An open letter to my MP, Anne Begg

Dear Anne
As the year draws to a close and thoughts turn to refection I was wondering how you might reflect on the achievements of you and your colleagues in the past few years?
‘New Labour, New life for Britain‘ was the ideal and in a way you can say you delivered.
In the old life a British [...]

Tuesday is the new Friday

I had a great Tuesday.
I successfully and somewhat sadly handed the keys back to the hired Transit. It was an emotional farewell for both of us but I know one day we shall be reunited.
The WoH and I made some real progress with the house clearing and renovation yesterday and it is finally starting to [...]

White Van Man

Today I lived the dream. I hired a white Ford Transit and hit the open road.
I roamed the desolate highways (Wellington Road), giving a big 10-4 to my good buddys, those knights of the road - other white van man.
A breed apart, high in the cabin with just a Yorkie for sustenance, looking out for [...]

Vegas baby

Last night I succeeded in winning the £25 NLH freezeout poker tournament at my local casino. My biggest win so far in terms of number of opponents (excluding online).
The game started with over 60 players and after the first break I had pretty much exactly the same chips I had started with. The first table [...]

Plumbing the depths

A couple of weeks ago we called a plumber to look at a few minor jobs in the house we are moving into. Sadly because of the age of the system a part had to be ordered. Pretty straightforward you would think? When the part arrives the company (Richard Irvine) would call me and make [...]

Dubai

This is cobbled together from a trip in January. Thought I’d put it up for all those that are hating the Aberdeen weather.