Friday, November 9, 2007
Hurray Its Friday
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Thursday, November 8, 2007
Ah those were the days
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, didn't get testedfor diabetes, our baby cots were covered with brightly colouredlead-based paint which was promptly chewed and licked.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, or latches on doorsor cabinets and it was fine to play with pans. When we rode our bikes,we wore no helmets, just flip-flops and fluorescent 'spokey dokey's' on our wheels.
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat beltsor airbags - riding in the passenger seat was a treat.We drank water from the garden hose, not from a bottle and it tastedthe same.
We ate chips, bread and butter pudding and drank fizzy juice withsugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were alwaysoutside playing.
We shared one drink with four friends, from one bottleor can and no one actually died from this. We would spend hours building go-carts out of scraps and then went top speed down the hill, only tofind out we forgot the brakes.
After running into stinging nettles a few times, we learned tosolve the problem. We would leave home in the morning and could play all day, as long as we were back before it got dark. No one wasable to reach us and no one minded.We did not have Play stations or X-Boxes, no video games at all.
No99 channels on TV, no videotape movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no DVDs, no Internet chat rooms.
We had friends - we went outside and found them.We played elastic band ball rounders, and sometimes that ball reallyhurt!
We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones but there were no lawsuits.
We had full on fist fights but no prosecution followed from other parents.We played chap-the-door-run-away and were actually afraid of the ownerscatching us. We walked to friends' homes. We also, believe it or not, WALKED to school; we didn't rely on mummy or daddy to drive us to school,which was just round the corner.We made up games with sticks and tennis balls.
We rode bikes in packs of 7 and wore our coats by only the hood.
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheardof... They actually sided with the law. This generation has producedsome of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors,ever.
The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and newideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and welearned how to deal with it all.And you're one of them. Congratulations! Pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow as real kids,before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our owngood.
For those of you who aren't old enough, thought you might like to read about this, my friends, is surprisingly frightening......and itmight put a smile on your face: T
he majority of students in universitiestoday were born in 1986........They are called youth.
They have never heard of 'We are the World, We are the children' and the Uptown Girl they know is by Westlife not Billy Joel. They havenever heard of Rick Astley, Bananarama, Nena Cherry or Belinda Carlisle.(possibly not a bad thing of course....)
For them, there has always been only one Germanyand one Vietnam.
AIDS has existed since they were born. CD's have existed since theywere born.
MichaelJackson has always been white.
To them JohnTravolta has always been round in shape and they can't imagine how this fat guy could be a god of dance. They believe that Charlie'sAngels and Mission Impossible are films from last year. They cannever imagine life before computers.
They'll never have pretended to be the 'A' Team, Red Hand Gang or the Famous Five. They'll never have applied to be on 'Jim'll Fix It' or'Why Don't You'. They can't believe a black and white television everexisted.And they will never understand how we could leave the house without a mobile phone.
Now let's check if we're getting old...1. You understand what was written above and you smiled.2.You need to sleep more, usually until the afternoon, after anight out.3.Your friends are getting married/already married.4.You are always surprised to see small children playingcomfortably with computers.5.When you see teenagers with mobile phones, you shake your head.6.You remember watching Dirty Den in EastEnders the first time around.7.You meet your friends from time to time, talking about the goodold days, repeating again all the funny things you have experiencedtogether.8.Having read this mail, you are thinking of forwarding it to some other friends because you think they will like it too... Yes, you'regetting OLD!
My birthday
As well as that myself and BIBs have decided that since the husbands are off for a long weekend on their own to bond in the city of Amsterdam that we are going to do the same come early next year and make a long weekend of shopping, sightseeing and taking in the local culture...... LOL....... whats fair for the goose is fair for the gander boys..... roll on next year......
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Din Dins out
However we frequented the lovely Bar of Smyths afterwards for some rockin music which i have to say was great. Menace was the band and they were very good however i must say my request for Metallica was not played but a great night had by all all the same. Looking forward to going out including drinkies once i've popped.
Colds and Flus
Hopefully I wont get it now though as i dont think with everything else going on that i could possibly deal with that too....... Bad enough having to bring a large bottle of Gaviscon everywhere with me for the bloody heartburn.... Oh the joys
Long time no speak
Looking forward to the new arrival now just the usual jitters like making sure i get to the hospital on time to take all the nice drugs to take away the pain. Too many horror stories for me with people saying that the 2nd goes much quicker and to go as soon as labour starts...... LOL not funny really as pain and me dont really go hand in hand.
lets just hope i am there in time otherwise the other half wont know what hit him and talking about the other half you had better not go running if thats the case. I will keep you all informed anyway on how things go but of course will leave out all the discusting indept details......
Monday, October 22, 2007
So much to do... so little time
Come on South Africa
the Poor English what can I say..... ha ha ha ha
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Useless knowledge of the day....
2. The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottle represents the varieties of pickle the company once had.
3. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks -otherwise it will digest itself.
4. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.
5. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
6. Every person has a unique tongue print.
7. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
8. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was albino.
9. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
10. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
11. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
12. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small sized dog.
13. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
14. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
15. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
16. American Airlines saved $40,000 in '87 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.
17. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
find more funny useless stuff here.
www.coolquiz.com
Only 10 weeks to Christmas..
I mean in Dunnes there is halloween stuff at one side which i can understand but then christmast lights and decorations on the other. Give us a chance to get over one holiday first would you people.
I think i will have to just start sending €5 per person to a family somewhere in a less well off world cause trying to think what to buy people is just a nightmare. I would love to see their faces if they got a lovely christmas card advising that €5 or something has been donated to a family in need as their christmas present. Could you imagine their faces? Has everything come down to materialistic things these days? where is the real spirit of christmas gone?
Monday, October 15, 2007
Monday's Over
The guys here are thankful for that I think. Anyway only 4 more days of work this week to go hurray and I'm not on call....... the joys oh the joys
Come on South Aftrica
- Hubby has them in the pool and as he says "show me the money"
- I would much prefer them to win than who they are playing....... (if you get my drift)
My brother in law has England in the pool so it should be a good ole game with the two boys wanting the money..... Hope there is some good playing now and not as bad as the england V France match the other night. That wasn't too good at all so I heard loads of people saying.
Friday, October 12, 2007
Send a message to be read in the future
http://www.keo.org/uk/pages/default.html
One of my Favourites
Its too long to actually put on the page but here is the link to it.
http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/sims01.html
Its Friday......
Glad that there will be at least something to watch on TV tonight. Roll on Jonathon Ross. Hope there is someone good on the show now tonight. The thought of no work tomorrow and the next day is a joy i have to say but so much other stuff to get done.......
My weekend will consist of sorting out the house, getting some christmas shopping done, a few visits here and there... All in all about as busy as it can get how wonderful but at least I am not in work so thats a bonus.
Have a good weekend all you mentals...........
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Wispa's are back... HURRAY
I nearly cried when I had my first one last week and by god they are just like they used to be. God isn't it great that I can be so happy over a chocolate bar. Please Cadburys Dont take them away from me again..............
Strange but true
Some interesting facts for you. Just thought I'd add a few more as was watching something last night on tele which had a question about what do dolphins drink???? Nothing is the answer Most dolphins live in the ocean and the ocean water is too salty for them to drink! If they would drink sea water, they would actually use more water trying to get rid of the salt than they drank in the first place. Most of their water comes from their food (fish and squid). Also, when they metabolize (burn) their fat, water is released in the process. Their kidneys are also adapted to retaining as much water as possible. Although they live in water, they live as desert animals with no direct source of drinkable water. Sure wouldn't they go mad drinking salty sea water anyway.... LOL.
During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants!
Slugs have 4 noses!
Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours!
Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
Owls are one of the only birds who can see the color blue!
The starfish is one of the few animals who can turn it's stomach inside-out!
More Monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money printed throughout the world!
The elephant is one of the few mammals that can't jump!
The penguin is the only bird who can swim, but not fly!
One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet!
Wow!Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Another Day.... Another Shooting
Innocent people live in these areas who are not involved in these gang wars whatsoever yet they are afraid to go out in case there is a shooting and innocent bystanders get hurt. I know there is issues in a lot of areas in Limerick but I have to say i have seen no improvement in the way these people are handled. The Gardai just cant catch them yet they know who they are???? LIke that makes sense NOT. Come on what way is our society working when people cant walk out of their own homes for fear of their life.
Monday, October 8, 2007
Dexter

If you think the first season was good then by God when you see whats going to happen in the 2nd is even more intruiging... I wont mess it up for those who are watching it currently but I just wanted to get the spoke in that episode 3 of season 2 will be available by the 14/15th october on the web...... I dont think i can wait that long
Time for Christmas
Dont you think that its getting a little over the top though. I understand that I am a bit mental doing christmas shopping and even wrapping them already but its the start of October but shops have the christmas decorations out on the floor already. Come on people we haven't even got through Halloween yet. Maybe its come to the time where there are more strange people like me out there and they are all doing their shopping already. And I thought I was the only freak who did it.
So whats on the agenda for christmas this year people????????? I hope there is large amounts of alcohol involved and lots of merry cheer. Come on ya gotta love Christmas????? RIGHT????
Rugby World Cup
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Yum Yum Dinner
Now to the food oh my sweet mother of god......... It was just fabulous. Done in the way you asked for it and piping hot out of the kitchen. Now for all you wine buffs you would have loved this place with the most expensive bottle of wine at a staggering €600 a bottle. NO JOKE I tell no lies. Where would you be going or who the hell would you be to buy wine at €600 a bottle. I tell you you would not be eating in a basement restaurant anyway LOL.
All things considered it was a lovely night and would definately recommend it to others if going out for a meal in limerick at any stage. Must try get the hubby to take me out there again in the near future.......................Hint hint nudge nudge Mr......................
Friday, October 5, 2007
Cartoons
Could it be bringing me back to my childhood in to a safe zone or am I just cuckoo......... Thinks its probably the latter but at the same time how much trouble can I be causing if I am at home watching cartoons LOL :0)