Archive for the ‘Whinge’ Category

Thank You… Or Not.

What a surprise, I’m sure you’ll agree, that, at the start of an election year in which PR will make it very difficult for Labour local authorities to maintain no-overall-control, we are offered “below inflation increases” to the council tax. They expect us to believe that this is aВ  “real result for the taxpayer”. It’s [...]

February 8, 2007   Posted in: Council, Edinburgh, Politics, Whinge  One Comment

Coital Assistance Workers and Other Victims

I don’t get the opportunity to listen to the Today programme much anymore. Well, I don’t TAKE the opporunity at least. MY day starts with a phone call to the office at 10, then depending on how busy we are, training for a few hours from 11. Instead of getting up bright and early, making [...]

December 13, 2006   Posted in: Politics, Whinge  Comments Closed

No Luck With Almeras

I seem to have very little luck when it comes to the unpretty, if cost-efficient, Nissan Almera.
Step with me, if you will, back in the distant sands of time to 2001. I was working for the Scottish Prison Service (headquarters at this point, before starting in the Jail), and had just passed my driving test. [...]

November 23, 2006   Posted in: Whinge  One Comment

Removed

You’ll never guess what happened to me on Monday.
We decided that we would take the family out for a shopping trip, but unfortunately that ended rather unpleasantly.
Kasia’s sister, G, was trying on some clothes in this store (which shall remain nameless, as i’m in the process of making a complaint and don’t want to add [...]

April 19, 2006   Posted in: Whinge  8 Comments

(Bloody) Cyclists

The BBC are getting their knickers in a twist about cycle lanes and a changing of the working of the highway code relating to these lanes.
Bondbloke has also been taking flak over his somewhat motor-centric views…
I find it hard to get excited about either side of the debate (motorists vs. cyclists). I am an occasional [...]

March 10, 2006   Posted in: Cycling, Linkage, Whinge  9 Comments

….And Another Thing

Bloody Dentists!
I know a couple of dentists (well in fact they are more of a dentist couple, actually, but that’s by-the-by), and I know that they live in a big house, and have a big car, and have a fabulous holiday at least once a season. I don’t think it’s outwith reason to think that [...]

February 22, 2006   Posted in: Health, Whinge  9 Comments

Catching Up

As promised in an earlier post, a roundup of what i’ve been up to.
Dinner at the Parly: Rather nice way to spend a Monday evening. A friend invited Kasia and me to dinner in the members restaurant in the Scottish Parliament. Now, I realise that it seems that nearly everyone in Scotland has been for [...]

February 22, 2006   Posted in: Whinge, Wibble  2 Comments

What a Wheeze (or any of a number of smoking related puns).

So, the national Parliament have followed the Scottish lead and voted through a ban on smoking in enclosed public places.
I’m not surprised, when you follow the trend around the world – USA, Australia, Ireland… – a ban of some shape or form on smoking is inevitable.
I started smoking when I was in my mid teens, [...]

February 15, 2006   Posted in: Body, Personal, Whinge, Wibble  One Comment