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Tonight With Vincent Browne Thread v3.0 (07/04/13 - 08/07/14)

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    #2762
    tayto lover
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    Busted Flat. wrote: »
    There was a priest's housekeeper in Rathfarnham, back in the late sixties early seventies, the mussels in her eyelids did not work. When she walked the short distance to the village she used pieces of matches to prop her lids open. Is there anyone on this site from Rathfarnham, that could recall this. I do not mean to derail the thread.

    Someone will keep an eye out for her.:D


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    #2763
    Hitchens
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    Busted Flat. wrote: »
    There was a priest's housekeeper in Rathfarnham, back in the late sixties early seventies, the mussels in her eyelids did not work. When she walked the short distance to the village she used pieces of matches to prop her lids open. Is there anyone on this site from Rathfarnham, that could recall this. I do not mean to derail the thread.

    Bang Bang used to mention that alright :)


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    #2764
    Roger_007
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    Busted Flat. wrote: »
    There was a priest's housekeeper in Rathfarnham, back in the late sixties early seventies, the mussels in her eyelids did not work. When she walked the short distance to the village she used pieces of matches to prop her lids open. Is there anyone on this site from Rathfarnham, that could recall this. I do not mean to derail the thread.
    Are you sure it wasn't cockles?


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    #2765
    Busted Flat.
    Registered Users Posts: 4,003 ✭✭✭Busted Flat.


    Roger_007 wrote: »
    Are you sure it wasn't cockles?

    believe it or not it's a true story.


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    #2766
    hotmail.com
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    JonathanAnon wrote: »
    Seems Sinead Ryan got in a bit of trouble a while back over this tweet..

    SineadRyanTweet.jpg

    (actually no I wouldnt)


    It's a joke.

    Edit: A bad joke.


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    #2767
    JonathanAnon
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    Easy on there Sam, you're not in the pub..


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    #2768
    hotmail.com
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    Well Britain won't be involved in any potential action in Syria. Cameron has shown himself to be a complete idiot this week.


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    #2769
    Tony EH
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    god...could Sam Smyth be any more tedious...


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    #2770
    Happyman42
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    Busted Flat. wrote: »
    There was a priest's housekeeper in Rathfarnham, back in the late sixties early seventies, the mussels in her eyelids did not work. When she walked the short distance to the village she used pieces of matches to prop her lids open. Is there anyone on this site from Rathfarnham, that could recall this. I do not mean to derail the thread.

    Ah, old Fish Eyes!


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    #2771
    Busted Flat.
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    Tony EH wrote: »
    god...could Sam Smyth be any more tedious...

    He is gone, thanks be to jaysus, VB does that to us to show how good he is.


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    #2772
    Busted Flat.
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    Happyman42 wrote: »
    Ah, old Fish Eyes!

    No she had matching eyes.


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    #2773
    sligojoek
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    Watch David Davin Power next time he's doing a report to the camera. He never blinks at all.


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    #2774
    Busted Flat.
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    sligojoek wrote: »
    Watch David Davin Power next time he's doing a report to the camera. He never blinks at all.

    He is afraid too, in case the wig moves.


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    #2775
    hotmail.com
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    Busted Flat. wrote: »
    He is afraid too, in case the wig moves.

    Always thought he wears a wig.


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    #2776
    Busted Flat.
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    hotmail.com wrote: »
    Always thought he wears a wig.


    Watch the different hairdos.


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    #2777
    JonathanAnon
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    Busted Flat. wrote: »
    Watch the different hairdos.

    The night he came on looking like Twink sealed it for me..


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    #2778
    jimmyw
    Registered Users Posts: 3,382 ✭✭✭jimmyw


    Hitchens wrote: »
    Whatever happened to Enda's promise of appraising his ministers performance on a regular basis and letting Paddy know the result? :pac:

    If Enda said the sky is blue, (under the clouds) I wouldn't believe him........:(


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    #2779
    Good loser
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    BlaasForRafa wrote: »
    I wish Jim Power would feck off to Antarctica or somewhere else equally remote where we never have to hear from him again.

