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To: Mr Radical

The Gulf Stream is the moderating influence on that part of the world; palm trees survive in the inner hebrides. But it doesn’t get hot, or even warm (if ya ask me) in the Orkneys. You’re going to enjoy a lot of colder bean crops, asparagus, short-season varieties of other things, fish, and meat.

http://www.orkneyjar.com/orkney/climate.htm

OTOH, they still have this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twatt,_Orkney

So does the Shetlands, where the sign is funnier:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twatt,_Shetland


19 posted on 09/20/2022 6:50:18 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv

You’re not wrong:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bere_%28grain%29

But I couldn’t possibly add anything to Twatt.


21 posted on 09/21/2022 1:27:28 AM PDT by Mr Radical (In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
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