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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Last night I stayed at one of those perfect examples of a family run
hotel. When I asked for a room with internet access they sent me up to
room 166 "specially". when i got there, and couldn't find a network
port, i rang backdown to reception to ask about it....
"Yes, we do ...
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Monday, October 29th, 2007
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Dads smiling voice answered the phone on it's second ring.
"Hello?"
Raucous noise in the background, a shrill, excited voice singing happily, and adult voices laughing loudly.
"I take it she's arrived then" I said with a laugh.
I'm not surprised by my rude omission of the word "they" for "She". Adam and Jean ...
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Sunday, July 29th, 2007
I believe I had my proudest moment last week in a B&B in Cork City last week.
The Room I had had an ensuite that has another door out into the corridor, so
that the bathroom could be used as a communal bathroom when needed.
Of course, not having been informed, I didn't ...
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Sunday, July 29th, 2007
I was in the Moyvalley House hotel and Golf club, near Enfield, tucked
away down a country lane with no signposts, especially designed to get
me lost. After one hour of driving around muddy backlanes, cursing
loudly at the voice on the Sat Nav as it kept telling me to "Turn
around whenever possible" ...
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Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
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Hypnos. A vengeful bastard, if ever there was one.
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"Hypnos is a gentle and benevolent god who sometimes takes the form of a singing bird, sometimes that of a winged youth or old man. He carries a drinking horn, from which he pours sleep-inducing opium. He is most beloved of the ...
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