Been a few days of minor mishaps, or is it just a few senior moments

Started with the loss of an old faithful fountain pen which I have used most days for years,   then yesterday while attending the funeral of the late Sgt Bill Archibald, from Musselburgh, I appear to have lost a new pair of specs ;  probably flattened at the side of the road outside Seafield crematorium.  Obviously a sad event but nice to meet Valerie, her family, and several of my former colleagues, Andrew Stewart; Alex Elgin; Dick Long; Stuart Mackay; Jim Rutherford;  Peter Ritchie (now author of three mystery novels), Ian Wright and Cyril Cleeton.

Weather is totally unpredictable, snow one day, wind the next, mild and then bitter freezing, and with the VW Golf still playing silly works not very clever for driving when roads are bad.    

Heading for the Mercat Grill this morning came on another accident on the Pomathorn - Fallhills road, at exactly the same spot as last weeks accident,  this time an Audi ended up the embankment totally wrecked with police in attendance  -  same cause as last week, ice on the bend and road not gritted.

Must say that after months of harassing the staff at Booker Cash and Carry, Musselburgh,  I actually managed to get there in time to get a bacon roll -  well done - staff are no longer waiting on their P45's !!!

Nice to make contact with Kiera Murphy, comedienne again, shame we are not having a Burn's supper at the Mercat Grill as she does a great "Reply from the lassies", but look forward to seeing her on TV.

I see the NHS are taking an undeserved beating in the media,  nice new Victoria Building at the Western General, but poor lady appears to decided to light up a fag while on oxygen thus causing a fire - so much for banning smoking on and within NHS properties.  Everyone is warned about the dangers of smoking near oxygen supplies;   However, worse than that I remember back to the days when we were all warned about smoking near gas supplies,  and there was a poor old soul in Penicuik, who left her gas cooker on without lighting it,   sparked up a ciggy and blew herself out the front window and survived!!!.

Taxi drivers in Edinburgh have already indicated that the new 20 MPH speed limits in the City will make it necessary for them to increase their fares once again- and again - and again-  pirates of the road right enough.