tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post4899536903654156088..comments2024-03-28T11:34:55.020+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: HirtaYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-11984421331190137422015-07-02T21:58:29.706+01:002015-07-02T21:58:29.706+01:00Neil I can cope with and enjoy remoteness and I kn...Neil I can cope with and enjoy remoteness and I know that if I were given the opportunity any doubts would be overruled by my desire to stay there but I was affected so much emotionally the first time that I'd be a bit concerned as to whether a second visit and a stay would ruin the emotional experience or, perhaps, affect me even more.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-40105050991999525622015-07-02T11:20:53.509+01:002015-07-02T11:20:53.509+01:00Yes Terra. It certainly is quite a story.Yes Terra. It certainly is quite a story.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-16053836571089238682015-07-02T11:20:03.113+01:002015-07-02T11:20:03.113+01:00Yes Lee. The book refers to the St Kildans who lef...Yes Lee. The book refers to the St Kildans who left their island for Australia and began that Melbourne community.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-85023490189185736942015-06-30T03:32:33.658+01:002015-06-30T03:32:33.658+01:00That is a fascinating part of history and quite a ...That is a fascinating part of history and quite a tale of the islanders on their remote home and then being removed to the mainland.Terra https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396481049075747940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-88509123037658789542015-06-29T23:04:17.876+01:002015-06-29T23:04:17.876+01:00Australia is not lost! And you can find St. Kilda...Australia is not lost! And you can find St. Kilda in Melbourne!Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-30898514308090862732015-06-27T22:07:33.661+01:002015-06-27T22:07:33.661+01:00Sorry to learn that your memory is playing tricks ...Sorry to learn that your memory is playing tricks on you Miss Arian. I hope that this does not signal the decline of your mental faculties.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-34032201278699768832015-06-27T22:05:42.468+01:002015-06-27T22:05:42.468+01:00Sometimes in the olden days they made winter shoes...Sometimes in the olden days they made winter shoes from the carcasses of seabirds. They didn't last too long. In summertime nearly everybody went barefoot.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-50154906177168237642015-06-27T22:04:25.778+01:002015-06-27T22:04:25.778+01:00I have never had a lot of spam Kate. The spammers ...I have never had a lot of spam Kate. The spammers read my posts and it sends them to sleep!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-40468556761339084392015-06-27T22:03:45.589+01:002015-06-27T22:03:45.589+01:00I wonder why you are "not so sure" now G...I wonder why you are "not so sure" now Graham. Is it the remoteness? You are the only person I "know" who has ever been to St Kilda. Two of our neighbours have attempted to visit it twice but each time they were thwarted by heavy seas.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-5090204809121533012015-06-27T21:24:11.942+01:002015-06-27T21:24:11.942+01:00St Kilda is an amazing place and I challenge any p...St Kilda is an amazing place and I challenge any person to visit it and not be affected by it. I have visited it (in the course of my job actually) and read a lot bout it over the years. Living there for even a few weeks would, for me, be quite an emotional (rather than a physical) challenge but, given the opportunity, some years ago I might have been tempted. Now? I'm not so sure.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-44065464977567749552015-06-27T17:40:54.959+01:002015-06-27T17:40:54.959+01:00Ps I am having a huge amount of blog spam recently...Ps I am having a huge amount of blog spam recently. Are you getting any? How do you deal since you seem to have no word verification etc?Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-10574545972240601612015-06-27T17:39:09.876+01:002015-06-27T17:39:09.876+01:00Being primarily visual, I have inspected the photo...Being primarily visual, I have inspected the photo. Astonishing similarity in attire and face. Whiskers and headgear sounds very sensible in the cold, but I noticed a good proportion wore no shoes. Sound like an intriguing story.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-57048666544496250362015-06-27T16:00:39.377+01:002015-06-27T16:00:39.377+01:00I was so sure I left a comment here yesterday, but...I was so sure I left a comment here yesterday, but apparently it never came through.<br />Anyway.<br />This sounds fascinating and exactly like the kind of book I'd enjoy.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-10920126014638938062015-06-27T09:04:38.368+01:002015-06-27T09:04:38.368+01:00Yes. I guess the St Kildans were undermined by con...Yes. I guess the St Kildans were undermined by contact just like native Americans.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-80274427231482200252015-06-27T09:03:33.630+01:002015-06-27T09:03:33.630+01:00Well, if you get it I hope you find it as interest...Well, if you get it I hope you find it as interesting as I did.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-29487488760630755792015-06-27T01:50:08.751+01:002015-06-27T01:50:08.751+01:00I will look for this book. It is similar to the th...I will look for this book. It is similar to the things here on the aboriginal people.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-21052667262075797482015-06-26T23:06:09.558+01:002015-06-26T23:06:09.558+01:00Off to look fir it on amazon cheersOff to look fir it on amazon cheersJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-47896371025035825792015-06-26T22:00:05.481+01:002015-06-26T22:00:05.481+01:00I could probably enjoy living there.I could probably enjoy living there.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-45567331580832665872015-06-26T19:27:38.646+01:002015-06-26T19:27:38.646+01:00See? I should have read the book before opening my...See? I should have read the book before opening my big anthropological mouth!Peace Thymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361079101751470855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-62060405131633978132015-06-26T17:51:17.700+01:002015-06-26T17:51:17.700+01:00Good. I am pleased this post has stirred your inte...Good. I am pleased this post has stirred your interest Carol.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-13461858901032760762015-06-26T17:50:13.599+01:002015-06-26T17:50:13.599+01:00You will probably only like it if you find the ver...You will probably only like it if you find the very idea of St Kilda captivating.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-23455536924168448982015-06-26T17:48:34.426+01:002015-06-26T17:48:34.426+01:00Steel covers the question of inbreeding in his boo...Steel covers the question of inbreeding in his book. A society can survive genetic disaster if it is about 100 in number. Any less than that and the trouble will start. There were occasional influxes of new blood from passing sailors and later visits to The Hebrides.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-50971714693322761662015-06-26T17:45:46.627+01:002015-06-26T17:45:46.627+01:00At the quarry where all the moai were made, I saw ...At the quarry where all the moai were made, I saw one very large statue and it did indeed have a body that would have been mostly buried if the statue had ever been finished but it was as if the sculptors just downed their tools one day long ago - well before European contact. Some of the moai have bodies and some have partial bodies. Many were balance on platforms and therefore what you saw was what you got - nothing hidden.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-91384554216316667012015-06-26T16:18:48.426+01:002015-06-26T16:18:48.426+01:00Sounds like a very interesting book.
Peace Thyme&...Sounds like a very interesting book.<br /><br />Peace Thyme's remark about the lack of exogamy reminds me that in the state of Tennessee I understand that relatives can get married as long as they are more distant than first cousins. <br /><br />I learned recently -- you may have known all the while -- that some of the great heads on Rapa Nui also have great bodies in the ground beneath them. I would love to hear your comments on this.<br />rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-89936674694718358292015-06-26T15:57:39.125+01:002015-06-26T15:57:39.125+01:00How very interesting, Mr. Pudding. I surely will ...How very interesting, Mr. Pudding. I surely will read it. My library system does not have it so off to Amazon I go.<br /><br />I find it so odd that these people did not eat the fish in the sea. Neither did the Maori of New Zealand, I was told. Don't know if that is true or not. I just find that so odd.<br /><br />Sad to say but the tribe of people would have died out anyway because of the lack of genetic diversity or exogamy.<br />Peace Thymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361079101751470855noreply@blogger.com