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• Re: MISSING CAT, South Dell, Ness, Isle of Lewis by ISLAND_LIFE_4_EVA (Member 10131223) on 25-Jul-2006
  LOL!!!!!

• Re: MISSING CAT, South Dell, Ness, Isle of Lewis by bellshill_boy (Member 10149368) on 30-Jul-2006
  A big dog ate it

• Re: MISSING CAT, South Dell, Ness, Isle of Lewis by Bowang (Member 10194858) on 29-Oct-2006
  it was got by a fox is the pubs still shut on a sunday is arnish point still on the go a worked up there in the early eighties

• Re: MISSING CAT, South Dell, Ness, Isle of Lewis by Ignominious Wretch (Member 10197111) on 8-Nov-2006
  Holy Toledo, Bowang, have you ever heard of spelling and punctuation?
  
  Most pubs are shut on Sunday, but a few open their doors for the hardened drinkers.
  
  Arnish is shut (again) after a balls-up (again) involving a company foolishly supported by our local enterprise company and council (
  again).
  
  Still, never mind, when the AMEC roadshow (moorshow?) arrives, all will be fine and dandy (again)...
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• Re: MISSING CAT, South Dell, Ness, Isle of Lewis by Bowang (Member 10194858) on 9-Nov-2006
  alived on that passenger liner at arnish a think it was called ss najla used to drink in the hotel a think it was called the royal did they ever find that cat yet haha

• Re: Thomas Crawshaw or John Crawshaw by Bowang (Member 10194858) on 29-Oct-2006
  why dont you get this published you could get a few shillings aff a that storie only kidding a hope you get some info that helps you

• Re: flat for rent in stornoway by Emma (Member 10243386) on 29-Dec-2009
  i'm moving to Stornoway in march and i'm desperately looking for a cheap (preferably under £500 a month) 1 bedroomed flat or house - as long as it's in or within walking distance of Stornoway, i'm not really bothered about anything apart from having a roof over my head and being able to afford it, is there still a flat going?

• Re: missing the place by nonny (Member 10181090) on 31-Mar-2006
  Hey Rob
  
  How's it going. I also am from Lewis and also missing the place. Don't have a clue who you are but thought I would say Hello anyway. I live an hour away from Scarborough and travel through for work all the time. The beach isn't quite the same as back home eh!

• Re: missing the place by r cuthbertson (Member 10180815) on 5-Apr-2006
  alright nonny ,hows it going yourself well what a small world eh
  your right the beechies down here , well you can see one end to the other,plus theres loads of people on them
  dont miss the midgeies though,do miss the fishing
  and the crack with the boys, dont miss the weather
  and i miss the salmon, and them village hall dances.
  cheers rob

• Re: missing the place by Hoss (Member 10093053) on 1-Jun-2006
  Hey Nonny. Try Filey beach. There's miles of it. Not as white as the ones you have up there, but still, a lot of it!

• Re: missing the place by maggie (Member 10190612) on 4-Aug-2006
  hi there its not that i know you but when i seen colin roddy macrae's name mentioned in your message i thought i would send a message colin is going out with my daughter mhairi and they have three kids is there long since you have been up in stornoway

• Re: missing the place by Morag (Member 10259728) on 28-Mar-2011
  hi rob i know u posted this 4 years ago but ive jst stumbled upon this i know wilbur and co i very much doubt that u are likely to find wilbur especially, on the internet though, but ive bookmarked this page so next time i c him ill let him no uve been asking for ur old m8s maybe he'll get in touch. and is this the nonnie i used to work with in maconnels if it is then hello

• Re: Paedophiles in Lewis by jimc (Member 10043031) on 18-Dec-2005
  Pedophiles in Lewis,?? a thought they were all sheep shaggers

• Re: Paedophiles in Lewis by jimc (Member 10043031) on 30-Jan-2006
  O ok vertigo,, sorry aboot at ,, u must be wan o them sheep shaggers, well al sent yi a spare pr o welly boots,, widdny want yi tae miss a night oot wi the girls,, u stupid wanker LMAO

• Re: Paedophiles in Lewis by jimc (Member 10043031) on 1-Feb-2006
  ok ok ,, sorry ur right, there r pedophiles in Lewis,, as well as sheep shaggers,, HE HE HE,, OH!!! DID U GET THE WELLIES A SENT ...........

