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Athame57:

--- Quote from: Orcade-Ian on April 03, 2026, 10:34:44 AM ---  Oh, and by the way, it is Orkney or the Orkney Isles but never 'the Orkneys'.

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OK Ian, I'll go back to school for a term or two!  ;)

Laverda Dave:

--- Quote from: Rozabikes Tim on April 03, 2026, 11:55:08 AM ---
--- Quote from: Orcade-Ian on April 03, 2026, 10:34:44 AM ---Everything to do with 400's 🤡 Although there were one or two 400/4s bought new from Jackie Shearers back in the day, as far as I can see there were no banana yellow ones!  In fact my red one might be the only 400/4 in Orkney.  Oh, and by the way, it is Orkney or the Orkney Isles but never 'the Orkneys'.
But back to the story - a supermarket with 5 letters needed an order for 380 Kg but someone ordered 380 boxes - easy mistake, our Council does it regularly - wheely bins, crushed stone to name but two.!  They kindly redistributed them to worthy causes.  It would have been a 40 mile round trip for me to have some 'free' bananas!
Johnny might have had some - he's far nearer!

Ian

Forgot to add, we've had lots of ferry cancellations due to bad weather so the nanas couldn't be sent back.

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I'll steal Dave's thunder before he gets in. No yellow ones as too fast for island roads. 🙄🙃😜

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Johnny4428:
Unfortunately missed the great banana give away.😂 I believe if you wanted a box you could just turn up and get one. While stocks last! 😜 Because of a dispute with a neighbouring farmer the local authority couldn’t get extending there quarry in time. They actually ran out of stone!!😳  Someone thought it a good idea to import a few hundred thousand tonnes. Except the crushed stone that was imported was a type of granite and quite uniform in size and shape. Absolutely hopeless for bottoming wouldn’t compact and just kept moving. There was a local private run quarry that is still reaping the benefits of that monumental FU!

Orcade-Ian:
Thanks Johnny for expanding on my reference to the stone fiasco and sorry that you too didn't get some freebie bananas.
The wheely bins I mentioned also might need an explanation - we used to get black plastic rubbish sacks issued but the Council begged Gov money (our money) to replace the ageing bin lorries on the understanding that wheely bins would be needed.  They went ahead and ordered bins with the Council logo embossed on them for every PERSON in Orkney, rather than every HOUSEHOLD.  Further to that we now supply our own rubbish sacks to keep the bins clean - they won't take black sacks of rubbish without a bin but I see them frequently lift our sacks out and hurl them in the lorry - much quicker than using the hydraulic mech.

I think we need a re-set of councils and Gov - sack the bloody lot and start again with some common sense!

Hope I don't get me collar felt by Steve for that rant!

Ian

Bryanj:
Sorry Ian, common sense and politician are words that can never be in the same sentence

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