by general jack o'niell » Wed Dec 21, 2005 3:35 pm
oh dear wee brother, your not upsetting the good people of campbeltown?
good job it's called the wee toon, because thats just what the switching on was, wee toon, hooray here comes a tractor, hooray here comes a local car salesman advertising his latest model and look, a pair of eejits in badly fitting costumes switching on the lights.
i think the lights look great, and all credit to everyone involved in raising the cash to pay for them, but maybe it's just miserable old me, i can't stand any organised campbeltown event, never could, i avoided the highland games like the plague, ok i did give the odd car owner a mouthful for trying to park outside my house, but i hated it.
same with the firework displays, never been to one never will, doesn't mean i don't put my hand in my pocket for these things, i have, it's still there and i'm not taking it out, i've never even bought a raffle ticket for the radio, come to think, i've never bought a raffle ticket.
i've never been to the music festival either, never will, although i hope everyone that goes enjoys it, i'm just what used to be called a miserable bugger and i'm happy to admit it, although i have in the past given freely of my time to local groups, argyll fm, soccer centre etc i hate parting with money, every penny is a prisoner, sweltered will second that i'm sure i just believe that charity begins at home and thats where it's staying, i just get the wife to buy the tickets.
if that upsets some people, tough, get a sense of humour!!!
if you have to make a big deal of switching on the lights just have the bands playing, pipebands and brass, afterall they were the once freezing their little fingers off due to the way the parade drags out with stupid convoys, the people will still come out, the lights will still get switched on.
oh and as to who switches on the lights, if you can't get someone famous in the scottish Z list of celebrities and why should you pay some oaf who just happens to have been on telly? make it an honour thing, get the citizen of the year to switch them on, i'm sure it would be a fitting reward for someone local without having them dress up as batman or shrek, who is it next year? azlan or king kong?
ps. i was never in nancie's class, jessie and maureen and
Mrs. glendinning, along with barbara hunter and Mrs McBrayne are responsible for my education, you can take the dalidoat oot oh dalintober but castlehill is now the better school
how's that sweltered? you set them up, i'll knock them down!!!!