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September 2006


First entry in this Blog »
30/09/06    Hurricane Isaac  posted by pharmolo (2 comments)
Readers in Canada or with contacts in the Canadian Maritimes and Newfoundland should point them t...
30/09/06    John and Krissy  posted by pharmolo (6 comments)
Unfortunately, John (Krissy's other half) has had to be hospitalised again. He had acquired two i...
30/09/06    Bullying  posted by pharmolo (10 comments)
I read on another blog that a show Ugly Betty is being screened in the States. I gather it ridicu...
30/09/06    True story from the railways  posted by pharmolo (6 comments)
This is a true story from the West Highland Line in Scotland. Its 150 miles wind through the most...
30/09/06    Ghost story from the railways  posted by pharmolo (12 comments)
In the years before World War II, signalboxes were manned and lived in. One such stood near a rai...
30/09/06    I'm a Poplar  posted by pharmolo (9 comments)
This one has done the rounds, but I like it

WHAT TREE DID YOU FALL FROM?
30/09/06    Hurricane update - 30 September  posted by pharmolo (2 comments)
ATLANTIC
Tropical Storm ISAAC was a dark horse, until yesterday afternoon when this strong tro...
29/09/06    Unusual  posted by pharmolo (4 comments)
As you may well be aware, I keep an eye on tropical cyclones around the world. I post their progr...
29/09/06    This is bad for my reputation  posted by pharmolo (6 comments)
Nonetheless, I will tell this joke. I'm not deliberately causing offense, ignore this entry if yo...
29/09/06    Of mice and men  posted by pharmolo (3 comments)
Remember the posting I made quite some time ago about rats being exterminated from the whole of t...
29/09/06    Friday 29/09/06 Picture  posted by pharmolo (3 comments)
Yep, it's only 9pm, but I thought I'd better get this out of the way. Not expecting much to happe...
29/09/06    Thursday 28/09/06  posted by pharmolo (3 comments)
Don't sleep until 6 a.m., sniffling, snottering and going through hankies at a rate of knots. Ris...
29/09/06    Wednesday 27/09/06 Picture  posted by pharmolo (0 comments)
Reasonably nice start to the day, but cloudcover rapidly increases on the approach of yet another...
29/09/06    Dangerous dogs  posted by pharmolo (6 comments)
Over the past week or so, there have been a number of attacks by large dogs on small children. Tr...
29/09/06    Schoolbuses  posted by pharmolo (2 comments)
Here in the Western Isles, an unholy row has broken out between the council and the residents of ...
29/09/06    Scorn  posted by pharmolo (5 comments)
I have no sympathy for the people of a certain island in the Hebrides who are now fighting like c...
29/09/06    Good morning  posted by pharmolo (6 comments)
Good morning readers, your NorthernTripper is back on form. Have put the cold out with the bins, ...
28/09/06    CarnivAOL 22  posted by pharmolo (1 comments)
Paul is asking all bloggers to submit entries for inclusion in the CarnivAOL blog. Go over and ha...
28/09/06    Thursday  posted by pharmolo (8 comments)
You won't get much out of me today; had virtually no sleep overnight, and although the flood has ...
28/09/06    Typhoon Xangsane - 28 September  posted by pharmolo (2 comments)
As forecast by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, abovementioned typhoon passed the Philippine cap...
27/09/06    Cold  posted by pharmolo (11 comments)
And of course, two days after being infected by our weekend guest, here I am

27/09/06    Ownership  posted by pharmolo (4 comments)
Cathy (Luddie343) asked if the family of Sir James Matheson, drugsbaron avant la lettre, still ow...
27/09/06    Drugsbaron  posted by pharmolo (10 comments)

A memorial to a drugsbaron was
27/09/06    Complaints  posted by pharmolo (7 comments)
Here are the top       nine most bizarre and genuine customer compl...
27/09/06    I'm worth... how much???  posted by pharmolo (8 comments)

