Comments on: Slainte http://www.headrambles.com/2008/02/19/slainte/ Rambles around the head of an Irish Grandad Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:56:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2008/02/19/slainte/#comment-30509 Grandad Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:14:08 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2008/02/19/slainte/#comment-30509 My apologies for my absence, but I was off getting quietly inebriated. Thank you all for your good wishes :) KevanB - You are bringing back memories now! My first full time job [48 hour week] paid me the princely sum of £500 a year, gross. But then a pint was around 3/3p which is around 13c nowadays. Baino - Why do you think we spend so much time in the pubs? It's the only safe place to get a liquid intake! Caro - You could well be right. This government seems determined to kill us all off, one way or another... My apologies for my absence, but I was off getting quietly inebriated.

Thank you all for your good wishes :)

KevanB - You are bringing back memories now! My first full time job [48 hour week] paid me the princely sum of £500 a year, gross. But then a pint was around 3/3p which is around 13c nowadays.

Baino - Why do you think we spend so much time in the pubs? It’s the only safe place to get a liquid intake!

Caro - You could well be right. This government seems determined to kill us all off, one way or another…

]]> By: Caro http://www.headrambles.com/2008/02/19/slainte/#comment-30505 Caro Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:25:59 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2008/02/19/slainte/#comment-30505 Oh and happy birthday :-) Oh and happy birthday :-)

]]> By: Caro http://www.headrambles.com/2008/02/19/slainte/#comment-30504 Caro Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:25:29 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2008/02/19/slainte/#comment-30504 It's his way of dealing with the crisis in the health system. Kill off a third of the population, thereby reducing waiting lists by a third. Or even more, seeing as the old and the already ill will be the first to capitulate. Gormless is a genius. It’s his way of dealing with the crisis in the health system. Kill off a third of the population, thereby reducing waiting lists by a third. Or even more, seeing as the old and the already ill will be the first to capitulate.

Gormless is a genius.

]]> By: Maureen http://www.headrambles.com/2008/02/19/slainte/#comment-30485 Maureen Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:56:04 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2008/02/19/slainte/#comment-30485 Happy Birthday t'ya. I'll raise a glass of our fine Canadian water in your honour. Happy Birthday t’ya. I’ll raise a glass of our fine Canadian water in your honour.

]]> By: KevanB http://www.headrambles.com/2008/02/19/slainte/#comment-30484 KevanB Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:15:47 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2008/02/19/slainte/#comment-30484 I am in favour of the deposit scheme on glass bottles. But then I would be as when I was a kid I shoved an old wrecked pram around the place collecting beer and lemonade bottles and getting the deposits back. It was a penny a bottle. A gobstopper was a penny. Even allowing for the majority of the money having to go to the people who I got the bottles off I still managed to have an almost permanent bulge in the side of my face. So bring back the bottle deposit and let our kids be able to earn a couple of bob. ( For the younger readers a penny was 0.0052829 of a euro and a bob was that times 12 - So, Grandad please do not start us of on inflation, and the rising cost of living since I was a boy. But, happy birthday, and I trust you do not read this until tomorrow and have a great night.). I am in favour of the deposit scheme on glass bottles. But then I would be as when I was a kid I shoved an old wrecked pram around the place collecting beer and lemonade bottles and getting the deposits back. It was a penny a bottle. A gobstopper was a penny. Even allowing for the majority of the money having to go to the people who I got the bottles off I still managed to have an almost permanent bulge in the side of my face. So bring back the bottle deposit and let our kids be able to earn a couple of bob.

( For the younger readers a penny was 0.0052829 of a euro and a bob was that times 12 - So, Grandad please do not start us of on inflation, and the rising cost of living since I was a boy. But, happy birthday, and I trust you do not read this until tomorrow and have a great night.).

]]> By: Banio http://www.headrambles.com/2008/02/19/slainte/#comment-30483 Banio Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:51:51 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2008/02/19/slainte/#comment-30483 Happy birthday old fella! I'm all up for the recyclable bottles and the deposit regime. They still do it here in South Australia but it became too unweildy *read not enough money in recycling and reusing* in the rest of the country, I don't know why because we're among the biggest recyclers per capita in the world. It is back on the agenda tho! As is the don't drink bottled water thing. I heard somewhere that we should stop drinking filtered beer and milk for the same reason . . production of the glass and cold filtering uses too much energy and water. Wow I had no idea your water supply was tainted! My backpack is getting fuller what with water purifiers, bullet proof vests and the like! You'll see me coming a mile away! Happy birthday old fella! I’m all up for the recyclable bottles and the deposit regime. They still do it here in South Australia but it became too unweildy *read not enough money in recycling and reusing* in the rest of the country, I don’t know why because we’re among the biggest recyclers per capita in the world. It is back on the agenda tho! As is the don’t drink bottled water thing. I heard somewhere that we should stop drinking filtered beer and milk for the same reason . . production of the glass and cold filtering uses too much energy and water.

Wow I had no idea your water supply was tainted! My backpack is getting fuller what with water purifiers, bullet proof vests and the like! You’ll see me coming a mile away!

]]> By: Thriftcriminal http://www.headrambles.com/2008/02/19/slainte/#comment-30480 Thriftcriminal Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:45:32 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2008/02/19/slainte/#comment-30480 Yeah, HB GD. Yeah, HB GD.

]]> By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2008/02/19/slainte/#comment-30475 Grandad Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:28:38 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2008/02/19/slainte/#comment-30475 Wha??? How did you know that? Thanks anyway! :lol: Wha??? How did you know that?

Thanks anyway! :lol:

]]> By: GoingLikeSixty http://www.headrambles.com/2008/02/19/slainte/#comment-30474 GoingLikeSixty Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:23:08 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2008/02/19/slainte/#comment-30474 I drink to your continued health and wealth. Happy Birthday. I drink to your continued health and wealth.

Happy Birthday.

]]> By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2008/02/19/slainte/#comment-30473 Grandad Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:10:40 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2008/02/19/slainte/#comment-30473 I remember the good old days of bringing glass bottles back to the supermarket. It wasn't that long ago either. I also remember being charged extra for bottles of stout, if I was taking them out of the pub! I remember the good old days of bringing glass bottles back to the supermarket. It wasn’t that long ago either. I also remember being charged extra for bottles of stout, if I was taking them out of the pub!

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