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cbreeze · 29-11-2009 2:24am

why are grapefruit getting smaller? They are now the same size as navel oranges

LeoB · 29-11-2009 2:05pm

Out this morning for papers and went down to the harbour at Rush. Spectacular waves but could not take out my camera as the rain was sheeting down.

Plenty of floods tomorrow I guess. Take care if driving.

Jimdagym · 29-11-2009 3:05pm

LeoB wrote: »

Out this morning for papers and went down to the harbour at Rush. Spectacular waves but could not take out my camera as the rain was sheeting down.

Plenty of floods tomorrow I guess. Take care if driving.

The naul road from balbriggan was pretty flooded this morning too.

Martron · 30-11-2009 1:15pm

cbreeze wrote: »

why are grapefruit getting smaller? They are now the same size as navel oranges

maybe your hands are getting bigger

Martron · 02-12-2009 11:48am

Could it be that the wind is gone so i can finally fix my fences......... or is this the eye of the storm!!!

LeoB · 02-12-2009 6:06pm

Hopefully today is the start of a few decent days.

LeoB · 03-12-2009 10:42pm

Another good day today. Long may it last.

Full moon tonight. Took these (handheld) to see if I could get any decent detail. Bit of camera shake so will use Tri-pod later

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Hopefully we will have another full moon tomorrow and I will try and get to beach and or harbour.

Martron · 07-12-2009 6:24pm

who has their lights and tree up yet?

Dizzyblonde · 07-12-2009 9:07pm

Martron wrote: »

who has their lights and tree up yet?

Not me - I never put them up more than 2 weeks before Christmas. A lot of people seem to have put theirs up very early this year.

Martron · 07-12-2009 11:23pm

the gf insisted. we did not go crazy. but i think once its in after the first week of december its ok

LeoB · 08-12-2009 12:36am

Late next week 15th or 16th is soon enough. Saw houses with them up 2 weeks ago. I look forward to the tree going up and the rest of the decorations but the first week in December for me is to early. On one hand we complain its getting out of hand yet so many buy into it. Mind you we have Santa sorted since July:)

Martron · 08-12-2009 1:05am

ah sure its all for fun. xmas decorations in november is extreme. like xmas ads before halloween. that crazy!

Dizzyblonde · 08-12-2009 11:25am

Once we're into December it's acceptable, and I think people are putting them up a bit earlier this year because we all need a bit of cheering up in the midst of the doom and gloom.
Sure if we didn't have Christmas to distract us the winter would be very dull and dreary altogether

Martron · 08-12-2009 1:45pm

Exactly. Hey you just made 3000 posts!

LeoB · 08-12-2009 8:08pm

So thats what you do all day.
3000 posts well done. How are the fingers from all the typing

Dizzyblonde · 08-12-2009 8:42pm

Martron wrote: »

Hey you just made 3000 posts!

Yippee! I hadn't even noticed.

Quote LeoB " 3000 posts well done. How are the fingers from all the typing"

Knackered because I'm lousy at it and make lots of mistakes, lol.

The Hill Billy · 11-12-2009 2:45pm

Just heard "Mr Chris Kindell" being paged in Zürich airport. Laughter all over the terminal.

LeoB · 11-12-2009 7:55pm

Hill Billy wrote: »

Just heard "Mr Chris Kindell" being paged in Zürich airport. Laughter all over the terminal.

Did he turn up?

Maybe he was on his way over to Santry for the

European Cross Country Athletic Championship
which are this Sunday

Maybe we will get a medal to lift the gloom and doom

Martron · 13-12-2009 10:04pm

I thought i was going to be on be on winning streak!!!!!

they said rush co dublin. myself and gf were on the edge of the couch. then he called out someone else!!!!

Fair play to the lad that got it. hope he wins big!!!!

LeoB · 14-12-2009 7:56pm

The European Cross Country Championships in Santry were excellent.
Well done to Athletics Ireland and Fingal County Council for a job well done.

Below is our top finisher Mark Kenneally who finished 8th.

