Do they have a poultry show in Orkney at any of the fall fairs? Our smaller rural fall fairs here are big on fowl. We raised Auracanas, a south american bird that lays blue eggs low in fat. At least that was the story, but the eggs were blue to be sure. Do your birds run free? Free range birds taste so much better. Interesting note....thanks Sian...Stephen On Sep 15, 2007, at 11:34 AM, Sian Thomas wrote: > 33% of the Graemsay population is under 14! I don't know of any > online > arial shots of the whole of the island, I know some folk have taken > photos > from the top of Ward Hill. I'll see if I can locate one such. You > will > find Graemsay on the Ship Plotter map on www.graemsay.org.uk the > island has > a grey "ballon" over it labelled "Isle of Graemsay". > > Yes it is a quiet life on Graemsay. If folk choose they can become a > "recluse" but most of us are fairly involved in the community. > There's a > kind of inter-dependence among us. For example I can't lift the 5 > gallon > jerry-cans full of petrol that come across on the ferry for my > island car. > So I rely on a neighbour to deliver to the house and decant into > smaller > jerry-cans. However this neighbour doesn't often visit town so I run > errands for him whenever I am in town. When I lived South I hated > asking > for help, but on Graemsay I feel I can always do something in return. > > And yes i have 9 hens and two "roosters". I am grateful for 3 feet > thick > walls and double glazing..... neighbours also have cockerals and > there is > often a competition in the morning between them all. In the summer > this > starts at 3am...... in the winter at a more civilised hour - about > 8.30am. > > Sian > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "stephen davie" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 3:08 PM > Subject: [ORCADIA] Intrigued with Graemsay? > > >> Great to be able to hear from ya online Sian. You are a good >> ambassador for your fair Graemsay isle as Bruce is for Stronsay. >> Twould be a dream to live a quiet life there... feed the birds, raise >> a few grouse and highland cattle, and perhaps have a part time job >> such as being the designated temperature recorder, or the fellow who >> empties the rain meter and records the fall. Maybe keep a few hens >> and a noisy rooster too. When they get on your nerves...eat em! Then >> get new ones in the spring. >> >> cheers...stephen >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