27/09/06    Kristallnacht  posted by pharmolo (5 comments)
The title of this entry is in German, and it means Crystal Night. It is one of the horrible euphe...
27/09/06    Priests in a pickle  posted by pharmolo (6 comments)
There were three priests in a railroad station, all wanting to go home       to Pi...
27/09/06    Thanks  posted by pharmolo (10 comments)
27/09/06    Typhoon Xangsane  posted by pharmolo (1 comments)
I am raising the red flag on abovementioned typhoon, wh
27/09/06    Tuesday 26/09/06 Picture  posted by pharmolo (4 comments)
Fairly reasonable day weatherwise, although it's mostly cloudy and breezy. Mrs B's son and guest ...
26/09/06    Monday 25/09/06 Picture  posted by pharmolo (3 comments)
Cloudy but fairly bright day, with some wind and a drop of rain. Mrs B's son + guest go around to...
26/09/06    Hurricane update - 26 September PM  posted by pharmolo (1 comments)
Typhoon Xangsane is located at12.2N 126.2E with windspeeds of 65 knots and is moving west towards...
26/09/06    New drug for liver disease  posted by pharmolo (4 comments)
Another item from the BBC's website, this time on the Health front:

A c
26/09/06    Dog starts car  posted by pharmolo (5 comments)
(From the BBC's Southern Counties news website)
A breakdo
26/09/06    Update R8  posted by pharmolo (6 comments)
26/09/06    Webcam and other associated sites  posted by pharmolo (3 comments)
Just a brief refresher in the other goodies that I've got on the Net

The Newton webcam whi...
26/09/06    A drive through Stornoway  posted by pharmolo (6 comments)
On September 5th, I was coming into Stornoway from Barvas, and decided to record a couple of minu...
26/09/06    Autumn  posted by pharmolo (11 comments)
I'm resuming participation in Krissy and Val's Photo Scavenger Hun
26/09/06    Hurricane update - 26 September  posted by pharmolo (1 comments)
Tropical storm Xangsane is heading towards the northern Phillippines, and will hit the island of ...
26/09/06    Call for support  posted by pharmolo (3 comments)
I was pointed to a new journal today, written by a lady called Gerry. She is 75 years of age, and...
25/09/06    Planned outage  posted by pharmolo (10 comments)
AOL Journals will be off-line between 4 and 6 AM EDT (that's 9 to 11 AM BST) tomorrow, 26 Septemb...
25/09/06    Cyber Cruelty  posted by pharmolo (14 comments)
I'm going to broach a subject that has crossed my path recently in the case of the VIVIs. I have ...
25/09/06    Pregnant Lady  posted by pharmolo (6 comments)

ACTUAL AUSTRALIAN COURT DOCKET 12659 CASE OF THE PREGNANT LADY

A lady about 8 months p
25/09/06    Up to date + storm warning  posted by pharmolo (2 comments)
Right, here we are, 2 hours and 20 minutes later and me up to date with about 48 journals. It's a...
25/09/06    Tagged  posted by pharmolo (9 comments)
Over the weekend, I was tagged by Barbara (Life & Faith in Caneyhead) to list S
25/09/06    Alerts  posted by pharmolo (3 comments)
Since Friday evening,
25/09/06    Addition  posted by pharmolo (1 comments)
For those who were first off the blocks on seeing my alerts: Saturday's (23rd) and Sunday's (24th...
25/09/06    Sunday 24/09/06 Picture  posted by pharmolo (0 comments)
Our guest is developing a cold. We cross over to Arnish after breakfast, driving through a desert...
25/09/06    Saturday 23/09/06 Picture  posted by pharmolo (1 comments)
Nice sunny morning, which we spend preparing for the afternoon's trip to Uig. We first head for t...
25/09/06    Friday 22/09/06 Picture  posted by pharmolo (2 comments)
The wind howled around the house overnight, as the remnant of hurricane Gordon scooted north on i...
24/09/06    Hurricane update - 24 September  posted by pharmolo (1 comments)
Just to say that at this time, there are no tropical cyclones to worry about. The remnant of Hele...
24/09/06    Evening  posted by pharmolo (5 comments)

