Emigrating Collach
Posted: Monday, 20 February 2006 |
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I am intrigued, about the helium balloons. No wonder people emigrate if that's how you treat them!! I am also interested in the biggest landowner - will he visit at the fank do you think, will Annie Beag be interested? how obese did he become?
scallowawife from Shetland
Hi Nic I'm a journalist interested in your story about the deer washed up on shore - can you tell me anything more about it?
eva from glasgow
Dear Scalloway Wife The big landowner will indeed be at the fank. We are strengthening the bridge at Galson to take his weight and Donnie is welding extra cross members into the tractor trailer ahead of his arrival on the second day when the festival goes international. He has three seats booked on Air New Zealand Wellington to Callanish Interantional refuelling at Coil or should that be Coll. Is this the sort of itinery information your'e looking for? PS Annie B goes for quality not quantity I believe. Her first five husbands were all less than five feet tall according to her splendid autobiography available in a plain brown envelope from any branch of Ann Summmers ( or Berniw Winters )
calumannabel from Fank Office South Dell Lewis
Sorry Eva. I don't have any more info on the deer. They appeared and disappeared. They weren't skinned or gutted and were fresh. There was talk about keeping the jawbones, but we never had a chance. The helium ballons were very popular as chasers. A few were saved for the kids, but several were emptied on the night, very squeaky.
Nic from Coll
I'm just wondering what with all this emigration etc does that mean that Coll would have available accomodation? Its just if their is free settlement enroute to the fank then it will save my son the dowrie.
GrannyE. DBE.RM from Auchenshuggle
Were they row deer from Sunny's longboat?
Bambi MacFlurry from Canna Swim Cottage Brue
I believe one of the few places outside Coll to stock the magazine is Sunny's shop in Arran. Coll Magazine can be found behind the coloured cartridge paper in a brown bag on the top shelf between 'Busty Herrring Girls' and 'Papa Westray Goes Sheep Worrying Monthly ' .
w h menzies smith from Ness News and Lottery Shop Lewis
Having returned recently from a year round the world we were unpacking stuff and I came across the first ever Coll Magazine which I had a story published in. It was lovely to see the article I wrote at primary school and it brought back some nice memories. I look forward to being able to see the few magazines I don't seem to have!
Stewart Kennedy from Dublin
Nic is this your world famous burger van in this pic http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b77/fredtheted/oban-mull-coll-09.jpg
Fred from Edinburgh
Yup, that is the flagship in my griddle of burger vans, you didn't need to be so discreet about it. Ask me nicely and I'll identify the people at the pier seeing you off. Note, we now have a dull grey concrete wall in need of some magnolia paint around the carpark.
Nic from Coll
About the deer did Santa make it to Coll last Christmas or were they the brown ugly ones
The Polar Bear from Canada
Unhappy Tiree Natives Kill Santa? Santa Claus was declared missing by the local police after a rare visit to Tiree. Although he frequented the nice neighbouring Island Of Coll, Santa was not often found on Tiree. His wife pointed out that Tiree was on his list this year (a nice family having moved to the Island) but that no presents were delivered further down the list. Tiree weather station and Tiree air traffic control were both unwilling to comment at this time. His reindeer were believed to have been washed ashore on the neighbouring island of Coll - due to the very decomposed state of the bodies no red nose was seen and the identification is not absolutely certain. If you see a rather jolly overweight old man dressed in red on Tiree can you please inform the Oban police asap.
Stewart from Dublin
My furry friends down the ice flow tell me that some guy named McCartney might be able to help he seems to be into dead animals or beetles or beatles ,didn’t have the heart to tell him that all the snow fleas are slowly disappearing due to Global Warming
The Polar Bear from Canada
Hi Nic, It's one of the annually visiting red-headed twins here. Although, Alison ruined that by going up to Coll last weekend! (lucky b***h). Just discovered your blog while getting 'home'sick and Goggling away for news about Coll. We've got loads of back issues of the magazine, and a scanner, so if you need any help I would happily scan some in for you and e-mail them up. Up at the end of July, looking forward to the burger van, and finding out what it's like trying to study when you're in Coll with so much to fit into just a week.
Lorna from Glasgow
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