All, Tuck here, back from a glorius four weeks in England. I have been to all the inhabited islands in Orkney, save Graemsay and Flotta. However, there is another that is in a shady category, and that is Swona. My daughter went there some years ago to band birds (she reported that razor bills are NOT named for the shape of their bills...) and she saw the following. there was a house there, with a couple living in it. One afternoon the wife laid out things for tea; cakes, bread, jams, cups, plates, etc. Suddenly the husband fell ill with a heart attack, so she got him to boat and over to the Kirkwall hospital as quickly as she could, but he died there. She never returned. So now the house contains the table, still laid for tea, the bread and cakes long crumbled and everything coated with dust and cobwebs. But there in the sitting room is the mummified leathery carcass of a cow that wandered in and couldn't find its way out. Does this island count as inhabited? Tuck On Sep 15, 2007, at 11:34 AM, Sian Thomas wrote: > 33% of the Graemsay population is under 14! I don't know of any > online > arial shots of the whole of the island, I know some folk have taken > photos > from the top of Ward Hill. I'll see if I can locate one such. You > will > find Graemsay on the Ship Plotter map on www.graemsay.org.uk the > island has > a grey "ballon" over it labelled "Isle of Graemsay". > > Yes it is a quiet life on Graemsay. If folk choose they can become a > "recluse" but most of us are fairly involved in the community. > There's a > kind of inter-dependence among us. For example I can't lift the 5 > gallon > jerry-cans full of petrol that come across on the ferry for my > island car. > So I rely on a neighbour to deliver to the house and decant into > smaller > jerry-cans. However this neighbour doesn't often visit town so I run > errands for him whenever I am in town. When I lived South I hated > asking > for help, but on Graemsay I feel I can always do something in return. > > And yes i have 9 hens and two "roosters". I am grateful for 3 feet > thick > walls and double glazing..... neighbours also have cockerals and > there is > often a competition in the morning between them all. In the summer > this > starts at 3am...... in the winter at a more civilised hour - about > 8.30am. > > Sian > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "stephen davie" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 3:08 PM > Subject: [ORCADIA] Intrigued with Graemsay? > > >> Great to be able to hear from ya online Sian. You are a good >> ambassador for your fair Graemsay isle as Bruce is for Stronsay. >> Twould be a dream to live a quiet life there... feed the birds, raise >> a few grouse and highland cattle, and perhaps have a part time job >> such as being the designated temperature recorder, or the fellow who >> empties the rain meter and records the fall. Maybe keep a few hens >> and a noisy rooster too. When they get on your nerves...eat em! Then >> get new ones in the spring. >> >> cheers...stephen >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Well.... I don't recall that we have delved into the subject of Orkney ghosts,,but unless there are such things my guess is that it would not qualified as "inhabited"...unless you count the razor bills. R -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tuck Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 11:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Intrigued with Graemsay? All, Tuck here, back from a glorius four weeks in England. I have been to all the inhabited islands in Orkney, save Graemsay and Flotta. However, there is another that is in a shady category, and that is Swona. My daughter went there some years ago to band birds (she reported that razor bills are NOT named for the shape of their bills...) and she saw the following. there was a house there, with a couple living in it. One afternoon the wife laid out things for tea; cakes, bread, jams, cups, plates, etc. Suddenly the husband fell ill with a heart attack, so she got him to boat and over to the Kirkwall hospital as quickly as she could, but he died there. She never returned. So now the house contains the table, still laid for tea, the bread and cakes long crumbled and everything coated with dust and cobwebs. But there in the sitting room is the mummified leathery carcass of a cow that wandered in and couldn't find its way out. Does this island count as inhabited? Tuck On Sep 15, 2007, at 11:34 AM, Sian Thomas wrote: > 33% of the Graemsay population is under 14! I don't know of any > online > arial shots of the whole of the island, I know some folk have taken > photos > from the top of Ward Hill. I'll see if I can locate one such. You > will > find Graemsay on the Ship Plotter map on www.graemsay.org.uk the > island has > a grey "ballon" over it labelled "Isle of Graemsay". > > Yes it is a quiet life on Graemsay. If folk choose they can become a > "recluse" but most of us are fairly involved in the community. > There's a > kind of inter-dependence among us. For example I can't lift the 5 > gallon > jerry-cans full of petrol that come across on the ferry for my > island car. > So I rely on a neighbour to deliver to the house and decant into > smaller > jerry-cans. However this neighbour doesn't often visit town so I run > errands for him whenever I am in town. When I lived South I hated > asking > for help, but on Graemsay I feel I can always do something in return. > > And yes i have 9 hens and two "roosters". I am grateful for 3 feet > thick > walls and double glazing..... neighbours also have cockerals and > there is > often a competition in the morning between them all. In the summer > this > starts at 3am...... in the winter at a more civilised hour - about > 8.30am. > > Sian > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "stephen davie" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 3:08 PM > Subject: [ORCADIA] Intrigued with Graemsay? > > >> Great to be able to hear from ya online Sian. You are a good >> ambassador for your fair Graemsay isle as Bruce is for Stronsay. >> Twould be a dream to live a quiet life there... feed the birds, raise >> a few grouse and highland cattle, and perhaps have a part time job >> such as being the designated temperature recorder, or the fellow who >> empties the rain meter and records the fall. Maybe keep a few hens >> and a noisy rooster too. When they get on your nerves...eat em! Then >> get new ones in the spring. >> >> cheers...stephen >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message _______________________________________ Orcadia Group Photo Album http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sounds like paradise to me...well...accept for the ferry ride. For those that are interested you can find Graemsay on Google Maps, Google Earth and Microsoft's Virtual Earth. Unfortunately the images are all taken from high altitude and are not very high res,,so when you try to zoom down you lose almost all of the detail. Did find one bit of interesting information...Sian has her very own coastal artillery battery...up on the tip nearest Stromness. Guess we better be nice to her or she will sink our boat! <g> R -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sian Thomas Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 10:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Intrigued with Graemsay? 