Orla Tinsley

Things that happen along the way lies dormant in the back of my head and then something happens to bring that moment to the front of your mind again. 

A girl got into the taxi going to RTE our national broadcaster many years ago. She was quite upbeat but very breathless. Have you got asthma? I asked. I wish to God that was all I had, I have CF Cystic Fibrosis. The rest of the journey was spent telling me about her condition.

On arrival at RTE I said that the trip was on the house and she was astounded and asked me why. So I told her that as sick as she was she never complained once and I wished her all the very best.

Her journey in life has not been easy. 

Guess what? she has written a book. Its called Orla Tinsley My Story on Amazon. 

I downloaded it last night.

So not driving around the mean streets has left me without the input that I would normally get. So I have decided to give you bits of knowledge that was given to me over the years.

If you have a dishwasher don't be kissing her like Adolf Hitlers brother did which got him the sack from the Gresham Hotel. (True story)

Dishwashers are in the top 5 causes of domestic fires.

Do never start it working and go to bed or leave it running when you go off to the shops.

It is a design fault. The wires go from the control and under toe door. After a while the wires break and short circuit,

Do you have a life insurance policy?

Where is your money invested? Well ask them to give you a print out of your investments and study them. So I did and looked.

If they make money it will be their bonus and if they loose it will be your money that went.

So I invested in Irish cement Gypsum and a whole slew of building companies. The investor rang me back telling me that building had been stagnant for a long time and he would only transfer 1/2 the money. So I went back at him telling him it was my decision not his and I would complain  to the regulator.

18 months later my investment had risen 150% and I took all the money and invested into pharmaceuticals again with great complaints from the investor expert and thank God for Viagra we hit another big winner.

Where did all the money go?

The tax man took it in a settlement.

Still it was better to have it.