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Snippets #7

July 14, 2007 – 9:41 am

What began as a great dust storm on the plains of Kildare was followed over the next five weeks by enough rain and muck to embarrass Oxegen. But the builders persevered, as only men who are paid ten times over the odds can persevere, and on Wednesday they poured the floors in the new extension. [...]

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Snippets #6

June 20, 2007 – 7:44 am

The is another great thing about rain I’d forgotten - Badly needed. It’ll keep the dust down. Despite there being builders here six days a week, the gaff is clean for a change. For anyone interested, the foundations are in and blocked up to floor level. The filling will go in a couple of days [...]

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Snippets #5

June 15, 2007 – 10:03 am

There is something special about a great story read by a great voice. Such is the case with Bock’s, The Sailor, read by the late Jock Hunter. Listening to it, the adult I am supposed to be kept trying to work out the deeper meaning, the hidden message, but the child in me won out [...]

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Snippets #4

June 3, 2007 – 6:44 am

Emptying the office is not going well. It has been raining household pets since 3am and the temporary storage container is 40m away. I hear you - it always rains in Ireland. Well, no, it doesn’t. That’s a myth. It only rains when you have washing on the clothes line, you decide to have a [...]

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Snippets #3

April 28, 2007 – 1:46 pm

This week, the Central Bank, predicted a slowdown in consumer spending. This worries me greatly. My average visit to Tesco currently takes 15 minutes. As I suffer from trolley rage, if this slows to 20 minutes I may not be able to cope mentally.

For you linguists out there: Pop over to An Cainteoir Dóchais. You [...]

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Snippets #2

April 21, 2007 – 8:12 am

RTÉ recently screened a documentary called Megastructures about the building of the Golden Gate. One of the engineers interviewed was Forest Woody Becker. One of the best nicknames ever. Class that. Absolute class.

Bertie is a grandad! Twin boys called Rocky and Crusty or something like that. Little mini-Berites complete with red noses I imagine. Clones [...]

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