33% of the Graemsay population is under 14! I don't know of any online arial shots of the whole of the island, I know some folk have taken photos from the top of Ward Hill. I'll see if I can locate one such. You will find Graemsay on the Ship Plotter map on www.graemsay.org.uk the island has a grey "ballon" over it labelled "Isle of Graemsay". Yes it is a quiet life on Graemsay. If folk choose they can become a "recluse" but most of us are fairly involved in the community. There's a kind of inter-dependence among us. For example I can't lift the 5 gallon jerry-cans full of petrol that come across on the ferry for my island car. So I rely on a neighbour to deliver to the house and decant into smaller jerry-cans. However this neighbour doesn't often visit town so I run errands for him whenever I am in town. When I lived South I hated asking for help, but on Graemsay I feel I can always do something in return. And yes i have 9 hens and two "roosters". I am grateful for 3 feet thick walls and double glazing..... neighbours also have cockerals and there is often a competition in the morning between them all. In the summer this starts at 3am...... in the winter at a more civilised hour - about 8.30am. Sian ----- Original Message ----- From: "stephen davie" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 3:08 PM Subject: [ORCADIA] Intrigued with Graemsay? > Great to be able to hear from ya online Sian. You are a good > ambassador for your fair Graemsay isle as Bruce is for Stronsay. > Twould be a dream to live a quiet life there... feed the birds, raise > a few grouse and highland cattle, and perhaps have a part time job > such as being the designated temperature recorder, or the fellow who > empties the rain meter and records the fall. Maybe keep a few hens > and a noisy rooster too. When they get on your nerves...eat em! Then > get new ones in the spring. > > cheers...stephen > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > _______________________________________ Orcadia Group Photo Album http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yes the decision won't be made (or cynic that I am - published) until that date. But we know we are a borderline case - possibly because the Post Office on Graemsay is being forced to move premices at quite some cost and so discussions have been had with the PO authorities. the Post office is having to move because currently it's in an ancient caravan which is slowly disintegrating and the post office has just changed hands and is hopefully going to be moved to a more accessible and stable location! Sian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mistra" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 3:44 PM Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Post Offices > > The consultations on the future of Post Offices in Orkney (& Shetland) are > not due to be held until March 2008 according to the list attached to this > link: http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=1977 > > Mike Williams > (Evie subpostmaster) > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.18/1007 - Release Date: > 13/09/2007 > 21:48 > > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I'm with you Norman. I particpate in this particular list because it is Orkney focused, and I hope to learn about other aspects of Orkney from fellow listers in all their many forms, as well as share my small corner of the isles. If the Photo Album remains as a link it will be unobtrusive so folk can choose to look or not. I'm afraid I won't be adding photos - have enough to keep up with our island web-sites. Also if the topics of discussion go off into Non-Orkney things I'm not likely to participate much. I belong to other lists too which are for specific interests - I don't have much time to wade through muddy waters so prefer if lists stay on topic. Sian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norman Tulloch" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 6:27 PM Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Orcadia Group Photo Album > > > I must admit that I have reservations about the Orcadia Group Photo Album. > > To state the obvious, the Orcadia group is about Orkney. While I'd > welcome a photo album concerned with things Orcadian, I think that most > of the things that you mention in the list above are quite irrelevant to > the remit of the Orcadia list. > > The Orcadia Group Photo Album is a good idea, but not if it it is to > consist of pictures of things or people completely unconnected with > Orkney. > > Sorry, but that's the way I feel. > > Norman Tulloch > > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Here Here! The view from here in Canada is that yes, we are bound together as siblings with attachments to mother Orkney. Norman makes a valid point about the purpose of the site. Mother Orkney is and must remain the focus always. But the side bar issue here is that we know each other somewhat, and the connections and bonds we make can become stronger if we share. I think the photos that relate to members is a natural extension of those relationships, and they could be in a who's who members section, aside from the core of this, which is hardcore Orkney. But I would love to see Royce in his Gunn kilt and cowboy hat, and people from down under with their pet roos, and our northern friends with furs and snowshoes and the English eating fish and chips on a cobblestone street...etc. etc. When I was there I met Karen from the south, Scarlett Peggy from Virginia and Vermont, Steve Heddle from Kirkwall and Bruce and Maureen and Surrey the killer cat on Stronsay. By having a photo album to look at, if we are walking through an airport or down Albert street, or sitting in a pub in Stromness, we just recognize someone we have been chatting with for years. That I predict will indeed happen, based on our numbers and the trips we make to Orkney. Bottom line....Royce.... you have begun to pioneer a new and exciting dimension for this group of Orknoids. Thanks for your noble effort. Stephen Kol Davie On Sep 14, 2007, at 3:41 PM, Jacqueline Howell wrote: > Hello Royce - > > As a member of this far-flung community - if usually as a lurking > one - > I laud the possibility of us sharing a part of each others lives, as > well as those in the Orkney communities! (phew - ran out of breath > there...) > > Thanks you for your thoughtfulness in creating it as an option for > us all! > > Jackie in Oakland, CA > > > > > Royce Perry wrote: >> I tend to agree Norman...in fact I sat on the idea for quite a while >> wondering how the group would react. Case in point,,it must have >> been the >> camel that broke the straws back for Fiona,,she just bailed out. >> My hope is that the folks that are actually on Orkney will play an >> active >> part in letting us "out worlders" get a better peek at what the >> reality on >> the ground is. >>> From a slightly different angle, this group itself is "connected" to >> Orkney,,it is in a way an extended Orkney community. As such, we >> have a >> certain amount of justified interest in each other as people. Used >> properly >> a photo place where we can see each other and our surroundings is >> within the >> remit of the group? >> But I am certainly open to discussion and opposing opinions. >> For what it's worth..the photo album is not part of the group as >> such...only >> an external link to the site where it's hosted. >> R >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Norman Tulloch [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 12:28 PM >> To: [email protected]; [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Orcadia Group Photo Album >> >> >> I must admit that I have reservations about the Orcadia Group >> Photo Album. >> >> To state the obvious, the Orcadia group is about Orkney. While I'd >> welcome a photo album concerned with things Orcadian, I think that >> most >> of the things that you mention in the list above are quite >> irrelevant to >> the remit of the Orcadia list. >> >> The Orcadia Group Photo Album is a good idea, but not if it it is to >> consist of pictures of things or people completely unconnected >> with Orkney. >> >> Sorry, but that's the way I feel. >> >> Norman Tulloch >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > -- > Jacqueline Howell > 510 302-4200 > 510 302-4242 FAX > > Receptionist/Asst. Site Administrator > WestEd > 300 Lakeside Drive, 25th Fl > Oakland, CA 94612 > > > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Royce Perry wrote: > So my suggestion is that anyone that wants' to share pictures of your part > of the world,,anything you think the rest of us might be interested in..new > grandbaby,,the deer that walked into your living room, (happened to a friend > in Canada), the new post office,, sunsets, cactus,,snow.festivals in your > area,,,dances at the local hall...you get the idea. Royce, I must admit that I have reservations about the Orcadia Group Photo Album. To state the obvious, the Orcadia group is about Orkney. While I'd welcome a photo album concerned with things Orcadian, I think that most of the things that you mention in the list above are quite irrelevant to the remit of the Orcadia list. The Orcadia Group Photo Album is a good idea, but not if it it is to consist of pictures of things or people completely unconnected with Orkney. Sorry, but that's the way I feel. Norman Tulloch

