Lance Groundwater wrote: >Hi Mike, I guess this is your list? I've only been on it one day and got >8 emails having to do with some kind of argument about cookies. > >Before I opt out of this list....was this exchange typical of what I'll be >receiving? > >Our daughter was there this (Stromness) weekend and we're excited to hear >what she thought. I looked at the pictures on your website and couldn't >help but wonder why you folks don't plant some trees. > >thanks, Lance Groundwater > Valdez > United State of Alaska > Hello Lance, Welcome to the list! No! It's not *mine" - Sigurd Towrie is the *listowner*. Sigurd has a wonderful web site about Orkney, its history and folklore and lots more at http://www.orkneyjar.com. Enjoy. Don't opt out - stick around, please. You'll learn a lot about Orkney and Orcadians. We're not always arguing about biscuits, or cookies as you call them. You'll find the archives going back to 1998 at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ORCADIA - some good reading there. You'll also learn why there aren't many trees - too much salt in the windy atmosphere. We do grow good grass though, on which the best beef cattle in the world are raised. -- Mike Clouston