Archive for July, 2009
Frank Hogan’s parts department is great!
I’m singing the praises of the parts dept in Frank Hogan’s in Limerick – for dealing with my unusual parts requests over the years with a great standard of service. You guys rock!
Endeavour, and ISS
There’s something awe-inspiring about seeing the fruits of mankind’s endeavours, there are some times when it’s all brought home just how far we as a species have come.
To see tonight, the space shuttle Endeavour and it’s just-jettisonned fuel tank pass high to the south, about mag -6 and -5 in brightness, and really moving quickly across the sky – it’s almost religious.
Florida to Ireland in 19 minutes – that’s a good time. I wonder if the lads in Shannon ATC had flights on hold in case the shuttle needed to abort?
The Rules of Beer
* Beware of little bald wizened smiling old men
* Beer is food
* Premium isn’t
* It is ALWAYS beer time
* It is always a good plan
* Beer is a credit card for pain
* Tomorrow is far away
* It’s not taste that counts, but side effects
* There is no such thing as “One”
* Beer will fix it (temporarily!)
(all credits go to Daren and Mel for their brilliance)
Holiday planning?
Upcoming fun and holidays – depending on the availability of holidays at work.
Verdon gorge for a weekend and a day or 2.
Wales for a bit of MTB with Mullins and gang.
Then there’s Istanbul with Sarah.
What happened to our summer?
I miss the warm dry weather for the past few weeks! We have rain, but not enough to be useful. This rain just dampens everything, spirits, moods, appetites, and the ground that we can cycle on. And the humidity! You move and a sheen of sweat appears! And without the heat that would dry it all out…
Well what can we expect really. At least most of the farmers got a bit of hay and silage in, and the ground is still hard enough to harvest a few early crops. It’s great blight weather though!