It's been pouring with rain since 6 o'clock, which was actually the time I returned from my t...
24/09/06    Knew this?  posted by pharmolo (6 comments)
24/09/06    Sunday  posted by pharmolo (8 comments)
Off again for a trip, perhaps two, this afternoon. First to the Arnish Lighthouse, just across th...
23/09/06    Head round the corner  posted by pharmolo (6 comments)
Howdy folks. Feeling shattered right now - we're having a guest in who is perfectly charming, eng...
22/09/06    Evilmeter  posted by pharmolo (11 comments)


22/09/06    Thursday 21/09/06  posted by pharmolo (3 comments)
Very wet day, with the rain persisting until 3.30pm. Very strong winds, up to force 11, are expec...
22/09/06    VIVIs  posted by pharmolo (9 comments)
Having seen a sample o
22/09/06    Weekend  posted by pharmolo (5 comments)
I'm not sure whether I'll be able to keep up with alerts and stuff this weekend - a visitor is du...
22/09/06    Not my resume  posted by pharmolo (6 comments)
1. My first job was working in an Orange Juice fact
22/09/06    Hurricane update - 22 September  posted by pharmolo (0 comments)
First of all, a message from the Indian Met. Department
21/09/06    I'm from Neptune  posted by pharmolo (6 comments)

21/09/06    Missing walker feared dead  posted by pharmolo (2 comments)

Image above: Glen Dibidil fr
21/09/06    Wednesday 20/09/06 Picture  posted by pharmolo (4 comments)
Miserable old day, plenty of rain about. Get up a bit earlier than normal as mrs B is expecting h...
21/09/06    Unintentionally worst URLs  posted by pharmolo (6 comments)
You may have seen this before...
If so - apologies.
The top 10 unin
21/09/06    Storm warning  posted by pharmolo (1 comments)
Thursday 21st September
This applies to the UK, from Cornwall n
21/09/06    Hurricane update - 21 September  posted by pharmolo (1 comments)
Hurricane Helene is going to follow in the path of Hurricane Gordon, now absorbed into a strong Atla
21/09/06    Another pointer  posted by pharmolo (11 comments)
And this time it has a bearing on the souring of the VIVI awards, with the resignation of Donna [...
21/09/06    Missing walker - update  posted by pharmolo (3 comments)
The search for the man who has gone missing on the Isle of Rum, 80 miles south of Lewis, has been...
21/09/06    Pointer  posted by pharmolo (2 comments)
I do not normally post on the Iraq war - it's an on-going saga, in my opinion a political cock-up...
20/09/06    Missing walker  posted by pharmolo (5 comments)
The Coastguard reports that a 60-year old walker has gone missing in the Isle of Rhum, south of S...
20/09/06    VIVIs and blogging  posted by pharmolo (13 comments)
I was disappointed to read that the VIVI awards seem to be the excuse for people to be spiteful t...
20/09/06    STRoke  posted by pharmolo (11 comments)
STROKE: Remember The 1st Three Letters...S.T.R.

My friend sent this to me and encouraged m...
20/09/06    Tuesday 19/09/06 Picture  posted by pharmolo (5 comments)
Nice day, with some showers in the morning. Hurricane Gordon is set to blow over the Azores tonig...
20/09/06    Monday 18/09/06  posted by pharmolo (2 comments)
No pictures today. We start the day with pale sunshine, which is replaced by clouds and increasin...
20/09/06    Sunday 17/09/06 Picture  posted by pharmolo (1 comments)
Very dreich and drizzly start to the day, but the sun comes out by midday. The Countryfile progra...
20/09/06    Hallaig Picture  posted by pharmolo (3 comments)
This poem, by Sorley Maclean (1911-1996) has the village of his youth in mind. It is no longer in...
20/09/06    Papal palaver  posted by pharmolo (2 comments)
Pope Benedict XVI made a speech at the University of Regensburg, Germany, last week. His words we...
20/09/06    Acknowledgements  posted by pharmolo (0 comments)
I cannot take the credits for today's funnies, they're sent to me - by various people on AOL. Lil...
20/09/06    The Old Cow  posted by pharmolo (7 comments)
Hillary Clinton and her driver were cruising along a country road.
20/09/06    Medical Examinations  posted by pharmolo (6 comments)
Medical Examinations
19/09/06    Seeing your perfection  posted by pharmolo (10 comments)