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These athletes are amazing to watch up close. They just glide along, so natural. Great crowd there also.

The Hill Billy · 15-12-2009 9:48am

LeoB wrote: »

Did he turn up?

Nope. Just someone in the terminal taking the mickey.

LeoB · 15-12-2009 11:40am

Hill Billy wrote: »

Nope. Just someone in the terminal taking the mickey.

Ah, lucky they were not looking for Mike Hunt:) Go on shout it at the top of your voice, "has anyone seen Mike Hunt"

The Black Oil · 17-12-2009 11:44pm

It's been far too long since I last listened to RATM..

LeoB · 18-12-2009 12:03am

Martron wrote: »

I thought i was going to be on be on winning streak!!!!!

they said rush co dublin. myself and gf were on the edge of the couch. then he called out someone else!!!!

Fair play to the lad that got it. hope he wins big!!!!

Fair play to Barney.
One very nice bloke:), nice family:). has a Lovely dog:) Really hope he reads this:):)

Larianne · 18-12-2009 1:26pm

^^ lol.

Well finished all my exams (okay so I only had two!) And I did very well in both.

I think I can stop worrying now about the college making a mistake with giving me a place.

Anyone got a miracle cure for sore throats? I've somewhere to go to tomorrow night, Sunday night, possibly Monday night, Tuesday night and Wednesday night. I need to be fit and healthy but I don't think its gonna happen. And I've been waiting to go out and party for sooooo long!! I even bought a crappy Christmas jumper for the occasion.

Larianne · 18-12-2009 1:28pm

Hill Billy wrote: »

Just heard "Mr Chris Kindell" being paged in Zürich airport. Laughter all over the terminal.

I was in the Trinity Dental Hospital a few years back in the waiting area and a student nurse came out looking for "Hugh Jars". I was the ONLY one who copped it!! And she came out TWICE.

I saw two dental students giggling over by a corner.

The Hill Billy · 18-12-2009 2:14pm

Larianne wrote: »

Anyone got a miracle cure for sore throats?

I don't know if you are into indian cookery, but if you are & you have some ground turmeric (bright yellow spice), mix a half teaspoon of the spice with a teaspoon of honey (Manuka if poss). Pop it into your mouth & try to get it to coat as much of your throat as poss.
Try not to rinse you mouth out for as look as you can.

Larianne · 18-12-2009 2:18pm

Hill Billy wrote: »

I don't know if you are into indian cookery, but if you are & you have some ground turmeric (bright yellow spice), mix a half teaspoon of the spice with a teaspoon of honey (Manuka if poss). Pop it into your mouth & try to get it to coat as much of your throat as poss.
Try not to rinse you mouth out for as look as you can.

Ooh I'll have a look and see what we have. I've got throat spray and I'm sucking honey and lemon sweets to beat the band! I can't be sick!!

LeoB · 18-12-2009 7:11pm

Larianne wrote: »

^^ lol.

Well finished all my exams (okay so I only had two!) And I did very well in both. I think I can stop worrying now about the college making a mistake with giving me a place.

Anyone got a miracle cure for sore throats? I've somewhere to go to tomorrow night, Sunday night, possibly Monday night, Tuesday night and Wednesday night. I need to be fit and healthy but I don't think its gonna happen. And I've been waiting to go out and party for sooooo long!! I even bought a crappy Christmas jumper for the occasion.

That just aint good enough only going out for 5 nights in a row;).

Surley What you should do is put in a request to Dr HILL BILLY for hangover cure. Well done on exams.

Martron · 20-12-2009 10:38pm

i missed winning streak how did barney get on?

LeoB · 21-12-2009 12:09am

Martron wrote: »

i missed winning streak how did barney get on?

Gary (Gazza) played for him and won €60,000. Won €25k in the show and got to spin the wheel and got another €35k. Great when someone in the area gets on.

Had a great win on the lotto last night myself;) Felt really lucky and had a feeling it was my time to win and buy my little house in the alps so was I pleased when I recognised some of the numbers and yes I won, €5 got me a Sunday Indo and 4 scones. Next week maybe.

