tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post319323304313441117..comments2024-03-22T23:27:47.349+00:00Comments on EAGLETON NOTES: It's a Fact of Island LifeGraham Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-70942290491624984222011-05-06T08:22:27.203+01:002011-05-06T08:22:27.203+01:00As you know I don't enjoy supermarkets and alw...As you know I don't enjoy supermarkets and always try to get in and out as quickly as possible. So I take a deep breath and hope I won't run into someone I know. Anti-social, huh?Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276284964859313257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-90067435175491628012011-05-06T06:02:22.738+01:002011-05-06T06:02:22.738+01:00Just the town centre.Just the town centre.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-38771410760303368062011-05-05T19:34:54.040+01:002011-05-05T19:34:54.040+01:00Only 10 years. I thought you were talking of the ...Only 10 years. I thought you were talking of the Stornoway of at least 20 years ago! Or did you just go into the 'little' Co-op in the town centre?Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-981796982892747332011-05-05T18:21:39.647+01:002011-05-05T18:21:39.647+01:00Ten years since I docked there. How times change.Ten years since I docked there. How times change.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-82274393057386371672011-05-05T17:40:24.862+01:002011-05-05T17:40:24.862+01:00Yes, Monica, I'm finding that I meet more peop...Yes, Monica, I'm finding that I meet more people now that we are all getting to retirement age and shop when the workers are, well, working!<br /><br />Norma, it took much longer than 74 minutes. That was just the first four aisles!<br /><br />Adrian: I've stopped sinning. Thanks for pointing out the error of my ways. I shall have to show you how much Stornoway has changed since you were here. The Co-op is the largest in Scotland. Tesco has a foothold here (they bought the Somerfield Store which had bought Safeway which had begat - sorry, bought - Presto which had bought Templetons which... You get the idea. It's a pitiful place.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-38421701704241324452011-05-05T17:31:46.653+01:002011-05-05T17:31:46.653+01:00Graham, educate these poor folk the CO-OP in Storn...Graham, educate these poor folk the CO-OP in Stornaway is far removed from a Tesco Super Store. Unless it's changed! It has bread, eggs, bacon and dry goods.<br />Like a frontier store.<br /> Last time I was there we waited a day for Fedex cos they couldn't get the cargo door open on the aircraft. Brilliant place you live.<br />Ps you have The Worlds Biggest Sin enabled.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-40605754884182146222011-05-05T15:53:34.492+01:002011-05-05T15:53:34.492+01:00Our city is smaller than yours DawnTreader, but I ...Our city is smaller than yours DawnTreader, but I have to make dates with my friends to see them. Now former students and former students' parents, that's another thing. Running into them often. But being retired and most of my friends are not...you get the picture. <br />GB, taking 75 minutes to get thru the supermarket, that's a LOT of friends. Good for you! <br />Island life is a calm way to live. ~sigh~Scrappy Gramshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09009685288094065223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-41977040141780573302011-05-05T15:45:47.162+01:002011-05-05T15:45:47.162+01:00I somtimes think I might as well live on another p...I somtimes think I might as well live on another planet judging by how rarely I run into people I know. (Besides living in a town with a population of 100.000 it might have something to do with me being in early retirement while most of my friends are not!)DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.com