• Re: Paedophiles in Lewis by Adrian Davies (Member 10000789) on 7-May-2007
  Yeah it's time the virgin sheep was put on the "endangered species list"...........

• Re: leurbost, north lochs by Claire Brown (Member 10149794) on 30-Mar-2005
  Hi Triny
  
  Its Claire - your cousin! How you doing?
  
  We thought we might see you at Shen's funeral last year but I don't know if you could travel up in
  time.
  
  You must get in touch when you can.
  
  Claire
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• Re: leurbost, north lochs by catriona kane (Member 10148980) on 18-May-2005
  Hi claire, it's brilliant hearing from you. Sorry not replied sooner not been on site for a while. Sorry I did'nt make it up for Shen's funeral but eilidh and I were not told until after the funeral by Liz, who used to live next door to us. Got lots to chat about, please get in touch again. Triny

• Re: leurbost, north lochs by Claire Brown (Member 10149794) on 13-Mar-2006
  Hiya
  
  I've not been on for ages either I'll keep an eye out on the site now though. Speak to you soon I hope.
  
  Claire

• Re: leurbost, north lochs by catriona kane (Member 10148980) on 21-Mar-2006
  Hey Claire glad to hear from you. If you want you can contact me at kanekane151@aol.com .
  

• Re: mimie by jimc (Member 10043031) on 18-Jan-2005
  is this thread still active.HELLO HELLO hello!!!!

• Re: mimie by jim galbraith (Member 10136724) on 14-Feb-2005
  yes this thread is very much alive and so am i

• Re: Rape Crisis Centre threatened legal action by whitesettlersclub (Member 10027001) on 29-Jul-2004
  While I sympathise with those unjusty accused of a crime. I do feel that there has been a bias towards men in the past.
  When a man can claim consent for acts such as urinating on his victim and this can be upheld in court... (as on tv doc)as a possibility and the man can walk free... things certainly need to be looked at again.
  There is of course a danger in things swinging to far the other way
  .
  If cases are taken to court without any evidence to corroborate a witness statement when there is evidence to corroborate a defendant saying that they were even in that place at the time.... I do think hefty compensation should be available from the Police for pursuing such cases.
  With rape we always have to try to balance the two sides by imagining a friend unjusty accused or a friend raped. Though unjusty accused is very bad to be raped and then have your case dismissed or the guy aquitted must be horrific.. something you are unlikely recover a sense of justice after.
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• Re: Rape Crisis Centre threatened legal action by Penny Campbell (Member 10077131) on 3-Aug-2004
  I am in no way belittling the devastating effects of rape, but the situation has become damaging to those falsely accused and those who are genuine victims. Those who for malicious reasons cry rape are causing great damage to the claims made by genuine victims. So in my mind there are no winners.
  
  The pendulum has swung too far the other way.

• Re: Rape Crisis Centre threatened legal action by whitesettlersclub (Member 10027001) on 3-Aug-2004
  I do think there is a big divide between the Police response to a child being raped and an adult being raped.
  
  Children it seems are believed years after the event and cases are taken to court. Full grown women are often not believed even after presenting forensic evidence.
  
  I do think that if as a society we do not respond apropriately to an adult being raped; then we may as well stop pretend
  ing we care if a child gets abused to.......hadnt they might as well get used to it....?
  No........ I know children are vulnerable and need protecting.
  But shouldnt we also consider that children can also be malicious and maybe not fully think through the implications of an accusation. Children may also be more easily lead by adults, whether deliberately or simply through increased attrention and interview techniques.
  
  Of course there are genuine cases of child abuse and we wouldnt want to make them harder to prosecute.
  It seems to me that better training and investigation of initial facts is required before a child is dragged into the system. A cooling off period (of about a week) after the complaint may not be a bad idea (as long as the child is in a protective environment, and the investigation into the alleged abuser continues without their input.
  Certainly the basic facts should be investigated prior to extensive interviweing of a minor; so discrepancies can be fully considered and they have time to back track. They may for instance feel they cannot backtrack if an intial interview leads quickly onto many other interviews.
  
