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Mícheál de Brún

@thriftonaut

Charity shops, puns and Dad jokes. West-Cork-ish based. Interests; records, history, film and Vintage kitchenalia. I’ve left behind my family, my friends-everything. The only thing for me is this-the battlefield.

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The result of a test to see how well I distinguished colours. My result was 0.0029.

The result of a test to see how well I distinguished colours. My result was 0.0029.

Kinda surprised at this myself.

10.03.2026 21:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My sincere condolences.

10.03.2026 19:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

What have you got in that paper bag?
Is it a dose of Vitamin C?
Ain't got no time for Western medicine
I am Xanadu-zuki

10.03.2026 19:00 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I have a sleeveless copy of the soundtrack. Haven't spun it yet, should I set my expectations to low?

10.03.2026 18:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Story bud? Predates spoken language.

10.03.2026 18:29 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I thought Harry Enfield had retired the Stavros character years ago...

10.03.2026 17:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Sure we can wait, what's more dead children...

10.03.2026 17:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Willie was Bongatello.

10.03.2026 16:33 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

So the real 5th Beatle was Paul Bunyon?!

10.03.2026 16:29 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Can anyone recommend any good but readable for non-specialists histories of China that are about periods pre-1800ish? The big-publisher books in English seem to skew quite modern.

10.03.2026 14:05 👍 6 🔁 5 💬 5 📌 0

I wonder who achieved the highest rank?

10.03.2026 14:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Absolutely, competition should be postponed and then held in countries that aren't bombing children.

10.03.2026 13:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Definitely, the Partridge family had travelled around, they knew the streets.

10.03.2026 13:27 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Ah 40 days before E-Ster...

10.03.2026 13:03 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Go ahead cos I'll be buying nothing if they do.

10.03.2026 12:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Think I'll open a Northern Uproar bar down here in West Cork. Anyone want to get in in the ground level, the bar staff will be the actual members of the band.

10.03.2026 12:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Interesting point, miniseries and comedies were definitely bought/ shown but not so much soap operas until Dallas, I recall shows like the Young and the Restless, the Bold and the Beautiful on really arriving after the advent of satellite TV and they were consigned to daytime TV.

10.03.2026 11:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Can we set it in Donegal for some cross border funding and we can call it The Pills of Donegal?

10.03.2026 11:30 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
T R Dallas, Who shot J R Ewing, Single 1980
T R Dallas, Who shot J R Ewing, Single 1980 YouTube video by dritter polizist

Absolutely everywhere, there was even a country and Irish song about him. youtu.be/nLXBU7B7PbQ?...

10.03.2026 10:35 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I'm going up to Newcastle for an afternoon/evening next week, any recommendations?

10.03.2026 07:02 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 3 📌 0

Robert Johnson, Eric Satie for myself.

10.03.2026 07:56 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

They could postpone it for COVID they can do it again.

10.03.2026 07:46 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Google review of Paul Treyvaud’s restaurant.

The food was good, but overall a poor experience unfortunately. We were conveniently told after we had ordered our food and drink that the card machine had been down "for a couple of days" and we would have to pay in cash. When the bill came, I asked the manager if we could pay with Venmo, Zelle, or other electronic methods to avoid transaction fee at the ATM and he explained the system has been down since the morning and the only way to pay is cash. Between the differing stories and the staff seeming short and unapologetic, it became more clear that bottom line they just wanted the cash. This is fine, just wish we could have been told when we walked in the door so we didn't have to run to the ATM and incur transaction fee to get money. On the way out the table next to us said they also weren't told about the "credit card machine problems" until after they had ordered. Bottom line-seemed like a scam. The street is lined with countless other great restaurants and bars so not worth the visit here in my opinion!

Google review of Paul Treyvaud’s restaurant. The food was good, but overall a poor experience unfortunately. We were conveniently told after we had ordered our food and drink that the card machine had been down "for a couple of days" and we would have to pay in cash. When the bill came, I asked the manager if we could pay with Venmo, Zelle, or other electronic methods to avoid transaction fee at the ATM and he explained the system has been down since the morning and the only way to pay is cash. Between the differing stories and the staff seeming short and unapologetic, it became more clear that bottom line they just wanted the cash. This is fine, just wish we could have been told when we walked in the door so we didn't have to run to the ATM and incur transaction fee to get money. On the way out the table next to us said they also weren't told about the "credit card machine problems" until after they had ordered. Bottom line-seemed like a scam. The street is lined with countless other great restaurants and bars so not worth the visit here in my opinion!

Also miss posting this at Paul Treyvaud and @‘ing in Revenue to “please help this man”

09.03.2026 22:08 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The Residents - The Sleeper
The Residents - The Sleeper YouTube video by MrWzzzW

Was torn between Sun Ra, a Joe Meek demo and this. Went with the easy listening option youtu.be/-LQcHnT6trQ?...

09.03.2026 14:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The points made here still very much stand.

09.03.2026 13:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Slíbhín/ sleeveen is a perfect descriptor for Micheál.

09.03.2026 12:22 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

True, sleeveen Micheál sitting alone sadly plucking out shamrocks from the bowl one by one. "He loves me, he loves me not"...

09.03.2026 11:27 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I think stopping US planes landing in Shannon would upset him more than Catherine Connolly's words. We should be cancelling any visits not them.

09.03.2026 11:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The primordial soup surely.

08.03.2026 21:35 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Try our Black '47 combo platter. Famine balls, hungry grass salad, and Coffin Chips. All served on a miniature sliding coffin. Upgrade to the extra sized Gorta Mór special for $3.50!!!

08.03.2026 20:17 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0