For most of the time I worked on the Gaza humanitarian response at USAID, this smuggling ring was the bane of our existence. It dramatically impacted price and market stability in Gaza and made the truck drivers jobs far more dangerous. We all knew it was the IDF running it.
Amazing thing to have in the house!
Having said that, a very genteel person I knew who knew him asserted that he was above all a nuisance (I could tell she meant a bollocks)
That’s a strange one!
I recently read Anthony Cronin’s biography of Flann O’Brien, and Kavanagh is portrayed as a more sympathetic figure than most mentions of him these days would have it.
Slightly spooky to me: only today, to try to impress a man, I told him that [the previous owner of that object] told me that 'I saw people cross the street to avoid Patrick Kavanagh. I myself crossed the street to avoid Patrick Kavanagh." Hadn't thought of her in twenty years.
James Joyce death mask up for auction Estimate €3,500 to €4,500
Not enough death masks these days
I suspect he was going to chance it anyway and he just wanted to have someone else involved in the decision-making process to share any possible blame
In that moment I pictured him stuck asking me “Why did you give me the thumbs up?” and the only answer I would’ve been able to give was “I didn’t want to disappoint you”
“It’s too good the roads are in D4!”
DCC constantly dismiss my “bridge lube” suggestion no matter how many times I write
Was cycling here one morning and a truck driver signalled to me through his window “Will I fit?” and I probably stupidly signalled back [shrug with uncertain thumbs up] which he interpreted as “Plough on!”. He made it but I could hear the air molecules being crushed between the roof and bridge.
Údarás na Gaeltachta ag seasamh le heolas ‘nach bhfuil bunús’ leis i dtuarascáil nua faoin Intleacht Shaorga
The kids call her harness a bra, which is funny until a neighbour or someone normal overhears me telling them to take off the dog’s bra.
Black lurcher wearing a red harness with an aggressive stance towards a much larger dog (Bernese Mountain dog?)
Don’t talk to me before I’ve had my coffee*
*15 uninterrupted sprints after a tennis ball
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The new Ulysses challenge: cross Dublin without passing a Spar
The Israeli army struck civilians in the Lebanese city of Mayfadoun.
And then, the Israelis double-tapped the medics who arrived onto the scene.
And then, they triple-tapped the next wave of medics.
And then, they did it one more time for good measure.
Are people struggling to pay for an increasingly expensive and harmful drug, for which there is an alternative, right - should we tear the wiring out of the walls?
Listening to this kid’s science podcast in the car and they’re talking to a guy who studies tickling. He says, “Kids, don’t ever let a chimpanzee tickle you.” The host asks, “Are they good ticklers?” Guy says, “Yes.” Then a pause, then wistfully, “God yes.”
Reason no 1: Heave candidates realised that successfully challenging for the leadership would mean they’d have to lead Fianna Fáil
I tried to do family tree stuff and couldn’t work out wtf was happening until I found out about the pension being introduced in 1909
Won’t find anything in the new census to match my pride in my great grandparents ageing 20 years between the 1901 and 1911 editions to join the rush to get the pension.
I love The Far Side, so I shouldn’t have joken
[trying to alienate 100% of my followers] It would only look out of place because it’s good
Was just informed that on being thumped for snoring last night I rejoined: “You should be thanking me, I just gave birth to a penguin for you”. My genius is obscure, but there undoubtedly.
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Screenshot of Lord of the Rings. The main character says "All right, then. Keep your secrets."
Legal High Effects: Paranoia, anxiety and fear Mental slowing Feelings of sinking into nothingness Indifference and apathy
I mean, it’s Roscommon, you’d have a cheek to ascribe some of these to the drugs
From the Roscommon Anti Head Shop group in 2009
There's a new SFULTRA. It's about earth's current most wonderful ongoing comic Dai Dark. If you enjoyed me enthusing about Dorohedoro in 2018, time is flat circle and god (aka Q Hayashida) is back in the building. Free for everyone to listen here www.patreon.com/posts/155544...