  I dont know Im not a psychologist but I do think there is an air of panic about the current system.. and that it needs looking at.
  
  I certainbly dont think we should be saying that all who say they have been abused are lying though, or fail to support victims.
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• Re: Rape Crisis Centre threatened legal action by Adrian Davies (Member 10000789) on 6-Jun-2006
  Don't really want to get involved in this, because it is such an "emotionally charged" subject. But, has it ever occurred to anyone that among the ten commandments, the first three are focussed entirely on the worship of G-d, and the remaining seven do not concern themselves in any way with rape?????

• Re: https://shareyourexperiences.com by whitesettlersclub (Member 10027001) on 12-Jul-2004
  http://www.joewein.de/sw/spam-syex.htm
  
  apparently it is a scam, I had a better search today and found a few sites talking about them.
  
  Still its worth knowing they are trawling knowhere for email addresses!!

• Re: https://shareyourexperiences.com by whitesettlersclub (Member 10027001) on 12-Jul-2004
  The whole thing is really weird; on one hand I cannot imagine this guy really spends his days looking for email addresses.....but on the other of all my (heavily spammed) lineone emails whitesettlersclub get next to no spam (maybe 3 in 5mnths).......so I dunno why his email generating programme would get me if when practically no-one elses seems to.
  Anyway heh heh!!....I have names and email addr
  esses if anyone wants them lol
  The guy who runs the site is John Torrey (john.torrey@shareyourexperiences.com)
  of 2711 Centerville Rd., Suite 120, Wilmington, Delaware 19808 (Phone: +1 (516)2148365).
  
  THe hosting folk are
  Pedre Nieto of A+Hosting, 302 E. Carson St., Suite 100, Las Vegas, NV 89101 (sysadmin-level1@aplushosting.com).
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• Re: hello by Claire Brown (Member 10149794) on 30-Mar-2005
  Hi - is that Donna who used to be Campbell?
  
  This is someone who also left Lewis 7 years ago and is missing the Heb! Even more now because I've just been home and everything seems sooo different!

• Re: hello by donna abdy (Member 10128096) on 29-Apr-2005
  Hi
  
  Yes, i did used to be Campbell. Did you used to be called something else, Brown doesn't ring a bell...

• Re: hello by donna abdy (Member 10128096) on 29-Apr-2005
  Oh my goodness, not claire from Leurbost!!! How you doing?

• Re: hello by Claire Brown (Member 10149794) on 13-Mar-2006
  Hi Donna - it is, I've not been on here for ages but I'm trying to get back up to date with everything. Hope to hear from you again.
  
  Claire

• Re: hello by nonny (Member 10181090) on 31-Mar-2006
  Wow, it's so good to hear from you!!!!! How you doing? Am living in North Yorks now and missing home like crazy! Do you get back often? Would love to catch up and get all your news!!!!!

• Re: Western Isles 'Satanic Abuse' Case, yet another Orkney by Local (Member 10127756) on 5-Jul-2004
  A' Phenny
  Carson nach teich thu a-mach as an aite tha seo a-reisd! Chan eil sinne gad iarraidh le do chuid chaineadh. Carson a tha thu thathast ann an seo ma tha e cho dona 's a tha thu ag radh. Tha do leithid a toirt droch ainm air an eilean 's bhiodh sinn torr nas fhearr dhe as d'aonais!
  
  As a local i'm offended by your negitive comments about the island and its people. I question why you are
  still here when you cannot see the good in the local people. When you are in Rome you should do as the Romans do and respect their customs, religion, culture and way of life. If you weren't such an arrogant wee spideag and didn't slag people off behind their backs on this website you might find the locals more friendly towards you.
  