With thanks to an AOL friend from Florida for sending me this
19/09/06    Recurring theme: water  posted by pharmolo (7 comments)
I've just browsed through my alerts, and two themes kept recurring.
19/09/06    "Talking like a pirate" day  posted by pharmolo (7 comments)
With thanks to Lori (Helmswondermom) for drawing my attention to this -



19/09/06    Hurricane update - 19 September  posted by pharmolo (1 comments)
Hurricane Gordon has intensified to a catego
18/09/06    Sound bites or sound bytes  posted by pharmolo (4 comments)
Another offshoot of the September Chat was the idea to put everybody's musical efforts (or effort...
18/09/06    Hurricane update - 18 September PM  posted by pharmolo (0 comments)
The Hurricane Center has issued a tropical storm warning for the Azores, the island group west of...
18/09/06    Blogmeet  posted by pharmolo (7 comments)
As I announced last night, there will be a J-land Convention in the USA next summer. I would like...
18/09/06    Monday morning question  posted by pharmolo (8 comments)
       

18/09/06    Pictures in journals  posted by pharmolo (1 comments)
If you want to put pictures in your journal, this is one way of going about it; the latter part a...
18/09/06    VIVI Awards Timetable  posted by pharmolo (3 comments)
* Journals to be entered for shortlisting as from now in Jackie's
18/09/06    Link to chatlog available  posted by pharmolo (6 comments)
The link to the chatlog for the J-land September chat is available from this link. The link will ...
18/09/06    Hurricane update - 18 September  posted by pharmolo (1 comments)
I'm going to answer a question first: The UK has never been hit by an actual tropical cyclone. Wa...
18/09/06    J-land chat  posted by pharmolo (14 comments)

I think the 40 people who attended the J-land chat last night will agree that it was a great ...
17/09/06    VIVI awards journal  posted by pharmolo (3 comments)
Jackie has set up the VIVI awards journal; click on the VIVI logo in my sidebar to go there. You ...
17/09/06    Saturday 16/09/06 Picture  posted by pharmolo (4 comments)
Very sunny day, bit breezy but not cold. Help mrs B defrost her freezer and stick some felt pads ...
17/09/06    Friday 15/09/06 Picture  posted by pharmolo (4 comments)
Brilliantly sunny morning, although cloud does increase through the morning. Quite windy but mild...
17/09/06    Thursday 14/09/06 Picture  posted by pharmolo (1 comments)
Very dreich morning, with increasingly heavy rainfall. Father and son went out fishing on a loch ...
17/09/06    Countryfile Photographic Competition  posted by pharmolo (1 comments)
BBC TV has a program on Sunday mornings called Countryfile. It tackles issues rural, all over the...
17/09/06    Nonsense  posted by pharmolo (9 comments)
Blogging supremo John Scalzi sets us these assignments, which I don't normally follow. I don't re...
17/09/06    Alcohol and teenagers  posted by pharmolo (11 comments)
Natalie in her blog Interface has raised the vexed issue of teenage drinking. I have p
16/09/06    Little Red Riding Hood  posted by pharmolo (9 comments)
A whole other way to tell the Little Red Riding Hood
16/09/06    Ecological footprint  posted by pharmolo (6 comments)
I'm not an eco-buff, Friends-of-the-Earth, Greenpeace type of person. Of course, I care about the...
16/09/06    Hurricane names  posted by pharmolo (4 comments)
I had a question contained in one of the comments to yesterday's hurricane update: we now have hu...
16/09/06    Hurricane update - 16 September  posted by pharmolo (2 comments)
In the Atlantic, Gordon and Heleneare spinning well offshore, and not presenting a danger to land...
16/09/06    del.icio.us  posted by pharmolo (0 comments)
Subscribed to this service a few days ago, looks nice, a place to leave your links on-line. You c...
15/09/06    Journalseditors  posted by pharmolo (3 comments)
Journalseditor Joe Loong is stepping down from his post as Journalseditor, but Journalseditor Jef...
15/09/06    Stevie  posted by pharmolo (5 comments)
Everybody is probably aware, just to mention that Stevie [stevietwain] is not doing too well at t...
15/09/06    Hurricane update - 15 September  posted by pharmolo (4 comments)
Two systems to watch over the days to come.

