tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post3755180520991733733..comments2024-03-28T07:16:39.621+00:00Comments on Lallands Peat Worrier: “I’m forced to take a paper round”, admits top Scottish judge...Lallands Peat Worrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276270498204697708noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-10996317478084089822011-11-05T23:20:35.181+00:002011-11-05T23:20:35.181+00:00Conan,
Needless to say, I don't share the lea...<b>Conan,</b><br /><br />Needless to say, I don't share the learned senior counsel's prejudices. I'm very happy to quaff a sorrow-drowning merlot any day!Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-85544188873321013172011-11-03T19:37:08.398+00:002011-11-03T19:37:08.398+00:00Excellent Lallands. My own crude effort on the sub...Excellent Lallands. My own crude effort on the subject pales, nay, is bleached to dry bone in comparison.<br /><br />I'll just have to drown my sorrows in fucking Merlot.Conan the Librarian™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01904339261121451779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-9795388324963185522011-11-03T16:56:20.443+00:002011-11-03T16:56:20.443+00:00Crinkly,
Hopefully the wellspring of new articles...<b>Crinkly,</b><br /><br />Hopefully the wellspring of new articles from the desk of Ecclefechan won't dry out too speedily...Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-57123467452717659122011-11-03T16:30:30.431+00:002011-11-03T16:30:30.431+00:00Wonderful sanity is restored -Ecclefechan's ba...Wonderful sanity is restored -Ecclefechan's back.Crinkly & Ragged Arsed Philosophershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08902364411241935656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-62521903784399610612011-11-03T16:19:53.138+00:002011-11-03T16:19:53.138+00:00Tormod, pictishbeastie, J.R. Tomlin, Edwin,
Obvio...<b>Tormod, pictishbeastie, J.R. Tomlin, Edwin,</b><br /><br />Obviously, this article was composed by the good Mr Ecclefechan Mackay MA from the <i>Chronicle</i>. I'll be sure to forward your praise and criticisms respectively!<br /><br /><b>Bessie</b>,<br /><br />I will be sure to send your felicitations onward, also! If you ever fiddle about on Rab's computer again, allow me to suggest that you don't click on any image files marked "private".<br /><br /><b>almax,</b><br /><br />Ha! Splendid. We have such a populist, egalitarian-spirited judiciary. I could struggle by myself on £161 lunches. The Lord President seems to be shy a wig. I wonder where to put my application form...Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-16574708520273223922011-11-03T08:26:03.391+00:002011-11-03T08:26:03.391+00:00Hi Lallands,
Once again we are indebted to you fo...Hi Lallands,<br /><br />Once again we are indebted to you for bringing the inestimable publication, the Kinlochbervie Chronicle to our attention. It is such a disappointment that they will not publish on the web, such that those of us living furth of that town cannot read the truth on a regular basis. Many thanks to your auntie Jean for forwarding it to you on a regular basis. How is she getting on with her "troubles", by the way. I myself, have been having a terrible time with my - Sorry, I digress. <br /><br />This article was an object lesson to the rest of Scotland's press as to how to treat a sensitive subject, well, sensitively.<br /><br />I will not sleep tonight thinking of that poor Lord Hamilton and his financial trials. The poor soul. <br /><br />Of course, I blame that awful Alex Salmond and his band of thugs in the Scottish parliament for letting things like this get out of hand. He should be looking out for those who run the country, not wasting time "picking fights with Westminster". Bring back Maggie I say. She would soon have sorted him out.<br /><br />One thought though. Is it not time they scrapped the rule that prevents judges taking on private legal work? My upstairs neighbour has a nephew in the Fiscal's office. He's doing terribly well apparently, and she says he says private lawyers do awfully well. I suppose if they don't actually sit on a case they're judging, what's the harm?<br /><br />Just a thought.<br /><br />Bye bye for now.<br /><br />Remember me to your auntie Jean.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Bessie<br /><br />ps I hope Rab doesn't mind me using his computer thingy. He can be awfully sensitive sometimes about me fiddling with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-45474564140080642212011-11-02T21:15:24.657+00:002011-11-02T21:15:24.657+00:00I loved this also - many thanks lpw!I loved this also - many thanks lpw!Edwin Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317173893948248954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-25827502973341631472011-11-02T18:10:00.077+00:002011-11-02T18:10:00.077+00:00Brilliant. You do have a way with prose. Perhaps t...Brilliant. You do have a way with prose. Perhaps they could use your services over at the Scotsman where competent prose suppliers seem to be in remarkably short supply. <br /><br />Nah. I think they have some rule about not having a brain cell.J. R. Tomlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01109874615059334200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-52384486374145932002011-11-02T14:29:58.841+00:002011-11-02T14:29:58.841+00:00This reminds me of the late Lord 'Tiger' M...This reminds me of the late Lord 'Tiger' Morison's outburst in 2004 when he resigned his position as a 'winger' in the Appeal Court. Amongst other things he was complaining about the remuneration. The newspaper report quoted the daily rate as being £161, which although quite a bit above the average wage in 2004, was perhaps not very generous for the responsibility of snoozing through interminable perorations by Counsel, and then waking up in time to concur with the Judge in the chair.<br /><br />It was only on reading the newspaper article in detail that it became apparent that the £161 per day was not the salary but was the expenses rate for food and drink - ie luncheon !! Apparently that would barely be enough for a decent bit of venison and an acceptable bottle of claret. <br /><br />I exaggerate, but only a little - the £161 was the maximum daily expenses allowed for food and accommodation while on circuit. It still represents a figure way beyond the ken of the 'average' Scot. <br /><br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3892539.stmalmaxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-59898782278006082112011-11-02T13:37:34.119+00:002011-11-02T13:37:34.119+00:00Great article although I have to take you to task ...Great article although I have to take you to task with one part i.e "while the situation of sheriffs is even more dire, earning only six times more than most Scots"! "Most Scots" don't earn anything like the "average salary".pictishbeastiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732186968973388182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-14643893409653843202011-11-02T13:32:10.505+00:002011-11-02T13:32:10.505+00:00Bloody brilliant LPW, you have a talent for prose....Bloody brilliant LPW, you have a talent for prose.Tormodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-36963341731753816972011-11-02T12:20:59.094+00:002011-11-02T12:20:59.094+00:00Marvellous!Marvellous!Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667242161539996736noreply@blogger.com