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I held an iPHONE in the U.S. a while back, and the one thing that put me off it was the size, thought it was a bit bulky.  No doubt Apple will refine it and make it smaller in the next couple of years, so I would prefer to wait for the second or thrid release before jumping in.

I wonder will the English maybe start to realise the players are also not quite as good as we are told they are week in week out. I dont think it matters who the manager is, English players do not have the technique to beat the top teams.

Agree....just not good enough with every tournament that passes.

The usual names are being mentioned...Mourinho, Martin O'Neill, Joe Kernan etc....

99 caps after tonight

Francisco Marco, the boss of Metodo 3 said: 'We are 100 per cent sure she is alive. We are sure she was abducted. We are very, very close to finding the kidnapper.'

Maybe I'm missing something, but why would the private detective come out and say "We are very, very close to finding the kidnapper"...?  Surely it would be a better policy to just find them and then announce it to the world, rather than tipping the kidnapper off in advance!  Makes me think they are just seeking a bit of attention for their business.

Anyone see that so called comedian on the Late Late on Friday night towards the very end.  If ever anyone died a death on RTE, it was that fella.  Can't remember his name..wasn't remotely funny and had to resort to gutter jokes in an attempt to raise a bit of a laugh, which also back fired on him.  You could just see Pat Kenny wishing the ground would open up with every word the fool uttered.

On the home front, would have to go for PJ Gallagher in Naked Camera.  Some of the sketches are hilarious:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHGcSMtyQ-E&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmRCWb393yE

Gallagher does a top class stand up show as well.

Great interview with Shane just coming off stage....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SirutCHZ-QI

Would have to go for Rainy Night In Soho.....a brilliant song with a great story hidden in the lyrics.  Also, love alot of the covers of MacGowan's songs, especially when performed by Paddy Reilly.

Words are not enough for something like this.  Tragic, heartbreaking just don't come close.

May they rest in peace.

the child is obviously dead

What makes you so certain?  Without a body, anything is possible.

45 minutes and still going...controlling mouse with left hand while typing this message with right...there's apptitude for ye!

Bud....there is only one group fit for the job...loads of experience at packing out football stadiums......check out the below link and you'll see what I mean! 

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu9e84oIO2A

Sure drop me a PM and I'll check date availabilty for ye in the 2008 schedule!   

"However, Kate and Gerry are entirely innocent and therefore are unconcerned about reports in the media because they know the truth.

"They are not responsible in any way, shape or form for their daughter's disappearance.

I've taken a dislike to the McCann's spokesman, Clarence Mitchell.   How does he know if they were involved or not, was he there at the time the child went missing?

I assume that he wasn't and therefore is not in a position to make claims such as the above as if they are fact.

Read it in a few papers as well as on Sky's website.......11 sightings in the one remote mountain area.  Apparently, it is considered to be a prize trophy to have a fair haired child in your family, some sort of status thing in Morroco.

Team of 40 investigators on the ground in this area for the last several weeks.  But then again, could just be another wild rumour made up by the press.

Lynard Skynard - Freebird

10 minutes of guitar greatness

A couple of years back, I was over in New York for St. Patrick's Week.  Anyway, myself and the missus went into the Waldorf Astoria for a nosey around.  While her good self was looking around one of the shops in the hotel foyer, I took myself out to the front door of the hotel where I got into conversation with some guy wearing a cowboy hat of some sort.  I hadn't a clue who he was to my shame, I just thought he was a bit eccentric on it.  Out of know where, some horns started beeping at him from cars passing the hotel....all of a sudden he took a massive run into the middle of 3 or 4 lanes of traffic playing air guitar for all he was worth.....it was then I asked someone else, who the feck is yer man......it turned out to be Artimus Pyle of Lynard Skynard who had been receiving some Hall of Fame award the night before at the Waldorf!  You never know who you'd meet in New York....have the video evidence of the air guitar incident, a classic.

Anyways, songs I never get sick of listening to:

Raglan Road, the Luke Kelly version
Raglan Road, the Chris Kavanagh version
Streets of New York, The Wolfe Tones version
McAlpines Fusiliers, the Ronnie Drew version
Ireland Unfree, The Wolfe Tones version