Hurricane Gordon is in the middle of the Atla...
14/09/06    Odd places Picture  posted by pharmolo (7 comments)
In the early stages of "Northern Trip", which started out as a travelling session, I visited and ...
14/09/06    Vivi Awards - update  posted by pharmolo (1 comments)
Jackie has issued the graphic associated with this year's VIVI awards. I have put
14/09/06    Hurricane update - 14 September  posted by pharmolo (2 comments)
There are 3 tropical cyclones in the Atlantic, one of which is no longer a formal tropical cyclon...
13/09/06    Up to date  posted by pharmolo (3 comments)
Well, shiver me timbers.

No alerts, diary up to date, pictures all uploaded. Seems I'm do...
13/09/06    Wednesday 13/09/06 Picture  posted by pharmolo (5 comments)
Fairly bright start to the day, but a drop of rain falls at 10 am. Can see Skye above the Arnish ...
13/09/06    Plastic surgery, eh?  posted by pharmolo (5 comments)

A middle aged woman went to her cosmetic surgeon to see what her options were concerning her ...
13/09/06    Choices - addendum  posted by pharmolo (3 comments)
The point made by the post headed Choices is that nobody is perfect, and that he who appears to b...
13/09/06    2996 update  posted by pharmolo (4 comments)
I have decided to delete my entry from yesterday, which pointed to the recording of the 911 call ...
13/09/06    Choices  posted by pharmolo (4 comments)
If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids
already, three who were deaf, two who wer...
13/09/06    Tuesday 12/09/06 Picture  posted by pharmolo (3 comments)
Another grey day in Stornoway, with low cloud and the odd spot of drizzle. The two folk from Inve...
13/09/06    Monday 11/09/06 Picture  posted by pharmolo (4 comments)
Our guest of the last few days leaves at 5.30 on padded feet. Today is the fifth anniversary of 9...
13/09/06    Sunday 10/09/06 Picture  posted by pharmolo (1 comments)
After breakfast, our guest goes to Arnish to look around the gun emplacements there. Although I g...
13/09/06    Saturday 09/09/06 Picture  posted by pharmolo (2 comments)
Nice sunny morning, and fence posts are being erected across the gap in the backwall. A 6 ft high...
13/09/06    Friday 08/09/06 Picture  posted by pharmolo (2 comments)
The hole digging out the back encounters some problems in the shape of a possible drain. Hopefull...
13/09/06    Diary entries  posted by pharmolo (1 comments)
It would appear I am seriously behind with the diary. Been so busy, what with 9/11, hurricanes an...
12/09/06    Look back - November 2004  posted by pharmolo (4 comments)
I started writing a blog in October 2004, although my travelling commenced in August of that year...
12/09/06    J-land Chat  posted by pharmolo (1 comments)
Right, guys and dolls, it is within my sights:

12/09/06    Wishes  posted by pharmolo (5 comments)
A little girl wrote a note to God
12/09/06    Steve Irwin  posted by pharmolo (7 comments)
I was barely aware of the profile of Steve Irwin, who died last week, moments after being stung b...
12/09/06    Hurricane FLORENCE  posted by pharmolo (0 comments)
Florence has battered Bermuda on Monday with 120 mph winds, which temporarily knocked out their r...
12/09/06    Postscript on 9/11  posted by pharmolo (9 comments)
I have read many of the tributes to the victims of the 9/11 attacks in New York, Washington and P...
11/09/06    Norberto Hernandez  posted by pharmolo (17 comments)
Exactly five years ago, at 8.46 EDT on 11 September 2001, a commercial airliner was flown into th...
10/09/06    Florence  posted by pharmolo (1 comments)
Hurricane Florence is approaching Bermuda, and I am grateful for having Internet access at this p...
10/09/06    Guga  posted by pharmolo (4 comments)
Below, I reprint an article on the tradition of hunting guga, which I referred to in a diary entr...
10/09/06    9/10  posted by pharmolo (8 comments)
As the first band of rain moves away from Stornoway this evening, I am going through about 50 ale...
10/09/06    Florence approaches Bermuda  posted by pharmolo (2 comments)
Hurricane Florence, a category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, is forecast to pass close...
09/09/06    Close of day  posted by pharmolo (2 comments)

