Macra na Feirme’s second annual Know You Neighbour weekend is on the 14th and 15th of this month. What is that all about?
Well to start with, Macra na Feirme, is Ireland’s young farmers’ association. If you are a member, or in the know otherwise, you get to call it da macra. That shows you are [...]
I arrived home that January night tired and hungry - hungry like the wolf. It was dark and frosty - frosty like the snowman. As I bent down to lift the bolt on the gate my glasses dropped off. Toby, then only a puppy, a puppy with magpie tendencies, scooped them up and scampered off.
The [...]
I’m thinking of calling in the World Health Organisation. There has been an outbreak of Builder’s Bum (Arsenia constructoris) at my place. There are more diggers and dumpers than you could shake a jumbo breakfast roll at. I suppose I shouldn’t complain - it took 6 years to get planning permission so I should be [...]
Getting asked to take a look at a computer is something I dread. Past experiences [1, 2] have generally been frustrating due to low levels of IT literacy. I don’t blame the users - manufacturers and sellers market their products as plug-and-play and self-maintaining. User expectations are too high. Who would buy a car not [...]
Euronews are running a piece on the Irish elections this morning. A clip showing Enda Kenny casting his vote in the company of (that gorgeous creature - his words, not mine) his wife has the following voice-over:
Fine Gael leader, Enda Kenny, has said she will do everything in her power to prevent Sinn Féin playing [...]
I had EuroNews on the TV this morning. Every 5 minutes or so they made the following announcement.
Boris Yeltsin will be buried live here on EuroNews today.
If they go ahead with it, it will be the best reality TV ever.
It reminds me of years ago when a work colleague sent out an all-employees email:
There will [...]
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