Carradale

[Ship called Dignity]

Bochan has obviously worked out how to post photos!

Bit big these photos!?

[GarySutherland]

Another splendid old photo. It's surprising just how little that scene has changed, aside from the houses being built-up another storey.

I've a number of old photos on the other website as you've probably seen.

Cheers
Gary

[Sanyanya]

Aye, the village is awash with photos of Waterfoot if you know where to look. I caught ma faither using this one as a beer mat!

Yes Bochan, I believe awash is the right terminology. I could have sworn that these photos are very similar in vintage and style to ones that my father pulled from the burn in full spate one summer many years ago.

That otter looks familiar as well, I think my mother had the badger from the same set beside the fire for many a year. What did you do with the glass case?

It would amaze you what you would find left out for the refuse technicians. Manys a night of entertainment we had round the camp fire studying old photos from around the village and beyond.

[morenish]

well well!
glad to hear (on here!) that trumpton hasny chinged while i wis away!
still the same old nonsense thank the good lord!

well i had quite a trip boys, flew into huston texas first to look around a good stock bull oot there who has fathered over 2,500 calves already! lucky bugger you might think but the poor divils that valuable he hasna a clue whit a coo looks like....(IT'S ALL DONE BY HAND!)
then up to toronto for more of the same.
i made a bit of a fool of myself on the plane, naturally i fell asleep as the seats were identical to the wan on the tractor, but when i woke up i thought thats where i was and roard "get oot the road ya english ba***rds a've work to dae!"
the cabin staff thocht i wis cauld so they gave me a nice warm jacket to wear till we landed, it was white and had hellish long sleeves.

when we landed an awfull nice man wi a huge gun asked what had happened and efter i explained he told me not to worry as it happens regular on flights from glasgow, an they are only interested in you if you've been to agricultural college in iraq or aifgan...afiga....afgin............... east o kildean mart.

anyway it's good to see that things are toodling along as usual, the wife got the silage in while i was away but she had an accident while rushing to get the last park done and broke the handle on the fork!
i'll just keep the price o'it oot her hooskeeping till it's paid off in jimmy mertins shop, damn coorse wummin!

aye an the bochans showin his age by showin yon old photos, if he admits he took them!

[The Scouder]

[quote="morenish"]

she had an accident while rushing to get the last park done and broke the handle on the fork! quote]

Aye Morenish, your back!

Re: the above to misquote the punchline of an old Trumpton joke, "Aye, she's a dammt handy b****r right enough ...............!"

Everyone's been lying low for a few days. Myself, I'm parked up round the corner from Bruce's Cave waiting for the much anticipated venom rush and I think a combination of the heat and all that Firefox nonsense next door has made everyone else dive for cover. I'm thinking Davie P will have to start a Nerd Thread for some of them.

Better go - I'm looking for the wave that will take me round The Point. Trying to reach Garry's mooring before the weekend. That'll be a wee surprise for him. Mind you, I see elseswhere that there's talk of him extending his jobby wheeching skills to Westport so he might not be at Waterfoot for a few days. Never mind, I'm sure he'll be worth the wait

[GarySutherland]

Nope. You've lost me now (as if I wasn't lost already!). What's this about Westport?

Cheers
Gary

[The Heidless Horseman]

quote "the excrement specialist from Sally's walk - coming to empty it.

bubbly"

Now there's no "Point" in going all coy on us Garry or even trying to deny it. The Wee Cooncillor has obviously persuaded you that the grass is greener on the other side. If bubbly says so it must be true. All I can say is you must be a glutton for punishment. Even without a nose, the very thought is giving me the grue!

[GarySutherland]

Oh is that what it's about? I got lost a long while back.

Maybe certain people prefer the fragrant smell of dog shit to rhododendrons... you just can't please some folk.

Cheers
Gary

[Bochan Mor]

when we landed an awfull nice man wi a huge gun asked what had happened and efter i explained he told me not to worry as it happens regular on flights from glasgow, an they are only interested in you if you've been to agricultural college in iraq or aifgan...afiga....afgin............... east o kildean mart.

Aye morenish, I see you've been out helping auld George Dubya with his spelling.
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[Snoddy]

i made a bit of a fool of myself on the plane, naturally i fell asleep as the seats were identical to the wan on the tractor, but when i woke up i thought thats where i was and roard "get oot the road ya english ba***rds a've work to dae!"
the cabin staff thocht i wis cauld so they gave me a nice warm jacket to wear till we landed, it was white and had hellish long sleeves.

when we landed an awfull nice man wi a huge gun asked what had happened and efter i explained he told me not to worry as it happens regular on flights from glasgow, an they are only interested in you if you've been to agricultural college in iraq or aifgan...afiga....afgin............... east o kildean mart.

anyway it's good to see that things are toodling along as usual, the wife got the silage in while i was away but she had an accident while rushing to get the last park done and broke the handle on the fork!

