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Bert

  • Joined Jan 2012
  • Isle of Mull
I'm Very new to this forum stuff.
« on: January 20, 2012, 11:57:11 am »
Hello First thing you need to know is I have dyslexia. So apologies if the spelling is unreadable at times! (as I will not always have the dictionary if front of me. like now ;D). Now I've finished making my excuses, down to the important stuff.
 I live on the Isle of Mull (it's fantastic!). I am a jack of all trades a master of none. At the moment I'm a gardener at a local hotel. The kitchen garden is my favourite part, love growing veg. I've got 10 quail (love my girls) and then there is seven the retired working collie ( yes his name really is seven). Should mention I also have a Bob, he is the other half. In the very near future will be getting some chickens. Going to do some house work now, then I will be back to ask lots of silly questions .
   

Dan

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Re: I'm Very new to this forum stuff.
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2012, 12:01:54 pm »
Hello Bert, and welcome to the forum.  :wave:

Don't worry about spelling and punctuation, it's optional for some members anyway and so long as we know what you mean everything will be fine.  :thumbsup:

I love Mull, worked there a wee while as a forester when I was young(er).

Looking forward to hearing more from you, and the only silly questions are the ones you don't ask.  :)

Dan

Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
  • South Lanarkshire
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Re: I'm Very new to this forum stuff.
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2012, 12:53:02 pm »
Hi Bert and welcome from southern Scotland.  I too love growing veggies so look forward to learning from your experience.  Seven Bob - love it, or is that 7/0  :dog: :pug:  As Dan says, don't get yourself in a twist about spelling - no-one else does  ;D
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HappyHippy

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Re: I'm Very new to this forum stuff.
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2012, 12:56:00 pm »
Hello & welcome to TAS from me in Lanarkshire  :wave:

I LOVE Mull, such a beautiful place !
Look forward to hearing more and hopefully helping answer some of your questions  ;) Like Dan says - they're only daft if you don't ask them !  :thumbsup:
Karen  :wave:

lill

  • Joined May 2011
Re: I'm Very new to this forum stuff.
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2012, 01:16:51 pm »
Hi Bert and welcome to the forum, hope you are not in the path of the mull rally when its staged, anyway welcome again from central scotland  :wave: :wave:

bigchicken

  • Joined Nov 2008
  • Fife Scotland
Re: I'm Very new to this forum stuff.
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2012, 03:20:06 pm »
Hi Bert and welcome to the forum from the bigchicken fay Fife. Mull is fantastic been there a few times and I thought the west coast was somethink else.
Shetland sheep, Castlemilk Moorits sheep, Hebridean sheep, Scots Grey Bantams, Scots Dumpy Bantams. Shetland Ducks.

deepinthewoods

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Re: I'm Very new to this forum stuff.
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2012, 04:54:19 pm »
hi from cornwall! :wave:

Sandy

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Re: I'm Very new to this forum stuff.
« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2012, 05:05:57 pm »
Hi Bert, I spell atrotiousely!! very badly, I am not dyslexic but my husband is, he spells OK but uses his own made up words that often make me giigle....anyway, I love the sound of your  job, growing or forraging for food is a great way to keep healthy, Welcome, from Central Scotland!!!!

The Woodsiders

  • Joined Aug 2011
  • Near Horley in Surrey
Re: I'm Very new to this forum stuff.
« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2012, 05:09:51 pm »
Hi Bert.

A warm welcome from West Sussex and good luck, you will find everybody on the forum very helpful

chrismahon

  • Joined Dec 2011
  • Gascony, France
Re: I'm Very new to this forum stuff.
« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2012, 06:17:44 pm »
Hi Bert and welcome. We used to holiday in Mull once or twice a year for many years until the cottage was sold to a Dutchman from London 6 years ago. Was at Calgary bay by the side of the beach near the tiny camp site and stayed in the Bartholemews place. My friends sister lived there and her husband was the chef at the big hotel in Tobermory -or Balamory if you watch kids TV. She got 'island fever' -panic attacks when the last ferry left and she knew she couln't get off!!

Love the place, even the twisty single track roads and the tourist traffic jams that result! You are really really lucky living there.

little blue

  • Joined Jun 2009
  • Derbyshire
Re: I'm Very new to this forum stuff.
« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2012, 07:00:41 pm »
hello and welcome :wave:
Little Blue

Cinderhills

  • Joined Jul 2010
  • North Yorkshire
Re: I'm Very new to this forum stuff.
« Reply #11 on: January 20, 2012, 07:23:03 pm »
Hi from North Yorkshire.  :wave:

SallyintNorth

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Re: I'm Very new to this forum stuff.
« Reply #12 on: January 20, 2012, 09:54:10 pm »
Hi from north Cumbria  :wave:
Don't listen to the money men - they know the price of everything and the value of nothing

Live in a cohousing community with small farm for our own use.  Dairy cows (rearing their own calves for beef), pigs, sheep for meat and fleece, ducks and hens for eggs, veg and fruit growing

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: I'm Very new to this forum stuff.
« Reply #13 on: January 20, 2012, 11:27:00 pm »
 :wave: Hi and welcome from rainy Shropshire.  I used to live on the Isle of Arran and got to many of the other islands but never made it to Mull.  I'm training to be a dyslexia teacher so may practice analysing your spelling.  ;)

Small Farmer

  • Joined Jan 2012
  • Bedfordshire
Re: I'm Very new to this forum stuff.
« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2012, 11:27:52 pm »
Hello from Bedfordshire
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