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El-Gelboy - now you've said it - I presume that you were talking about Duffy's - "HERE TODAY - GONE TONIGHT" - If only......

However you only have to sign in here and off you go - Book Makers Clerk or not.

Am on the colleens computer, Tablets don't like me it seems and my Imac is broken so I am struggling on for the present.
Not much at all to report because we are limiting our "public appearances" whilst we are doing jobs in the house and avoiding the news, that can only tell us that our politicians are stupid. The chaos is amazing and I cannot escape to the Golf course because it is closed following some flooding - maybe I should have joined a proper links after all. We only have two though and they are stuffed with old farts who play the same as they drive - 10mph. Now that my life is shortening I can't spend SIX HOURS on the course. I would need a flask and sandwiches !!
Now enough about me because I want to wish all my LONG TERM companions on here A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS and remember - " Fewer people makes the bottle go further - enjoy." We only have one branch of the family coming this year for one day only - so we will even be able to watch our own television programmes instead of Star Wars on Disney.

Good luck to you all with my hope that the Vaccine can also transmit IQ with it to our leaders.

Looks to me as though they are at again no postz since friday. Just seeing if I can get on with this Tablet I,VE BEEN GIVEn not TOO KEEN UP TO NOW. NO Mac any more .

The idea that UK - SORRY - GRAND BRITANNIA can bully the EU into submission looks ever more ridiculous - Ian Duncan Smith is delighted as is Farage which is fine for this week. The new year unfortunately is another story, even with a weak pound, it is very hard to see except for a few agricultural exceptions and all those cars, where all the promised prosperity will come from.
Boris will be very lucky to last until the early summer. Watching this slowly evolving train crash is like watching a fantasy film except that it really is happening - is it Wacky Backy or Dementia ??
Good luck all...

This is what the Americans call "Hard Ball" and Boris thinks that he is playing it - this is because we are short of genuine leaders with a clear vision of the future that they want.
Garrett would have loved Brussels and the EU movement, but I suspect that he would have become very frustrated with the petty Town Hall attitudes shown by the genuine "time servers" that Europe has spawned BECAUSE the politicians took their eye off the ball.
There is much to do in Europe and this 'side show' is a distraction which consumes both time and money that could be much better spent improving the lives of citizens all over the community. Brexit is a mistake which can only accelerate the decline that is becoming ever more apparent in the UK.
Sorry and I know it's raining, but that's how I see it - Europe have their bureaucrats and we have the DUP plus Boris and Co.
Good luck all.

Yes I seem always to be on the move - meeting planes, shopping, click and collecting and PLAYING GOLF when I'm not in the garden or working in my large shed on something or another.
We visited Upper Falls because we were in the area and wanted to see where the colleens uncle and his wife lived forty years ago - when I would not have gone near the place. In the event we found their neat house and in the process discovered the church of Saint Agnes which I found stunning. It really is a spiritual power house.
I too can remember De Lorean who did Margaret for millions and left her with a pup that she could not even raffle. The difference between those days and now is heart warming and a deserved reward for what those people suffered all those years ago. That Joker passed the best part of 80 million through his hands and kept enough of it I'm sure.
Good luck all...

Or do I mean "Last Rites" - can't even light a candle in church - it's closed. Talk about Anus Horibilis, this really has been some year, when I said that I gave Boris a couple of years before we saw his head on a pike I had not factored Covid into the equation.
Boris is a gambler who probably eats magic mushrooms for breakfast - boy he's been lucky to last this long, but the mayhem in their carefully constructed economy, which is now falling apart, will only hasten his demise. No doubt the application to rejoin the community will be presented by his sidekick Jacob from Somerset or Ian Duncan Smith.
Boy what a mess - the damage that has been done is not going to be fixed easily or quickly because it requires investment which the Tories cannot be trusted with - but who else is there.
Boy what a mess - up here it is really concentrating minds, because they are not able to rely on Westminster it seems which is really making them uneasy. The largest Pig Farmers in Europe - loads of cattle and sheep which are processed across the border, making them even more dependent on The South with Arlene and Michelle on the bridge of this little ship - you really could write this stuff.
Good luck all and we will see if Boris manages to keep his trousers up over the next few days.

for this to be 3 Euro's - and lo and behold - this must be greatness starting to bud. Still uphill though, liked El Gelboys comment BxxxSxit which could equally be horse feathers.

