Well, once again it’s New Years Eve, and I’m sat at home with no electricity!! I’ve lost count of the number of New Years where we’ve not had power now, but at least the laptop still has 86% charge, so I’ll be ok for another while, tho I’ll miss the Hootenanny and Hogmany on telly!
Browsing Posts published in December, 2003
Wow, is this woman the luckiest woman alive or what, having had a heart attact on an aeroplane, the stewardess put out the call: “Is there a doctor on the plane”, and lo and behold 15 cardiologists stood up to help!
After a day trawling through the interweb, and I mean the day…literally, it looks like we will all be getting to Paris after all, courtesy of a package deal for the weekend. It’s looking like being rather affordable, and suiting Cella and work. Until I actually have the money down and the tickets in my [...]
IRISH people are set to send an incredible 14.1m text and picture messages on the two main days of the holidays – Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve. Overall, a record 42m text messages are expected from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Day. O2 Ireland said that over 6.1m text and picture messages were sent [...]
Ah, come on already. I go to bed last night, and it’s -2, so I’m expecting a nice cold frosty morning when I wake up, which is what I love, especially for driving into work when everything’s all white and shiney. Then, when I wake up this-morning, I hear on the radio about how there’s [...]
Today, amongst other things, is my late Granny’s birthday. Unfortunately I never got to meet her as she died very young, but we’re still thinking of her.
Who, in their right mind, would schedule an International Rugby match for Valentines weekend in Paris?!? Apparently the International Rugby Board think it’s a good idea to have France play Ireland there on Feb 14th. I’m finding it a nightmare, as Cella and her man want to go too, but, as she’s teaching, she’s not [...]
This day 11 years ago, we found out that my wee brother Barry had Leukaemia, a black day in all our lives. Yet 11 years later, you’d never think it from looking at him that there was ever anything wrong with him, and it’s made us all better, stronger people who have learned to appreciate [...]
Bob Monkhouse Died Today