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• Re: Western Isles 'Satanic Abuse' Case, yet another Orkney by Penny Campbell (Member 10077131) on 6-Jul-2004
  Ha, another local too afraid to be identified, and you said I slag people off behind their backs, sorry but I'm honest about who I am. Before criticising someone for speaking behind backs, be honest about who you are. I don't need two-faced inbreds to be my friends. I speak up about what is wrong with people here, if you're too afraid to stand up for what is right, that's your problem, not mine.
  What I have stated is what happened, I don't need to exaggerate how vile and offensive locals can be, it shows you all up for what you are. I live here because I like the island not because of who populates it. You're probably one of those against the wind-farm, even though you probably approve of old vehicles dumped on the moor. As for the when in Rome crap, it is wrong to force your religious and cultural views onto other people, I will live the way I want to live, and as long as it doesn't bother other people, then it's none of their business, I don't tell them what to do (though most obviously need some help) and what about locals respecting other people, I never see that happen. Go back to your sheep and whiskey, hopefully one day the island will just be full of 70+ year old Gaelic speakers and sheep, no laughter, fun or enjoyment of any kind, then you will be happy. Go away and come back with something more intelligent, and identify yourself instead of being such a coward.
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• Re: Western Isles 'Satanic Abuse' Case, yet another Orkney by Local (Member 10127756) on 6-Jul-2004
  If i had identified myself Penny then i'm sure you would be searching for information on me on every 'knowhere' site in the UK, just as you are for certain others!!
  If you were to move to France or any other country would you not embrace its culture and language instead of slagging it of and carrying on as if you were in the UK? The stereotypes that you have used show that you have not mixed at
  all with your community or else you would know that there is more to the island than whisky and sheep.
  Your arrogance and ignorance is frankly astonishing. You are as entitled to your views as the next person but ordinary incomers would have the decency and respect to keep them to themselves instead of slagging off their neighbours on the internet!
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• Re: Western Isles 'Satanic Abuse' Case, yet another Orkney by Penny Campbell (Member 10077131) on 21-Jul-2004
  I came here to live a life without interference from anyone and without interferring with anyone elses life, apparently that is something that local people cannot accept.
  
  I have learnt that there is more to the local community than whiskey and sheep, I have learnt that backstabbing is a popular past-time and that certain people who try and make a future here for themselves are treated to having
  sugar put in their petrol tank for their efforts, courtesy of jealous, lazy locals who hate people who put in time and effort to achieve things they can't be bothered doing themselves. People who lie and support each other when they attack other people are not the sort of people I want to get to know very well at all thank you.
  I have my reasons for looking for information about the people I mention. Why you would think I would be at all interested in you, I cannot imagine.
  
  If you find my arrogance surprising, that's because you have never learnt to stand up for what is right and make criticism when it is needed.
  
  I don't consider it arrogance actually, I consider it to be having the strength of character to say what I feel, a pity that is something that is never taught here.
  
  It's hardly surprising that the population is falling.
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• Re: Western Isles 'Satanic Abuse' Case, yet another Orkney by whitesettlersclub (Member 10027001) on 29-Jul-2004
  When the whole thing started my first reaction was well this is going to turn into a fiasco.
  
  Firstly I expected the case to be dropped due to lack of evidence, not because I know anyone involved just because thats what my gut told me. I havent got a great deal of confidence in the Police either; there have been too many bodges in the past.
  
  Secondly I thought it would further divide the nat
  ives and the incomers. I did here several times from people I get on with that 'They arent local, locals wouldnt do that'.
  Which is frankly ridiculous there are bad people in every culture.
  Its always nice to think the bad people are not like, from backgrounds like ours, I suppose.
  
  That said the bad feeling has not seemed to last and I have heard very little comment about what is thought of the case being dropped.
  
  There is always doubt in the minds of others after a case is dropped through lack of evidence etc..so there is a stain on the character of those accused which they have to learn to live with.
  While some may think that the cae should not have been dropped it has been, therefore there should be at least cnfusion of weather or not the sympathise with the accused.
  To rant that they did not settle into the community infering that this means they have no right to be upset if an unjustice has been done to them is in effect saying... if we dont like you who cares what happens to you.... this is not the way a mature sense of morality reasons.
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• Re: Western Isles 'Satanic Abuse' Case, yet another Orkney by Penny Campbell (Member 10077131) on 3-Aug-2004
  The biggest losers in this case has been our 5 children, who have been all but forgotten in all of this. They have been indirect victims of the malicious attacks on my husband and I. They have lost friends through this which has reduced my 10 year old daughter to tears during the holidays. Those with their self righteous opinions care nothing for how my children now feel. They have lost more t
  han anyone, they have been the innocent victims in this, and show me one person who cares except for us?
  
