Its inhabitants were the last to speak Norn, a form of old Norse which died out around 1800.
(snip)
Foula got running water in 1982 and full electricity by 1984

who says the UK is a backwater!

Its inhabitants were the last to speak Norn, a form of old Norse which died out around 1800.
(snip)
Foula got running water in 1982 and full electricity by 1984

who says the UK is a backwater!

Its inhabitants were the last to speak Norn, a form of old Norse which died out around 1800.
(snip)
Foula got running water in 1982 and full electricity by 1984

I prefer well water, the ones i dig myself. Make sure secret service does not put chemicals in the water to mind control.

[
Our relatives in Norn Iron were flax farmers and only got electricity in late 60s. They had a shed full of batteries.

QuoteOriginally posted by: daveangelThe Buckfast TriangleI'd never heard of the stuff.I guess it's the predecessor of Red Bull with vodka or Tucker Death MixwikiQuoteThe wine, which is still manufactured using many of the same ingredients, is based on a traditional recipe from France. The Benedictine monks at Buckfast Abbey first made the tonic wine in the 1890s. It was originally sold in small quantities as a medicine using the slogan "Three small glasses a day, for good health and lively blood".

Last year the abbey said it supported alcohol education charities like Drinkaware, a fact which the the charity disputes is true.
At the time the Buckfast Abbey Trust said: "The majority of people who drink the tonic wine do so responsibly. We fully support the efforts of charities such as Drinkaware who work to reduce alcohol misuse and harm in the UK."

QuoteOriginally posted by: daveangelThe Buckfast TriangleI'd never heard of the stuff.I guess it's the predecessor of Red Bull with vodka or Tucker Death MixwikiQuoteThe wine, which is still manufactured using many of the same ingredients, is based on a traditional recipe from France. The Benedictine monks at Buckfast Abbey first made the tonic wine in the 1890s. It was originally sold in small quantities as a medicine using the slogan "Three small glasses a day, for good health and lively blood".

Monks could lose charitable status over production of 'dangerous' Buckfast wine

I was puzzled by a couple of paragraphs

Last year the abbey said it supported alcohol education charities like Drinkaware, a fact which the the charity disputes is true.  
At the time the Buckfast Abbey Trust said: "The majority of people who drink the tonic wine do so responsibly. We fully support the efforts of charities such as Drinkaware who work to reduce alcohol misuse and harm in the UK."

to me, saying "We fully support the efforts" just means that they think the charities are doing a good job and they encourage them to continue. It does not imply that they are supporting the charities financially.
The previous sentence then is somewhat strange.