All, I think a truly isolationist life was possible a century or two ago, but no more. As Sian pointed out a simple thing like a volcano on Iceland profoundly affected life downwind, but even more, think of what World Wars I and II meant to "isolated" Orkney. Worldwide depression, inflation, even the tentacles of terrorism reach everywhere. But there are still a lot of places much farther from the madding crowd than others, and Orkney surely is one of them. For fun, I just perused some real estate offerings there, and found a beauty - which some of you on this link may know. It's a large 4 bedroom house in St. Margaret's Hope, right on t he bay, an 1841 house currently a B & B, complete with a cream colored Aga in the kitchen! All for 195,000 pounds. That sort of thing keeps me awake at night. But where would I work? Still, we choose our lives and happy are those who choose well. Tuck On Jun 18, 2010, at 8:10 AM, Sian Thomas wrote: > Tuck - I think some people choose to live an isolationist life, I > agree > on the wider scale that is impossible as you say. The recent volcanic > ash problem showed just how natural events in other parts of the globe > affect our daily lives here in Orkney with the impact of cancelled > flights (essential for hospital appointments as well as having an > effect > on business and tourist travel). Natural and man-made disasters > affect > us all. > > Next year Tuck hopefully I'll get to meet *you* too! > Sian > Graemsay > > On 17/06/2010 23:52, Tuck wrote: >> All, >> >> We appear to have weathered a small storm of controversy. I think a >> simple rule of thumb when replying to the group ought to be this: >> attack (if you must) the message, but never the messenger. >> >> As for living on an isolated island, I believe the sentiment being >> expressed by some, myself included, is that in this world there >> really >> are no more totally isolated places, as we are all linked by a common >> sea and a common air, so that what happens in the Gulf of Mexico - >> or >> Chernoble - can and probably will affect life even on Graemsay and >> Stronsay. >> >> Having said that, and much as I enjoy life here in the middle of the >> US, I still dream at times about a simpler, quieter life, closer to >> nature in Orkney, and envy those of you who have achieved it. The >> best >> I can do is visit there when possible - and the next visit will be in >> the summer of 2011. Last summer my wife met Sian. Perhaps we can meet >> a few more of you next time. >> >> >> Tuck >> On Jun 17, 2010, at 6:23 PM, Norman Tulloch wrote: >> >> >>> Well, I think we have the answer as to what happened to Royce: >>> >>> Obituary Notice >>> Royce L. Perry (1943 - 2010) >>> >>> Royce L. Perry, 66, passed away Thursday, April 1, 2010. >>> Funeral: 12:30 p.m. Wednesday in Arlington Funeral Home Chapel. >>> Interment: 2:30 p.m. in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. >>> Visitation: >>> 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Arlington Funeral Home. >>> Survivors: Wife, Carole Ann McDonald Perry; daughter, Jennifer >>> Christine >>> Perry; one sister; one brother; numerous nieces and nephews. >>> Published in Star-Telegram on April 5, 2010 >>> >>> http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dfw/obituary.aspx?n=royce-l-perry&pid=141499170 >>> >>> I assume that's him, anyway; presumably there can't have been too >>> many >>> people of that name in Texas. >>> >>> Sad. >>> >>> Norman Tulloch >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com >>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >>> the body of the message >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 9.0.829 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2944 - Release Date: >> 06/17/10 12:33:00 >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message