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Pot. Kettle. Dark colour.
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We are all very familiar with the bogus used clothes collectors that drive by in the early hours to grab the bags that have been left out in response to their regular never ending leaflet drops.
A recent leaflet for one such collection had the gall to ask people not to put the bags out the [...]
No More Babys
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Back in January a Californian woman gave birth to 8 babies. She already had 6 children.
Not surprisingly there was quite a reaction to this, with the doctor being investigated and the woman’s grandparents calling her “absolutely irresponsible” and her behaviour “unconscionable“.
The photo here, from the Irish Times, shows a local resident protesting outside the woman’s [...]
Road to nowhere
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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
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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 [...]
Find the phone number
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A friend asked me to look at the website for Cronin moving company because he couldn’t find the phone number. He wasn’t mistaken, it’s not on the site! Nor is the company address! The phone book was used to get the number.
This omissions violates item 7 (Hidden Contact Details) in 10 reasons why your website [...]
Ingenuity in web design
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Recently a new web design company asked those on the boards.ie Webmaster forum to review their website. It was a bloodbath.
The thread started off without a link to the site. As soon as that was rectified the massacre started. The site is so bad that some thought it was a joke.
Are you tired of being [...]
Childrens do learn
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I haven’t seen any typos since my last post but did hear George Bush’s grammer gaff on The Daily Show last week (each show is broadcast the following night on More4).
They showed the clip where President Bush stated, in front of a class of New York school kids, that “Childrens do learn.”
Among many other gaffs, [...]
He knows his job
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A few weeks ago I was nearly taken out by a motorist entering a roundabout so somehow failed to see hi-viz me on my bike. Scared the hell out of me. I reported it in Cabra Garda station a few minutes later.
A week later I dropped into the station to see how the ‘investigation’ was [...]
Typo on the vine
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You rarely see typos in packaging, probably a result of reviews by multiple sets of eyes. Tesco have missed on on their Tomatoes on the vine product. These are Rippened (sic) on the vine for fuller flavour.
I wonder how many of these stickers Tesco has already printed and how long it will be [...]
