Comments on: How to drive in Ireland - The Basics http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/29/how-to-drive-in-ireland-the-basics/ Rambles around the head of an Irish Grandad Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:51:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/29/how-to-drive-in-ireland-the-basics/#comment-24428 Grandad Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:40:31 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/29/how-to-drive-in-ireland-the-basics/#comment-24428 Oh dear. I go away for a day and a load of comments appear. Maureen - Welcome! Don't let my stories put you off. The roads here are quite safe. Statistics prove it. 95% manage to complete a journey in one piece... SID - Actually you have a good point. They should be prosecuted for double charging for the hour. The two Roberts - I'll leave you two to talk together.. Ellen - Another big Welcome! I think the only thing that sets Kildare drivers apart is that they live in Kildare. Apart from that, they are as bad as the rest. Oh dear. I go away for a day and a load of comments appear.

Maureen - Welcome! Don’t let my stories put you off. The roads here are quite safe. Statistics prove it. 95% manage to complete a journey in one piece…

SID - Actually you have a good point. They should be prosecuted for double charging for the hour.

The two Roberts - I’ll leave you two to talk together..

Ellen - Another big Welcome! I think the only thing that sets Kildare drivers apart is that they live in Kildare. Apart from that, they are as bad as the rest.

]]> By: Me Blog! » Blog Archive » Buying a car? Check your local petrol stations fuel rating first http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/29/how-to-drive-in-ireland-the-basics/#comment-24427 Me Blog! » Blog Archive » Buying a car? Check your local petrol stations fuel rating first Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:27:35 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/29/how-to-drive-in-ireland-the-basics/#comment-24427 [...] is giving running a series on how to drive here in Ireland over on his blog. But what if you don’t have a car yet or [...] [...] is giving running a series on how to drive here in Ireland over on his blog. But what if you don’t have a car yet or [...]

]]> By: townqz » How to drive in Ireland - The Basics http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/29/how-to-drive-in-ireland-the-basics/#comment-24412 townqz » How to drive in Ireland - The Basics Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:23:06 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/29/how-to-drive-in-ireland-the-basics/#comment-24412 [...] more here [...] [...] more here [...]

]]> By: Ellen http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/29/how-to-drive-in-ireland-the-basics/#comment-24387 Ellen Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:47:29 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/29/how-to-drive-in-ireland-the-basics/#comment-24387 Oh, that made me laugh! "On the minor roads [i.e. anything that hasn’t been designated a Motorway] there has been a lot of work done in the installation of pot holes." I lived in the Philippines for four years and often uttered Hail Mary, Holy Mary mantra like while driving from A to B. Since I've returned to Ireland I've found this same mantra works just as good over here for calming me down! And what is it about Kildare drivers. They all seem to drive so badly. I'm a newbie, found you through technorati! Oh, that made me laugh! “On the minor roads [i.e. anything that hasn’t been designated a Motorway] there has been a lot of work done in the installation of pot holes.”

I lived in the Philippines for four years and often uttered Hail Mary, Holy Mary mantra like while driving from A to B. Since I’ve returned to Ireland I’ve found this same mantra works just as good over here for calming me down!

And what is it about Kildare drivers. They all seem to drive so badly.
I’m a newbie, found you through technorati!

]]> By: robert http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/29/how-to-drive-in-ireland-the-basics/#comment-24378 robert Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:21:33 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/29/how-to-drive-in-ireland-the-basics/#comment-24378 Still by hand and done by a team of 4. Three Irish lads watching one Polish lad digging the hole and telling him how he is doing it wrong. Still by hand and done by a team of 4. Three Irish lads watching one Polish lad digging the hole and telling him how he is doing it wrong.

]]> By: robert bourne http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/29/how-to-drive-in-ireland-the-basics/#comment-24377 robert bourne Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:18:38 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/29/how-to-drive-in-ireland-the-basics/#comment-24377 Do they use a pothole making machine or is it still done by hand...I prefer the old way it takes some skill to make a pothole by hand and place it exactly the right place to cause the maximum amount of damage...Craftsmen like that are a dying breed over here.... Do they use a pothole making machine or is it still done by hand…I prefer the old way it takes some skill to make a pothole by hand and place it exactly the right place to cause the maximum amount of damage…Craftsmen like that are a dying breed over here….

]]> By: robert http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/29/how-to-drive-in-ireland-the-basics/#comment-24370 robert Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:23:20 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/29/how-to-drive-in-ireland-the-basics/#comment-24370 For some reason, yet again, the Red Cow roundabout is a building site once more! What is it about that fscking piece of tarmac that they just have to keep digging up, through and around it! Maybe that is where Berties missing money is hidden. I'm serious though, in the past 9 years I have never passed through it without some serious groundwork going on! For some reason, yet again, the Red Cow roundabout is a building site once more! What is it about that fscking piece of tarmac that they just have to keep digging up, through and around it!

Maybe that is where Berties missing money is hidden.

I’m serious though, in the past 9 years I have never passed through it without some serious groundwork going on!

]]> By: SID http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/29/how-to-drive-in-ireland-the-basics/#comment-24368 SID Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:25:16 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/29/how-to-drive-in-ireland-the-basics/#comment-24368 What joy it must have been for toll booth operators working on Saturday night. A whole extra hour! Free! What joy it must have been for toll booth operators working on Saturday night.

A whole extra hour! Free!

]]> By: Maureen http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/29/how-to-drive-in-ireland-the-basics/#comment-24364 Maureen Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:42:16 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/29/how-to-drive-in-ireland-the-basics/#comment-24364 I've always had a desire to be a tourist in your fair country, but after reading your driving horror stories, I'm having second thoughts. Or was that your intent - scare away the bloody tourists and lessen the number of eejits on the roads ;) I’ve always had a desire to be a tourist in your fair country, but after reading your driving horror stories, I’m having second thoughts. Or was that your intent - scare away the bloody tourists and lessen the number of eejits on the roads ;)

]]> By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/29/how-to-drive-in-ireland-the-basics/#comment-24361 Grandad Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:02:17 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/29/how-to-drive-in-ireland-the-basics/#comment-24361 Gaye - L drivers can't drive. That's why I'm delighted they are being turfed off the road. Leann - Have you seen our Red Cow Roundabout? Hah!! Dictionary definition of chaos. Gaye - L drivers can’t drive. That’s why I’m delighted they are being turfed off the road.

Leann - Have you seen our Red Cow Roundabout? Hah!! Dictionary definition of chaos.

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