Royce Perry wrote: > A knot is just slightly less than a mile/hour....so yes...those speeds would > blow your hat off. > R Sorry you are wrong, Royce. A knot is more than one mile per hour. To convert knots to m.p.h. multiply by 1.15 50 knots = 57.5 m.p.h. We are just coming up to the autumn equinox in about another week or so. Gales can be relied upon at this time of year. -- Kind regards Mike Clouston

-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay) Sent: 14 September 2007 14:12 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Post Offices Sian Thomas wrote: >> Bruce (and and any other list members in rural areas of Orkney) - any news >> on post office closures? Our Graemsay sub-post office is under threat. We >> have been told we are a bordeline case, but may scrape through because we >> are on an island. Bruce Fletcher wrote: >I've not heard any news of this. Sue, our postmistress and her mother >came over for dinner yesterday (Thursday) and I'm sure she would have >mentioned it. Our postoffice is literally just across the road from us >and seems to have a steady flow of customers and the monks from Golgotha >Monastery send out hundreds of copies of their quarterly magazine via >the postoffice. The consultations on the future of Post Offices in Orkney (& Shetland) are not due to be held until March 2008 according to the list attached to this link: http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=1977 Mike Williams (Evie subpostmaster) No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.18/1007 - Release Date: 13/09/2007 21:48

