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You'll have to admit though the guy's pretty articulate

Do you any of you Belfast Boys have a copy of the recording of the message a frustrated night shift worker left on the Clonard answering machine to complain to Clonard about the fact that the novena bells and loudspeaker singing were disturbing his sleep during the day. It's hilarious.

Ironically Gregory Campbell was praising her stance just a week or so ago. Strangely though the BBCNI web site no longer has the article

A couple of years ago a mate of mine was knocked down by an old Ford Fiesta after coming out of a pub in Forkhill. He had had a right few and couldn't get up or speak after the accident. There were 3 auld dolls in the car and one of them ran into the pub and phoned an ambulance from Newry.

She came out and told him the ambulance would be half an hour. She also explained that they couldn't wait with him because they were late for the Novena!
So they drove off and left the poor bastard laying there. 

LOL I've no doubt thats a true story. I used to go for many years and whilst I'm not, by any stretch of the imagination, a holy joe it can be an uplifting experience.  To be honest the wife is dragging me and the kids out to it tonight. I remember that in 2002 on the final day of the novena the Priests paraded that Sam Maguire Cup at the close of each of the 10 masses.

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Snowed Under you're pathetic

God this fairly got out of hand. I'm a parent and I agree with what POG says about mother and toddler spaces. He never said he didn't agree with them, he acknowledges that parents with prams and pushchairs need that bit of extra space,  however its the location of these spaces that grinds his gears and he's correct.  What about elderly people who might not have a disabled badge but are still quite frail. Surely they deserve precedence for prime spaces over parents and toddlers.  My biggest concern, however, was the spiteful way in which the debate degenerated into a triumphalist 'I have kids and you have none' arguement like something you'd see in a school playground. This type of gloating is pathetic and indeed reflects the mentality of those who put Baby on Board signs on the back of their cars. Its just another way of publicly advertising their virility. For instance how many times do you see blokes walking down the High Street carrying an unwrapped bumper pack of Pampers nappies like some type of trophy? I'll bet if their missus asked them to nip out to the chemist and bring them back a pack of ST's they'd run a feckin mile.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwldGmw4yDo

This from  http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,1416989,00.html

The sweets graveyard

18 that we have loved and lost

1 Spangles Launched in 1948 by Mars, and sold in various incarnations. Withdrawn in the early 80s, only to resurface in the early 90s, to be dropped again.

2 Texan Ultra-chewy, chocolate-covered nougat bar launched in the mid-70s; disappeared in the mid-80s.

3 Banjo Boring two-fingered wafer bar, lasted for most of the 80s.

4 Aztec Cadbury paid out for a huge TV advertising campaign for this non-chocolate bar (it was peanuts stuck to a fudge finger); it lasted from 1968-1977.

5 Pacers The cloying mint version of Opal Fruits in the 70s and 80s, initially white but later adorned with three green stripes.

6 Chocolate toolbox No one now makes this fun but expensive-to-manufacture novelty box.

7 Callard & Bowser Creamline Toffees A 2001 casualty; they were better than Toffos.

8 Amazin Raisin 1971-78 - the sweets equivalent of rum'n'raisin ice cream.

9 Freshen Up Chewing gum with a liquid centre, an 80s innovation.

10 Bluebird Toffee A classic, but a recent casualty of confectionery industry takeovers.

11 Jap Desserts These old coconut sweets (coconut was often known as 'Jap') died a death in the early 2000s.

12 Cabana Short-lived but high-profile 80s bar that was a rich mix of coconut, caramel and whole cherries.

13 Counters (Galaxy) Harmless chocolate beans cruelly cut off.

14 Pink Panther Extraordinary strawberry-flavoured chocolate bars, thin like Milky Bars. An acquired taste.

15 Bandit Wafer biscuit - a challenger to Penguins (not).

16 Club bars From Jacobs. The full range has been withdrawn, but Orange is still available. Symbol guide: plain = jack of clubs; milk = golf ball; mint = green leaf. Bog-standard but likable for thick chocolate.

17 Nutty Pure 80s bar, with a smoky brown see-through wrapper. Peanuts encase a fudge-type caramel log centre.

18 Double Agent Extremely artificial blackcurrant- or apple-flavoured boiled sweets, with a sherbet centre and spy questions on the wrapper. Classic cold war confectionery.

Missing from this list are Treets and Opal Mints

Who is funding his one sided little empire.

Madam Tussauds is well worth a visit and the London Eye is very good as well. You can book these in advance. With Tussauds you can book for after 3.00 pm and you'll get it much cheaper. I wasn't all that impressed by Hamleys it just reminded me of a larger version of the old Leisureworld shop in Belfast. Harrods is worth going to see though. My kids met Damian Duff there in the summer and he was a real gent. Tube is great for travelling round, get a 3 day ticket for Zones 1&2 casts about £14 quid or so and you can use it on buses as well.

Yeah I agree with that

What about Ireland 1 Italy 0 USA World Cup 1994

This from the BBC Northern Ireland web site.  I'll not sleep tonight

The future of Windsor Park as the national stadium is under threat with an expert report set to propose that the South Stand be closed from January.
The report could lead to the stadium capacity being cut by 4,000 to just 9,000 on health and safety grounds.

The move would heighten fears that future international games may have to be played outside Northern Ireland.

Millions of pounds are needed to upgrade Windsor as any new national stadium would take years to construct.

The report was commissioned by Linfield and the Irish Football Association and IFA chief executive Howard Wells told the Sunday Life that "it sounds as though our worst fears are about to be confirmed".

"We are still awaiting a costing on the work required to keep Windsor up to the basic standard required to host international football with no idea where the money is coming from," he told the newspaper.

"Somewhere along the line the Government and our local politicians are going to have to come to a decision on the National Stadium issue."

Debate continues to rage over the site of any new national stadium with the Maze the Government's preferred option.

Hugh Morgan seems to have a big involvement in the Armagh set up. Is it really appropriate for a sponsor to be standing along the sideline with the management team and carrying the footballs off at the end of the match?

I thought Cormac McAvoy had an excellent match and looked county material. Damian McCann took a while to settle and while he scored a couple of fine pints he is just a bit small when it comes to that level. Great turn out, the new fields look brilliant and in particular the ball net looks to be a marvellous feat of engineering. POG can you PM me sometime about the Conlon saga. Interestingly enough his da fell out with the club when he was U14 or U16 and joined Cullyhanna for at least a season.

Surely U2`s Boy was released well before the record companies started releasing the likes of Now1 and Hits 2 ?
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No K TEL used to do those compilations and you could have also got those Top of the Pops cover version LPs with a largely uncovered girl on the sleeve.