According to the media reports Carlow is flooded.Odd that.I live in Carlow!Yes - part of the town is flooded, but only a small part. Most of the town is unaffected. … [Read more...] about Floods Floods Floods
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Frustrations of Buying A Watch On Ebay
Image via WikipediaAs I've mentioned before, I really like eBay. The range of items you can find on eBay at any given time is simply amazing. Of course that's also a source of frustration.I currently own a Swatch watch. I've had it for about 6 years, as I was given it for my birthday by a very lovely Italian girl.Unfortunately, or fortunately, the watch is showing signs of … [Read more...] about Frustrations of Buying A Watch On Ebay
Rip Off Republic Overcharges For Safe Sex?
Image via WikipediaWhen I was in Paris a couple of weeks ago I spotted several large billboards from the local authorities advocating the use of condoms and safe sex.I don't think I've ever seen similar ads in Ireland.Now I'm not a big Digg user, but this post caught my attention.It seems that Ireland is the most expensive place to have sex, since the price of condoms is so … [Read more...] about Rip Off Republic Overcharges For Safe Sex?
SFA Are Out of Touch With Reality
Ireland's small business association, the SFA (bad choice of acronym!) are trying to grab headlines at the moment with their latest madcap idea. The SFA's Patricia Callan was on morning radio today advocating that Ireland's minimum wage should be slashed by 1 euro.Why?Seemingly doing this would somehow "save the economy".So who exactly is paying a minimum wage anyway?Who is on … [Read more...] about SFA Are Out of Touch With Reality
Other Blog Writing Activity
Since I post to more than one blog it may appear at times that my activity here is pretty low key.Over on FilmReviews.ie I've posted a couple of reviews of films I've seen recently including:WantedHancockAlatristeIncredible HulkWhile over on my domain news blog I've posted a few short posts about updates and some more in depth ones like the one the IEDR annual reportThe company … [Read more...] about Other Blog Writing Activity