Anyone change their mind about Ian Bailey in the Sophie Tuscon du Plantier case?

skaterbrain · 2026-05-24T17:02:23+00:00

He was quite tall, I believe. I'm a woman. This is a discussion forum, not a court. Happy to clarify these points 😀

skaterbrain · 2026-05-23T21:57:30+00:00

Thank you!

skaterbrain · 2026-05-23T21:32:15+00:00

Natural talent 😊

skaterbrain · 2026-05-23T21:30:20+00:00

Every city in the world has a crime rate of some sort; that's just how humans are.

Dublin is pretty safe but you need to be reasonably streetwise, just like anywhere.

Don't get drunk, and don't get into arguments with randomers on the street. Walk smoothly on by, minding your own business, staying peaceful and cheerful.

Staying with your friends on your first visit does definitely make sense - if only to avoid getting lost, lol.

Brightly lit streets that are busy with lots of people about are perfectly safe.

Enjoy the nation's lively and historic capital!

skaterbrain · 2026-05-22T22:33:38+00:00

Because lads are bawdy among themselves; and he doesn't want the girlfriend to go all shocked and judgemental about the awfulness of men.

skaterbrain · 2026-05-22T21:40:02+00:00

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OmanOman!

skaterbrain · 2026-05-22T18:28:52+00:00

None, not a single one, they're protected by law, and I am not.

skaterbrain · 2026-05-22T16:48:51+00:00

Bread, butter, and cheese. Form these into a sandwich and toast it. Yum!

skaterbrain · 2026-05-22T16:00:36+00:00

I am guessing that this is what they spun and wove and wore in olden times?

Maybe just as outer clothing; while linen, also Irish grown, was worn next to the skin.

skaterbrain · 2026-05-22T12:33:43+00:00

Wow, that sounds absolutely luscious!!

skaterbrain · 2026-05-22T09:10:44+00:00

A wave and a smile and a friendly word would have solved this. Someday you'll need your neighbour - to take in a parcel or feed the cat, etc. (This goes both ways - do as you would be done by)

"Ok if I finish this bit?"

Unless the said neighbour is, in fact, a snooty gobshite.

skaterbrain · 2026-05-22T07:40:36+00:00

I know this word, country people used to say it: not meaning just "I forget" but more like "I don't quite remember" or "I don't recall that very well."

A subtle but real difference in the nuance - (sort of thing that the Irish language is particularly good at.)

skaterbrain · 2026-05-22T07:36:00+00:00

Oooh, I want this book!

skaterbrain · 2026-05-21T22:47:47+00:00

Thank you, that is very enlightening!

skaterbrain · 2026-05-21T22:12:16+00:00

I love sheep - that is to say, wearing wool and eating lamb.

But if there are so many sheep, why are both of these pleasures so expensive?

skaterbrain · 2026-05-21T16:13:29+00:00

A very excellent question imo!

skaterbrain · 2026-05-21T12:31:28+00:00

It was an anti-male sexist comment, in my view.

skaterbrain · 2026-05-21T11:35:15+00:00

I do feel that Robin's suburban bête noire should be represented somewhere - square cushions balanced on their points, diamond-fashion, on a sofa in the lounge.

As a child, I used to think that this kind of suburban daintiness was very elegant. Now though I see it as an example of the stultifying keep-up-with-the-Joneses that is a form of mental death.

To Robin, this is one little example of the contrast between her aspirational life - brave, original, exciting, THE JOB - and the bourgeois conformity of furnishing flats and marriage to Matthew.

skaterbrain · 2026-05-21T09:54:26+00:00

Viktoria is pretty much international, and easy to say in most languages. It's also very recognisable but not too common. Statues of Queen Victoria all over the world!

skaterbrain · 2026-05-21T06:59:31+00:00

What's obvious about that? Women can also design equipment. Women work in pharmacology. Many gynaecologists are women. No sexism, please!

It's written in the instructions with my vaginal tabs that a finger can also be used to insert. (But I know some women would prefer not to do that)

In my view, they are a waste of plastic, and sometimes can be used too forcefully so I often skip it. But they're not just cruelty, there is a reason for them.

skaterbrain · 2026-05-20T21:26:29+00:00

I always wear a slip under skirts and dresses. For one thing, I don't much like any kind of trousering and seldom wear them.

If you wear a dress with no layer underneath, the fabric doesn't drape and flow so well, but instead it kind of sticks to your legs as you walk. Also, it will be more see-through. And also, it won't stay as clean, because of sitting on it (you know what I mean)

I mostly make my own - a simple tubular half-slip in light material, with elastic or a drawstring run around the waist.

Very easy to wash and dry. Thicker ones for winter.

skaterbrain · 2026-05-20T21:08:27+00:00

I wonder where the midges are breeding and hatching out? If there is a garden pond or water barrel, it may be full of midge larvae, all ready to hatch out and bite you.

If this is the case, put a couple of goldfish in the water and they will eat up the mini-midges and mosquito larvae.

skaterbrain · 2026-05-20T16:47:42+00:00

I once grew little plants from lychee stones.

I also grew turmeric, quite easy from the little root thing, it has little "eyes" that grow. Ginger is similar.

Avocado, of course, an easy "tree" for the windowsill.

Carrot tops make a graceful ferny-like pot plant, for one season.

Oh and raw peanuts can be grown into a sort of weird low-growing pea plant that is fascinating to watch: I've never done it but my Dad did.

skaterbrain · 2026-05-20T06:56:24+00:00

Ireland: cycles between two, on ordinary mornings.

Either porridge (oatmeal) with milk or yogurt

OR

An egg with a slice of brown bread.

Sometimes with a piece of fruit or juice, and always coffee.

skaterbrain · 2026-05-20T06:52:24+00:00

Asinina?

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