Good luck all from 3C county down.

The new version of the site seems to be improving BUT it's only good in parts SO FAR. Open threads close threads but nowhere to post a reply conveniently as previously.
Noticing the new "Levitation" 2.70 is an improvement but we have a long long way to go if I am to get my money back on this share.
Thank goodness my golf is holding up better than this share.
Good luck all....

It wasn't broken - we were all used to the format - Why OH Why - did somebody play with it.
OR are the Russians and Chinese banjaxing it........

Good luck all.

Somebody has decided that we must have an update - obviously it has not been road tested - guess what the fuses have blown.
Maybe there will be a fix tomorrow, but when you look at this latest version, we would all be wise to be patient like that American voters.

Good luck all.....

Allowed in The White House ? ?

Because it's For Biden.....

You can't text Leo - Michael has taken his mobile AND HIS SIM CARD........

And to you son - as Radar would say....

Sold @ 1.19 - and made a profit - must get another calculator........

Not exactly what my grandson would describe as "Diddly Dee Music" but at least you could cut a few shapes to it. The Craic that was also evident during the performance added to it, demonstrating the personality of the performers.
Thanks Toyota, I for one enjoyed it but then I am a sucker for Irish Country and Western.
Here's hoping that the Silent Majority in America restore its equilibrium on Tuesday and that we will be finally rid of the bullying clown.
Following this Pandemic, there is a very serious job of work to be done in America and the UK - particularly in the UK because of Brexit where we can only guess at the damage.
So far as Ireland is concerned it may very well be a win win, when we are told that certain products will cease to be available readily here.
Might just grab me a few shares in Musgrave's, they can profit like many businesses in the south from the new sea border and my bet is that is just what will happen. The dynamic in the south is not matched up here where so much business depends on UK patronage.
Good luck all..

What for - I was stuck with Natwest for a long number of years - Ulster Bank stinks and would add very little to the B O I story but I am sure would come with a few good size headaches.

Good luck all

Was that back in 1845 ??
What worries me is complacency - Ireland has come a long way in the last sixty years educationally and economically. Much hard work and sacrifice has gone into restoring Irelands fortunes but I am afraid that it is in danger of losing the run of itself.
The job is not even half done - much has yet to be done before Ireland can take its proper place in the world. The Health Service is a disaster for ordinary citizens UNLESS they can afford to pay privately and then there is the question of housing.
How did house prices become so out of control - when I left Ireland in the 80's Ireland had the highest incidence of home ownership in Europe - now where are we.
No - there is still much to do - this should be rammed home to this latest crop of TD's who have never had it so good.
Good luck all.

That is the result of investing in education so that when opportunities arise you have an excellent pool of talent to tap into. Once it takes off, you can even invest what are small surpluses at first back into supporting the successes or financing new ventures.
The only fly in the ointment is complacency - because nobody doubts the Irish appetite for money which stems from all those years of deprivation.
Long may it continue...

In 1974 Ted Heath was desperate to get the UK into the market because Europe was growing and the UK wasn't. I was in London during the Barber Boom and well remember the aftermath and all the industrial unrest that followed.
Europe has been good for the UK - BUT - I am very doubtful that Boris's "oven ready options" will dramatically change the decline that is becoming ever more evident, wherever you choose to look within the UK economy.
Numbers in employment may very well recover but the money that circulates in order to sustain it will be less because of lower wages being paid in the replacement occupations.
In these circumstances the pressures imposed on public services and the NHS will increase due to declining tax revenues - UNLESS the cheapskates increase taxes.
Never mind they will still have the Queen and their greatness.

Good luck all...

Many thanks my friend - as usual your comments are valued and are informative - however the pound used to be valuable, until the last War. When I was young the there were four Dollars to the pound, not any more and I don't think that this has anything to do with Tony Blair's precious convergence ideas, when he had so much to say about "Globalisation."
In my opinion the Euro is here to stay, people have become used to it within the block as the means of transaction, most importantly it is now too heavy for our friends the speculators - which of course is why it was created.
Good luck all.