Surprise Visitors at the T & T

auchenblae · Post by **auchenblae** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:10 pm

There should be two visitors at the T & T tonight, Friday 17th, who have been absent for a year.

eddie

canUsmellthat · Post by **canUsmellthat** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:27 pm

So they've a years worth of rounds to buy? I'll be there if so...

Seventhseil · Post by **Seventhseil** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 6:09 pm

Pentland Pirate and his missus....... looking for a B&B?

Pentlandpirate · Post by **Pentlandpirate** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:13 pm

You'll love us til the money runs out

a nonny mouse · Post by **a nonny mouse** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 1:56 pm

OK, who was it?

Seil Sally · Post by **Seil Sally** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 7:18 pm

There should be two visitors at the T & T tonight

Bet Miranda was hoping for more than two!!!

That remark reminded me of reading the Scalpay News in The Oban Times!!!

Seil Sally · Post by **Seil Sally** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:22 pm

HA !! - was speaking to a local at the T + T very recently - has anyone else noticed the silver people-carrier which has been sitting outside the pub ?? - apparently its been sitting there for nearly a week, spoiling all the tourist photo's!!!! - one of the local 'worthies', it seems, hasn't been sober long enough to pick it up!!!

(maybe employed by the Woolpack?? )

Note to Smelly - when I say a local, I mean someone that has bought a house on the island and stays here.

canUsmellthat · Post by **canUsmellthat** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 6:08 pm

Note to elite SS, your definition of a local, as a rule, is as water tight as the Titanic. You don't have to be a genius to see why, maybe this is your problem?

Seil Sally · Post by **Seil Sally** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 6:46 pm

Astounding and obvious logic there Smelly

Wish I'd thought more about it before pressing the wee buttons! Silly Seil Sally!!

Seil Sally · Post by **Seil Sally** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 7:04 pm

.....and a perfect example of unwarranted back-biting from the blinkered SmellThis !!!

moonraker · Post by **moonraker** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:47 pm

hi there just a quick quote the silver tweenie bus was at the t n t to see if he could drum up some business .to lavish our visitors with a cruise on his cabin cruiser..WATCH OUT WHALE BOTHERERS

canUsmellthat · Post by **canUsmellthat** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 11:28 am

OOOHHHH, the irony!

Anyway, there are far more variables to consider than your simplistic model definition of a local. Granted, some anomalies may conform to your definition but I imagine your significance level would be greater the p= 0.05 meaning non significance.

What if one inhabits rented accommodation? If one builds their own house? If one does not even wish to be called a local. Answering one question gives rise to another, the more we answer brings us closer to the truth.

My enemy is the person whose point of view I have not heard…

Seil Sally · Post by **Seil Sally** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:10 pm

Usmell - I think your response gives us all an insight into your thought processing : unconventional and a little bit scary!!!

....so I'll just agree with what you say - I imagine that's what your aim is!

moonraker · Post by **moonraker** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:25 pm

i think you become a local when you join golf club.own your own boat.be in the 5 o"clock club.and use the forum.o yeah and live on seil not just visit once in a while

Post by **NickB** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:50 am

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Do I really have to join the golf club, Moonraker?

NickB

a nonny mouse · Post by **a nonny mouse** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:32 am

NickB wrote:.
Do I really have to join the golf club, Moonraker?

It might depend on how many balls you have.

Seventhseil · Post by **Seventhseil** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:45 pm

"when I say a local, I mean someone that has bought a house on the island and stays here."

Seem to me that this is a somewhat elitist attitude why must a local have to own a house? Do you know any locals who didnt buy a house thirty years ago who can afford to buy on the island.......

Bring back council houses.............

Seil Sally · Post by **Seil Sally** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:03 pm

- I must apologise for my lack of sensitivity!! - I mean, of course, "....someone that has a house on the island..." whether bought OR rented.

Apologies once again !

moonraker · Post by **moonraker** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:15 pm

do you have to buy your own house to keep up with the joneses

oh stamp out the poor

seil sally you should be edited off the forum for your selfish mind bring back the council

canUsmellthat · Post by **canUsmellthat** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:29 pm

I think culture has a lot to do with the definition of a "true" local. Old locals have memories of old characters, geography the way it used to be, animals that have declined and are all but gone from the area (Corncrakes e.g.) and anecdotes galore etc etc.

The problem is that there are fewer anecdotes about old local characters being told by fewer locals who remember them. The neo local, through no fault of their own, does not have the culture of the local proper. I suppose we're not much different from a population of aphids...except we have/did have culture.

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