Post what's on your mind

[CelticRambler]

"Classic Clean" - does that mean there's a new-and-improved clean that was foisted upon us without our knowledge?

And is it the clean-up that lasts 50% longer, or what?

[isha]

Well there was a few things for me..."Proven to clean effectively".... How exactly? The mind boggles at the possible experiments and proofs. How do MEGA and Classic cleans differ from the old clean and what exactly IS a classic clean...?

Bring back fluffy puppies on the bog roll. It was just the right amount of reference to dirty bums.

[Hairy-Joe]

I must say 50km on the road wouldn't bother me. I regularly do 60km with a LOT of climbing starting in Killarney, out to Kate Kearney cottage, through the Gap of Dungloe, through the Black Valley, then up to the top of Molls Gap and back to Killarney past Mucross House. That's a "before lunch" cycle.....

I find that a "small but often" works wonders for fitness and getting used to the long spins rather than starting big. A few years ago I'd die at the thought of 20km on a bike.

[DeletedUser]

I’m alone.

[knownunknown]

That sounds fabulous Hairy Joe. Beautiful day for it. I did a 50ishkm cycle with my kids in April on one crazy day and it nearly killed me.

What I had on my mind earlier today is far more prosaic. I went grocery shopping while waiting for the sun to get properly going and in the toilet paper aisle I thought - "Is this not just too much information!"

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Interesting multi prong marketing approach, both new and since 1942

[knownunknown]

I’m alone.

Lucky bastard.

[JayZeus]

"Classic Clean" - does that mean there's a new-and-improved clean that was foisted upon us without our knowledge?

And is it the clean-up that lasts 50% longer, or what?

Someone should market toilet-paper with absolutely brutally honest taglines.

"Don't expect miracles. Not guaranteed against poke through occasionally. Use with caution and wash your hands you dirt-bird"

"It'll look clean, and that might be good enough for you, but remember to shower daily and change your flipping underpants you pig"

"You might need a pack of wet wipes also, just in case. Just saying"

"It's for your arse lads, not for sticking up your nose around the end of your index finger"

"Patterns and colours are for shirts. Just pick the white pack, FFS"

"It's for cleaning your arse. Don't think about puppies, just wipe your arse with it. Puppies don't make it any better"

"Better than Bitcoin in a pandemic situation. Buy a few extra rolls"

"Do not use instead of kitchen rolls to dry steaks before frying. You've been warned"

"If your cat is a little bastard, keep this stuff out of reach"

"Don't be a Blue Peter bell-end. Just throw out the cardboard tube and FFS put another roll on the holder. How many times do I have to...."

"Better than squares of newspaper hanging on a bit of string"

"Beats the 1980's Irish school greaseproof stuff, by a long shot"

"3 Ply lads. Always buy the 3 Ply"

I think that's all I have on my mind right now.

[DeletedUser]

Jedward are absolute fecking bellends.

End of.

[6456739]

Like it or loathe it, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a global phenomenon. Baffling that nobody's ever made a decent videogame out of it.

[knownunknown]

I see a journalist was murdered in Las Vegas by a politician for exposing his affair. Imagine this had been a republican or god forbid a ‘maga’ candidate. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/11/us/l ... alist.html

[Mirabeau]

La Marseillaise has been stuck in my head for the last two weeks.
It may be a sign

[765489]

I'm dreading having to spend the whole weekend again painting, another wasted weekend doing something I absolutely detest. I wouldn't have this problem if I was living in a campervan.

[765489]

One more coffee and a couple more cigarettes. This place rocks by the way. We are very lucky to have an oldskool bbs hangout like this. Peace out folks.

[Hairy-Joe]

Just tried the Lidl spreadable butter. How did they make it taste so horrid?

[CelticRambler]

The last of the summer visitors have just left. It's suddenly so peaceful!

Looking forward to making efficient use of the whole day again.

[isha]

The last of the summer visitors have just left. It's suddenly so peaceful!

Looking forward to making efficient use of the whole day again.

I'm still swamped. 6 adults in house at moment. Thankfully husband has taken over cooking and bread making duties as I'm too tired. Next weekend they are all going on a road trip and for the first time in ages I will have the house completely to myself and I will lie down in the living area and make floor angels to celebrate the peace.

[Diamonds of Frost]

Floor angels!! Do you have a rug or carpet and are you flexible? Wood would be better for the movement of arms and legs though.

My husbands relatives are home from Australia and they are all staying in his mam's house. It's no joke looking after guests even if they are family. I think you have to remind yourself that there is no need to be 'on' all the time.

