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O Captain my Captain
If I had grown up in America I would have been a Jock. If it was a film I would have been the moody bad boy that rebelled against the system yet played on the team, grudgingly which pissed off a few guys who would have given their right arms to play. I played Hurling and was a unlikely looking Jock being stick thin and not that tall, but like ( Read more... ) -
learn Swedish thro Norwegian
For my Norwegian friends :P
A Lesson in Swedish done in Noewegian apparently.I was looking at the fork handles sketch and came accross this
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A guide to Ireland
This is a un-official guide to visiting Ireland as well as touching on some of the Irish cultural aspects from Irish Dancing, to Irish knitwear.
* Pub etiquette
The crucial thing here is the "round" system, in which each participant takes turns to "shout" an order. To the outsider, this may appear casual; you will not necessarily be told it's your ( Read more... ) -
Strange motorists on the road
I had to drive to Dublin Sunday evening a trip of about 3 hours depending on traffic before and after the Motorway, I hate this drive on a Sunday because there is always heavy traffic.
Anyway as I was driving up, I pulled into a service station near the start of my journey to get fuel, a girl pulled along side me and she smiled strangely up at me ( Read more... ) -
Good day in spite of all the idiots
This is not a rant, it might sound like it in the beginning, but today I have met more than my daily Quota of idiots. This morning I was ignored for 10 minutes by the waitress after I got my cereal and then when she came she too only take my coffee order, which took another 10 minutes, I waited more than 10 minutes and just left. To highlight I was ( Read more... ) -
six degrees of seperation
they say that everyone in the world is separated by only six people, Ireland always try to beat that, it is a trait that we have , we always ask where people are from and try to connect with them. Its also a way to help people talk about themselves and relax and so we can get a bit of gossip.
Anyone who has ever been to Ireland might have have heard ( Read more... ) -
Illegal imigrants
I have been trying to get my house completed, It started over a year ago and at the beginning the problem was that people would not do what they were supposed to do on time, the economy was good and they had not a care in the world, most contractors charged high prices and employed Illegal immigrants to do a lot of the work and paid them damn all, ( Read more... )
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