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    #11
    Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post
    Get bolloxed, gamble and pray, the full Irish experience.
    Pretty much explains the state of their economy.
    While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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      #12
      Originally posted by norrahe View Post
      would definitely agree with OG on this, There ain't much to see in Dublin and this time if year is tourist and stag do hell. If you do the west coast you have access to some great countryside, fantastic sea food and some good spa hotels that missus sb would enjoy.
      Cheers Norrahe. I take your point, but this trip is scheduled for mid-January.
      If she likes Ireland as much as I hope, then I will try and coax her over west on subsequent visits.
      “The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”

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        #13
        Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
        Mrs SB will be celebrating her 50th birthday in January. I had initially planned on pushing the boat out () and treating her to a stay at a fairly local hostelry with a spiffing collection of Malt Whiskies.
        Surprisingly, she poo-pooed this suggestion and offered the Orient Express to Venice as an alternative.
        After much discussion, we have settled on a compromise. Dublin!!!

        Now I am fairly familiar with Dublin as I spent many holidays there as a child, and also worked there on a 6-month contract in 1998.
        I have decided that Kilmainham Jail is a must-see, as is the Guinness Store. But both of those are fairly near each other and can be done in an afternoon I reckon.
        I also fancy doing the Literary Pub Crawl as it sounds like a blast, however outside of those I am open to suggestions from those who may be more au fait with the City.
        We will be arriving on Friday lunchtime and leaving Monday morning, so probably have 2-2.5 days to fit in.

        Suggestions welcome!!
        I hope she finds a bloke who'll treat her properly.

        She's going to be celebrating her 50th birthday compromising with a skinflint rather than doing something she wants to do.

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          #14
          Originally posted by Mason Boyne View Post
          I hope she finds a bloke who'll treat her properly.

          She's going to be celebrating her 50th birthday compromising with a skinflint rather than doing something she wants to do.

          Is that all you got?
          Get back to your ironing.

          “The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”

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            #15
            Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
            Is that all you got?
            Get back to your ironing.

            Something nice so's not to offend SB.
            Last edited by Mason Boyne; 29 June 2011, 12:06.

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              #16
              Originally posted by Mason Boyne View Post

              She's going to be celebrating her 50th birthday compromising with a skinflint rather than doing something she wants to do.

              WHS. It's her birthday and she ends up doing what YOU want.

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                #17
                Originally posted by oracleslave View Post
                WHS. It's her birthday and she ends up doing what YOU want.
                WOSS book her on the orient express now! It's her 50th FFS.
                "Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch." - Orson Welles

                Norrahe's blog

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                  #18
                  You would need to think about where you would be going on the orient express. At that time of year places like Prague and Budapest will be exceedingly cold. I've been to Venice in December and that isn't very warm either.
                  While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by doodab View Post
                    I've been to Venice in December and that isn't very warm either.
                    It smells better though.
                    Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post
                      It smells better though.
                      That is a fair point. It still reeks though
                      While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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