Monthly Archives: June 2023
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Posted: June 27, 2023Categories: James Pirie News
Read more »Yes I know it was Greta Garbo who vanted to be alone, but right now with the shortage of water that we have and no great prospect of showers soon, my poor old lawn looks like the wreck of the Hesparus. It is so dry and covered in vampire grasses of one sort or another, smothering the real green grass. Damn you trefoil!
And did you know that Bram Stoker’s vampire Dracula has a Scottish history? If...
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Posted: June 13, 2023Categories: James Pirie News
Read more »The Loch Ness monster is a handy driver of tourism so let’s hope that she exists and can become one of the wonders of the world, but the beast would be in danger at the moment anyway as Loch Ness has a serious drought problem. It probably hasn’t escaped your notice that it hasn’t rained much lately and with water being drained away for hydro electric power there’s concern about the water levels of...
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Posted: June 06, 2023Categories: James Pirie News
Read more »When I was just a little scrap of a thing, maybe two or nearly three years old I was crying sitting on the toilet- having got into some trouble or other and my dad shouted: “Put a sock in it!” And not wanting to get into any more trouble I dutifully took off my socks and flushed them down the toilet. Oh, be careful of what you ask for with literal minded children! The plumber’s bill was immense.
And...
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Posted: June 05, 2023Categories: James Pirie News
Read more »Did you know that yesterday was Mother’s Day in France, I had no idea until I heard it on the commentary on the French Open Tennis? I would normally be fretting my way through Sir Andy Murray’s matches, but he decided not to play on the clay again this year and I’m hoping he’ll play at Eastbourne, which is a trek, but I know I can still get tickets for that. But old habits die hard and so I was catching...
