Probably some physics-y thing like sound travelling further in high pressure / no cloud to bounce back off.

Sounds like a rehashed Stephen King plot.

However, I love time travel tales. I'd watch.

Painting by Emma May Riley,
‘Glass of Water’ 2013.
Oil on Canvas.
Size 23.6 W × 35.4 H

Indeed, if anything is guaranteed it's the latter. I suspect they weren't paying attention in history lessons!

The bastards stole Waterford!

When I was at school learning history in the north of England, in the 80s, all of those topics were taught. Without exception. Have things changed so much? Not a sausage about Ireland (or Scotland outside of famous industrialists).

Great to see Pope Leo is still a humble enough man to take the trash out.

Monghan has always been my favourite spot.

🤣

Random early morning thought; if Bertie had run for president, you could have had the perfect Craggy Island triptych: Jack in the Áras, Ted as Taoiseach and Dougal as Tánaiste

Also fair to point out there are a lot of very shitty women in power, too. Although I feel (perhaps from a female bias) that they "behave like bad men" to get ahead. Power and wealth change people in awful ways, so often.

If they think young women are angry, wait until they meet the (peri)menopausal!

I don't want to sound like a man hater. I've preferred the platonic company of men all my life, and been very lucky to find lots of good guys. Just seems too few of them end up in power (or they change at the sniff of it?)

Oh yes, I do agree, boys cannot help the way they're parented. They are products of that, same as we all are, good and bad. Most of what we learn as children is what is modelled to us, of course. There has to be generational change, but Men* have it too good to do it.

*not all men

My eldest started out at Educate Together, chosen specifically for the reason. She had a fascination with death that terrified me, I kept telling her death is final and not a game, nobody comes back from it. Then she came home crying, screaming, I lied to her bc Jesus. Fucking RAGING!

Accepted, apologies if I sounded critical of you personally, and not the sentiment!

There is such a pervasive attitude of "boys will be boys" while girls are trained to sit nice, be nice, be willing, be good, be compliant, and it starts right from their first socialisation. Harm is done to both.

Aaaah the blissful sounds of Spring!

Have a smashing day, anyway, Guy.

In those 'moments' I always heard the soothing words of St Paul.

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be.

Picking your battles wisely is essential parenting! My eldest would never wear a coat. Still won't at 22. I gave up the fight and carried her coat for years so people wouldn't think I was just a shit parent, bc I knew she'd never put it on.

I keep mentally inserting Jim Gavin into these stories and how desperately out of his depth and humiliating he'd be for Ireland.

Giving boys a pass in everything is why the world is in the state it is. Teach boys to lose gracefully to anyone instead of handing out good boy treats.

I'm so sorry. He looks a lovely and good boy. Be kind to yourself today.

Good to know. I'll get my book on the evils of the priesthood fired out to all the schools next week. What? Oh they do have some control do they? Stop publishing press releases and ask a fucking question you lazy stenographers.

Giggling 🤣

I can't believe what I have just read. This woman is entirely corrupt by dint of her long association with one of the most corrupt families on the planet. Convicted paedophiles *should* be hunted, and jailed, for as long as their victims still suffer (that's a life sentence.)

Conclusion: IT IS perfectly on track, if your destination is pushing up the value in property (asset and rents), while not giving a shit about everyone who suffers from it.

I love the colours in her view.

My cat did not approve 🤣 Slumbers disturbed, anxious face.

Actually wondering if it's a clever ploy by the clearsky team to make lots of people (like me, who CBA with those sorts of metrics normally) sheepily log in to check their blocklist status 🤣

*goes off to reshape the tinfoil hat*

We'll mind you through the pain 🤣