SFL Say Yes to Doctor No

Erstwhile supporters of Gretna will be puzzled at yesterdays events at the Scottish Football League. When their club’s administrators started to make staff redundant the SFL acted in jig time to immediately relegate the club to division three thus scuppering any rescue deal from interested parties. Soon afterwards the liquidators sold any assets sold off [...]

Stormoway

This was the scene in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis yesterday as a tornado wreaked havoc as it twisted its way through the Western Isles town. It will of course be a matter of time before the Wee Free clergy deem that the freak weather conditions were God’s way of expressing his displeasure at [...]

Wedding (Fern) Cake.

Yes indeed my good friend and correspondent Fern Cake gets married at a picturesque venue on the shores of Loch Lomond on Saturday. I just hope that there is time for the future Mrs Cake and he to look in and study this video. Given that the groom and best man are to wear kilts [...]

Feline Good.

I wrote here about one of my suppliers’ more unusual pet products. The same manufacturer produces and markets this item: Non alcoholic of course and a novelty item. One wonders however if the marketing bods have spent enough time developing the product below:

Doctor Feelgood – Back in the Night

Harmonica Lewinsky are back rehearsing and all being well we’re headlining another charity gig at Coopers in Helensburgh on Sunday 23rd August. Our new guitarist is my old friend Keith (check out his contribution on my Helensburgh Blues) whom I first played in a band with 33 years ago. Back then we played this song. [...]

The Helensburgh Big Cat!

Yes my home town has been all over the broadcast media today. It seems that MOD cop Chris Swallow (!) took some film of what he thinks could have been a panther on the railway at Winston Rd. railway bridge. To watch the film which lasts over one minute click here On my first viewing [...]

Gardening Times

In June I wrote here about my first job at the Clydesdale Bank. From there I went to college for a year and then had a job in a local shop which I didn’t fancy much. Then it was on to driving taxis for a while (of which I will write sometime because there is [...]

Separated at Birth?

Sad to hear of Pugwash creator John Ryan passing away last week. His creation reminded me of someone.

Political Quotes

“Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.” – Oscar Wilde “War is God’s way of teaching geography to Americans” – Ambrose Bierce “America is at that awkward stage. It’s too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the bastards” – Claire Wolfe “There is [...]

Sons 0 Morton 1

That’s four home games now and not a single goal which illustrates where Dumbarton’s problems lie. Sons performed in their traditional way by getting knocked out of the Challenge Cup (The Alba Cup this year thanks to the BBC’s input) at the first hurdle. To be fair Morton are a league higher and have a [...]