Heroes and villains of 2011Who were your heroes or villains of the last year, and why? Who inspired you? Who had you kicking the cat across the room? They don't have to be well known, you might even want to laud the achievements of your binman. (Note that "Nick Clegg nuff said" answers puts you straight onto our naughty list)
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 29 Dec 2011, 15:05)
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Local HeroesAlthough I've got a lot of heroes and villains from the wider world most have been mentioned so rather than repeat those - here's some of my local heroes.
First group of heroes are the members of the local coastguard station at Stornoway who were out and about on Christmas day in 70 mph winds (the helicopter was going backwards at times).
The RNLI guys for going out in force 12 hurricane force winds for days at a time. I can't even stand up in a force 10 but to be out in a boat with 15 meter high waves is a level of bravery that I just don't have.
The local vet. It might seem odd to praise a vet but this is the guy who's out delivering sheep at gone midnight in howling gales and horizontal rain. He's also the guy who refloats whales which makes him a hero in my book.
Villains, the MCA (Maritime and Coastguard Agency) for attempting to close down the coastguard stations, getting rid of the emergency towing vessels and generally showing a complete lack of understanding about how dangerous it is out at sea and just not giving a shit about anything outside of London (the Minister for Shipping is the MP for Hemel Hempsted FFS I mean he really understands what affects the sea).
SSE Power Distribution. For the six hour power cut on Christmas Day. Bastards.
(, Sat 31 Dec 2011, 0:32, 2 replies)
And cheers to Mike D& Adrock too!
(, Tue 3 Jan 2012, 18:30, closed)
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