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It will be a sad inditement of this place if Nichola Mallon loses her seat

Why?

You blaming the voters?

What's her top 5 achievements during her tenure?

I think she was a good worker , yes I suppose I would find it odd to see why she would be voted out in the same way Id argue in favour of robin swann

https://www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/news/mallon-looks-back-two-years-infrastructure-minister

So she picked up and rubber stamped an already developed list of priority infrastructure projects
If that's it that's a wee bit underwhelming to be honest

Did she initiate any new procurement processes in tendering ?
Did she parcel up delivery of multiple projects into delivery programmes to provide longevity of work & value to the taxpayer
The list of "achievements " you attribute to her were defined as projects , scoped up as projects & developed as projects by others
She's come in at the final 1/2 lap & press releases them for the kudos - which isn't what I originally asked
What can you legitimately point at as a "pure bred" achievement of her time in that portfolio or what has she , solely , delivered for her constituents ? Stand alone , tangible , real & positive examples , I'm curious

She was of course picking up after 3 years of no infrastructure development at all because SF/DUP sat on their holes. Where is this irish language act which caused us so much pain.  Btw gone you list what the rest have done

I have a healthy enough cynicism for politicians and their achievements but you are the person telling anyone who will listen that the assembly will be the poorer place without Mallon , you still haven't said why that is .
Like I said , I'm genuinely curious why you would say that
If you can't substantiate what you are saying that's fair enough
Maybe the electorate of North Belfast know more than you do .........

What you say above about Mallon, I think you could say about 80% of MLA, There's many a independent better qualified than big party reps, who don't get near it as they no affiliation.

  Very likely true
The point was made earlier by fear bun that the idea off Nicola Mallon loosing her seat was a sad inditement of the place
I'm just curious what makes her so different from anyone else loosing a seat ?
Has she done something good that the voters just didn't get or wasn't promoted enough?

What is it exactly that her constituents are going to miss out on or what is it exactly that the broader body politic will miss out on by her absence?
Genuine curiosity like I said

It will be a sad inditement of this place if Nichola Mallon loses her seat

Why?

You blaming the voters?

What's her top 5 achievements during her tenure?

I think she was a good worker , yes I suppose I would find it odd to see why she would be voted out in the same way Id argue in favour of robin swann

https://www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/news/mallon-looks-back-two-years-infrastructure-minister

So she picked up and rubber stamped an already developed list of priority infrastructure projects
If that's it that's a wee bit underwhelming to be honest

Did she initiate any new procurement processes in tendering ?
Did she parcel up delivery of multiple projects into delivery programmes to provide longevity of work & value to the taxpayer
The list of "achievements " you attribute to her were defined as projects , scoped up as projects & developed as projects by others
She's come in at the final 1/2 lap & press releases them for the kudos - which isn't what I originally asked
What can you legitimately point at as a "pure bred" achievement of her time in that portfolio or what has she , solely , delivered for her constituents ? Stand alone , tangible , real & positive examples , I'm curious

It will be a sad inditement of this place if Nichola Mallon loses her seat

Why?

You blaming the voters?

What's her top 5 achievements during her tenure?

I think she was a good worker , yes I suppose I would find it odd to see why she would be voted out in the same way Id argue in favour of robin swann

I wonder if the solution to all that is to bring your own flask.

Depends.
Some wakes if you know who is making the tay you mightn't need to
Others you would
Text messages nowadays take a lot of the guesswork out of these things

Always liked tea best at wakes. Tea at a wedding or a celebration is too tame.

Wake tay is a tricky one
Proddy wakes are a nervous affair for me when it comes to tay
Violet and Primrose usually don't appreciate an uppity taig like me coming into the scullery at the wake ( usually a neighbours ) giving them instructions on how to make tay the taigy way and not be miserable with the tay ( usually tetleys or nambarrie) and to let it f**king draw
It can sometimes defeat the purpose of going to the wake in the first place
Violet & Primrose can sometimes take a lot of educating about tay & that reusing tay bags , whilst frugal & yes aligns with the strict Calvinist way you were reared just isn't civilised
Let the tay f**king draw

Our own wakes can be equally nervous affairs
If you take a wee look into the kitchen & you see & know the people in the kitchen making the tay & you are comfortable with & have prior experience of their tay then it's ok , but still necessary to watch the next tay pot being poured
You might have to tell them
" ah leave me to the end of that pot" but that would usually be it
When You say that  at at a wake you do see the other tay connoisseurs look at you knowingly in kinship

You can't relax however at a wake
You can be badly caught if an Aunty from Dublin or God forbid England has landed & is trying to do her bit and help in the kitchen ( obviously a married in one , locals should be more than capable  for tay duty )
Allowing unqualified people near the tay at a wake could turn a wake into a very sad affair indeed

Does the colour of the inside of the cup determine your enjoyment of a cup of tay ?
I cannot handle & now won't accept a cup of tay with a dark colour inside the cup
The inside of the cup has to be white/ light coloured

This allows me to get the milk addition just right
I find a dark coloured mug badly affects the correct milk addition to the tay

Each to their own but I wouldn't have a dark coloured internal cup or mug about the house

What the f**k does science know anyways? Beg in, piping hot boiling water and give it a good few stirs, I sometime when I'm feeling wild, give it an anti clockwise stir, ya never know it might just activate more leafs

A connoisseur speaks.

