AND SO........ TO MY NEW AND CHERISHED FRIENDS ON THIS WONDERFUL WEBSITE, ON THIS MAGIC EVENING AT THIS MYSTICAL TIME OF YEAR, A WARM AND SINCERE MERRY XMAS. I HAVE REALLY THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THE DISCUSSIONS AND THE DIALOGUE WITH MY NEW FACELESS BUT VALUED FRIENDS, ALL BOUND TOGETHER BY CRIMSON BLOOD THAT FLOWED IN THE VEINS OF OUR FOREFATHERS LIVING IN THOSE SPECIAL LITTLE NORTHERN ISLANDS, STILL FROZEN SOMEWHAT IN TIME, AND ISOLATED FROM SO MUCH OF WHAT IS WRONG WITH SO MUCH OF OUR SHRIVELING WORLD. THEY ARE OUR NOT- SO -COMMON DENOMINATOR AND BOND. TO OUR GRACIOUS AND PATIENT HOST, SIG, A BORWICK TO BOOT, I'LL DRINK A TOAST OF THAT GOLDEN ORKNEY DEW TO HONOUR YOUR GOOD DEEDS AND HEALTH. TO THE FAITHFUL SEALS THAT HAVE GUARDED WITH DIGNITY AND GRACE THOSE PRECIOUS FROZEN COASTS, KEEP WELL PERPETUALLY. TO VICTOR THE UNLUCKY VOLE, LIVING IN CONSTANT FEAR OF THE WRATH OF GRUMPY, BURROW DEEP LITTLE FRIEND, TILL SPRING BREEZES ALLOW YOU TO ROAM FREELY IN THE GREAT ORKNEY OUTDOORS. AND AS I BELIEVE IN MY AGING HEART THAT CHRISTMAS WAS WHEN LOVE WAS TRULY BORN, I HOPE THAT IT WILL BE WITH YOU THROUGHOUT ALL THE NEW YEAR, ACCOMPANIED BY GOOD HEALTH AND TRUE HAPPINESS. GOODNIGHT TO ALL, AND THANKYOU: STEPHEN