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 > >