Science would do well to pay heed of these words
Milk before tea bag and water is a sacrilegious act. 

What's the best Teabag? I would be a Yorkshire Tea man, but a bag of 1000 or so on Amazon, tiny bit of milk, steaming hot, can't be beat

Lyons or Barrys would be the main choice
Punjana or Nambarrie as well
That Yorkshire tea is a good option if none of the above are available ,as is tetleys
After that we are dicing with the devil as far as I am concerned

Hate Tetleys, Punjana for me up North.

Can't say i've ever saw Barrys Tea up North

Likewise.
Tetleys is like dishwater.
Not sure I've ever sampled Barrys!

Ever go to someone's house and they make you a cup of tea and it's pure p*sh? The sort of cup where they've just shown the cup of hot water the teabag as it passed by?
So disappointing and you feel you have to drink it anyway.

The ones I want to slap the most are the ones that put milk in first then bag then water!! I mean are they deranged?

Yeah couldn't be doing with that at all at all
I'm one of them grumpy hoors that if I am asked do I want tay I'll always say yes then tell you how to make the tay if I think you are deviating from acceptable tay making procedure

Life is too short to be putting up with bad tay
If you are offered a cup of tay always take it

Simple rules that help me thru the journey of life

Anyone else love using loose tea leaves? Massive difference to the bags. I've a teapot with a filter. I've two different types of tea on the go but I have a Mullingar breakfast tea which is the nicest I've ever tasted. Can't go near coffee anymore.

Old fashioned way for me.
Boil the kettle
Scald the pot
Add the tea leaves
Add the hot water
Let the tea set
Enjoy in a mug

Now we are into a different matter entirely
Let the tea set ??
Concrete "sets" ( it actually cures but that's a different discussion entirely)

You let the tea draw

What's the best Teabag? I would be a Yorkshire Tea man, but a bag of 1000 or so on Amazon, tiny bit of milk, steaming hot, can't be beat

Lyons or Barrys would be the main choice
Punjana or Nambarrie as well
That Yorkshire tea is a good option if none of the above are available ,as is tetleys
After that we are dicing with the devil as far as I am concerned

Hate Tetleys, Punjana for me up North.

Can't say i've ever saw Barrys Tea up North

I can get me hands on Barrys tea & I'm in Sydney !

When I was a cub we usually drank punjana or nambarrie - being from Monaghan with a Tyrone mother the shopping was always done north
Barry's wasn't let into the house as it was "blueshirt tea"
If tea was being bought in the south it would be Lyons and only Lyons

I honestly don't think I ever had a drop of Barrys till I moved to Dublin for work at 22/23

Tetleys was a bit of a thing when I worked in England until I discovered Yorkshire tea which is way superior

In the hierarchy of tea tetleys is at the very bottom for me now
But the rock bottom position is reserved for that shite liptons , utter muck
I'll go without a drop of tay rather than touch that stuff

What's the best Teabag? I would be a Yorkshire Tea man, but a bag of 1000 or so on Amazon, tiny bit of milk, steaming hot, can't be beat

Lyons or Barrys would be the main choice
Punjana or Nambarrie as well
That Yorkshire tea is a good option if none of the above are available ,as is tetleys
After that we are dicing with the devil as far as I am concerned

Bournemouth promoted to the Premier League last night.

Celtic scoop another 2million for Ryan Christie due to a clause in the contract.

Put that straight towards the Jota deal and that's a savage bit of business

Controversial - but I've been drinking decaf tea for the past 2.5 years (two pregnancies and breastfeeding). I don't mind it at all but depends on the brand.
Decaf coffee is nicer though.

Decaf tea ??
Mother of God is there nothing sacred in this world?
Civilisation is fucked entirely

4 or 5 cups for me in a day. All made in the cup nowadays except when visitors. Kids are well on board with the ceremony of it. Milk and sugar to taste. Kettle only way to go and the first part of the ceremony. Couldn't have one of those hot water taps about the place. Lockdown and wfh saw the introduction of the 400 bags sack instead of the 80's. A great job!

Couldn't agree more
Them hot water taps are never hot enough to make a good drop of tay
You need the kettle boiled , the pot warmed , kettle boiled again and away you go

Anyone offering you a cup of tay using one of them hot water tap yokes is not a true connoisseur of tay
They would lack of the necessary levels of sophistication and taste that us true tay appreciators have