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Show posts MenuQuote from: Tony Baloney on January 25, 2024, 07:41:36 PMIt was a bit of a random turn right enough that I wasn't expecting but I still enjoyed it. Not as much as Pilgrim thoughQuote from: mrdeeds on January 25, 2024, 07:33:36 PMAye that's in line with a review I read. Will pass.Quote from: Tony Baloney on January 25, 2024, 06:28:00 PMQuote from: andoireabu on January 25, 2024, 06:02:57 PMThe Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes is a good read. Same author wrote I Am Pilgrim which is one of the few books I've ever read more than once.Am I right in saying there is a sci-fi element to it? I like sci-fi and like I Am Pilgrim a lot but I have my reservations about this one.
Yeah but so badly done. Was a normal run of mill book then last section went of on a massive tangent. I'm still not sure if I like the book. Just felt the sci fi bit was like an add on at end and not consistent with rest of story.
Quote from: Rois on January 18, 2024, 04:19:01 PMWe tried a consultant as well but it didn't do much for us. Our two are like chalk and cheese, one will fall asleep within 10 minutes and the other wee blade might be rocking in the cot for two or three hours before crashing out. Same girl falls asleep in the car every chance she gets though. Going to keep them in the cots for as long as possible because they would only be running around all night if they could. No thanksQuote from: Mourne Red on January 18, 2024, 03:32:10 PMProbably frowned upon especially these days but we would have had to stay and hold our wee girls hand to help her fall asleep but when the other half was in hospital I done the "Cry it Out" method. Life saver wouldn't be the word.. Meant I had 1/2 hours in the evening to clean the house, do the washing, meal prep etc.. Also helped her sleep through the night which other half was glad off when she got out of hospital.
I used a sleep consultant (just one session) and she more or less gave me permission to do a version of "cry it out" - worked like a treat too, after two nights. Has mainly slept through ever since. About to transition him to a bed though - that'll be interesting...
Quote from: imtommygunn on January 18, 2024, 10:05:06 AMIt's incredible the difference it made for my wife. She found a group on instagram for twin mums who all had covid babies so they were all going through the same stuff. They have turned it into a Whatsapp group now and they get away for a night a couple of times a year. Great resource for help and advice and a realistic look at what is happening day to day rather than seeing the picture perfect stuff on social media.Quote from: andoireabu on January 18, 2024, 08:13:41 AMCongrats BB, it's tough but brilliant at the same time.
Forgot about this thread when our two were born. Pandemic babies so there wasn't much social interaction with other new mammies for the Mrs. after they were born which I think was very tough on her, even to just get outside the house for a while. Just turned 3 and there is serious craic in them now their personalities are coming through. And to watch their development is unreal.
The library classes(Belfast) they had were a godsend for the wife. She has met and made a couple of good friends out of it and now the kids would be good friends. (Well there's 3 and now it turns out 2 of the 3 are good friends and the other one doesn't like them lol). Does the mother good to have a kind of wee support network of ones in a similar boat at that time when on maternity.
Quote from: tbrick18 on January 18, 2024, 09:57:51 AMQuote from: andoireabu on January 18, 2024, 08:13:41 AMCongrats BB, it's tough but brilliant at the same time.
Forgot about this thread when our two were born. Pandemic babies so there wasn't much social interaction with other new mammies for the Mrs. after they were born which I think was very tough on her, even to just get outside the house for a while. Just turned 3 and there is serious craic in them now their personalities are coming through. And to watch their development is unreal.
Twins?
My sister was in the same boat. Was tough for her to be fair.
But they're flying now.
Quote from: Champion The Wonder Horse on January 07, 2024, 06:13:56 PMWarnock's Hill out of the town as well when you are heading for Swatragh. Name must be around a long time.Quote from: SouthOfThe Bann on January 07, 2024, 06:05:57 PMQuote from: pjm on January 07, 2024, 06:01:12 PMQuote from: Estimator on January 07, 2024, 05:44:51 PMAfaik Warnock has turned down 3 different Derry managers regarding a call up to county football
Unusual name, is it common up there?
Probably a former planter name from back in the day if I was to hazard a guess.
Most teams have one or two.
Alot more unusual names than that across the country
Mac Giolla Mhearnóg. Probably has planter origins, if you're allowed to say use that terms.
A few Warnock families about Maghera.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on July 29, 2023, 11:59:43 PMThe Poitín Still is a good bar for during the day, Murtagh's for the more club feel I think. Hard to go wrong though, great wee town from what I remember of it
Any tips for bars (and dare I say it clubs for the more mature traveller) etc. in Carrick on Shannon?
Quote from: trailer on July 27, 2023, 09:20:01 AMQuote from: Eamonnca1 on July 27, 2023, 04:31:15 AM
A lot to unpack in the All Ireland Rail Review. Some ambitious goals there, which is nice to see. Plenty of fodder for the "it will never happen" crowd but that's inevitable.
People have got to understand that a lot of these dormant routes remain untouched. Most of the tunnels, cuttings, embankments, viaducts, and even a lot of the bridges are still intact. A lot of the cost of building a railway is flattening the land, and this was already done for us over 150 years ago. Reopening lines like Portadown-Armagh and Portadown-Derry via Omagh are entirely achievable. It wasn't so long ago that there wasn't many miles of motorway in the south, now there's a whole network of them. Governments are well able to deliver big infrastructure projects when they put their minds to it.
Time to think big again, and this time do it for rail. There's not enough room in cities for cars and the days of building everything around them need to come to an end.
Yes of course we are. In the north alone we can point to such fantastic infrastructure projects such as Not the A5, Not the North South interconnector, Not the expansion of waste water treatment and Not Casement Park.
We are in such a strong position to deliver this. In reality we'd get more use out of the 35b if we just set fire to it.
By the time they complete all the archaeological digs, toad surveys and evacuation plans, trains will be obsolete again anyway.