OK, it's not quite midnight yet
09/09/06    Al-Gebra  posted by pharmolo (3 comments)
A public school teacher was arrested today at Gatwick Airport as he attempted to board a flight w...
09/09/06    Look Back - The Great Hurricane  posted by pharmolo (3 comments)
Preface:
In January 2005, I was staying in the Youth Hostel at Kershader, 22 miles south of S...
09/09/06    Stats - update  posted by pharmolo (3 comments)
And that's me past the 10,000 on the AOL hitcounter. Thanks for the interest!
09/09/06    Marriage Mayhem  posted by pharmolo (8 comments)

09/09/06    Observations  posted by pharmolo (5 comments)
Light travels faster than sound.  This is why some people appear bright unt
09/09/06    Hurricane update - 9 September  posted by pharmolo (2 comments)
Only one hurricane on the charts at the moment: Florence. Bermuda is in its path and therefore su...
08/09/06    Links  posted by pharmolo (2 comments)
How many journals are you allowed to read? Well, that's limitless. I read in someone's blog yeste...
08/09/06    9/11  posted by pharmolo (8 comments)

IF I
08/09/06    Project 2996  posted by pharmolo (1 comments)
For everybody who is doing an entry as part of the 2996 project - with thanks to Kathy [Onestrang...
08/09/06    Food for thought  posted by pharmolo (6 comments)
1. Is it good if a vacuum really sucks?2. Why is the t
08/09/06    Stats  posted by pharmolo (5 comments)
Yesterday, I reached page 1300 in my handwritten diary, which I summarise on this blog.
I not...
08/09/06    Thursday 07/09/06 Picture  posted by pharmolo (1 comments)

The English couple depart for the Uists and their place is taken by a chap who'll be here unt...
08/09/06    Wednesday 06/09/06 Picture  posted by pharmolo (2 comments)

Fairly bright day with some showers. The English couple stay on for another night, as they ar...
08/09/06    Tuesday 05/09/06 Picture  posted by pharmolo (1 comments)
Grey start to the day, and it comes on to rain by 11. Mrs B and myself join her nephew on a run t...
08/09/06    Cannibals  posted by pharmolo (4 comments)
Two cannibals meet one d
08/09/06    Hurricane update - 8 September  posted by pharmolo (3 comments)
Tropical Storm Florence is going to veer north and pommel Bermuda on Monday. The Bermuda Weather ...
07/09/06    Look back - Royal National Mod Picture  posted by pharmolo (1 comments)
Last year, the Royal National Mod, an international competition in Gaelic culture, was held in St...
07/09/06    9/11  posted by pharmolo (7 comments)
I think everybody remembered what they were doing the moment they heard about the planes hitting ...
07/09/06    Hurricane update - 7 September  posted by pharmolo (3 comments)
Tropical Storm Florence is winding itself up in the
07/09/06    Junkcalls, junkmail - this might help (UK only)  posted by pharmolo (8 comments)
Tips for Handling Telemarketers

Three Little Words That Work !
(1)The three little word...
07/09/06    untitled  posted by pharmolo (3 comments)
1. Marriage changes passion; suddenly you're in bed with a relative.

