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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

If you use Windows, right alt and e should do it. I'm not sure about Apple stuff though!

Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

There are no pay phones any more, so anyone that travels to secondary school without a school bus or a lift needs a means of contacting home to say (e.g.)"my bike chain broke, please come and help". (This has happened to our teen). How social media is managed is a separate issue.

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I have a lot of music scores in pdf docs. Adobe always offers to give me a summary of "this long document"... not quite sure what it would generate if I agreed!

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I noticed that on the radio yesterday, and was pretty shocked as the actual reason is very easy to find.

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I hope you find out how to turn it off. I couldn't see any other setting that sounded like it would do that.

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I wonder if it's this setting "Smart Features" in the "General" tab under "Settings"

An image of the text from the "Smart Features" section in gmail. It says: Turn on smart features in Gmail, Chat and Meet - When you turn this setting on, you agree to let Gmail, Chat and Meet use your content and activity in these products to provide smart features and personalise your experience.

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

I bought 2x24 desktop for husband's desktop in aug for 152EUR. It's now 637EUR. I guess I'm not upgrading my own pc any time soon...

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

There's a butcher here in Drogheda that makes his own, I've bought it a couple of times, but I'm the only one in the house that likes it.

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Mine had the flu a few weeks ago, the fever stayed for about a week, he missed a chunk of school. Hope yours doesn't have that.

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

This is working in our house, FYI.

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I have a sign on our door but it doesn't deter them all, unfortunately. I do say "not interested, thanks" instead of what I really want to say which involves expletives and talking about lack of ability to read signs. After all, they know where I live!

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I was going to fill it in but it's only for people that grew up here. I'll encourage the other half to do so instead!

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

We have a Panasonic one, it used to be the gold standard, it's about 20 years old and has been used a lot over the years. If you're making loaves it's grand, but for rolls or French sticks you have to then shape, prove again and bake. There might be other brands that are better now.

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

We use YouTube music, but we also have the no ads thing for videos (this is so worth it especially if you have kids) so it's probably not cheaper than Spotify.

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

When I lived in Glasgow there used to be a boat on the river in the city centre that held ceilidhs every weekend. I went to a few, it was fun. The boat never left the moorings.

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

That sounds lovely, shame it had to stop.

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

I like this. Personally as a "blow-in" that just hasn't gotten around to naturalising I can't vote in this one, so I have to hope and trust that everyone with the vote will exercise their right. Fingers crossed that whichever candidate is successful is anywhere near as good as Michael D.

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

My gp does them too but I got a more convenient appointment at my local pharmacy too.

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

I'd never heard it before and I understood what he meant by it. It's quite nice to come across new phrases even after being here so many years.

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Do the public have any way of finding out whether any councillors back a candidate, even if their bid for a spot on the ballot is unsuccessful?

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

I think a potential problem with this is that if it doesn't recognise the barcode then it will eat the can/bottle without paying out. At the moment you get a chance to rotate the item and try again (have found this happening quite often myself). Maybe an additional lane for non return items instead?

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

I did the same! Mine was 90g. I also have other (Dunnes) spinach in the fridge but think I'm not going to chance it just in case it gets added on to the list like the SuperValu one.

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

I'm learning French on the same app. I resent having to translate film to movie, football match to soccer game, cinema to movie theater, and so on. Those are all perfectly correct English words and don't need translating to US equivalents.

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

I followed thinking it was great to see a woman my own age, then I remembered I'm gen x. Oops! Looking forward to having a watch sometime

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Aye, I wanted to make it a few years ago but wasn't in a positon to.

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Omg thank you, randomly came across this post, I was looking for that pattern earlier in the week but forgot what it was called. Favouriting it this time

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

I had an argument with a very rude guy on the DART that got on with a lit cigarette. I called him out for it and he yelled in my face "I'm on the phone, you're being rude" but somehow I stood my ground. Was very glad when he got off at his stop and didn't follow me home!

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

When I first moved here from Scotland it was just after the indoor smoking ban came into effect here, and before there was one over there. I was delighted! Still hate walking through a wall of smokers to get into buildings, or behind one on the street, but at least most indoor spaces are safe now.

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Was fortunate to be in Dublin this morning and I saw a couple of groups of people all dressed up for #Bloomsday2025 #spéirgorm - I have to admit I've never been able to get through the book but maybe one day I'll have another go and be successful. Gorgeous weather for all the hats!

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

I'd love one really, it looks cute.

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

I think for mostly town/city driving, that makes the Ami better as it has a passenger seat. If only it wasn't taxed as a car...

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Solitaire is all full of ads now, with a subscription to remove them. I uninstalled it because of this.

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

We are fortunate here - there are schools (both primary and secondary) in our area that are non religious. I don't think I would have handled the catholic school thing well. The secondary school our teen is at now is over-subscribed, again we were lucky to get a place. I hope she had a good day.

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Thank you, have just reminded teen to get theirs!

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

How did you pay? If Paypal, they have a process for making claims, otherwise if credit card, you can contact the provider and have them chargeback the funds. I think if it was debit card it might be harder, but you can check with your bank/card issuer.

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Well done! I tried to learn when my son was in primary school as he went to a Gaelscoil but nobody could understand me and I gave up too easily! The teachers tolerated my English - I might have been given a pass because I'm not from here. Good luck to you, I admire people that can learn languages.

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

as the last time I couldn't even look them up on my phone. A wind-up radio would be good too, though, and possibility to use it to charge phones interests me. Fortunately we didn't lose power yesterday, but it always feels good to be prepared.

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

We have a battery powered radio that I had forgotten about until I was looking for something else during a power cut last year. I got it out on Thursday so it was somewhere easy to locate - I have a label on it with the frequencies of local and national stations in case of no phone data,

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Kirsty Kerr @flugelgal.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Hope it works for you, going to be very cold next week

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