Credit Where it is Due

I wrote recently about my dispute with a Motor trader.
Arnold Clark (for it was he/they) having considered my complaint have sent me a letter of apology. They have intimated that they will be sending me a cheque within the next few days.
Well done to them for recognising a genuine complaint. I trust they will put [...]

Congratulations Stevie and Carol

As I mentioned last week I had the honour of being best man at my pal Stevie’s wedding to Carol yesterday. I’ve recovered enough now to post the promised pics.
Everything went just fine including the ceremony, speeches, reception and dance. The champagne (and beer and wine and whisky) flowed!
I am convinced that our friend Forbes [...]

Best Man?

About twenty seven years ago I was asked to be best man at my friend’s wedding. We hit a snag because we were in business together, he was getting married in Malta and we realised couldn’t both be out of the country at the same time. Another friend deputised.
Then six years ago another friend had [...]

My Mid Life Crisis in a Nutshell

Did I mention I’m fifty today?
Here’s what’s happened on the run up.
1) Diet (30 lbs shed so far)
Fed up with being a fat bastard. Now to keep it off.
2) Severe Haircut. Number 4 on top, number two on back and sides, no combing or drying. Great.
3) Mitsubishi L200. I had one and traded it [...]

Emergency!

Well folks it’s a big day for me and the answer to my question of last night is that they all share my birthday.
Today.
My fiftieth…………. (reaches for paper bag to breathe into to avoid hyperventilation)
It seems that numerologists and various members of the ‘woo! woo!’ community (for example see this David Icke forum discusssion) think [...]

Phew!

On Saturday with another 10 guys I went to my friend Stevie’s stag do in Edinburgh. We partied till late and stayed over let me tell you all about it…………….on second thoughts….
What I’ll say is that Edinburgh during the festival is a happening place and anywhere where you can drink until 5am has certainly grasped [...]

Still Here

Keep looking in, but my postings may not be as regular over the next few weeks due to a number of commitments and matters which require my attention.
One of the more pleasant of these is the return of Harmonica Lewinsky at Coopers James St. Helensburgh this Sunday (23rd August). The gig is another one for [...]

Harmony Row Match for Gordon Lennon.

I mentioned recently that Harmony Row and Knightswood would stage a re-run of their 2004-05 Scottish Amateur under 21 Cup Final in aid of the Gordon Lennon Memorial Fund.
The game took place yesterday and the folks at Harmony Row had everything very well organised. It was an entertaining game, the final score being 4-4 with [...]

Harmony Row Youth Club.

As I have mentioned I am chairman of the Gordon Lennon Memorial Fund which we have set up for Guido’s dependents.
So far including a quite staggering donation from Annan Athletic of £1,000 (their players’ win bonus from their pre-season tournament topped up generously by the club itself) the fund stands at over £6,000.
In May 2005 [...]

Our Friends’ Wedding

Yesterday Sue and I attended our friends’ Ann and David (aka Kit, aka Ferncake) wedding at the Cruin on the shores of Loch Lomond. It was a super day, fantastically planned and organised by the bride and groom.
Ann looked absolutely radiant as she was given away by her son Stuart (Stewart?).
The Reverend Ian Miller was [...]