Nail biting football for a change, and value for money at long last.

Not very often that I compliment football players who I generally rate as being over paid prima donna's  however, having watched two  Scottish Cup semi finals this weekend which went through extra time and into penalty shoot outs, it was certainly value for money and good entertainment.  Just hope that the final between Rangers FC and Hibernian is equally as good.   I was pleasantly surprised at the end of the Rangers v Celtic match to see the Celtic goalkeeper, Craig Gordon approach and shake hands with the Rangers keeper,   unlike the remainder of the players who just left the pitch.  We are used to seeing sportsman type gestures  at rugby and other sporting events, especially at International level, so why not at league level  in football - it might set a positive example to the fans,

Had a wee run to the Mercat Grill this morning where several doggies appeared along with their owners, looking for doggie beer, bacon rolls, and treats.

Next weekend, Saturday 23rd April., there is another wine tasting dinner at the Grill, Spanish themed I believe.

With all the current political hoo ha over immigration and illegal immigrants I have been watching the several documentary type programmes on the TV about the various customs and immigration agencies in Australia, USA, Canada and the UK.  These officers do a brilliant job trying to control their respective borders, but it is difficult to comprehend how stupid some travellers are and how devious the criminals are in their quest to smuggle drugs into the countries. Obviously those officers featuring in the programmes are having to seriously bit their tongues and keep themselves in check because many of the travellers are chancing torags who I would have stuck back on a plane marked "return to sender".