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Turning Your Front Room Into Your Office 22 Aug 2013 | 01:16 am
I had the pleasure of meeting former Hearts star Rudi Skacel in Edinburgh last week. The man who has played in and scored for two Hearts Scottish Cup winning sides was spending a long weekend in Scotl...
Happy Birthday Hannah 11 Aug 2013 | 02:16 am
'I've had a lovely day today, Marion. My Papa gave me a lovely twenty pence piece for my sixth birthday. 'Did he, Hannah? That's ten pence more than he gave you last year...' 'My Papa asked me to br...
Special Delivery 2 Aug 2013 | 01:33 am
I received an item through the post today. Now, I've ranted on these pages before about the sometimes abysmal postal service in Edinburgh (although it's not as bad as when I lived in Dalkeith) However...
This Girl Needs Help 23 Jul 2013 | 12:20 am
You may not think she needs help. She's attractive, kind, generous, talented and has a heart the size of Edinburgh. So why does the lovely Marion need help? She's just agreed to marry me....... I'm ...
Are They, Per Chance, Related? 8 Jul 2013 | 12:25 am
8 year old grandson Jack, on the left, meets Hearts manager Gary Locke Jack's Papa about the time he was 8 years old (yes, it is in colour!) It would appear Jack the Lad will be acquiri...
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 7 Jul 2013 | 02:43 pm
It's a tragic scenario that is sadly often repeated in Scotland - a classic case of 'if only'. Fella goes out for a few beers at night and eventually staggers back home in the early hours, more than ...
As Easy as Clicking the Mouse 29 Jun 2013 | 09:09 pm
I posted a wee while back about my disillusionment with Virgin Media and how they didn't seem perturbed when the lovely Marion (thereafter referred on this blog as The Guv'nr) decided to change our ca...
Spelling it Out 23 Jun 2013 | 10:32 pm
My younger daughter Michaela is just back from two weeks holiday in Mexico where she had a fabulous time. She very kindly sent me a text message to say how much she was enjoying herself and that the n...
Iain Banks 1954-2013 11 Jun 2013 | 12:30 am
So they're back. The last time the Tories were in power I used to think of them as the hyena party, because they tended to pick on the most vulnerable members of the herd: the young, the weak, the old...
A Better Reception 6 Jun 2013 | 11:48 pm
Customer service is preached by almost every company these days. And rightly so. Some companies will fall over themselves in their collective efforts to attract new customers. Nothing wrong with that....
