Last nights events were very distressing and depressing. But not unexpected. But what I found more distressing and depressing was not being in Arnotts. I heard the stuff was flying off the shelfs

quodec wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 11:54 amJingle Bells?

Some years ago I was roped into going to my Nephew's Christmas Carol concert inthe Gaeilscoil he attended. Try sitting through Jingle Bells sung very out of tune in reddy voices in Irish 5/6 times in a row

Bit of a side note. One of the pubs in the town I grew up in opened on the day Kennedy was assassinated. The news broke over here in the evening time and the owner closed the pub out of a mark of respect. I doubt that would happen today

My local Super Valu has 6 or 7 self service check outs. There is always a member of staff on hand. But I've always got the impression that the staff aren't taking too much interest in what items customers are scanning, or more to the point, not scanning in

The Crusades by Thomas Ashbridge. A very readable and balanced history of the Crusades. As its only a one volume account it doesn't go into as much detail as I'd like. But that's understandable as there is a lot to cover. But if you're looking for a good overview of what was for much of the time a v...

Surprised it hasn't been mentioned but Blackbird staring Michael Flatley. Its genuinely hilarious for all wrong reasons

Had a look at the list of "celebrates". Now granted I'm not well up on these things but Farage is the only one I recognise. The rest seem even more Z list then normal

Something of a Sports evening. Firstly I watched Corofin v Ballina in the Semi Final of the Connacht Club Football Championship. (The least said about sh*t feast the better). Then it was Munster & The Stormers in watch was a really enjoyable old fashioned game of Rugby. Finally I subjected mysel...

The delusional is strong in this one

https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1117/14171 ... rls-rugby/

According to the Indo he's already cracked the UK. Although they seem to be conveniently forgetting that he's actually yet to present a radio show https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/wogan-norton-tubridy-the-former-late-late-host-follows-a-well-trodden-path-of-irish-stars-to-crack-the-uk/a18938...

isha wrote: ↑Tue Nov 14, 2023 5:23 pm In fact I'm way more nervous than I was before I started this thread!!

Nerves are only natural. But I know you'll soon get a handle on the sitution

It's not that I don't like speaking in tongues, I'm quite okay at French, even German I understand and can hobble by in, and my Irish is pretty good, I just wouldn't kiss the Blarney stone because of all the other people who had been smooching it before me 😒🤢 Just speak loudly and slowly at them in...

The red warning was probably merited for some Western Counties but in terms of Dublin it was largely much ado about nothing. Yes, it was a blustery morning with some strong gusts but nothing out of the ordinary. Met Eireann really do need to get their warning system changed. One of these days their ...

I was waiting on a bus this afternoon. There was about 4 or 5 people at the stop. The bus pulls up. We all start to get on when a women charges in front of everyone so she can be first on. A: where the hell was her manners & B: what was the god damn rush. It was the first stop and not a soul on ...

Asking Cameron to repair your international reputation is like asking King Herod to babysit your kids

In the unfortunate event of an eruption let's hope its off no great magma-tude

I'll get my coat

isha wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 9:18 am I just find it inexplicable how I have so many lunch boxes and so many lids and none of them match!!

I have an entire press of mis-matching boxes and lids. I haven't open it in a while and am now at the stage where I pretend that it doesnt exist

Just started watching this on the Player last night - a strange one to be sure. Irish couple go missing in New Zealand. I'll wait until the end before passing judgement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD_k6aLcL9U Overall very watchable. Hopefully you enjoy it. But RTE calming it as an "Irish&...

I was visiting my Brother yesterday and one of the houses on his road had their Christmas decorations up. It's only early November

Happy days doesn't sleep. He waits

It's a pleasant enough song to have on in the background. But no amount of cheer leading by the media will convince me that it's a "masterpiece"

Now that Halloween is done and dusted we face a relentless barrage of Christmas Ads

Just started to watch Season.2. this evening and it's still excellent fare with plenty of violent action if you're into that sort of thing. Angeline Ball is no longer in the cast but her replacement Nora-Jane Noone is a better fit for the role. Less evidence of the CAB officers swaggering around in...

quodec wrote: ↑Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:05 pm Some game of slogging attrition and SA win by a point. And the only team to beat the World Cup winners was....?

Wasn't that the team that didn't make it past the quarter finals. Again

Its late October almost November and a Bluebottle just flew in to my kitchen