PostsCommentsPayoutsdeirdyweirdy (70)in Weekend Experiences • 14 days agoBehave!It’s often said that the world is overpopulated. I don’t believe it. The real problem is that most people take up too much space. Let’s face it, half of you eat enough for two…deirdyweirdy (70)in Rant, Complain, Talk • 20 days agoGormless.As none of you will remember, I posted a riveting exposé last year on the Irish Government’s €336,000 parliamentary bike shed. Well, forget that... (I know, I know, you already…deirdyweirdy (70)in Weekend Experiences • 28 days agoThe path less trodden.By nature, I’m a contrarian. Rules and regulations? Little use for them. They’re for other people. Of course, if a door says push, I don’t go around pulling. That'd just be…deirdyweirdy (70)in Weekend Experiences • last monthRichard the turd.I met him at the local dance. Richard. Whether he told me his surname, I don’t recall. We made a date to go to the pictures the following Saturday. The little girl who lives…deirdyweirdy (70)in Weekend Experiences • last monthThe last straw!What find of fuckery is this? Though I must confess to recent fantasies of dispatching the numbskull who decreed that all plastic bottles in Europe must now have tethered caps…deirdyweirdy (70)in Rant, Complain, Talk • 2 months agoDied suddenlyAs a rule, I don’t give pallets much thought. But in the comments section of my last post, I found myself in not one, but two conversations about their many and varied…deirdyweirdy (70)in HiveGarden • 2 months agoGrowing pains.It’s been a tough growing season, I’ll not deny it. Between relentless raids by marauding chickens, a stretch of unusually hot, dry weather and a non-stop battle with mildew…deirdyweirdy (70)in Weekend Experiences • 2 months agoWhat the Dickens?I’d call myself a hoptimist…I hop between optimism and pessimism. By nature, I lean toward the sunny side and have never taken out an insurance policy on anything. But a long and…deirdyweirdy (70)in Wednesday Walk • 2 months agoClose encounterAs I’ve related before, because I do love to repeat myself, I moved to the country five years ago, and through no fault of my own, acquired four dogs. Back in the city, I never…deirdyweirdy (70)in Weekend Experiences • 2 months agoThe fine art of being human.If you’re one of my blog's many avid readers, you’re already well aware of the numerous fine qualities that make me an ideal role model. Let’s begin with my exquisite manners.…deirdyweirdy (70)in Weekend Experiences • 2 months agoFantasy IslandI don’t think I complain nearly enough, considering the sheer volume of nonsense to be righteously irritated about. There’s the weather, naturally, and then there are other…deirdyweirdy (70)in Weekend Experiences • 3 months agoLittle and largeWhen you’ve retired to the middle of nowhere to live off the fat of the land and you don’t drive, your activity options are severely limited. There’s mucking out the chicken…deirdyweirdy (70)in Weekend Experiences • 3 months agoLocked and loaded.Given the choice between a zombie apocalypse and being the last living person on Earth, I’d have to go with the zombies. I mean, without other people around, who would…deirdyweirdy (70)in Weekend Experiences • 3 months agoSNAFU.I couldn't claim to be brilliant in many areas. Well, I could, but I'd be fibbing. I’m more of a jack of all trades. I can do a bit of everything, but nothing brilliantly. Except…deirdyweirdy (70)in Freewriters • 3 months agoDeepA story in 50 wordsdeirdyweirdy (70)in Weekend Experiences • 3 months agoSilence...Please!When you’re a geriatric gardener sharing quarters with four dogs, twenty chickens and two monstrous men, peace and solitude become the holy grail of weekends. I need no disco…deirdyweirdy (70)in Weekend Experiences • 4 months agoDream worldMy earliest memory is of my mother screaming as she tried to throw me out of a second-storey window. As a child I had this recurring nightmare, hands gripping me under the…deirdyweirdy (70)in Weekend Experiences • 4 months agoMetamorphosis.When I was a child showers were magical things they had in America. In Ireland, we had baths...once a week. I didn’t experience the joy of a shower until 1973, when my brother…deirdyweirdy (70)in Weekend Experiences • 4 months agoMight-have-beensMe and my first love in happy days If you know me at all dear reader, you will not be surprised to learn that I can recall not a singe occasion on which I have been a dickhead.…deirdyweirdy (70)in HiveGarden • 4 months agoEverything in the garden is rosyIt’s lashing down outside after a month of wall to wall sunshine, practically unknown in Ireland, so instead of spending hours watering, watering everywhere, I’m sitting on my…
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