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Archive for January, 2007

Bóthar’s latest campaign

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Bóthar are at it again.
The latest ads on the radio have Miley rabbiting (goating, in-calf-heifering, guinea fowling etc.) on about Bóthar’s Valentine’s Day appeal.
What next? Paddy’s Day appeal. Washing Day appeal. Bath Night appeal. All-Ireland Final day appeal. NCT due day appeal.
Now I’ve nothing against charities. I support the Brewers Droop Research Fund, Nuke the [...]

Check this out

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Seeing as her Ladyship has gone over to the light-side for the week … well, hopefully it will be only a week … let’s all get in on the act. So here’s something to keep you all oh-ing, and ah-ing, and generally feeling fluffy:
MacKozer has volunteered a link to his real photoblog. Ireland [...]

Addicted to the Internet

Friday, January 26th, 2007

Two days ago my ISP’s main mast was the victim of a lightning strike. The backhaul transceiver was fried at a cost of €34k. Repair or replacement will take days yet. After a lot of hard work and a lot of technical innovation a temporary link to the backbone was up and running last night. [...]

Chelsea Tractors. What?

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

I was hoovering hair out of the fridge yesterday and I got to thinking. Not just that the cat-flap was a bad idea but about other things too. Like how we are now having to import phrases and nicknames for things.
In the Indo today there’s an article about Chelsea Tractors. The closest any Indo reader [...]

"Ireland meets 2013 recycling target". Rubbish!

Saturday, January 20th, 2007

The Environmental Protection Agency released the National Waste Report for 2005 on January 11. A percentage of this kind of stuff went to a percentage of these places … blah, blah, blah … until it all added up to 100. I hate percentages. Well, not all. Just 74% of them.
Apparently it [...]

Irish Blog Awards – Update

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

The Irish Blog Awards came up in conversation over a few pints.

“They’re all meeting up in a big hotel in Dublin, it said in the paper”, offered Liam the taxi man (who knows things). “A bit like the Oscars, or a debs. Twenty Benson won a load of yokes last year”.

“Ah, would ya fek off”, [...]

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