Monthly Archives: March 2019
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Posted: March 24, 2019
Sunday Lunch and Visitors –
Floral Gift Leaves Us in a Quandary
I'll light the fire, you place the flowers in the vase that you bought today.
Staring at the fire for hours and hours while I listen to you
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Well we are really in the midst of spring.
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Posted: March 10, 2019
Spring Has Sprung the Sap Has Ris –
I Wonder Where the Birdies Is? (Ogden Nash)
Well it is definitely batten down the hatches time here on the coast, the momentary warm weather we had is long gone and maybe that was the summer that never was. You never know these days. I’ve already driven around fallen trees in the road and spent the morning moving my shrubs in planters upright. These are heavy, heavy ones too. Currently I’m been dazzled by bright sunshine and the house whipped by westerly gales. What is that they say about March, “In like a lion and out like a lamb,” jings we’ve got the lion that’s for sure. Yesterday was not quite so windy and I was able to spend some time down on the local bird and wildlife reserve which was helped by a handy guy with a telescope, because quite frankly I am rubbish at all this bird spotting and with so many gulls I get easily confused, while the missus gets bored.
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Posted: March 06, 2019
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Posted: March 04, 2019
The Fashion Police of North Lanarkshire –
Cops Pullover
No we have all been told to pull our socks up and there are bars where they will refuse you entry if you are wearing jeans, or look like you have come straight off the building site, but not many people have been pulled over by the police to set you straight about your fashion sense. But in North Lanarkshire Police Scotland has a new job as the fashion police. It seems that in order to be a taxi driver in that district you have to comply with a strict dress code and taxi drivers have complained that the ban on jeans is being enforced by the constabulary. It seems that drivers must wear smart non-denim trousers, skirts or dresses as a condition of their licences. And the gripe is that cops are pulling people over to enforce it. One taxi driver maintains that he was stopped at 2am by police for a dress code check and then sent home to change his garb.
Shut Your Garb