Dogs Dirt bins on The Avenue, Carradale

[The Tormhor Rock]

any one got any idea how much grant money was recieved for the erection of these bins??

[Bobbly Juck]

any one got any idea how much grant money was recieved for the erection of these bins??

From a previous post/The Antler

i]83. G.Sutherland/EKCC - Purchase and erection of two dog waste bins and waste bag dispensers on Sally's Walk, Carradale - £779 applied for. £779 approved (provided alternative funding is not available from A&B Council.)[/i]

[Right Pongal]

What's your point Big Rock? Here's a perfect example of Community Service, from a selfless member of the public going the extra mile to keep the village pongal. Give the man credit where credit is due.

Like most people, you have probably dragged the dreaded Chappie Sausage through yer hoose, and had to pick it out between the treads in yer tackety boots with a sharp stick, then wiped them in the damp grass, before cautiously sniffing the soles to find that they still smell like the guts of a monkfish which deceased the previous week.

Even hosing them doon with bilgex isn't enough to clear the air. You end up leaving them at the back door, and they are generally full of water when you slip into them in the morning. At least I'm hoping that it's water!

And what about the carpets, you'll keep getting a waft now and then as yer sitting sooking at yer tea, or pulling on yer socks in the morning.

Ah remember a no-good bocan once advised me to walk through soft tar on the road and then step in sand. It seemed to work, but what a mess it made of my mother's carpet. However, when the skin of the tar burst, it was back to rotten Pedigree Chump. I'm not blaming the dogs; It's their master's that should know better!

We all know what the bins cost, but I'll tell you what they're worth: PRICELESS!

I'll say it again Gary, and again: Keep it Pongal

[GarySutherland]

The ones on Sally's Walk (is that also called The Avenue?) were £779.04 including VAT and carriage. That was for the pair plus a fair supply of the disposable bags.

I was surprised at how dear they were but I they're fairly well made and are a good size. I could only find the one manufacturer too, in all of the UK.

Of course it's not just the smell and mess. Dog faeces contain a parasitical worm that can cause blindness.

Cheers
Gary

[morenish]

aye well done garry, they're pricless right enough pongal, id even donate another 96p just to see them in straight, but it's just a wee lean an no worth mentionin

but eh seriously 779.04 is just about 700 too much, see these project which are funded by such as the windfarm trust, in order that we all get value for money can sombody check to see if things can be manufactured localy before the money goes out to foreign parts?
i'm sure there are plenty steel fabricators in the toon or tarbert who could make up bins cheaper than that and it all helps OUR economy.

this is no critisism of garrys efforts, he had to buy them from a reliable source no doubt, i would just like to see the money stay local, am i wrong?

[Sanyanya]

Kennel pate in a house is one thing, but in the restricted airspace of a tent, it is absolutely gut wrenching.

Go Gary Go!

[GarySutherland]

<chuckle> Thanks to you all.

I'm a strong supporter of local business but short of starting from scratch (and with limited knowledge of the subject) I didn't have a lot of room to manouvere.

Gary

[Bochan Mor]

<chuckle> Thanks to you all.

I'm a strong supporter of local business but short of starting from scratch (and with limited knowledge of the subject) I didn't have a lot of room to manouvere.

Gary

What's this nonsense about lack of knowledge. I don't know anyone else who has written so eloquently and comprehensively about their specialist subject.... in Gary's case: Keech!

And no bubbly, before you say it, I'm not saying that Gary's talking it, just that he has to deal with it on a daily basis. Pongo's right though, its not the doag thats dirty, but the doag's master. A big, big stick to his posterior!

I heard that the orphans were having a collection at the Old Quay at the weekend. There's that many aboard now, that they were hoping for the erection of a similar collection vessel aboard the boat, or at the very least, at the head of the quay...........I think they are also hoping that Gary's range of activity could be extended South by 14 miles or so!

[bubbly jock]

Bochan mor.

£779 04. That's a lot of money for doags keech storers and I noticed as well that the parasitic worms have pulled them oot oh kilter. Maybe better wae a couple of tea kists. Big alec's got plenty, he's using them tae smuggle in the orphans. I think someone should tell him, that the collection at the heid oh the peir is for a boat of their own and they'll naw need tae worry aboot an appointment wae the Carradale Keech Collector. They can hing their erse ower the side of their own boat sure they can?

Mind you wae nae orphans on board S.L, the supply of Lithuanian firewater will dry up. That might be a good thing because it was turning some folks hair blue

bubbly

[Bochan Mor]

Mind you wae nae orphans on board S.L, the supply of Lithuanian firewater will dry up. That might be a good thing because it was turning some folks hair blue

bubbly

Maybe they've been distilling their own version of Bombay Sapphire, its likely to turn even the blondest hair blue!

I think I'm getting to the 'bottom' of this tea kist thing. It seems that someone from the village is selling the orphans dog excrement. In turn, they are undertaking some kind of primary processing between tows, then exporting the bi-products back home. They're not one bit worried about the hourly rate aboard the boat, as they have been put forward as young entrepreneurs of the year back home.

[morenish]

here snoddy i think its high time you gave the bochan a lecture on his eating habits, come on now, we're getting seriously worried about his diet,
oh here maybe i'm askin the wrong man, should it be the vet?

anyway bochan away oot an get some tatties from alexs van, a good pun o mince from the bakers an leave all that foreign muck in the jars

aye support your local farmer in fact

[Sanyanya]

The ones on Sally's Walk (is that also called The Avenue?) were £779.04 including VAT and carriage. That was for the pair plus a fair Gary

The names of the old estate roads bring back many a happy memory. I remember my father reaching the cross roads with a bantam under one arm and a brace of pheasant under the other, handing me the red-fish wrapped in the net and saying: 'You take the Lower Avenue and I'll take the upper. We'll meet at Sally's Walk, and if need be, hide under the bridge!'

Life was so much fun in those days, and the gamekeeper was also up for a bit of sport, he'd always count to 100 before he opened the kennel door.

[Bitter End]

Havin bin washed up on the big bay it was jist grand to get the electrics dried oot an have a surf--whit joy, the Crofters Diary,perfect. the Bochan bumpin his gumbs with sich enthusiasm it wid bring a tear to a gless eye. If he keeps goan like this he had better git roon tae Snoddy rale quick fur some soothin ointment afore the jaw bone becomes exposed. I took a wee peek at the famous 'dug bins' !! The puir sowl that pit them up obviously had passed some time in Gourock an the influence had stayed wi him. The gloves must be fur haudin the dug whilst ye squeeze it inti the bin.Stoaps the dug hairs blocking yer pores,nae mair itching when the sweat canna git oot. Whits a this aboot Eddie countin afore the unleash ? He blethered tae me 'ntill the fush (stuck doon ma bit) was half cooked an soft afore tellin me tae hurry hame whilst some might be salvaged.
I mind ma mammy tellin me ---its as dark as a dungeon way up in Loch Fyne.