"Mark from A house sold down south". Heavens! Sold your house in order to be afford to go to the Fank?!! (rather extreme, is it not?) What swanky outfit will be you engulfed in? Anne, I recommend you keep an eye on Mark (loaded - with cash - for bear).
mjc from NM,USA
MJC: Can you only buy bears for cash in NM then? you ought to move up a couple of states, in Colorado they give them away at the gas stations for free with bags of trash. Mayhap 'bearJuice' is the stateside version of Guga?
Mark from Beartrap Heaven
Did I really write:"loaded - with cash - for bear"? 'course I meant to write (history is re-written every day) "loaded for beer." Meets your approval? # Colorado: unfortunately, Co. is ONLY ONE State north. Weird things happen in Colorado. New Mexicans won't have anything to do with them (or their ski slopes: ours, of course, are much better!)
mjc from NM,USA
MJC: if by NM ski slopes you mean dune surfing then hmmm.... I couldn't rerember if NM was one of the states that was part of the 'four corners' thing or not. As for Co. I got pulled there for speeding and got let off!!!! The (F) ranger was drop dead gorgeous, and the Co. accent is one of the best I know. ahhhhhh memories....
Mark from Dune riders club house
Mark, that was a horrid, HORRID comment!! Hope the Jackalope eats you alive for your sins!! # Taos?! Wonderful skiing out there. Secondary ski slopes in Santa Fe, Sandia, Inn of the Mountain Gods {you could in fact also "ski" or at least "sled" in White Sands - the Dunes, southern NM}. From where I live at the western foot of the Sandias (6,200 feet), I could get to a lift/tram in five minutes which would take me in ten minutes to the top of the Sandias (10,000 feet), where I could hop off and start skiing right away on the east side of the mountains (rather different ecological zones)# In Nuevo Mexico, if you don't know the answer to the question "Green or Red?" when the State Trooper glares at you, you are toast, being held ransom for twice the statutory fine (kidding). Green or Red refers to chile/peppers, preferably from Hatch. It is the question you always get when you are served your Huevos Rancheros, fajitas etc. Not understanding the question and being ready with an answer in NM is like calling San Francisco "Frisco" when you visit the city by the bay). # Anyway, come on over next time you are in the US. NM is not called The Land of Enchantment for nothing. You were so close to God's Own Country, and you missed it. Better planning next time. Fly straight to Albuquerque International Sunport: you all come! (How about a charter flight, after the Fank?!)
mjc from NM,USA
Dunriding. What a marvellous name for a retirement home.
Flying Cat from The Sunroom of Eternity
It's also a great name for Liz Taylor's house.
calumhollywood from Dunfanking Ness
MJC: Jackaloupe, now that does bring back memories, do you know a place called Wall Drug? Its way up north, near Devils Tower and stuff. FC: Shouldn't your owners be erm dunstroking or something when they retire?
Mark from Home of free water and 10c Coffee
Mark, Mark, Mark, where is your feline to keep you trained? Cat's don't have owners and their staff are not allowed to retire! Dunstroking ... ain't no such verb!
mia from from a well trained lap
sorry about that Mark, Mia gets very fluffed and indignant at the thought she is owned! I'll testify to the not being allowed to retire tho!!! Wonder if I can claim for RSI
jas from I'm the well trained lap
Devil's Tower: no Mark, I have not seen it (yet). I'll try to do so next time I go up to Wyoming. Wyo. is a wonderful State (though it gets rather cold and windy in winter). Not been to Wall Drug either, though I have been to Badlands NP. # I am glad you traveled around Mark, and that you seemed to have enjoyed yourself. Lots of room to wander around in this country, eh? Why people end up in NYC or Orlando or LA beats me. I can understand people going to and enjoying Washington DC: nice restaurants, and lots of museums and monuments to visit, almost all free, in a compact area on/around the Mall. # If the winds and rain get to be too much, y'all (islanders and Poles included), come on over and visit.
mjc from NM,USA
The thread seems to have wandered away from Bayhead? Is this the sort of meandering we are looking for?
calumannabel from The Bacon Counter Castlebay Coop
Sorry Calum, Seems you're being BlogJacked eh? If ts thread you're after I have some nice bottle green down in the bottom of the fly box.
Mark from Bayhead Habadashery
When did Liz Taylor move to Bayhead and stop indulging in the old hoochmagandie? Has she stopped putting up Gests?
Flying Cat from Big Cage
MJC: you leave them poles alone, I'm hoping for a big fat grant from the Crofters commision for planting them. (at least I heard his name was grant and he likes his Guga and chips)
Mark from Fencers Annonymous
To Mark from Bayhead Habesdashery Bottle Green is exactly the type of thrread I'm looking for. Is that the same as 'Screwtop Green' of the old Ness 'milk bottles'.
calumaneedle from Tigh Coates Ness
Mark: forget them Ppppooles!! Give your attention, matey, to the Animal Control exertions in Shapinsay and Stromness areas (no, not Sanday: they ain't that foolish, but mum's the word)? Check Mrs. Barebraes site (NOT sight, you nincom ...) On Top of Ward Hill, Shapinsay. # Hallo Calum amigo, como esta? Good ... so far?! Two more days and then, on Thanksgiving Day, I am off to the Fank --- if I can find it (three weeks of unspeakable revelry, hidden from the prying eyes of the Tourist Boards and Visit Scotland [joking apart/seriously, Visit Scotland is a wonderfully informative and useful site. We use it for info. and bookings, and can recommend it heartily!!]).
mjc from NM,USA
Hmmm.......you wouldn't be so keen on visitscotland mjc, if you'd tried making a complaint to it. Or them. Anodyne and meaningless was the response, both written and telephonic. Can you really do trade-ins at the Fank, or is it re-treads you meant to say Calum? There must be a few old bangers who would benefit.
Flying Cat from Headscratching House
Why not have a guga for thanksgiving and give a turkey a reprieve? Have a good holiday.
calumannabel from ness
Trade ins, remoulds, born agains, BOGOFS callem what you like but there wasn't a single dissatisfied customer at last year's fank
calumannabel from Customer Satisfaction Desk Lionel
What do you plan to trade-in FC? Brandied guga? Brandied Gugas, like their fruitcake counterparts, are for recirculating (like those shells in the Tobriand Islands). # Calum., I am flying the old Albatross: American Airlines. The odds are against guga for Thanksgiving (their lawyers would not allow them!!).
mjc from NM,USA
American Airlines! You'll be crop spraying over Montana with that lot. I've heard you sit on pallets in tourist class. I hope you aren't too stiff to enjoy the delights of Oxford after so many hours in a Spitfire with an outside toilet.
calumaeroplane from Albert Ross House Adabrock
Calumannabel, I am still a spinster despite rowing the longship all the way to Lewis and back and splashing out for an up to the minute fasionable new boiler suit and steel toe caps, that makes one very dissatistied customer! You had better do better this year!!! I would like a man who can get his wellies off without surgical intervention and, on special occasions, can manage a whole sentence without blaspheming, referring to fornication or bringing others into disrepute. That's right, I'm raising my standards and looking for the suave sophisticated type! (I've heard Lewis men like a challenge)
Sunny from Arran
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