Martron · 21-12-2009 10:58am

60k!!! nice.

sorry leo but next week is my turn to win the lotto!!!

5 euro you really are in the big time now.

the most i ever won was 50 euro on a scratch card.

i was in euro spar one day though standing behind a lad at the automatic ticket checker and he won 950 euro. and there was another day when somebody got their ticket checked at the counter and the woman that checked it started screaming. the poor guy thought he had won the whole thing but turned out had won 25000. still nice though

LeoB · 21-12-2009 6:31pm

Won £78 about 10 years ago. Thats it.

One thing you should remember ALWAYS check your own ticket, just in case the person behind the counter misses something

LeoB · 21-12-2009 6:58pm

Does any one put salt outside their door any more to stop people slipping? Paths were really dangerous at 5.45am today and another night of frost on the way. Lads in office said some garden paths were lethal.

Oh and dont forget a few crumbs for the birds, the ones with feathers;)

Dizzyblonde · 21-12-2009 11:01pm

LeoB wrote: »

Does any one put salt outside their door any more to stop people slipping? Paths were really dangerous at 5.45am today and another night of frost on the way. Lads in office said some garden paths were lethal.

Oh and dont forget a few crumbs for the birds, the ones with feathers;)

We have to salt the path outside our garden every morning in frosty weather, it's lethal. During the summer when B&Q were selling off old stock I bought 2 containers of salt for melting ice, it was reduced to 10c per container and they're the size of the big diswasher powder bottles.

The birds are feeding almost all day in this cold weather.

Jimdagym · 22-12-2009 12:45am

LeoB wrote: »

One thing you should remember ALWAYS check your own ticket, just in case the person behind the counter misses something

Dont trust the scanners either. Frequently tell me "not a winner" When I know there is a scratchcard or something on it. There was also a story a while ago about a woman (from Donegal, I think) Who had her ticket checked as a "not a winner" by the woman behind the counter in her local Post Office, and half an hour later the post office got a call from lotto HQ, saying their had been an error, and they had just scanned a 25 grand winner. Only for the person in the Post Office knew the ticket owner, and ran up and told them, then the ticket was in the bin!

Martron · 22-12-2009 7:02pm

i have the nuts out for the birds. they forget about them for a while then the whole net is gone in a day!!!

the lotto website is the worst for checking. once got a scratch card off a ticket the website said nothing.

Eoineo · 22-12-2009 7:09pm

Martron wrote: »

the lotto website is the worst for checking. once got a scratch card off a ticket the website said nothing.

Seriously? I've only been using the website to check. Back to the old manual method of pen & paper so.

LeoB · 24-12-2009 6:33am

Off to work now. Cant wait till 4 this afternoon when I will be finished up until next Wed. Happy Christmas to you all.

The Hill Billy · 24-12-2009 8:40am

Thanks Leo. Many happy returns.

Martron · 24-12-2009 12:52pm

Happy christmas guys and gals wont be back on this so i hope santa is good to you all and hope to chat to you in the new year!!!!!

Eoineo · 24-12-2009 1:08pm

Happy Christmas Everyone.

Dizzyblonde · 24-12-2009 7:47pm

Happy Christmas everyone

Nodster · 24-12-2009 11:49pm

Season's Greetings folks

I'm a tad under the weather, I ate some festive decorations by accident and think I've a bout of Tinselitus

Beasty · 25-12-2009 1:25am

Merry Christmas everybody

Larianne · 25-12-2009 1:28am

Happy Holidays!

P_1 · 25-12-2009 1:28am

Don't post here too often but read here from time to time, have a great Christmas everyone!

LeoB · 31-12-2009 9:24pm

Happy new year to all.

Loads of resolutions???????

Nodster · 31-12-2009 9:29pm

#1 Never ever drink and post!

Happy New Decade Everyone

Hero of the Year - my nomination is the trian driver who prevented a major disaster on the Malahide Viaduct

The Hill Billy · 31-12-2009 11:29pm

Happy New Year to you all too!

(New decade doesn't start until 2011.

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