2. Sign in a Chinese ...
07/09/06    Project 2996  posted by pharmolo (9 comments)


I have no
07/09/06    Look back - Shiant Islands 18 June 2005 Picture  posted by pharmolo (2 comments)

06/09/06    Close of day  posted by pharmolo (2 comments)
It's heading towards midnight, and need to postpone posting the Looking Back entry for today. Hin...
06/09/06    More J-land news  posted by pharmolo (5 comments)
So before I forget: a reminder of the J-land chat, scheduled for Sunday September 17th at 8pm Bri...
06/09/06    Vivi Awards - update  posted by pharmolo (4 comments)
Jackie [siennastarr]
06/09/06    Project 2996  posted by pharmolo (2 comments)

Had an email from Dale, the 299
06/09/06    Politics  posted by pharmolo (2 comments)
I think he had it coming. Tony Blair I mean. Saying he is NOT going to serve the full term after ...
06/09/06    Hurricane update - 6 September  posted by pharmolo (0 comments)
Tropical Storm Florence is a very large cyclone, situated 770 miles eastsoutheast of the Leeward ...
06/09/06    Crying children  posted by pharmolo (5 comments)
Saw something on the news that made me frown. A photographer in the States is taking children int...
05/09/06    CarnivAOL 21  posted by pharmolo (3 comments)
The Grand Master of the CarnivAOL of Vanities has issued bulletin XXI - please read and enjoy the...
05/09/06    Look back - 12/04/05  posted by pharmolo (0 comments)

Today's flashback goes to an entry I did without pictures, but even if I had had one on the d...
05/09/06    Monday 04/09/06 Picture  posted by pharmolo (2 comments)

The Germans head off for a day round Harris before catching the 4pm ferry to Uig, Skye. It's ...
05/09/06    Growth Hormone  posted by pharmolo (5 comments)
Natalie in her blog Interface flagged up the issue of using growth hormone in children of short s...
05/09/06    Tropical Cyclones - update 5th September  posted by pharmolo (2 comments)
A bit of a lull in the hurricane season. Tropical Depression 6 is still struggling in the Central...
04/09/06    Sunday 03/09/06 Picture  posted by pharmolo (4 comments)
Quite a variable day, starting with frequent heavy showers. These cease after lunchtime. Spend so...
04/09/06    Recipe Book  posted by pharmolo (1 comments)
A reminder that I have a Recipe Book
04/09/06    Alert to Alerts  posted by pharmolo (5 comments)


I think one of my AOHell pi
04/09/06    Look back Picture  posted by pharmolo (4 comments)
I am going to put some pictures and previous journal entries, showing different parts of Lewis an...
04/09/06    Emergencies  posted by pharmolo (4 comments)
Couple of incidents required the attention of the Coastguard this weekend. A pair of walkers got ...
03/09/06    Tropical cyclones - 3 September  posted by pharmolo (4 comments)
Well, I thought we'd get a lull from hurricanes. You can but hope. Nature decided otherwise...
03/09/06    Project 2996 - update  posted by pharmolo (1 comments)

Anyone who has been allocated a victim of 9/11 to blog about on 11th September (next Monday),...
03/09/06    High tide  posted by pharmolo (1 comments)

A reminder to everyone that lives near the sea that next weekend will bring an exceptionally ...
03/09/06    J-land news  posted by pharmolo (2 comments)
I hope everybody has their calendars marked this month

5 September - start of Journa
02/09/06    Saturday 02/09/06 Picture  posted by pharmolo (4 comments)

After the lashing winds and heavy rain overnight, Saturday dawns fairly bright. I join the Ge...
02/09/06    Labor Day  posted by pharmolo (6 comments)
02/09/06    Up-to-date  posted by pharmolo (0 comments)
Everything's up to date in Kansas City, is a famous line from the Rogers & Hammerstein operet...
02/09/06    Friday 01/09/06 Picture  posted by pharmolo (1 comments)
This morning started nasty and wet, but it rapidly clears up. Mrs B has her helper in this mornin...
02/09/06    Vivi Awards  posted by pharmolo (2 comments)
Yes, it's that time of the year again. The
02/09/06    Thursday 31/08/06 Picture  posted by pharmolo (0 comments)
Reasonably nice morning, which preambles the second day of lectures on the Hebridean Book Festiva...
02/09/06    P