Do you know what this is?
It's a diving bell one of the first ever built and was used in the construction of the port walls.
The arches near Merrion St.
The Heguenot graveyard Merrion St
Williams and Woods sweetmakers
Before you read this take a moment to say a prayer to your God for the safe return of the 2 aid workers who are being hed hostage in Africa. 100 days have now passed.
No ransom can be paid, if they pay the result will be that all humanitarian will have to end in Africa as no aid worker would be safe.
And you thought you had problems.
Tonight was the best night for years for taxis here in Dublin.
We had football against Italy, we were in the lead 5 minutes from the end but a quick goal made it a 2/2 draw. After the matrch we were hopping and as for myself I hardly got a chance to have a pee I was so busy.
Interesting people and a run to Bray with a young single parent who is so full of life and vigour that you felt fired up by her positive energy, she has a great job too but it is by no means easy as her daughters dad pays nothing towards the kids upkeep.(Bring him to judge Judy) I wish her the very best.
Her mum died when she was 12 and she started working at 16 and fending for herself since, a great person.
I rattled around Shankhill and Blackrock before I got back into town where the crowds were 60 deep at the Trinity rank.
I stopped and picked up there, what a mistake. Just because I felt sorry for them waiting. Complaints by the yard is what I got for my trouble.
Why do I feel sorry for these people? You pull up and take the first slobbering idiot at the head of the rank and they give you loads of abuse as to how they had been standing there for an hour. Nothing about how grateful they are that you picked them up when so many others had driven past.
Why do the others drive past?
Easy, you can see if a punter is able to stand up straight and if the don't have a mad look in their eye that's a bonus too. If you stop at the rank you don't have that choice.
I picked up 2 girls in Pierse St who were being kicked out of a taxi later on.
The driver thought they had no money. They were quite funny really. One of the girls claimed she had been robbed and she had been robbed last week too.The other girl went over the night in a logical fashion. "how much did you have leaving the house? It was €100 right? and you paid for the taxi in and 3 rounds of drink each, right? Sure that's nearly €100 there."
I won't bore you with the rest of the manic conversation, but suffice to say they won't save much money for their dowrey.
I see the Christmas puddings and cakes are in Aldi....Humbug!
When I left Aldi on Friday I did so with 2 girls in tow from Chili, I never met anyone from there..They got soaked and were looking for umbrellas, so I gave them a free lift down to the Omni center.
I don't mind doing a good turn for someone, though sometimes if can backfire on you.
On Friday I was heading home when a car beeps me on Nrth.Grt. Georges St. "Can yo direct me to the Enterprise car hire depot please?"The lights were going to change and I couldn't think for a second so I told him to follow me, Dame St., O'Connell St,Findlater Place,Upper Gardner St, Mountjoy Sq.,Fitzgibbon St into Jones's Rd.
He then flashed his lights at me when he saw the sign.
Hold on a second I thought, he will need a taxi to bring them to their hotel or the airport, so I did a u turn and came back.
The driver shook my hand and I asked if they would be needing my services further to take them anywhere. The driver said no that Enterprise had agreed to take them to the port and he just turned away.
I had not expected to receive a big bonus payment but €5 would have been nice, still, perhaps that is why I had such a great night tonight. Kismet.
Sometimes you wonder. A pilot told me she was heading to her plane and an old lady needed a hand, so she brought her all the way down to where the lady was going, then the pilot had to run to catch her plane, but what shocked her was that the lady didn't even say Thank You! Whats happening?
You know when you let out traffic and they don't give you a wave....Why bother?
Takes all sorts I suppose.
One of the questions I often ask is "What do you work at?"
Well I had an unemployed solicitor, a PA, A pilot 4 lots of students and an out of work diamond salesman. Remember the 4 Cs Colour Cut Clarity Carat
There is a lot to learn about that trade for sure, learn a bit more and you will always have a job.
I will have to make a trip to Manchester next week my cousin is dying from Cancer. I went to see him last week and he could hardly hold up his head.
I will go on the ferry with the car, airlines rob you when you try to take a flight at the last minute.
Take a look at the directions from the AA, they are pretty good, though not as clear as they were on the site.
Wonderful.
Holyhead Ferry Terminal, Isle Of Anglesey
To: Handforth, Wilmslow
Distance: 117.3 miles (show in km)
Time: 2 hr 13 min
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