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What does it mean when your husband brings you back a surprise gift of kippers?

Looking for a tradesman…

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This week I have availed myself of the services of a glazier, a drain unblocking chap, a boiler fixer, locksmiths who offered professional locksmith services, a car mechanic, and an ordinary plumber. That’s not counting the architect who is consulting a structural engineer on our behalf. Is it some sort of construction karma for someone […]

Bard news, good news

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Primary four boys stopped wriggling and waving at their parents and started to sing. My Love is Like a Red Red Rose rang out in the school hall and it was lovely.No really. The boys had worked really hard on their Burns project, learning about the man and his work. Then they organised a concert […]

A tiny beef

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The other day I found myself at the grand opening of the Cameron Grill. The swish new restaurant at the under-refurbishment De Vere Cameron House.It was a very fancy affair – the great and good of Scotland were all there (well Gavin Hastings and Viv Lumsden anyway).It’s impressive, I’ll give it that. All dark and […]

TGI time to go home

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I remember a time when supper at TGI Fridays meant a huge tasty feast and some rather good cocktails. I suppose it was a while ago and the whole American style of service and overdressed salads was still a bit glamourous. However, a recent trip to the Fridays at Braehead left me with nothing but […]

It’s a breeze

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We had an adrenaline-charged experience at X-scape (huge wedge-shaped building full of fun-packed wallet-emptying stuff near Braehead) this weekend. The Panther is celebrating another birthday – counting back to see if he can make it back to 0 – and as part of the jollies we thought it a good idea to take the Boys […]

Cats and bogs

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We’ve currently got a pine-scented bathroom. You’d think that would be a good think, wouldn’t you?But it’s not the fresh bracing pine of the spring-time Alpine slopes, it’s badly kept timber yard in the rain pine. This is because during Thursday night’s storm something bashed into the window in the roof.Now every time it rains […]

Chest pondering

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Rhydian I-was-robbed-on-X-Factor Roberts swaggered down a tropical beach towards waiting photographers recently. The talented young singer posed and showed off his hard-earned muscles.Fine figure of a man.. no?He has clearly has decided not to spray himself with pretend tan or rip out his chest hairs. And I don’t blame him on either count. Why then […]