Merlot54 Blog Comments (191)

RE: Best group photo of all time

I was never at one of those attractions but apart from the nice idea of getting the photo, I noticed that the parents completely ignored the seal, it was just to get the photo, seems strange to me. I expected they would give it some attention before leaving, but not even a backward glance.

RE: An announcement to the Irish

RE: An announcement to the Irish

Corrected my post.

Upon re-reading that last post it didn't look right.
It should have been 'we' or 'one'.

Apologies.

RE: An announcement to the Irish

I was in Galway for a year on a contract but I don't remember the rain. I always intended to move to the west like a lot of emigrants do from Dublin.
I do remember Teresa Mannion, I don't have a TV so I pictured her blowing off the pier in Salthill, haha.

Isn't Ireland great, you'd never be stuck for a conversion starter.

I wonder what was the longest conversation ever, about the weather, before you got down to the more serious concerns of the day.

You could always spend a few weekends in sunny Dublin with your daughters, go to some venues and forget about the rain for a while.

RE: An announcement to the Irish

We only had rain during Friday night. Before that I don't remember when it rained. I took to watering the garden, with a bucket, in case there was a hose ban.

RE: Some things I’ve learnt along the way…(pt. 3)

I mean how women think, I've no idea, so can't advise on that topic, I'll leave that to women to figure out.

RE: Some things I’ve learnt along the way…(pt. 3)

Ok, you're the boss, but having something on your mind for 30 odd years has to have some significance.

I didn't comment on the 2nd part of your blog because 'Romantic Love' is more a womens thing.
So good luck sorting that out.

RE: Some things I’ve learnt along the way…(pt. 3)

Being aware of the affect our interaction has with others is good but not to the point where it overly troubles us.
If we are receptive to hints of our bad behaviour and our annoying habits that is a good thing because we can within reason rectify certain things for the sake of harmony. That is normal and we hope others are like minded.
You may remember our discussion on controlling behaviour. I still think that is something that needs some attention.
One shouldn't try to change others, unless it is really necessary. If your mindset is to change someone for the 'better' then this may be how you deal with your own 'flaws'. If someone tries to change you, that is not right, but if they hint or later strongly hint that something you are doing is socially bothersome then you may obsess over it.

Have I completely confused you now?

RE: CS market share in different EU countries

Quote "3758 Irish women on CS of that same age range in a population of only 5 million."

Approximately 500 active this year, less with photo.
The rest are dormant, from 1 to 10 years old.

RE: CS market share in different EU countries

CS own words in large print on their opening page.

"100% Free Online Dating Site."

RE: A B C ...... of . j feelings in A...

She's gone to work on her apology. This should be good.

RE: A B C ...... of . j feelings in A...

Aw shucks Witchy it's just a lovers quarrel, we'll get over it.

RE: A B C ...... of . j feelings in A...

Ok and just to finish. I remember that some time ago you (I think) advised a blogger / poster about recognising a source of information, further showing that the advice being given here was informative.

RE: A B C ...... of . j feelings in A...

I hadn't a clue what was meant by the statement.
But why miss the opportunity to promote oneself.

RE: A B C ...... of . j feelings in A...

I never said anything about romance.
I know exactly what happened.
You were encouraged to join in those blogs and were made a fictional central character. You went along with it and then were dropped suddenly without warning. I noticed that and thought it was unkind.
My involvement on the other blog was purely technical with you, but later I felt it was like everything was going against you which I didnt like. You didnt defend yourself so I said something on your behalf.
I also never implied that you were jealous, but I assumed that you were hurt

RE: A B C ...... of . j feelings in A...

Ah but I'd happily trade freedom for the right woman.

RE: A B C ...... of . j feelings in A...

Spot on.
A was "cancelled".
She is human after all. (Is that a song)
My sympathies to her.

RE: The Russian Paper Tiger

Have you got the wording. I read it some time ago so I can't remember how strong the commitment is. I think it may only be a political promise to consultation.

The US+UK etc written agreement is strongly worded but they are now saying that it too is only a political promise, not legally binding. I fear that Ukraine was duped by them all. France as well.

Right now even if Russia uses Nuclear weapons on Ukraine there may be no legally binding agreement with any country to defend them.

I hope I'm wrong and stand to be corrected.

RE: WTF, PELOSI's charge was dropped?

Exactly what I was wondering, how was this guy allowed to serve.

Absolutely not saying that.

Is it unclear what I said?

RE: Twitter bot infested?

Apparently Musk declined to do this due diligence before committing to the deal. Now he says that it's not what he thought. Sounds like he bought it on a whim.

RE: WTF, PELOSI's charge was dropped?

I would pity anyone whose guilt or innocence was to be decided by a prejudiced juror.

It actually happened in a case when I was a juror. There was a son of a cop who wouldn't even sit with us. He was for the prosecution, and he somehow convinced two girls to abstain with him. The case had to go for re-trial because the judge would have accepted a 10 - 2 result. The case was based on cop's evidence which was not credible.

RE: Twitter bot infested?

Elon Musk has been given the chance to examine all 500 million daily tweets to identify and count the malicious bots.
That should keep him quiet for a while.



Of course he will probably use a bot to identify and count the malicious bots.
This would be a fairly simple computer program designed and written for this specific purpose.
He needs to separate individual malicious tweets from malicious 'bot' tweets which complicates things a bit.
This is necessary because he only complained about bots.
He can't object to business bots because that is a specific facility provided by twitter for the benefit of users.
The key is to be able to identify and connect the developers code number to the tweets in order to prove that bots are spamming multiple malicious tweets. If the code number is not recoverable then I don't know how he can prove anything.

Regardless of the outcome he is still contractually bound to complete the purchase, under penalty for non-completion, because he only raised the bot question after agreeing to buy.

Although now that Twitter have agreed to give him access to the tweets I think they must allow him access to account information too.

This is just my interpretation so correct me if I'm wrong.

RE: Is it true the Dutch government wants to shut down farms in hopes of preventing more global warming?

Moving the problem out of your country doesn't solve it. You also pay more on shipping costs to get the meat back.

RE: The Ever Growing Living Root Bridges

There was a program on our radio yesterday about these bridges, I enjoyed listening to it.

RE: Attracting younger men…

It might be a Student / Teacher thing.
I think you look like a teacher.

Did you fancy any of your teachers?

RE: Ohio Governor to sign bill allowing armed school employees

If the teachers are going to have guns maybe put gun safety classes on the curriculum. Kids wouldn't be fearful of them then and would know to treat them with respect. I'm fairly sure we were shown how to make explosives in science class.
Anything within reason that is going to be part of their life should be introduced to them at an appropriate age and explained properly.
Right now they are seeing what is happening and are traumatised by events without having a proper understanding. I think if we understand things we cope better.

RE: Ohio Governor to sign bill allowing armed school employees

It will help. Even an alarm bell box on the front wall is a deterrent to burglars, better still to have an alarm.

Some rural Missouri schools have been arming teachers for 9 years.

Listen to the audio clip in the article.



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RE: And The Sign Said

RE: And The Sign Said

RE: And The Sign Said

That's a lot of Lava. It looks like our Burren.