Reply to: Niall

[AtW]

I hadn't taken much notice.

And that day concluded the testing of the new invisibility cloak

[MarillionFan]

I used to visit a client site in Tallaght just outside Dublin. Which 15 years ago had the highest murder rate in Ireland coupled with a very loyal IRA following.

Next morning I mentioned that I'd been out for a few beers in the village. They looked at me dumb founded. Which pub did you go into?

I told them the name and they looked even more aghast.

And you didn't have any problems????

No. I just ordered and sat in the corner reading the paper. Why was is a locals pub?

Yeah. It's just that you have an offensive accent.

Turned out it was a massive pro IRA pub. I hadn't taken much notice.

[cailin maith]

On Irish roads it must seem like it.

PS I do apologise for this racist slur on Irish roads.

Maybe that's it

[xoggoth]

Clonmel is a zillion miles from Dublin

On Irish roads it must seem like it.

PS I do apologise for this racist slur on Irish roads.

[xoggoth]

My comprehension of economics (as conventionally accepted) is zero (it is so unscientific as to be merely as branch of voodoo) but do recall reading that a major factor in US success was the ease with which bankrupts can redeem themselves. 12 years seems daft.

[alreadypacked]

AP - do you know of any Fruit Farms "just outside" Dublin? I sure as hell don't.

I think they made this ejit up.

There used to be a lot of fruit farms and green house around Swords, but I think most of them got built on.

[Churchill]

Clonmel is a zillion miles from Dublin

No it isn't. It's not too far from Waterford. Admittedly I wouldn't want to walk it but Ireland's so small that everywhere is near everywhere else.

[cailin maith]

That's not too far from Dublin.

Clonmel is a zillion miles from Dublin

[Churchill]

Was he as good as he thought he was? What did he say, one of the best 2 or 3 programmers in the world or something like that?

I think we ascertained that he wasn't. The debate should still be in the CUK archives somewhere.

[Bunk]

A mate of mine was one of Niall's (of Nedprod fame) lecturers at Hull University. Small world, eh?

Was he as good as he thought he was? What did he say, one of the best 2 or 3 programmers in the world or something like that?

[Churchill]

Magners

That's not too far from Dublin.

[Churchill]

Fab, thank you. Now this is the kind of blog I hate (yet secretly love, for cringe reasons).

A mate of mine was one of Niall's (of Nedprod fame) lecturers at Hull University. Small world, eh?

[PRC1964]

Where do Magners get there apples from?

A total of 17 varieties of apple are grown in the Magners Orchards in Clonmel and are used to make the famous Magners brand. They are Michellin, Dabinett, Yarlington Mill, Bulmer's Norman, Tremlett's Bitter, Breakwell Seedling, Taylor's, Harry Master's Jersey, Medaille d'Or, Reine des Pommes, Ashton Bitter, Brambley's, Grenadier, Brown Thorn, Brown Snout, Vilberies and improved Dove.
The different varieties, all mature at different times of the season, i.e. early croppers, mid-seasons and lates. This allows the orchard managers to pace the harvest and produce sufficient supplies to make up a traditional blend like Magners.

Magners

[MaryPoppins]

See above.

Fab, thank you. Now this is the kind of blog I hate (yet secretly love, for cringe reasons).

[Churchill]

AP - do you know of any Fruit Farms "just outside" Dublin? I sure as hell don't.

I think they made this ejit up.

Where do Magners get there apples from?