Sadly the Post Office as a whole is a bit of an anachronism, as explained by Sian. The main hope must be that village shops will survive a bit longer by also being the post office. Just try visiting Dingwall with its 24/7 Tesco - the High Street is either already closed, for sale/rent or run down looking. Then try Alness or Ullapool or wherever without a good supermarket - just fine. And do not think Tescos will not come to Kirkwall as it will eventually. But I really hope that the little shops will still prosper. 1 knot - 1 nautical mile per hour - 6,080 feet. 1 degree of latitude = 60 nautical miles

Thank you - I just don't understand the objection to the picture section. If you don't want to add pictures that's fine and if you don't want to look at them that's fine too but why the objection to them? Maybe two albums would be a possibility - one with just Orkney related pictures but aren't we all Orkney related on this list? I don't know - just my two cents worth. On Sep 14, 2007, at 2:20 PM, Royce Perry wrote: At present 198....so we have a ton of "lurkers" which is normal for most list's like this. R -----Original Message----- From: Evelyn Hlabse [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 1:05 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Orcadia Group Photo Album I'm curious - how many people are on this list? On Sep 14, 2007, at 1:27 PM, Norman Tulloch wrote: Royce Perry wrote: > So my suggestion is that anyone that wants' to share pictures of your > part > of the world,,anything you think the rest of us might be interested > in..new > grandbaby,,the deer that walked into your living room, (happened to a > friend > in Canada), the new post office,, sunsets, cactus,,snow.festivals in > your > area,,,dances at the local hall...you get the idea. Royce, I must admit that I have reservations about the Orcadia Group Photo Album. To state the obvious, the Orcadia group is about Orkney. While I'd welcome a photo album concerned with things Orcadian, I think that most of the things that you mention in the list above are quite irrelevant to the remit of the Orcadia list. The Orcadia Group Photo Album is a good idea, but not if it it is to consist of pictures of things or people completely unconnected with Orkney. Sorry, but that's the way I feel. Norman Tulloch Orcadia Group Photo Album http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Evelyn, Emma, Robbie & Spencer Sweet Pea Digory waiting at the Bridge (12/8/89 - 11/8/96) Help support Corgi Aid -- http://www.corgiaid.org/ Ohio Corgi Picnic - June 22, 2008 in Marion, Ohio http://homepage.mac.com/evelynhlabse/Home/home.html If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it. Evelyn, Emma, Robbie & Spencer Sweet Pea Digory waiting at the Bridge (12/8/89 - 11/8/96) Help support Corgi Aid -- http://www.corgiaid.org/ Ohio Corgi Picnic - June 22, 2008 in Marion, Ohio http://homepage.mac.com/evelynhlabse/Home/home.html If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.