  They both have written of the fear they felt, my 12 year old shaking and feeling scared when faced with a police interview, thinking that when he was awoken that morning to find police and SS in the house that his father had been in a car accident. That isn't child protection, that is child abuse.
  
  They have all been taken off the 'at risk' register, the only people they were and still are at risk from is everyone outwith our household.
  
  And yes, I know of genuine cases of child-abuse that have been hushed up because it involved locals, and the fact that a convicted child-molester was re-elected as church elder in Stornoway with no-one batting an eyelid just a couple of weeks before this case started (it was reported in the Hebridean at the time). So don't tell me that you all fear for your children's safety when you clearly condone abuse carried out by your own kind.
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• Re: Western Isles 'Satanic Abuse' Case, yet another Orkney by Local (Member 10127756) on 4-Aug-2004
  Penny
  For somebody who came here intending not to interfere with other people's lives you don't seem to have done a very good job of it. You've done nothing but critisize people since you came here. You might find that your neighbours 'interference' is probably them trying to be friendly.
  It is quite rich to here the 'Queen of Backstabbing'herself say that backstabbing is a popular passtime amon
  gst locals. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!! You have done nothing but slag your neighbours off behind their backs since you appeared here.
  You call the locals jealous and lazy. Why would they be jealous of a bitter, interfering oinseach who has isolated herself from her community?
  You call us lazy! Well are you not someone who has received nothing but charity since you came here. Have you not cost the Comhairle and the Social Security a small fortune with grants to do up your house, taxis, phonebills etc. Do you or your husband even work these days?
  Could you please tell us all exactly what marvellous things you have achieved that others couldn't be bothered to do?? You made comments around two years ago slagging people off on this site way before any child abuse allegations were made. Could you tell us what lies they were telling back then, with which you justified not wanting to get to know them.
  If you are not interested in me a' ghraidh then why do you ask me to identify myself. I find you not only arrogant but also rude. You should grow up and maybe channel your hatred into something positive. I think you will find that i am actually making criticism where it is most definitely required.
  No wonder the population is falling when you are lurking in the shadows!
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• Re: Western Isles 'Satanic Abuse' Case, yet another Orkney by Adrian Davies (Member 10000789) on 11-Aug-2004
  Er, um, ah, ..........the last sentence re. "population falling" is hardly appropriate. Penny does have five kids apparently.....seems she is doing her bit...........hafa good life folks...................a

• Re: Western Isles 'Satanic Abuse' Case, yet another Orkney by Penny Campbell (Member 10077131) on 15-Sep-2004
  Have a happy life all

• Re: hello people by kenny (Member 10121647) on 27-Jun-2004
  he-he that was priceless....but i now feel a bit paranoid!!!u pair been following me about all my life ;-)
  a lot of that was answered YES

• Re: hello people by John (Member 10132282) on 17-Sep-2004
  
  Sheenagh and Jenni - I liked your list so much I thought it worth reformatting to make it more readable, so here it is!
  
  P.S. Are you ladies married? My eyebrow hairs are lovely and short ;-)
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  You know you're an Islande
  r if...
  You have a dog called Dileas
  
  You have never worn a biannag
  
  You have at least 3 eyebrow hairs over 1.5 inches long (extra points for on each eyebrow)
  
  You have a pair of 'posh' cords for evenings out
  
  You admire your father so much you have grown an inch long tuft of hair in each ear (extra points if you're female.)
  
  When in Glasgow/ Inverness/ Aberdeen you get on the bus and say "I'm going to Woolies, how much is it to Woolies?" When the driver looks at you quizzically, you clarify, "WoolWORTHS."
  
