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I was reading a political blog from the states the other day and they were reporting on a poll that said that Bush's current approval rating is 25% with 68% disapproving and 7% don't know. How could anyone, after 7 years of Bush, not know how they feel about him? Are they living in cardboard...

Fourth gig I've been to in the past few months and it was by far and away the best. He played for two and a half hours for god's sake. 74 years old. Far from being depressing everyone was smiling by the end. One or two of the old depressing songs but mostly upbeat. Brilliant

The only person that I had a reasoned debate with on the treaty was my 17yr old nephew. He laid out his reasons for opposing it which, although I disagreed with him, I respect his opinion. The majority of people I spoke to over the last few weeks repeated the same misinformation and...

This vote is a disgrace. There are plenty of valid reasons for voting yes or no but to think that this failed essentially because of the 'I don't understand so I'll vote no' brigade. If one more person said 'It just hasn't been explained to us properly' to me over the last few days I'd have...

If you were to believe their propaganda it would suggest that they are just innocent bystanders 'helping' poor FTBs get on the ladder by extending mortgage durations and offering 100% mortgages when all any of that ever did was drive prices ever higher and increase their profits. Turned us all...

"The Market" never really dictated the price. The amount of money the banks would lend relative to someone's salary determined the price paid and that is (unfortunately for sellers) falling. Did anyone really look at price the last few years or was it just a case of "The banks will lend me X...

Be there early for the food and fin in the (hopefully) sunshine

So, there's a tall person behind me so I can't recline and there's a fat person next to me and I have to respect their inability to stay out of my space... bugger that, on a long-haul flight I'll recline. It's uncomfortable enough without having to sit bolt upright for 6 hours. The seats are...

As a slight aside, I watched the match in Kiely's in Donnybrook. There was a decent enough atmosphere and a big drowd. The whole thing was nearly ruined by the presence of 3 Leinster supporters in their late twenties up the back who spent the majority of the match shouting abuse at any Munster...

Varies from agent to agent but at times of high demand it would be commonplace from my own experience.

Michael O'Leary's pronouncements can be taken with a generous pinch of salt. It's not like he doesn't have a vested interest in this. I'm sure if you asked him when oil prices were $20/b he would have said the same about $100 oil

I bow my head in shame. Will stick to limit in future

Have to admit to occasionally provoking aggressive drivers. I'm not a slow driver, usually around 60-65 miles/hour on the main roads (only very small km marks on my ageing car). Drives me nuts when someone comes flying up behind me on small country roads overtaking other cars where you have no...

As a matter of interest, did you take this any further - calling the Gardai etc. This is stealing and should be reported.

It says it at the top of the page on the right hand side. Bad and all as I am, I didn't count all the way through. Just playing with the buttons.

I was trying to find a link to this show. At the time they put forward a number of scenarios that would lead to a disaster for the economy including dollar at 1.70, oil >$100. I'm not sure about these because it's all from memory. At the time these were derided as being pure fantasy but I...

Would it have been better if the OP had used the car horn to signify that something dangerous had been done? Flashing lights is a bit ambiguous and could be construed in different ways but leaning on the car horn is pretty clear. Apart from that I agree with the Trafficwatch suggestion. This...

The person who is 271st on the list of members when organised according to how many posts they have has exactly 271 posts (kudos to Clubman, no-one will ever catch you, in fact there's a great series on [broken link removed] that's just right for you). I was wondering if this is a once off...

Wonder if you could tell us (or PM) where the quiz is on. Been looking for a regular quiz night for ages. Is there any website that lists quizzes going on in Dublin? Thanks

The problem for the OP was that they did not get an interview and want to know why so this does not apply