Sian Thomas wrote: > Bruce (and and any other list members in rural areas of Orkney) - any news > on post office closures? Our Graemsay sub-post office is under threat. We > have been told we are a bordeline case, but may scrape through because we > are on an island. I've not heard any news of this. Sue, our postmistress and her mother came over for dinner yesterday (Thursday) and I'm sure she would have mentioned it. Our postoffice is literally just across the road from us and seems to have a steady flow of customers and the monks from Golgotha Monastery send out hundreds of copies of their quarterly magazine via the postoffice. -- Bruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney <www.stronsay.co.uk/claremont> "Do you get virgin wool from ugly sheep?"

I'm curious - how many people are on this list? On Sep 14, 2007, at 1:27 PM, Norman Tulloch wrote: Royce Perry wrote: > So my suggestion is that anyone that wants' to share pictures of your > part > of the world,,anything you think the rest of us might be interested > in..new > grandbaby,,the deer that walked into your living room, (happened to a > friend > in Canada), the new post office,, sunsets, cactus,,snow.festivals in > your > area,,,dances at the local hall...you get the idea. Royce, I must admit that I have reservations about the Orcadia Group Photo Album. To state the obvious, the Orcadia group is about Orkney. While I'd welcome a photo album concerned with things Orcadian, I think that most of the things that you mention in the list above are quite irrelevant to the remit of the Orcadia list. The Orcadia Group Photo Album is a good idea, but not if it it is to consist of pictures of things or people completely unconnected with Orkney. Sorry, but that's the way I feel. Norman Tulloch Orcadia Group Photo Album http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Evelyn, Emma, Robbie & Spencer Sweet Pea Digory waiting at the Bridge (12/8/89 - 11/8/96) Help support Corgi Aid -- http://www.corgiaid.org/ Ohio Corgi Picnic - June 22, 2008 in Marion, Ohio http://homepage.mac.com/evelynhlabse/Home/home.html If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.

Norman's got a fair point. Those piles of pictures can add up pretty quickly. If we keep to Orkney stuff it should be easy to drop in and look at what's new and know it'll be something of interest. What I just did was put a comment under the picture of mine Royce just added, which would let anyone that wants to go to my other Flickr pictures do so without making it hard to get to the Orkney pictures. It all works pretty well once you get used to it. Karen ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

I tend to agree Norman...in fact I sat on the idea for quite a while wondering how the group would react. Case in point,,it must have been the camel that broke the straws back for Fiona,,she just bailed out. My hope is that the folks that are actually on Orkney will play an active part in letting us "out worlders" get a better peek at what the reality on the ground is. >From a slightly different angle, this group itself is "connected" to Orkney,,it is in a way an extended Orkney community. As such, we have a certain amount of justified interest in each other as people. Used properly a photo place where we can see each other and our surroundings is within the remit of the group? But I am certainly open to discussion and opposing opinions. For what it's worth..the photo album is not part of the group as such...only an external link to the site where it's hosted. R -----Original Message----- From: Norman Tulloch [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 12:28 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Orcadia Group Photo Album I must admit that I have reservations about the Orcadia Group Photo Album. To state the obvious, the Orcadia group is about Orkney. While I'd welcome a photo album concerned with things Orcadian, I think that most of the things that you mention in the list above are quite irrelevant to the remit of the Orcadia list. The Orcadia Group Photo Album is a good idea, but not if it it is to consist of pictures of things or people completely unconnected with Orkney. Sorry, but that's the way I feel. Norman Tulloch