Daddy is on my mind. I don't feel in control of his needs right now. Something new will appear just when I think I have a handle on things. The latest is a mystery back ache and I forgot to ring the doctor to find out what he said to him. I'm not great at this kind of thing. I've been putting off chatting with his solicitor about me being given power of attorney but I will have to do that tomorrow as well. If he lived with us I'd feel better but there isn't a hope in hell he would and sure he'd never manage the stairs.

[JayZeus]

I still miss my oul’ lad.

Glad he missed the Covid sheite though. He’d have hated all the fuss.

[Diamonds of Frost]

I still miss my oul’ lad.

Glad he missed the Covid sheite though. He’d have hated all the fuss.

Is he gone long Jay?

[JayZeus]

4 years last spring. Feels like a lifetime in some ways and only the other day in others.

What’s on my mind? Cancer is a c-word.

[765489]

I have no idea why I still have a Linkedin account and why I even bother logging into it. There is nothing of any interest on it to me. After I log out and have finished adding various random recruiters etc I get a pile of spam emails by the company. All my fellow work colleagues seem to have gone on to bigger and better things judging by their posts... I mustn't be doing it right. Anyway I find the whole thing disturbing... CEO hero worshipping... makes me want to puke.

[765489]

4 years last spring. Feels like a lifetime in some ways and only the other day in others.

What’s on my mind? Cancer is a c-word.

I lost my mother a few years ago and it feels like a life time ago too. I feel guilty sometimes that I don't think of her often enough as she was a great mother to myself and brother. But it's strange. There are certain times, without me consciously realising it, she comes popping back into my head again. I remember a man telling me about his own parents passing away and it stuck in my mind that he said he has never really grieved for them. He just couldn't comprehend it and instead didn't do it but parked it. I think I am the same.

[893456]

I am very sorry for your loss.I was the same when I lost my mother.I wasn't strong enough to come to terms with it so I pushed it all away.And over the years it still stayed away.But as I've gotten older,I find I think of my mother and grandfather.For what reason I don't know.But a part of me believes that is their way of saying I'm still here and with me. Whether I like it or not heh.

[JayZeus]

I often remember him vividly when doing various things. Like polishing my shoes, tying a tie, driving nails with a hammer and all sorts of other things. Hundreds of little things he taught me how to do properly. Same for my Grandfather. I remember them in those moments with great detail, how they sounded, the encouragement and all the rest.

I wear the same “make and model” aftershave as my Da did. That’s another one that triggers memory recall from time to time.

All of that is much nicer than the months of nightmares I had after he passed, close enough to a year of them, almost every night. I was always pretty okay dealing with death (emergency service exposure to it) generally speaking, but that whole experience was another thing entirely.

I’m MUCH more sensitive now. A few drama films watched with the wife have left me watery eyed and excusing myself before I’d end up blubbering away on the couch. I guess the grief on top of all the other suppressed reaction to other peoples witnessed grief just left me with too much to be impartial in my response to it now.

None of us handles this stuff the same way, that’s what I’ve learned by now.

What’s on my mind? I’m not sure if it’s a better thing to have time to put your affairs in order and die slowly, or to try to keep them that way so you can go out with a bang and none of the suffering yourself, even if it may be harder on your survivors. Feckin’ morbid thoughts. Go to bed JZ.

[893456]

I often remember him vividly when doing various things. Like polishing my shoes, tying a tie, driving nails with a hammer and all sorts of other things. Hundreds of little things he taught me how to do properly. Same for my Grandfather. I remember them in those moments with great detail, how they sounded, the encouragement and all the rest.

I wear the same “make and model” aftershave as my Da did. That’s another one that triggers memory recall from time to time.

All of that is much nicer than the months of nightmares I had after he passed, close enough to a year of them, almost every night. I was always pretty okay dealing with death (emergency service exposure to it) generally speaking, but that whole experience was another thing entirely.

I’m MUCH more sensitive now. A few drama films watched with the wife have left me watery eyed and excusing myself before I’d end up blubbering away on the couch. I guess the grief on top of all the other suppressed reaction to other peoples witnessed grief just left me with too much to be impartial in my response to it now.

None of us handles this stuff the same way, that’s what I’ve learned by now.

What’s on my mind? I’m not sure if it’s a better thing to have time to put your affairs in order and die slowly, or to try to keep them that way so you can go out with a bang and none of the suffering yourself, even if it may be harder on your survivors. Feckin’ morbid thoughts. Go to bed JZ.

I wear my father's aftershave and even smoke from my grandfather's pipe.It's funny as some of us get older we turn back to the old smells and lifestyles,heh
.I think when we do we honor them.