Old Sneezes

Archive for February, 2007

It’s a canal lads!

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

From the Irish Independent breaking news:

” Bad weather conditions forced Garda divers searching for a missing youth to call off their search of the Grand Canal at Clondalkin, shortly after 4pm this afternoon. High winds and rough water made diving conditions increasingly difficult as the day wore on.Earlier, a body was pulled from the water [...]

Thick support call

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

- Howya, Primal. Listen, that Internet ya put on the computer for me is useless.
- How so, Pádraigh?
- There’s nothing on it. You’ll have to come over here again and put a different Internet on it.
- There’s only one Internet, Pa. Settle for a minute. Tell me more. You were using Google [...]

Just can’t get the staff these days

Monday, February 26th, 2007

Some bar staff should never set foot behind a counter.  We all know that.  They probably know it themselves.  Publicans know it too, but hire them anyway probably because they simply can’t get anyone else.
My local has two such staff.  Both part-timers.  Both work full-time in customer service type roles.  You’d expect them to make [...]

Trolley rage

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

As someone who suffers from trolley-rage I was overjoyed when my local Little Britain introduced self service checkouts. It would at least halve the time I’d have to spend grocery shopping.
My joy was short lived. Like the mayfly. Or is that the mayflower? Or McFly? Anyway, it started out great. No [...]

Mistaken identity

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

I arranged a B&B for two distant relations at the weekend. Home from Spain for a suprise family thing, the surpisers needed a place to hide overnight from the suprisee.
Nora, being the excellent host she is, engaged them in conversation at breakfast. “Are – you – tra – vell – ing – a – [...]

Exam results

Friday, February 16th, 2007

I’ve just been reading Eolaí’s latest post on how being online helps him remain Irish while away. It’s very good. Great even. So check it out while it’s still hot.
In it, he, being Lord of the Lists, mentions the 20 best Irish sites for maintaining your Irishnessness while abroad. At [...]

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