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Curling Weekend

Posted in curling on February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Our club had such fun two years ago celebrating our 175th year that we decided to celebrate out 177th year in similar style.
So 14 curlers and some friends booked a bus to Aberdeen and had a great time.     Curling Saturday afternoon, a Dinner on Saturday evening and curling again on Sunday morning before coming home on the [...]

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You are now free to leave Dundee – no tolls.

Posted in current news, transport on February 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Today is the first day that sees tolls being lifted on the Tay and Forth Bridges.    
There used to be a charge each way on both bridges, but economics showed that tolling just one way produced similar results, so while Dundee has been free to enter for a while, you have been charged to leave ………. [...]

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Scottish Ensemble – Perth Concert Hall

Posted in Music on February 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »

The Scottish Ensemble was joined by clarinettist Michael Collins and the London Winds group for their February concert tour.    The program was a real mixture of Stravinsky, Francaix, Martland and Mozart.
The Stravinsky Concerto in D gave the Scottish Ensemble a flying start to the evening, and this was followed by Jean Francaix’s Octet, where the [...]

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DAB Radio

Posted in Techie Stuff, media, radio on February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

We have had a DAB radio in our kitchen for a while now, and have been very pleased with it.   I do have to say that our radio listening habits have not changed so very much though, although we do have a couple of favourite stations when there is not a lot on BBC radio [...]

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Daffodils – late again.

Posted in green stuff, nature, plants, weather on February 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Now I know that there are lots and lots of people out there who have not got round to planting their daffodil bulbs, simply because of the large number of visitors finding their way to this Blog by keying in ‘late daffodils’ or something like that.
I have planted late daffodil bulbs for a couple of [...]

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Salmond Throws out his Rattle.

Posted in Politics on February 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »

We have a crucial vote this week in the Scottish Parliament on approving or throwing out the SNP budget.    The number of votes is on a knife edge, and Salmond and the SNP need to have the Tories and the Greens onside to get it through.
This puts the minority parties in a powerful negotiating position, and already [...]

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Blackbird Behaviour

Posted in curiosities, nature on February 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »

We have a male blackbird who has been attacking his reflection in a window here for the past two days.    He is making quite a racket and has made the window absolutely filthy.     Yet he persists.   It is mating season, and clearly his reflection is seen as a rival.
We have tried shining a light out from the [...]

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American Elections

Posted in Politics, media, radio, television on February 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I am getting really fed up of the wall to wall coverage of the American Elections in the media.    Last night there was rolling news coverage on BBC News 24, Sky News and Radio 5 live.     So much so, that there was no other news at all.    And this was ahead of the polls closing [...]

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Of Mice and Men – Perth Theatre

Posted in theatre on February 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Saw this at the Director’s Preview.    Perth Theatre has rather lost its way recently, but this production assembled a very strong Scottish cast and tackled an important work head on, and very successfully.
I can’t remember when I was last at a play with a Full House at Perth, but it was a long time ago.    [...]

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