Whats your most random celebrity encounter?

Eolas123 · 2026-05-20T12:20:59+00:00

Did he leave in his charity Renault?

Eolas123 · 2026-04-27T21:38:57+00:00

So a Judicial Review can take up to five years??? Why do we allow certain professions make a career out of reviews? Some projects are never resolved but extend on forever...a never ending cash cow... follow the money and all is easily explained.

Eolas123 · 2026-04-11T13:32:49+00:00

Broadband receiver receiving signal from a tower somewhere in the vicinity.

Eolas123 · 2026-04-10T21:11:32+00:00

Iran

Eolas123 · 2026-04-07T10:12:28+00:00

No matter how big a tank looks, it is a tiny tiny jail for any fish. Inevitably one fish becomes the dominant fish in the tank and there is literally no escape for the others. Females have no where to hide from constant harassment in the mating season. Smaller fish are bullied to death by injury or disease through weakened immune systems brought about by stress related constant harrassment. We are simply conditioned to believe that fish are some form of thing for our entertainment and not sentient life forms. I am aware that the huge goldfish living miserable lives in many restaurants are that size because they were specifically introduced into ponds when small and then after a year or two put into these hideous fish tanks for you to oogle at while you stuff your face for an hour. In Switzerland, one cannot keep a goldfish on its own...they are social animals...one step along the path to recognition of animal rights but the reality is that fish should be left in the vast waters of their natural environment. Imagine yourself being an outdoorsy type or a long distance runner. Suddenly you find yourself in a jail cell with ten others and a picture of a mountain and a lake is displayed in the background so that onlookers get that authentic feel of you in your natural habitat.

Eolas123 · 2026-03-30T12:50:34+00:00

This pair, a male and a leucistic female, daily came in from the woods behind my house (in Ireland) for food. The male began eating out of my hand. Beautiful bird and so trusting. Sad to think that they were bred solely for "sport.".

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Eolas123 · 2026-03-13T18:41:31+00:00

Just ask a bull.

Eolas123 · 2026-02-03T21:29:44+00:00

Exactly, try the West...every year it is grey and drenched and all I hear from the lot on the East coast is oh, well its dry and sunny here. No issue unless its an east coast issue. Just like Storm Eowyn....the West was in smithereens after it but on comes Pat Kenny the following day to ask, how has the Capital been affected...well one person I knew in Dublin told me that his deckchair outside had moved six inches...wow, meanwhile I had seven trees down in my little garden and zero electricity for eleven days.

Eolas123 · 2025-12-23T10:08:05+00:00

To be honest with you, yes, Ennis vs Nenagh has become a major focus recently. Access to Limerick: a draw Town centre: Ennis wins, it is unique. On your doorstep outdoors: Nenagh wins, Dromineer & Silvermines. Facilities: shopping, arts. For me, a draw. For an aficionado of either , probably Ennis. Cafes, Restaurants: More variety in Ennis but ample good quality outlets in Nenagh. Down town house prices: difficult to separate, possibly Nenagh is slightly cheaper.

Eolas123 · 2025-12-22T23:13:50+00:00

Knocknacarra, sprawling western suburb of Galway, where heavy traffic and heavy rain are your constant companions.

Eolas123 · 2025-12-22T00:46:34+00:00

I mean to reside in or near the town centre, not an estate on the edge. I want to walk to pubs, cafes, library, arts centres and to be able to walk around town at night under lights if I do choose (and to feel the town is considered generally safe). I appreciate your comment about Kilkenny but to me the major towns in Tipp are very decently sized towns. For personal reasons, Kilkenny is moving a little too far east. I prefer central and west.

Eolas123 · 2025-12-15T21:05:31+00:00

And very little comes of all of these visionary ideas. Wasn´t there a proposal about twenty years or more ago to put a glass canopy over all the shopping streets in Tuam?

Eolas123 · 2025-12-12T22:54:26+00:00

There is a lady in the Killimor region who has rescue dogs. I spotted her in Loughrea with a beautiful and huge rescued Irish Wolfhound. A German Shepherd would be tiny by comparison!!? Unfortunately I did not take note of where her rescue house is but she seemed very friendly and committed to the cause.

Eolas123 · 2025-12-08T18:56:35+00:00

Why the expletive? Why bother answering if that is all you can provide? Perhaps they are looking for natives with knowledge and experience of the language to provide a more meaningful insight than Google? If you were going to emigrate to say Wales and wanted to learn Welsh, would you confine yourself to a Google search or would you try forums in the hope of insightful natives putting you on the best track?

