On 23/03/2021 14:49, Graham wrote:
> On 2021-03-23 5:41 a.m., Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 08:56:55 +0000, S Viemeister
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 22/03/2021 23:22, Boron Elgar wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 21:15:07 +0000, S Viemeister
>>
>>>>> Fortunately, our last major power outage here (Scotland) lasted less
>>>>> than a day, and the weather was warm. A wildfire on moorland had
>>>>> got out
>>>>> of control, burned thousands of acres, melted the transmission lines,
>>>>> and even damaged the roadway, closing off the main road across the
>>>>> north
>>>>> coast of Scotland.
>>>>
>>>> I have never been that far north. It is on the list of places I want
>>>> to see.
>>>>
>>> Let me know when you do, I can provide travel tips. Also tea, coffee,
>>> and home baking.
>>> We're so far north, that if I walk up the road a bit, I can see Orkney.
>>
>> A delightful offer and I thank you and hope to take you up on it.
>>
>> I want to get to Orkney, too,
>
> Really???
>
> Bloody Orkney
> Hamish Blair
>
> This bloody town's a bloody cuss
> No bloody trains, no bloody bus,
> And no one cares for bloody us
> In bloody Orkney.
>
> The bloody roads are bloody bad,
> The bloody folks are bloody mad,
> They'd make the brightest bloody sad,
> In bloody Orkney.
>
> All bloody clouds, and bloody rains,
> No bloody kerbs, no bloody drains,
> The Council's got no bloody brains,
> In bloody Orkney.
>
> Everything's so bloody dear,
> A bloody bob, for bloody beer,
> And is it good? - no bloody fear,
> In bloody Orkney.
>
> The bloody 'flicks' are bloody old,
> The bloody seats are bloody cold,
> You can't get in for bloody gold
> In bloody Orkney.
>
> The bloody dances make you smile,
> The bloody band is bloody vile,
> It only cramps your bloody style,
> In bloody Orkney.
>
> No bloody sport, no bloody games,
> No bloody fun, the bloody dames
> Won't even give their bloody names
> In bloody Orkney.
>
> Best bloody place is bloody bed,
> With bloody ice on bloody head,
> You might as well be bloody dead,
> In bloody Orkney
>
>
I've even heard Orcadians singing that song!
It's actually a lovely place, with lovely people. I used to hang out
with a lot of Orcadians and Zetlanders when I lived in Edinburgh. They
were good company, and most of them were musically talented.