The Wormhole, natural swimming spot on the Aran Islandsโบ๏ธ
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Conor, Dublin ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ช๐บ ๐จ๐ฆ Ex corporate, now smelling the roses Photography; sea, land, sky โscapes Movies, NYer cartoons Chess; on a steep learning curve Art, history of art History, social geography, climate Journalism, non toxic politics ๐ต in a ๐ข country
The Wormhole, natural swimming spot on the Aran Islandsโบ๏ธ
Georgian Dublin ( from the chess club ). Carriages, no horses, only horse power these daysโบ๏ธ
The Icemen Cometh๐ณ
The Crazies, wasnโt that a horror movie?? This from from Martyn Turner, Irish Times over the weekend๐
The New Yorker and Donny, always on the money๐
Dublin City centre today๐
No tariffs on sunshineโบ๏ธ
The Terrible Tyrant starter packโบ๏ธ
Back in the game! After three months off, one day only, 15/10 tournament. Drawn against one of three Grand Masters so not off to a great start! Played well for seven moves๐
Slouch on a couch
Sign of the timesโบ๏ธ
Moving on from MAGA goes to the Oscars . . .
Wordle 1,378 1/6
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As starts to the day go, thatโs pretty good, itโs probably downhill from hereโบ๏ธ
#HappyBlueskyMonday.
Some of you may be familiar with the beautiful trad song โItโs a long way from Clare to hereโ; Clare in the distance, Galway bay in between and the famous diving boards at the end of Salthill strand in Galway๐ฎ๐ช
Whereโs the guillotine when you really need it?
And the winner is . . .
No eggsplanation needed ( sorry๐ )
It wouldnโt be Putinโs useful orange idiot by any chance?
Yep, you got that one right!
Iโm a huge GO fanโบ๏ธ
Some things never change๐
I donโt know if reports that this gobshite has been a Russian asset since the 80s are true, but they are certainly believable๐ซฃ
I think Greenland or Panama more his style, not unlike that other fascist bully Mussolini invading Abyssinia during WW2.
Yep letโs keep in touch on travel plans.
Iโm supposed to be going to US over next 18 months, to visit someone there, wonโt be going on principle, I can see unrest there in the near future.
Donโt think theyโll invade Canada, remember heโs a huge bully, it would be one of the most stupid and profoundly traitorous acts ever.
If I can be of any help with info, pleased to help. By coincidence Iโm thinking of a long stay in Canada, not sure about emigrating, but perhaps a long stay, havenโt gone into the detail yet ( itโs a very big country ), very small country here, you may find it only slightly bigger than your garden๐
It wasnโt at the time, but well spotted. It was just an exclamation of well founded, as it turned out, apprehension โบ๏ธ
Correction, the best solution, but unfortunately unlikelyโบ๏ธ
Hey Don, this looks like a forest you donโt want to mess with . . .
I canโt see the Nazi or the Russian stooge lasting four years at the rate they are going ( hopefully โบ๏ธ )
Just listening to the news from Saudi, Iโm still confused, is Russia now going to be the 51st US state or is the US going to become a Russian republic?? Nice work Don Marco๐ซฃ๐ฑ๐บ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ
The Mounties always get their womanโบ๏ธ
Thank you Morella, I think in these difficult and indeed dangerous times we all need a laugh once in a while. Conor