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Off to the continent for a few days, and herself has packed some Barrys teabags in Irish Mammy tradition. There will be a Lidl round the corner, it is quite civilized these days I protest, but no arguments will be heard, the teabags go in. #speirgorm

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Alan @apertum.ie · 02/10/2026

Taking a quick look at the updated google satellite images of the Commonwealth graveyards in Gaza. My great grandmother's first financee was buried there somewhere in 1918 when it was called Mandatory Palestine.

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Alan @apertum.ie · 02/10/2026

Dunnes had mugs with "some woman for one woman" which I found a bit puzzling, but then I am a wee English lad, puzzled by everything here.

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Alan @apertum.ie · 29/09/2026

I say we nuke the entire site from orbit. It is the only way to be sure.

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Alan @apertum.ie · 27/09/2026

Looks like he roasted it well.

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Alan @apertum.ie · 26/09/2026

It is certainly worth re-reading the Good Friday Agreement and working out how it would continue to bind both parties and in particular the Irish state in the event of a change #speirgorm

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Alan @apertum.ie · 26/09/2026

I think across many topics maximum continuity is going to be the least scary offering - i.e. the one that gets the vote sooner and more decisively.

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Alan @apertum.ie · 25/09/2026

There probably won't be a SoS NI in the UK government, can it work with an Irish government role appointing members?

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Alan @apertum.ie · 25/09/2026

This kind of thing is more productive to consider than flags.

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Alan @apertum.ie · 25/09/2026

What happens to the Parades Commission in the event of a United Ireland? #speirgorm Who would appoint members?

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Alan @apertum.ie · 25/09/2026

Mapping out where my underfloor heating goes.

Picture from a thermal camera showing glowing red lines on the floor where the pipes go

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Alan @apertum.ie · 25/09/2026

ooh, and one circuit is flowing when the valve is off. That isn't great. Wonder where that one goes.

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Alan @apertum.ie · 25/09/2026

I am now going to spend a week mapping out one circuit at a time to find out where the pipes actually go, then I will connect the thermostats to the correct valves.

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Alan @apertum.ie · 25/09/2026

I got myself a thermal camera, which is great fun to point at all sorts of things. I now know why my underfloor heating is a bit pants. The thermostats don't appear to control the pipes in their own rooms. All good prep for a heat pump next year. #speirgorm

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Alan @apertum.ie · 25/09/2026

Or a subscription might work. There are many ways, but that kind of practical "what is actually going to happen" stuff needs to be part of the pre-vote discussion.

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Alan @apertum.ie · 25/09/2026

I am fairly sure "you will still get Strictly, Bakeoff, Sewing Bee and Celebrity Traitors" is a message that will swing more votes than any flag.

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Alan @apertum.ie · 25/09/2026

Or RTE takes on the role of local broadcaster and licenses Strictly and Dr Who?

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Alan @apertum.ie · 25/09/2026

With licence fees in the north collected by the Irish state and an equivalent sum handed over to the BBC to fund it?

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Alan @apertum.ie · 25/09/2026

We need to move on from flags and cover other topics, like what happens to BBC NI.

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Alan @apertum.ie · 23/09/2026

Look at the number of parking spaces on the plans for their real estimate.

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Alan @apertum.ie · 23/09/2026

Yes, they should, but driving the wrong way has *nothing* to do with driver education.

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Alan @apertum.ie · 22/09/2026

I think it is to do with the fairly substantial number of Ukrainian refugees, but I am not sure why. I am surprised that disaligning with the time periods used in Northern Ireland doesn't seem to be a concern for anyone.

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Alan @apertum.ie · 22/09/2026

Checking my own zombie apocalypse plan against the one the government just sent me. #speirghorm

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Alan @apertum.ie · 20/09/2026

A Suron is an electric scrambler motorbike. It isn't an e-bike.

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Alan @apertum.ie · 20/09/2026

Big news for makers of golden ghillie suits. Snipers don't normally inform you which building they are going to be on in advance. Probably never in history has a snipers position been revealed before the building existed.

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Alan @apertum.ie · 20/09/2026

didn't say by which side did he?

