Your line is weak but your point is strong: Liveline from 10th January

KevRossi · 26-01-2021 01:37PM

When my mother died we got the middle priced one. I think they were €1300, €1800 and €2400. My Dad said for him get the cheapest they have and put the difference behind the bar. (Rural area).

Most of them cost around €200-300 in a kit form from China. You'll be told not to lift it by the handles as they are for decoration only.
My mates Dad was a carpenter all his life, he would have started work at 14 back then. When his mother died he was so shocked by coffin prices in Dublin he made one for himself and the wife, she made the lining as she used to work in the clothes factories in Temple Bar years ago.

His brother died in London, wanted to be buried back here, so arranged in advance for three nephews to take a van over to London, pick hi m up and drive him back. Undertaker attempted to stop him, he only needed a permit from the council (or police, I forget) and he was good to go. Saved a few grand by doing that.

They are rip off merchants, prices are a disgrace and do not reflect the service offered. But what can ya do, they control some of the graveyards in Dublin as it is. Never heard of one going into liquidation either. (I could have said "going under", but that would be too pun-tastic, even for Joe Duffy's thread).

26-01-2021 01:38PM

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

Cat,if you saw me you'd realaise that she'd be better off spending the €20 on a female power tool

Would reverse de charges so.

26-01-2021 01:39PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Not so much a so-fisty-kated scam, but I remember a call from about 2-3 years ago. An elderly woman, practically a teenager in Joes eyes had her bag swiped.

Caller: And they took my bank cards Joe
Joe: But they didn't have the PIN numbers Mary.
Caller: They did Joe
Joe:How Mary?
Caller:I had them written down.

JoeL But you(looks up a dictionary), obfuscated them Mary?
Caller: No joe, my notebook was:
BOI - 1234
AIB - 2345
PTSB - 6039
Joe: Ah Mary, but shure... ah ... Mary...

Re-reading this I had a flashback to that call. There was a bit that went:

Caller: I had them written down
Joe: But you can write them like a phone number or something so its not obviously the PIN numbers. Its not like you have sheet that says "Mary's PIN numbers".
Caller: Well joe....
Joe: Ah Mary!

26-01-2021 01:41PM

KevRossi wrote: »

When my mother died we got the middle priced one. I think they were €1300, €1800 and €2400. My Dad said for him get the cheapest they have and put the difference behind the bar. (Rural area).

Most of them cost around €200-300 in a kit form from China. You'll be told not to lift it by the handles as they are for decoration only.
My mates Dad was a carpenter all his life, he would have started work at 14 back then. When his mother died he was so shocked by coffin prices in Dublin he made one for himself and the wife, she made the lining as she used to work in the clothes factories in Temple Bar years ago.

His brother died in London, wanted to be buried back here, so arranged in advance for three nephews to take a van over to London, pick hi m up and drive him back. Undertaker attempted to stop him, he only needed a permit from the council (or police, I forget) and he was good to go. Saved a few grand by doing that.

They are rip off merchants, prices are a disgrace and do not reflect the service offered. But what can ya do, they control some of the graveyards in Dublin as it is. Never heard of one going into liquidation either. (I could have said "going under", but that would be too pun-tastic, even for Joe Duffy's thread).

A buke written by my mother's cousin, of her privileged upbringing in south county Dublin, described how her faaaader was up all night banging out a coffin for de librarian of Ballyboden's husband who had just died. It was traditional for de men in de community to do this back in early 1900s.

SEPT 23 1989 · 26-01-2021 01:46PM

the chairman no less

26-01-2021 01:46PM

Deleted User wrote: »

€20?

What would you offer me?

Odyssey 2005 · 26-01-2021 01:46PM

Shine de lite ....deres a vomit on me seat

BPKS · 26-01-2021 01:47PM

If all these lights were left on during January 2019 all the students would be taking a day off to protest about climate change.

Odyssey 2005 · 26-01-2021 01:47PM

N
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2smiggy · 26-01-2021 01:47PM

you are living in Drogheda , what else is there except doom and gloom ?

PieOhMy · 26-01-2021 01:47PM

PieOhMy wrote: »

Ireland and UK are so similar coz both have places called Camden. This is what 400k insight looks like people. You pay for this.

Hilary clip from yesterday.

Undertakers charging 5.5k per event, they will be millionaires soon so Joe's interest is piqued.

Inheritance tax. Effecting millionaires so Joe's interest is piqued.

Christmas lights complained. I would bet good money that the caller is Tommy Roddy from Galway.

Boom

Atlantic Dawn · 26-01-2021 01:47PM

What colour are the assorted colour lights?

26-01-2021 01:47PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

What would you offer me?

It would have to be metered so to speak

zell12 · 26-01-2021 01:48PM

Tommy Roddy, the Galway prolific letter writer?

Sir, – I can only describe as collective madness the decision of many towns, including my own city of Galway, to keep Christmas lights switched on until the end of January.
Why on earth would any of us want to be reminded of Christmas at this stage, never mind right through this month?
Most people want to forget 2020, including Christmas 2020.
Take down these gaudy lights. Let’s look forward, not back. – Yours, etc,

TOMMY RODDY,
Ballybane,
Galway.
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/stop-the-lights-1.4456615

26-01-2021 01:48PM

Tommy has little in his life to be worrying about if he's outraged about de christmas lights.

bottlebrush · 26-01-2021 01:48PM

My neighbours still have their outdoor lights on. I'm tired of looking at them at this stage.

Odyssey 2005 · 26-01-2021 01:48PM

What's the first thing you think of when you see xmas lights

Easter joe

PieOhMy · 26-01-2021 01:48PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Tommy has little in his life to be worrying about if he's outraged about de christmas lights.

He had already written to the papers in galway about this

26-01-2021 01:48PM

liveline - discussing the important issues of the day....christmas lights

26-01-2021 01:48PM

Deleted User wrote: »

It would have to be metered so to speak

If youre expecting a metre you're going to be sorely disappointed.

Oscar Bravo · 26-01-2021 01:49PM

What watt caller

DellyBelly · 26-01-2021 01:49PM

This is what Livenline is all about...whinging about Christmas lights...Back to it's roots..

McGinniesta · 26-01-2021 01:49PM

Joe turns every converstation into covid.

He just told yer man off for doing it

dvcireland · 26-01-2021 01:49PM

i'm surprised the peeples who blocked the Apple data Centre in Athenry are not complaining about the use of energy powering "The Christmas" lights.

2smiggy · 26-01-2021 01:49PM

could they call them January lights ? keep everyone happy

McGinniesta · 26-01-2021 01:50PM

shearforce wrote: »

liveline - discussing the important issues of the day....christmas lights

hard hitting analysis

Odyssey 2005 · 26-01-2021 01:50PM

Deleted User wrote: »

It would have to be metered so to speak

By length,or length of time..sotospeak

26-01-2021 01:50PM

Tommy's right

turn off the lights ye dopes

next topic

Mena Mitty · 26-01-2021 01:50PM

Christmas lights are for Christmas just like the puppies ???

26-01-2021 01:50PM

What a squalid little man whinging about a bit of light in January. How miserable can one get.

Your line is weak but your point is strong: Liveline from 10th January

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