A sixty something male, happily settled with two adult brats and my rock of common sense. I've worked at lots of jobs, done lots of things, had many experiences hairy and otherwise and have met some really interesting people in my life as well as a fair share of pricks too. I have witnessed change, some of it just for the sake of it and I hope this blog will communicate the "how it was" as well as the "how it might all turn out." I am a libertarian, mildly catholic, strongly christian and I like to practice what I preach. I hope you enjoy my observations and some of them serve you well in your life.
Wearing my "Forest Ireland" hat I have been on a few radio shows already today defending the innocent electronic cigarette. The chinese guy who invented that wonderful device should have thought of a different name for it because when the … Continue reading →
The road outside my house is the de-facto Northern ring road around this city. I know this because whenever I'm away from home overnight in some idyllic spot, I can't sleep because there are no heavy trucks thundering past my … Continue reading →
Last April & May I wrote a couple of pieces citing a rash of emergency landings by various aircraft in Ireland. The nature of these unnecessary landings were frivolous enough in each case but each one involved dumping thousands of euros … Continue reading →
Referring to e-cigs as 'tobacco products' so that they can be taxed is akin to referring to bicycles as motor cars and applying a carbon emissions tax to them. But that is just what the EU intends to do. To … Continue reading →