Monthly Archives: September 2018
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Posted: September 20, 2018Read more »
Storm Ali –
Floats Like a Butterfly Stings Like a Bee?
Well the autumn is almost upon us and the first storm of the season called Ali is heading towards us so I have started to batten down the hatches for the winter, putting away garden furniture and setting it all away. The chairs and table had already been blown around the garden and that is before Storm Ali brings its 80 mph winds and heavy rain...
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Posted: September 18, 2018Read more »
Giz a Chip-
On the Other Hand Perhaps Not
We had family visiting this weekend and so consumed a deal more calories than we might have otherwise done. Without visitors we would never be worrying about black pudding or white pudding how many sausages can I eat for breakfast and still function? Well the answer by the way is three and did you know that black pudding is now considered a ‘super food?’ They’ll...
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Posted: September 14, 2018Read more »
Yes It Is September and the Shops have Started Christmas-
It Gets Earlier
Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat
Please put a penny in the old man's hat
If you haven't got a penny, a ha'penny will do
If you haven't got a ha'penny, then God bless you!
Shops Already at It and Poor Leonard
I took a stroll round a couple of shops this week and I was shocked to see full Christmas ranges for sale...
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Posted: September 14, 2018Read more »
Tattoo Donates a Cool Million –
Charities Benefits from 2018 Edinburgh Tattoo
Now I don’t know why money has a temperature, but it seems to me that it has and a million is always cool. And the phrase ‘cool million’ dates back to something like 1728 when its refrigerating qualities would have been less evident. The use of the word ‘hot’ to denote stolen is much more recent and comes from the 1920s...
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Posted: September 14, 2018Read more »
Scottish Roads Lack Phone Coverage-
Breaking Down May Be a Lonely Experience
I’ve just said goodbye to my 21 year old Jeep and I won’t miss one of the downsides of driving an elderly car and that is the prospect of a breakdown. Don’t get me wrong I loved my old blue 4x4 and it was always a pleasure to drive. It also made me a very careful driver as it had a 4 litre engine and I still managed...
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Posted: September 11, 2018Read more »
Scotland’s Domain a Reality –
You Can Have .scot or .blether –Who Knew
Now those of you who know about such things will have told many people about how the internet names for domains came into being, but the rest of us like me just accept how they are and use them. But did you know that .com was for commerce and .net was for sites related to the internet itself and .edu was educational sites...
