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The day the Wall came down

July 24, 2007 – 8:33 am

It was 1989. The year two walls came down - the big one in Berlin and the small one Pat Gleeson built for his mother. I wasn’t around to see Mrs. Gleeson’s collapse but I was in Germany for the other one. I will never forget that day as long as I live.
On the afternoon [...]

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Incredulous Internments

June 30, 2007 – 9:33 am

A tap on the shoulder. I turned to the lady in the pew behind me. Howya, Primal. Tell me, is this woman any relation of Michael who lived in the last house on our row? Yes, Mrs. K, she was a sister. That’s grand then - I didn’t come over here for nothing then.
Nothing surprises [...]

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Rites of Passage

April 17, 2007 – 4:28 am

I always look forward to Sarah Carey’s column in the Sunday Times. Even more so I look forward to reading the full version on her blog. She wrote an excellent piece a couple of weeks back on how non-believing Irish parents are being forced to have their children baptised etc. You can read it here [...]

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Grand National Sweep - Enter Now

April 13, 2007 – 5:05 am

The Aintree Grand National, tomorrow Saturday at 16:15. 40 horses. 30 fences. Big ones. 4.5 miles (7.2 km in new money). The greatest national hunt race of the calendar.
Right. Nothing serious. Just a bit of fun. To take part in a sweep, just leave your name in the comments below.
The first 40 names will be [...]

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Cheltenham updates

March 15, 2007 – 7:35 am

Day 1: Four bets. My Way de Solzen got me off to a great start winning The Arkle at 7/2. Hardy Eustace let me down for the Champion Hurdle but at least we had an Irish winner with the John Carr trained Sublimity. In the 4:00, Juveigneur got a nose past his opponent on the [...]

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Doing a bet

March 13, 2007 – 5:58 am

Strange things happen in blogland. Just yesterday evening I was one of many to respond to her Ladyship’s throwaway question as to what would you do if you were the opposite sex for a week? On her recommendation I ended up reading JC Skinner’s classic post on gambling. Read it. It will open your eyes, [...]

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