  When on the mainland you make a concerted effort to go into shops that don't exist in Stornoway. Like LIDL and Poundstretcher.
  Oh, and ASSSSDA
  
  You do a monthly Big Shop in Ullapool
  
  Your father knows someone called Tormod who works on The Isle Of Lewis ferry
  
  The first time you tried to get a bus in Glasgow/Inverness/Aberdeen it took 10 buses flying past you to make you realise you had to hold your hand out to make it stop
  
  You have never worn your father's boiler suit for the peats when you were 8 years old
  
  You have never got lost in the peats - 10 feet away from where your dad and mum were working
  
  When you move to Glasgow/Inverness/Aberdeen, you become a central point for free accommodation in said place
  
  You have made a sandcastle on the beach that when you stamp on it find has at least 1 ball of sheep's business in it
  
  You have almost killed your father doing a 3 point turn at 30 mile an hour while 'learning to drive' on the machair
  
  You have at least 4 deteriorating cars in your garden but won't give anyone any parts (extra points if not a Niseach)
  
  You were a softy if you ever used an umbrella
  
  You were a softy if you had glasses
  
  Anything over minus 10 Celsius is sleeves-rolled-up weather
  
  You walked into what you thought was your own empty house to find that a friend of your gran's has let himself in and is making himself a pot of tea on the gas
  
  You slip into the Gaidhlig inadvertently in the middle of sentences (extra points if you have done this to English-only speaking friends.)
  
  You insist that your lowland friends that they call you by your Gaelic name and that it's not that hard to pronounce Domhnall Aonghas Roddy Iain
  
  You have never been a farmer, but have a barn out the back just for good measure
  
  You thought Pizza Hut was a place you could buy fuel for the fire (think about it...)
  
  You know someone in America (extra points if they are relations)
  
  You have a relative who has a disused loom in the barn who is waiting for the tweed business to pick up
  
  You have never gone to the well to get water for tea when the plumbing was wrong
  
  You consider black and white portable televisions with dial tuning to be 'good enough' for the kitchen
  
  You have at least one school photo where you have a bald patch on your head after your dad decided to save money by using one of those red combs with razor blades in them
  
  You nearly burnt the house down trying to install dimmer lights in the lounge at home
  
  Your gran has at least 10 family photos on display on the sideboard.
  
  You have realised that you and all your cousins look exactly the same, but still think your immediate family is best as you have a brother at Glasgow University
  
  You have a third cousin in the RAF.83.
  
  You still have all your own teeth. You store them in 'a bag from the dentist's.' The oldest tooth is 30 years old
  
  Your uncle's party trick is pushing his upper denture plate out and showing the remains of what he had for breakfast that morning
  
  You saw your first tree on the mainland
  
  You have a passport but have never actually been past the Barvas moor
  
  You enjoy spinning aimlessly around town at 10 o'clock at night and beeping at people you think you know
  
  You try to apply the rules of football to all sports
  
  When you were 12 you thought Pointers was Kool90
  
  When you were 8 you got a row from your friend's dad for breaking up his new roofing timber so you could use it to build a ganghut out of the old blackhouse out the back
  
  As a teenager for some reason you wanted a bowling alley, ice rink and cinema in Stornoway. You then realised that working in WISCOs was much cooler and you were so tired by the end of the day that you had no energy to do anything anyway. There you are, now
  
  When laying a new living room carpet, you cut up the old one and use it for the wee bit in the porch
  
  You lift your index finger to say hello even when out of your car
  
  You have had 5 different nicknames before one finally stuck at age 10.
  
  The nickname you have is the only one of the 5 that you really dislike, but are too hard to admit it
  
  You attach the ending '-boy' to the end of men's names when addressing them
  
  From age 11 your haircut's direction permanently matched that of the prevailing wind on your side of the island. Wonderfully, this did not affect your 'dossan'
  
  You play for at least 10 village football teams, as having a fourth cousin in Bragar entitles you to do so.
  Has Berti Vogts ever visited the Island?
  
  You know 20 people called Seonaid.They all wear exactly the same style of clothes
  
  Your ancient Ford Fiesta has go faster stripes, a red spoiler and a white passenger door
  
  You know that, despite what they say, wherever you lay your hat it's not home unless it's up north.
  
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