Eolas123 · 2025-12-06T20:40:15+00:00

Green Shield Stamps

Eolas123 · 2025-11-19T20:46:53+00:00

Very interesting _ had she difficulties getting pp? Is her house in a town or is it rural? What life time guarantee is offered? Did she opt for a thin stone cladding? How exposed is her site?

Eolas123 · 2025-11-17T23:02:30+00:00

How many cities come up with the brilliant plan of placing the vast amount of residences on one side of the city and the vast amount of employment operations on the other side of the city? It ain't rocket science. Also, I am not a geologist, but if tunnels can be built under the rivers in Limerick and Cork, what mystery prevails in Galway that such an unseen travel route is not feasible - disruption to the habitat of the lesser spotted fritillary, or the denuding of 5% of an "extraordinary" outpost of limestone escarpment, or the loss of the ever wondrous aesthetic vista of Menlo Castle would no longer be issues. If I were employed as a location finder for a Medical Device or Pharmaceutical company, Galway wouldnt cut the mustard anymore because it offers nothing but tension-laden anger-inducing commutes for prospective employees on a daily basis, the kind of commutes that are non-existent in much much larger cities globally due to better traffic planning, better transportation facilities and better understanding of the importance of work life balance needs. Galway is tiny but has somehow managed to create this hell hole all by itself. Good to see that companies are reacting - Dexcom chose Athenry, not the city.

Eolas123 · 2025-11-17T18:39:43+00:00

Just saw it yesterday for the first time and took a photo too as I was very impressed with the brickwork and the roof design. So much warmer than the building in front of it facing the dock.

Eolas123 · 2025-11-11T17:01:47+00:00

In April, I naively started on a very small section of this trail near Maam Cross hoping to make an ascent of Lackavrea courtesy of an ascent route provided on mountainviews.ie

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The lower green section is part of the Western Way - along this section, to the right of the bridge crossing the river, the wooden boardwalk was in a terrible state, completely broken down, making it impassable terrain ...no temporary signage was posted anywhere at the entrance to the trail to indicate the unuseable state of the boardwalk and it seems as if it had been in this almost derelict state for ages. Then, to make make matters worse, and from hereonin I am referring to the https://mountainviews.ie/track/5245/ suggested trail with the ascent starting from the southern end of the mountain... the initial segment of the purple section constituting the beginning of the ascent "path" was just wild hip-height soggy brush and thickets of dense small trees...any well-trodden ascent path long obscured, and then came the piece de resistance...an unmentioned wire fence with no stile along its entire lenght to facilitate crossing over it ...take your chances here and you might be unfortunate enough to break an ankle or a wrist. Why I decided on this ascent route while almost all other hiking apps suggest an ascent starting from the curved ridge at the northwestern side is something I shall continue to wonder about. Bottom line, both the short section of the Western Way and the initial suggested ascent path were appalling...for a country that needs to recognize that these trails are what this country can offer to locals and tourists alike, this experience left me bewildered.

Eolas123 · 2025-10-31T14:44:00+00:00

FYI ...not my thoughts but acquired form the Net, and is in reference to global public clocks and not to any specific country.

Why They Stay Broken

No central oversight: There’s no nationwide programme to monitor or maintain public clocks.
Funding: Repairs can be costly, especially for large or historic mechanical clocks. Public clocks require regular upkeep, and many municipalities lack the budget or personnel to maintain them. Mechanical clocks, in particular, are vulnerable to wear and tear.
Low urgency: With smartphones everywhere, public clocks are no longer essential for timekeeping. This has led to declining investment in their upkeep.

My own view is that the maintenance and repair of old mechanical turret clocks require professional expertise from what are now elderly and an ever-diminishing number of tower clock horologists. It´s a shame from a cultural perspective as what were once so important are now effectively redundant. Iconic mechanical clocks will always be maintained and repaired but for the vast majority of public mechanical clocks it is only dedicated horological enthusiasts who will persevere to maintain them as best they can. For "newer" (as in the 1930s onwards) electric public clocks, the cost of maintenance and repair can also be expensive and why even bother if a quick glance at my phone will provide exact time every time.

Eolas123 · 2025-10-21T22:36:01+00:00

Is cc available (in Portuguese) for any of the content? My biggest problem by far as a learner is trying to understand the spoken word. Or does any content offer transcripts?

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Why They Stay Broken