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Alan @apertum.ie · 20/09/2026

Has anyone done the song from her point of view? She just had an average Friday, met an unremarkable English lad who couldn't play pool and was a danger at darts. Had a bit of a shift and a couple of drinks but didn't give him her number. #speirgorm

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Dave Mathieson @tinydbass.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

@irishtimes.com Can you please learn to distinguish between e-bikes (legal, safe, convenient, limited to 25km/h, you have to pedal) and electric motorbikes. The picture is of the first type, the story is about the second www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...

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Man and teenager arrested after reports of e-bikes being driven dangerously in Belfast

Police chief commends actions of officers that ‘prevented further immediate danger to road users’

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Alan @apertum.ie · 19/09/2026

I have evicted some impressive specimens in the last few days

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Alan @apertum.ie · 19/09/2026

I imagine this would be like the jelly donut scene in full metal jacket.

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Alan @apertum.ie · 19/09/2026

First use of my new chainsaw today. I counted my fingers out, and I counted them all back.

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Mags @magnumificent.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A lorry carrying a shipment of Worcestershire sauce from a brewery in Leicestershire was driving through Loughborough when it ploughed head-on into a Lamborghini Murciélago. 1/7

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Alan @apertum.ie · 17/09/2026

Don't think we had quite that many in Dorney Lake for London 2012. Fairly sure the assessment for that didn't consider the crocodiles either, so this is consistent with existing policy. www.bbc.com/sport/olympi...

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River that is home to 500 crocodiles chosen to host 2032 Olympic rowing and canoe events

A river that is home to about 500 saltwater crocodiles is given the OK to host Olympic and Paralympic rowing and canoeing events at the 2032 Brisbane Games.

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Alan @apertum.ie · 15/09/2026

Hannan always seems to be one marmalade sandwich short of a picnic.

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Alan @apertum.ie · 15/09/2026

Creative, but failing battery packs swell up. That isn't coming out of the slot with a big bulge in the middle.

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Alan @apertum.ie · 14/09/2026

The thing is, the USA has one tariff code for Irish and Scotch whiskey. They obviously can renumber things, but I don't think they did.

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Alan @apertum.ie · 14/09/2026

He seems to be able to do whatever the voices in his head tell him to do, but weirdly I thought that he removed tariffs on Scotch and Irish whisk(e)y earlier this year. He probably forgot, and just said something to get a cheer at the golf club. scotchwhiskyinvestments.com/en/us-tariff...

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US Whisky Tariffs Removed | Scotch Whisky Investments

President Trump has lifted all US tariffs on Scotch Whisky. What does this mean for the whisky market, rare bottles and investors in whisky casks?

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Alan @apertum.ie · 14/09/2026

Must think more carefully about where I store my horses!

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Alan @apertum.ie · 14/09/2026

Some city apartment owners are going to have a problem, I for one don't give a shit. The regulations are supposed to target predatory purchases of stuff that could be regular housing, and this time round they have made a better stab at the things that need stabbing.

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Alan @apertum.ie · 14/09/2026

This new attempt is much more surgical. AirBnB original concept is now basically untouched. You can let out rooms in your principle private residence, or your entire principle private residence for up to 90 days a year. Rural tiny home cottage restorations are going to be OK.

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Alan @apertum.ie · 14/09/2026

They will talk about forming a committee to look at a plan to work on a strategy to close the barn door.

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Alan @apertum.ie · 13/09/2026

He also said he was a boy in 1982, that he was dragged from the rubble of the twin towers and that the Irish are vicious bastards. He wasn't playing 4d chess with the unity comment. He is just a dumbass.

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Alan @apertum.ie · 13/09/2026

Just done a drop-off at Shannon. So much security. Saw the Qatari bribe jet, Air Force One, and Trump force one. There is a slightly limp protest, but the gobshite will never see it. #speirgorm

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Alan @apertum.ie · 12/09/2026

He was 36. The British were not the ones who took over the islands.

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Reminder: The US President says anything that pops into his head and intends none of it.

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Alan @apertum.ie · 12/09/2026

Did a bunch of folk coming from Rome get dumped in *Belfast* due to Trump? Why not divert to Kerry or Knock of Dublin?

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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 12/09/2026

🆕 Five of the 15 Cabinet members have communicated that they will not be able to attend the U.S. President’s reception at the Ambassador’s residence this lunchtime. Jack Chambers, Norma Foley, James Browne, Dara Calleary and Patrick O’Donovan have sent their regrets for not attending.

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