No photo for tonight, no reason why not as I had the camera with me last night for the Installation at Laird O'Cockpen 500, - however it was a great night, good turn out considering that Douglas Neil was going back into the Chair for the third year. Very good degree, excellent ritual by the Installing Masters, Alex Moonie, Glen Merrick, Bert Waite, and Jim McQueen, MBE, RN (Rtd). The following meal, again first class with "beef olives" for dinner - 500 does it in style. Congratulations to Sparky Mark for his promotion and to Tam Finlay for his 1st speech at a formal dinner.
Work progresses at the Mercat Bar, and one by one the final little tasks are completed - hopefully the clients will appreciate the finished article and enjoy the new ambiance on offer.
In the meantime, The Dolphin Inn is welcoming back old faces, and we acknowledge the anniversary of the untimely death of Steven Curran, whose life was so shockingly terminated by Lee McNamara.
To the present, not like me but I thought I should watch the Hibs - Celtic clash in the Scottish Cup, even called up brother in law , "Willie" , of Eagham and had him tune into BBC Scotland - things looked promising with Hibs charging into the lead and remaining there till half time - BUT = second half, all woe to the Hibees (and William )as Celtic rattled in four goals in twenty minutes - reason enough to switch over to the man of nature, David Attenborough for the new series of Frozen Planet . A marvellous programme, just an incredible documentary of natures awe inspiring events.
Bad enough the financial problems in the USA, now the Eurozone is looking "awfy shaky" - and from the amounts involved it cannot all be blamed on the "thieving , robbing, greedy bankers", more like incompetent politicians - and of course the "power crazed bureaucrats of Brussels are not helping with their expensive squandering - but I digress once more. :-
A wee thought, we complain because we have to pay 130.5p plus per litre for petrol, an essential to keep the country moving, BUT at Tesco's (again) I happened to " spy with my little eye", on the side of the washing up liquids, that they were doing the usual comparisons xxxx per 100ml , and xxxx per litre, so being nosy I discovered that you could pay (in store) anything from £1.70p to £3.50p per litre - for something which just gets washed down the drain !!! Being an old Scout - we used to clean our pots and pans in a cold stream with divets (clods of earth and gravel) from the banks of the stream, just as effective. So far I cannot recollect seeing anything in the media about a crises in the supplies of washing up liquid, or shower gel, or shampoo, etc. - do we need all these washing cosmetics - what is wrong with a "guid dunk in the burn" ?
Just have to wait and see what is in store for tomorrow .
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