The Helpers Went on Strike!

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Is ait an mac an saol




“Gabhaim leithscéal ó chroí libh”



Sorry folks, something went awry today ... "mea culpa"

Happy Jack was messing about with the various settings on here, made a mess-up and couldn't remember what he'd done!!! 

Anyway, he's a little tune:







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  1. carl jacobs30 December 2022 at 03:18

    I must admit that Irish music is really good. It's not hard to add to your offering - Roddy McCorley, Rising of the Moon, Rosin the Beau.

    Here find my own offering:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kekuRijXxMI

    OK, OK. So the composers might technically be Canadian. But the legend is from Ireland. So that counts.

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  2. Happy Jack30 December 2022 at 03:43

    I was getting worried about you and your family Carl. Did you experience the severe weather?

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    1. BrianR 30 December 2022 at 09:29

      "I"? What happened to Jack's illeism? Is this a New Year's Resolution come early?
      What would Caesar say?

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    2. Happy Jack30 December 2022 at 13:37

      Dodo took over ....

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    3. Ray Sunshine30 December 2022 at 19:22

      What would an illeist consider the correct way to say "Mea culpa"?

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  3. carl jacobs30 December 2022 at 04:33

    Well, depends on what you mean by "severe". It was cold and we did get a moderate amount of snow. But I have experienced much worse. Temperature was (say) -9°F with -30°F wind-chill. Easy to dress for that.

    I did manage to get sick on Christmas Eve. Didn't start to feel better until Wednesday. So not much of a Christmas.

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    1. Happy Jack30 December 2022 at 14:23

      There are twelve days of Christmas - from Christmas Day until 6th of January - so plenty of time to enjoy the season.

      Today in the Latin Church we celebrate the Feast of Saint Thomas Becket.

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  4. carl jacobs30 December 2022 at 04:38

    Editors Note: For those poor souls who are stuck using the crippled, truncated and hopelessly abstract Celsius system, that -23°C and -34°C.

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  5. Prof Generaliter30 December 2022 at 09:55

    I thought I had said good format, but it's disappeared. Anyway let's see what happens this time!

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  6. 雲水30 December 2022 at 10:28

    It happens. Once, when I waiting in the car for my dad to drive me to school, I managed to change the car radio's language settings to German. He was so impressed by my ingenuity, he drove around with it like that all day until politely asking me to reset it when he picked me up in the afternoon.

    Anyway, I like the new format but the text is showing as light blue on a white background for me, which isn't the easiest read. Also, Ray's avatar is taking up half the screen for some reason. Everyone else is normal size.

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  7. BrianR 30 December 2022 at 10:40

    Light blue for me too - a trial for failing eyes. Can Jack change this, please?

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  8. Happy Jack30 December 2022 at 13:26

    Jack's tearing out what little hair he has left!!!

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  9. Prof Generaliter30 December 2022 at 13:50

    Black is too strong, how about dark blue 😂😂😂 Also the "Comment as: Prof Generaliter seem bigger?

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    1. Happy Jack30 December 2022 at 13:57

      This is Happy Jack's blog and he will not tolerate islander mutiny. It's not a democracy here!

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  10. Prof Generaliter30 December 2022 at 15:08

    It's mutiny Mr Christian, mutiny!

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    1. carl jacobs30 December 2022 at 16:30

      Mutiny? Against the Dread Pirate Captain Jack Dodo?

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    2. Prof Generaliter30 December 2022 at 17:48

      Makes your blood run cold!

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    3. The Way of Dodo30 December 2022 at 18:30

      I've got my eye on you!

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    4. Prof Generaliter30 December 2022 at 19:36

      Hope you're wearing your glasses, you'll not see me otherwise 😂

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  11. Happy Jack30 December 2022 at 16:45

    Happy Jack is working with the Vatican Ambassador to secure deployment of Swiss Guard.

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  12. 雲水30 December 2022 at 19:24

    I don't like sans-serif fonts! Can you change it to something more refined?

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    1. Happy Jack30 December 2022 at 19:33

      Happy Jack is now appreciating the tetchiness of the deceased Cranmer! We must have driven the poor soul to despair!

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    2. Prof Generaliter30 December 2022 at 19:37

      More refined? How about comic sans?

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    3. Prof Generaliter30 December 2022 at 20:27

      Red! Red! Why? Much preferred the blue 😖

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    4. 雲水30 December 2022 at 21:10

      The grey is nice, but I feel it lacks commitment, being neither white nor black. May I suggest skobeloff?

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    5. Happy Jack30 December 2022 at 21:20

      You're versed in Greek, right? Might Jack suggest a sitable colour for thee>

      Hmm .. how about 'σκύβαλον'

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    6. The Way of Dodo30 December 2022 at 21:34

      Jack, put your glasses on!

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    7. 雲水30 December 2022 at 21:42

      I'm not a fan of browns... 🤨

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  13. Happy Jack30 December 2022 at 19:35

    Ray, you need to do something about your avatar! It's taking over half my screen!

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    1. Happy Jack30 December 2022 at 19:37

      Ps, you have to size it to fit the available space.

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    2. Ray Sunshine30 December 2022 at 20:52


      It never did this before, and it's only happening here on your blog, nowhere else.
      Did you delete my comment where I asked you a question about it?

      30 December 2022 at 20:50

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    3. Happy Jack30 December 2022 at 21:29

      Hi Ray, I can read your comments in 'administrator' mode, but not on the webloG and I can't reply to them there.

      It's possible - probable - I deleted your comment, and others too. Tbh, it's been a nightmare setting this up and most of the time I was stumbling around in the dark.

      So, apologies if your comment was deleted. It's not my style to do such a thing deliberately.

      Jack est culpa!


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  14. Ray Sunshine30 December 2022 at 20:50

    This comment has been removed by the author.

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  15. Ray Sunshine30 December 2022 at 22:02

    OK, Jack, I have now deleted my avatar. I'll leave it like that for a day or two. Let's wait and see what happens.

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  16. Happy Jack30 December 2022 at 23:38

    Sorry again, Ray. I hate computers and it seems I set up two parallel accounts, It's was actually okay in the end. It's be nice the avatar of Uncle Brian again!

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    1. Ray Sunshine30 December 2022 at 23:54

      Please don't apologise, Jack. I don't get on well with computers myself. I don't even remember now what avatar I used when I was posting as Uncle Brian. Whatever it was, I no longer have it stored in my computer. It was in an old computer that died several years ago.

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    2. Prof Generaliter31 December 2022 at 12:17

      Wasn't it the head of Oliver Hardy?

      I have a notoriously poor memory!

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    3. Ray Sunshine31 December 2022 at 13:22

      Thank you, Clive! Yes, I think I've found the same píc on Google Images, and I've changed my avatar accordingly. It'll take a while to show up on the thread. If it's still oversized, I'll delete it again and leave it at that.

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  17. Happy Jack30 December 2022 at 23:39

    Happy Jack was being ungentlemanly - but you deserved it.

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  18. Ray Sunshine31 December 2022 at 10:44

    https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2022-12/pope-emeritus-benedict-xvi-dies-aged-95.html

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  19. ParkinsonsCM31 December 2022 at 20:23

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