Bruce (and and any other list members in rural areas of Orkney) - any news on post office closures? Our Graemsay sub-post office is under threat. We have been told we are a bordeline case, but may scrape through because we are on an island. I doubt we have a very strong case for fighting this closure as little actual business is now done via the post office. Most of my work now comes via broadband access, instead of post, many of us pay our bills online or via direct debit. Pensions and other "benefits" are paid direct into bank accounts. It would be a shame to lose the service and would cause some inconvenience for those of us sending parcels etc which need to be weighed, special delivery etc as it will mean a trip over to Stromness, but as I say I doubt our level of usage will work in our favour to try and keep it open. I wondered how other areas were faring. Sian

For those interested go to the web sitebelow and click on Live Weather. You can see winds speeds around Orkney. No idea what Knots is in mph though! All I can say is its a bit fresh today..... http://www.orkneyharbours.com/

At present 198....so we have a ton of "lurkers" which is normal for most list's like this. R -----Original Message----- From: Evelyn Hlabse [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 1:05 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Orcadia Group Photo Album I'm curious - how many people are on this list? On Sep 14, 2007, at 1:27 PM, Norman Tulloch wrote: Royce Perry wrote: > So my suggestion is that anyone that wants' to share pictures of your > part > of the world,,anything you think the rest of us might be interested > in..new > grandbaby,,the deer that walked into your living room, (happened to a > friend > in Canada), the new post office,, sunsets, cactus,,snow.festivals in > your > area,,,dances at the local hall...you get the idea. Royce, I must admit that I have reservations about the Orcadia Group Photo Album. To state the obvious, the Orcadia group is about Orkney. While I'd welcome a photo album concerned with things Orcadian, I think that most of the things that you mention in the list above are quite irrelevant to the remit of the Orcadia list. The Orcadia Group Photo Album is a good idea, but not if it it is to consist of pictures of things or people completely unconnected with Orkney. Sorry, but that's the way I feel. Norman Tulloch Orcadia Group Photo Album http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Evelyn, Emma, Robbie & Spencer Sweet Pea Digory waiting at the Bridge (12/8/89 - 11/8/96) Help support Corgi Aid -- http://www.corgiaid.org/ Ohio Corgi Picnic - June 22, 2008 in Marion, Ohio http://homepage.mac.com/evelynhlabse/Home/home.html If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.

Sorry about those last 2 strange messages. I thought I had sent two to the group, and they went straight to Royce, and when I tired to fix it I made things worse. What I actually said was Great idea Royce. OK, questions, comments etc. When I go to the link you provide I'm at a Scottish Festival in Texas. Is that the right place??? I've attached a picture if you want to try it. I changed the file title so it has some description. I think you are the only one who can edit a title or description. Anyone who signs in as a flicker member (it's free) should be able to add comments. The trick is to remember to hit the SAVE button after making a change or addition. If you want to use this picture I'll go and add a link to my other Orkney pictures on flickr in the comments, or you can put it in the description, rather than transfer a lot of pictures. That link would be _http://www.flickr.com/photos/kareneinmemphis/sets/72157594448497738/_ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kareneinmemphis/sets/72157594448497738/) (From there anyone interested can link to my other pictures, except the set labeled "family." I promised my relatives that no one would have access to their baby pictures who couldn't pass a DNA test.) The files are growing gradually. I've tried not to add until I can label something properly. Any comments anyone could give to improve the descriptions would be most welcome. Have you looked at creating a "Group" instead of a set of pictures. That way everybody would be responsible to loading and maintaining there own pictures. There are already some Orkney ones, but no reason not to have our own. Just another idea. It allows not only input from several people, but for developing different threads of conversation to go with pics. It can be set up to limit membership, so you could allow those on the mailing list to actually have input, though others could still look at the pictures. Just an idea. For an example look at the "Orkney" group _http://www.flickr.com/groups/orkney/_ (http://www.flickr.com/groups/orkney/) I've enjoyed using flickr. Took me a while to get into it after a friend started using it. But it's sure better than taking all those pictures and putting them in more scrapbooks and boxes in the closet for someone to throw away some day. Karen English Memphis ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com