    What about that buffoon Kieran Allen? Says a lot for the calibre of staff in UCD that he made it to lecturer. I know it's only in one of the 'silly sciences'.

    Doesn't appear to understand the difference between the present and past tenses, as in we gave the banks €64 bn not that we're giving them €64 bn.

    He gives as an example of the 'State' creating jobs - the ESB no less. Where each employee cost €93 k last year. If top salary was reduced to €100k there?


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    #2780
    Caonima
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    Good loser wrote: »
    Doesn't appear to understand the difference between the present and past tenses, as in we gave the banks €64 bn not that we're giving them €64 bn.

    :rolleyes:

    Present continuous tense:

    "b) for action happening around now

    The action may not be happening exactly now, but it is happening just before and just after now, and it is not permanent or habitual."


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    #2781
    Good loser
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    Caonima wrote: »
    :rolleyes:

    Present continuous tense:

    "b) for action happening around now

    The action may not be happening exactly now, but it is happening just before and just after now, and it is not permanent or habitual."


    Thanks. No problem with that definition.

    Thing is the 'giving' is well over - perhaps about two years now.

    The next action will be a pay back - of sorts.


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    #2782
    jimmyw
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    I have just seen on my sky banner, Ivan Yates chairs tonight......wow!

    He needs the money for sure:)


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    #2783
    Busted Flat.
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    jimmyw wrote: »
    I have just seen on my sky banner, Ivan Yates chairs tonight......wow!

    He needs the money for sure:)

    Will he explain the porky he told today as regards his pension.


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    #2784
    hotmail.com
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    Busted Flat. wrote: »
    Will he explain the porky he told today as regards his pension.

    What did he say?

    Can someone explain to me why he couldn't work the last year? I know he declared himself bankrupt in the UK, but why did he have to stop working?

    I hope tonight's topic isn't about banks, debt or bankruptcy. Surely he's compromised himself at least for a while.


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    #2785
    Lady Chatterton
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    hotmail.com wrote: »
    What did he say?

    Can someone explain to me why he couldn't work the last year? I know he declared himself bankrupt in the UK, but why did he have to stop working?
    He was living outside the country so he had to quit working for Newstalk. He had to be resident in the UK as he filed for bankruptcy there.


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    #2786
    hotmail.com
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    MrsD007 wrote: »
    He was living outside the country so he had to quit working for Newstalk. He had to be resident in the UK as he filed for bankruptcy there.

    So presume you can't declare yourself bankrupt and then return home.


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    #2787
    Lady Chatterton
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    hotmail.com wrote: »

    I hope tonight's topic isn't about banks, debt or bankruptcy. Surely he's compromised himself at least for a while.
    That's easily sorted, Newstalk Breakfast has two presenters so his co-host will probably handle most of the banking or debt related issues where Yates might have a potential conflict of interest.


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    #2788
    Busted Flat.
    Registered Users Posts: 4,003 ✭✭✭Busted Flat.


    hotmail.com wrote: »
    What did he say?

    Can someone explain to me why he couldn't work the last year? I know he declared himself bankrupt in the UK, but why did he have to stop working?

    I hope tonight's topic isn't about banks, debt or bankruptcy. Surely he's compromised himself at least for a while.

    He still got his pension of €6588 a month.


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    #2789
    Lady Chatterton
    Registered Users Posts: 19,585 ✭✭✭✭Lady Chatterton


    hotmail.com wrote: »
    So presume you can't declare yourself bankrupt and then return home.
    He was in the UK for 18 months, he had to wait until he was discharged from bankruptcy before he could return home to live in Wexford.


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    #2790
    Busted Flat.
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    MrsD007 wrote: »
    He was in the UK for 18 months, he had to wait until he was discharged from bankruptcy before he could return home to live in Wexford.

    He still got his pension of €6588 a month.


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    #2791
    Busted Flat.
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    MrsD007 wrote: »
    He was in the UK for 18 months, he had to wait until he was discharged from bankruptcy before he could return home to live in Wexford.

    Mrs D I have tried to post a response to your post, I have tried three times and it has not been posted, I got a feedback to tell me I have duplicated my post, is their a problem with Mr Yeats pension, as regards my remarks.


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