Archive for Laziness category:

Road to nowhere


Published on November 11th, 2007
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Residents with Fingal County Council as their local authority may know about their often bad road design and brutal signage. The Roads Department isn’t good at implementing pedestrian or cyclist facilities in thoughtful ways.
There is a gem of an example on Blanchardstown Road South, behind Power City. There is a nice footpath and off-road cycle [...]

Crooked ruler at Fingal County Council


Published on November 9th, 2007
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Looking at the pedestrian crossing points at a nearby roundabout it looks like the Traffic Engineers at Fingal County Council have a wonky ruler.
The dished parts of the pavement on either side don’t even nearly line up. Even a kid would draw a more straight line freehand.
This was designed by the department whose policy is:
to [...]

Smoking impacts dexterity


Published on November 5th, 2007
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I was walking through the business park on the way to work and saw proof that smoking affects dexterity. Most businesses just have the tall, thin bin for cigarette butts. The smokers at this company obviously have difficulty fitting their cigarette butts into the holes in the bin top. I must come to the only [...]

Is the site actually finished?


Published on October 18th, 2007
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This weekend my wife and I are attending an ante natal class at the Springfield Hotel in Leixlip. Off to the website to get directions.
Nice looking site.
I clicked on ‘Maps’ at the bottom of the page. Nothing happened. The url in the status bar showed a ‘#’ so I waited for a popup window. Nothing [...]

Seeing things


Published on September 11th, 2007
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I must be seeing things on North Strand Road – the sign says that there are No Road Markings, but I’m sure that my eyes aren’t lying to me. Those crisp, new white things on the road (which is also brand new tarmac) certainly look like road markings. How hard is it to take these [...]

Sorry for inconvinience


Published on August 20th, 2007
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I phoned in and an Indian take away order from Let’s Eat In over the weekend. Mmm, their Dal Makhani dish (black beans in a dark creamy sauce) is excellent.
The take away came with a copy of their new menu – without Dal Makhani! I went online to investigate. I was met with a [...]