Oh my goodness, it looks like my worst fears regarding poor Mr Morenish have finally but sadly come to fruition. I suspect that the fluctuations in cabin pressure must have been the catalyst that resulted in the final break down in his old grey matter.

His poor wife doesn't have here troubles to seek either. I would suggest that it would be beneficial to Morenish's own health if he undertook some of the manual labour around his farm, boosting the circulation to his brain and other vital organs.

[GarySutherland]

Hey! Has Davie got a 'naughty words' filter running on here now?

Cheers
Gary

[Bochan Mor]

well well!
glad to hear (on here!) that trumpton hasny chinged while i wis away!
still the same old nonsense thank the good lord!

If you'd looked closer at your keyboard you might have seen a wee difference right enough.



That's what happens when you leave all the doors and windows open and the starting handle of the tractor with the wife!

[morenish]

by chove bochan thats a fine crop you have there!

but i can see you were a wee bit lax wi yer fertilizer application, or maybe ye haena set the sower right?

are you getting gus in wi his new mower to cut it?
remember to stack the bales no more than 2 high or you'll get the polution police knocking on your door at 3 am armed to the teeth!

am i right 4th gen?
i think thats what mrs morenish read out to me when she woke me for lunch the other day.
at least i can unerstaan green stuff, but as for yon brown stuff snoddy spouts sprinkled wi fluctuating pressures and cat litter, he doesny speak the same language as the rest oh us.
an whits this vital organ thing can he no sing in the kirk withoot it?

as for poor dubya he needs all the help he can get, if only he'd admit it

[Sanyanya]

i made a bit of a fool of myself on the plane, naturally i fell asleep as the seats were identical to the wan on the tractor, but when i woke up i thought thats where i was and roard "get oot the road ya english ba***rds a've work to dae!"

I think that it would be safe to assume that you were dreaming. By all accounts, including most importantly your own, it has been some considerable time since you broke more than a bead of sweat or swung a 10lb hammer in earnest. It seems that not only does Mrs Morenish have to wear the trousers, she also has to grind the corn, take in the silage, service the tractor, probably milk the cows and shear the sheep. (Not withstanding further domestic duties)

Even if you would gently stoop to thin a turnip or pick a whelk, it would at least add something, however small to the Gross Domestic Product.

At least the 'Polliwilline Road Runner' is willing to rise early every morning, come rain, hail or shine, and fill out a few grant applications, throw a couple of round bales to the sheep before trotting off to the Argyll arms.

[4th gen Suthen']

i made a bit of a fool of myself on the plane, naturally i fell asleep as the seats were identical to the wan on the tractor, but when i woke up i thought thats where i was and roard "get oot the road ya english ba***rds a've work to dae!"

I think that it would be safe to assume that you were dreaming. By all accounts, including most importantly your own, it has been some considerable time since you broke more than a bead of sweat or swung a 10lb hammer in earnest. It seems that not only does Mrs Morenish have to wear the trousers, she also has to grind the corn, take in the silage, service the tractor, probably milk the cows and shear the sheep. (Not withstanding further domestic duties)

Even if you would gently stoop to thin a turnip or pick a whelk, it would at least add something, however small to the Gross Domestic Product.

At least the 'Polliwilline Road Runner' is willing to rise early every morning, come rain, hail or shine, and fill out a few grant applications, throw a couple of round bales to the sheep before trotting off to the Argyll arms.

Yer a wile man right enough Sanyanya!........in fact, I'll tell you that most of my Suthen' fermer buddies are boozin' down in that Argyll right now after a very successfull Highland Games and here is me home after a very short visit to the caravans....and just a few swift drams on the beach..........great weather and very few midgies...hunners 0' folk......I ran the mile but got boxed in on the very first bend by two young Glasgow Neds, one of whom kept shouting that he would need to quit smoking...he was 14! otherwise I would have won the event.....nae doot. That Mathew Turner is fast I agree but if these two young lads had let me through Turner and the others would have been chasin' this fermer.......... It was great great fun.......a grand night.

I heard a wee whisper today Morenish that yerself and miself have a mutual cousin............. hoot di hink o' that then