Fishing for a compliment
This photo I took in December last year gets a mention in the BBC’s Good Food blog (2nd para). In the article, the author talks about an expensive new restaurant that sells battered cod for stg£12. Chips are extra.
Have a read of the article. I’m too modest to suggest a link [...]
Two websites announced
Have a look at these two new websites. Neither are connected to the other; one is meant to be a bit of fun while the other is more serious.
My Calendar Says
I was sitting at my desk one day, bored, when my eyes settled on the calendar on my desk. Usually, the advice or saying seems [...]
Need a hitman?
Then try Eircom…
I bet the committee that came up this name thought it was really catchy.
Seriously though, the letter that came with this envelope was to do with an opt-in marketing campaign, rather than opt-out. Which is still not good.
Edit: May have got my knickers in a twist & now having trouble remembering [...]
Loony Louth
A taxi driver called Friday drove me to my hotel last Saturday from the pub. And, indeed, he was a very good driver.
A friend needed a passport renewal form and called into Drogheda Garda Station for one. She couldn’t get one because the Superintendent (or Sergeant) had the key to the stationary room and [...]
Funny old world
I know someone who, as the saying goes, if he fell into shit, he’d come out smelling of roses.
A few years ago, he (+ 1 wife, +1 child) got a ‘great’ (cancellation) deal on a 4 bed detached family house with 1 parking space and no front garden. There’s no [...]