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Parts of Scotland to be sold to the Swiss
1984ReturnsForReal_2
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8590687.stm
The buyer was named locally as Michi Meier, who is originally from Switzerland but now lives in Sweden.
Mr Gannon, 59, said: "The island is sold, close to the asking price, to a customer sent over by Hamburg-based selling agents Vladi Private islands, but I can't say any more about the sale than that.
"The new owner is taking over at the end of April. It's a bit of a mystery what he is going to do but I am hoping it will go on as it is now, as a business, as a tourist destination."
Kintyre Councillor Donald Kelly said: "I would sincerely hope that Sanda will stay as a tourism venue and that the community will be able to work constructively with the new owner to the benefit of Kintyre."
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1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »
Aye, it's those damn swiss immigrants coming over here, driving up island prices, making islands unobtainable for locals, pilfering our sheep and eating our haggis.
Toblerone munching surrender monkeys, the lot of them.“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
Might give a boost to Aberdeen prices. As if you need it!0
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HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »Aye, it's those damn swiss immigrants coming over here, driving up island prices, making islands unobtainable for locals, pilfering our sheep and eating our haggis.
Toblerone munching surrender monkeys, the lot of them.
Aberdeen - Banking & Musli capital of the World....Not Again0 -
Might give a boost to Aberdeen prices. As if you need it!
Wrong side of the country.:D
And Aberdeens actually quite affordable. You can get a flat for 50K within a 35 minute drive of the city centre.“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »Aberdeen - Banking & Musli capital of the World....
Don't wind up a Scotsman about breakfast oats. That's serious business.
There'll be nae Muesli in Aberdeen as long as I'm alive. Man the ramparts, stack the sandbags, take aim at the Swiss cultural invaders.
Porridge must be defended at all costs!!!!!!!!“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »Don't wind up a Scotsman about breakfast oats. That's serious business.
There'll be nae Muesli in Aberdeen as long as I'm alive. Man the ramparts, stack the sandbags, take aim at the Swiss cultural invaders.
Porridge must be defended at all costs!!!!!!!!
I find porridge a bot too stodgy and bland.
Guess I've not grown up as I still like Ready Brek (still breakfast oats if I recall)
I'm also partial to weetabix. When I was younger and much poorer, I could get by some evenings with a bowl.:wall:
What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
Some men you just can't reach.
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