Moreen Simpson: Shopping online godsend for my supermerkitphobia
Nearly a year since I revolutionised my shopping and went online.
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Moreen Simpson: Lockdown kids have had to miss out on such… fun
Methinks oor precious wee yins are among those who’ve suffered most in the lockdowns.
Moreen Simpson: Things are looking good at the vaccination centre
Eeee-ha! That’s me Covid-vaxxed. Fit a relief.
Moreen Simpson: Gone in a puff? Ciggies, aye. Virus… nae so much
Can you believe it’s nearly a year since the first Covid cases hit the UK?
Moreen Simpson: Here’s hoping for a Covid jabbie… so I’ll be mair jolly
I suspect we’re all beginning to sound like one of my heroes; the late, great Rikki Fulton’s institutionally pessimistic Reverend IM Jolly.
Moreen Simpson: Social media’s shortcut leads into memory lane
Fit better wye to lift the spirits during this affa time than tae look back at the good al’ days?
Moreen Simpson: I really came up short in capital’s mini style stakes
As someone once dubbed the biggest gossip in town, I’m fair strugglin’.
Moreen Simpson: Ba’-heids hooverin’ lavvie roll and veg for lockdown
Thanks to Black Monday, it was tatties-ower-the-side to oor happy new year wishes.
Moreen Simpson: Christmas wis right oot the window for wee yins
Since most folk have probably had a very quiet Hogmanay, let me be one of the first to wish you a happy new year. And cripes, do we all need a good-news, healthy 2021.
Moreen Simpson: Real Christmas miracle as garage finally cleared
How was it for you? Whether you were with family and friends or on your own, I hope you had a happy, relaxing day.
Moreen Simpson: Christmas clear-out brought tears to my eyes
I wish you a very early merry Christmas. That’s because there’s no EE next Friday, but my column will be in Saturday’s Boxing Day paper.
Moreen Simpson: Anyone else recall huge queue for polio vaccine?
What drama. Live on telly. William Shakespeare couldn’t have written it better. In fact, Oor Willie was responsible for the whole, amazing scenario and put himsellie at the centre of it.
Moreen Simpson: Why loadsaquines will be crying over blow to shops
Right after Black Friday and Black Monday came the blackest day of all for our high street stores.
Moreen Simpson: Restaurants need to be PR savy in trying times
Two EE stories this week had my life flashing before my teary eyes.
Moreen Simpson: Why trying to get the jab just gave me the needle
Three momentous events in one week. Nice-but-nobody-special Joe Biden scrapes through to the US presidency. A lovely couple, who sound like the legendary scientific geniuses Louie and Marie Pasteur, crack the Covid vaccine. And … Mo finally gets her flu jab. Fit next? Trumpie conceding he wisnae swicked?
Moreen Simpson: Let’s consult the people before overhauling city
At last, sense has prevailed. After weeks of protests from the beach-loving public, Aberdeen City councillors have U-turned.
Moreen Simpson: Brain-fade happens to the best of us Mr Biden
It can happen to anyone, often at the worst possible time.
Moreen Simpson: Go-kart laughs prompted an ‘accident’ at trackside
Up hands if you’re desperate for a roarin’ good laugh to cheer you up?
Moreen Simpson: Lockdown stress gets us wrapped up in our gripes
My spies tell me the stress of lockdown is turning us into harrumphin’ al’ grumpfutticks.
Moreen Simpson: Bad planning has seen us miss out on oil’s potential
It's like half a century is just yesterday away.
Moreen Simpson: Nae right rite of passage blighted for youngsters
My heart goes out to our young folk who’ve just started university.
Moreen Simpson: Fat chance of sitting by the pool with a cocktail
Where did it all go wrong? This week I should be laid oot on a sunbed perfecting my tan by an aquamarine pool, sippin’ a cocktail and thinkin’ o’ you peer folkies back in Aiberdeen as the autumn weather kicks in.
Moreen Simpson: Three adults, one lunch and no fairy godmother
Fit next? This pandemic is fair diggin’ in. Plunged into lockdown in March, most of us thought it would all be over by summer – autumn at worst.
Moreen Simpson: This kind of protocol only masks the true reality
It's been a week of Covid firsts. First time at the dentist since October, having missed my six-month check-up and hygienist rake-oot in April.
Moreen Simpson: Rabbits, the royals and a romance that never was
There may not be a Braemar Gathering tomorrow, but Her Maj seems to have had a superb gatherin’ of her ain folk over the past week.
Moreen Simpson: Let’s give huge round of applause to members of Save Bon Accord Baths
I am excited, but also infuriated. Monday’s Evening Express brought me the great news of plans to stage an open day in our beloved Bon Accord Baths to mark its 80th anniversary.
Moreen Simpson: Shell shock after finding creature in watering can
I wonder if most of the rest of the UK is having a right good laugh at Aberdeen.
Moreen Simpson: Domestic bliss when beloved cleaner returned was short lived
On Tuesday, I was in Seventh Heaven. After 14 long weeks of lockdown isolation from my greatest luxury, it was returned to me today.
Moreen Simpson: Telly junk-food deadline is wasted on fatsos like me
Well, at least I’m bang on trend. There’s BoJo urging us overweighters to lose five pounds in a bid to save the NHS a whopping £100 million over the next five years, as he launches his Better Health Campaign.
Moreen Simpson: Hairdresser has her work cut out with this princess
How should I put this? Let’s go with Fred Flintstone’s: Ya-ba-da-ba-doo!