Month: March 2023

Money in the Bank?

Safe as houses and money in the bank are expressions unfortunately linked.

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Categorised as Business

Guys and Dolls

I am across the river with two broads on a sunny afternoon – in fact, it is forever sunny when I am with these particular dolls.

Very Valuable Advice

“Of all the high players this country ever sees, there is no doubt but that the guy they call The Sky is the highest. In fact, the reason he is called The Sky is because he goes so high when it comes to betting on any proposition whatever. He will bet all he has, and… Continue reading Very Valuable Advice

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Categorised as Literature

A Rap on the Knuckles

My first school was in Castlebellingham, just a thirteen minute drive from Barmeath. My mother always took the blue route through Annagassan and along the coast to Castlebellingham.

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Categorised as Family, Music

A Bishop of Ossory

David Rothe (1573 – 1650) was “raised by the Pope to the dignity of Prothonotary Apostolic”.

A Feather in His Cap

I confuse Aubusson and Audubon. You will know the former is a village in central France famous for the production of rugs – a French Axminster, if you will.

Indian Territory

Forty years ago, in March 1983, I developed a mild obsession with Oklahoma that continued until I stopped working almost eight years ago.

Heavy Metal

  At lunch at the Polish Club yesterday we agreed on the advantages of urban living as we get on a bit.

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