Would someone up there in the holy land please give Grumpy a glass of Highland Park? Do the long winter nights create a lot of cases of seasonal depression in the islands? I'm not making light of the condition. It's a very real phenomena. Karen

Oh Karen, The Demon Drink has raised it's ugly head, well I suppose as we approach the Season to be Jolly it's inevitable that normally sensible folk will become gibbering idiots. There will be some homes that will become battle grounds over the festive season, innocent children's excitement of Santa will be shattered as parent/parents battle, fuelled by Highland Park or cheap vodka. This will happen in some homes across the World not just Orkney, children are our future, and all children deserve/need as much love as we can give them. Many moons ago some of Orkney's parishes were "Dry", I say bring back the good old days If drink was banned the crime figures would drop dramatically and millions of pounds could be saved, but I don't suppose that's a sensible thing to do, considering that we now live in a world where drinking is a sociable accepted practice. Smoking on the other hand is not now a sociable accepted practice and is now banned in all manner of places, to many to mention. As to your question "Do the long winter nights create a lot of cases of seasonal depression in the islands?", personally winter nights don't depress me, but what does is the greed of mankind. It's a known fact that, that drink heightens depression, oh what a vicious circle the drink creates. Doctors can treat depression, that is if you are lucky enough to manage to get an appointment with one. Still I hear the Orkney Health Board are planning to spend millions on a brand new Health Centre, no doubt no expense will be sparred, that is until they come to appointing enough doctors to treat the Orkney sick. There are a lot of sick Orcadians - sick of being treated as second class citizens. I wonder if it would have been possible to have spent a little less on Orkney's brand new library so as to give the Orkney OAP's the same Xmas Grant as their brethren in Shetland? When I look at the new library it reminds me of the new Scottish Parliament buildings being built in Edinburgh - no expense spared. Take care Grumpy (who does have a happy side - sometimes) -------Original Message------- From: ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com Date: 21 November 2003 18:52:51 To: ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [] Grumpy Would someone up there in the holy land please give Grumpy a glass of Highland Park? Do the long winter nights create a lot of cases of seasonal depression in the islands? I'm not making light of the condition. It's a very real phenomena. Karen To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com