You only need to ask - at a price

I used to think that Edinburgh taxi drivers were all related to Dick Turpin ; and occasionally Robin Hood, bearing in mind that they do have the charity day out for needy kids, however, yesterday one of Livingston's finest managed to take the First prize for being a greedy whatsit.

A friend of mine was over in her car and managed to get lost, despite having had directions over the phone, was just struggling - but she spotted a local taxi driver and asked him for directions, he was no better with his directions, but for £10 led her to where she was going, a couple of miles away. A friend in need is a friend indeed - apart from a taxi driver in Livingston.

Now - here's a bit of a laugh, despite four years of chaos with the tramworks, the latest news is that the current works in Shandwick Place are now three weeks ahead of schedule and they hope they will be finished sometime in 2013 !!!! by which time the only premises left open in that area is likely to be the dole office. BUT with the City Councillors about to have realistic review of the city's traffic systems there will probably be no way of getting into the area.

Next 49 Club Dinner is at the Edinburgh Roxburgh Hotel, on 15th March - menu and wine list look good.

Things are not looking too clever at Murray Park for the current members of Glasgow Ranger's as the liquidators struggle to resolve the financial problems there - I wonder how many other teams around the World, and their players with inflated egos and salaries, are watching with interest - no doubt unlikely to learn any lessons.