Somewhere to Chat.

[Strum]

Good one Grammer and well deserved Dancer!

[Sinead]

Dancer, I always think things happen for a reason, you were sent to help that lady as Rocker
says you were her earthly Guardian Angel. The Gardai are always most helpful in these
situations, it is as if they never lost the caring streak we all once had.

Enjoy Grammer's flowers, you deserve them.

Sinéad

[Enviro500]

Dancer,
'Tis so true, there are Good Samaritains and you are one of them....XX
Enviro500

[Micheál]

Dancer,

I'm one of those pathetic people who wouldn't even have noticed the squad car.
I think what you did for that lady is awesome. Your courage and humanity will stand to you.

M.

[jaytee]

Dancer,
you're an angel & you were meant to be there. Wish id been there to hug you, God love you, such a fright.

[Holla]

Today is St Swithins day ,tradition says if it rains today it will continue to do so for the next forty days........ start praying

[Rocker]

13.00 hrs and all is well. Still sunny and half the day gone. Maybe only 20 days of rain!!! where are my sunglasses

[grammer]

keep your fingers.eyes and legs crossed and hope for the best.

[marylen]

I've been sick for the last two weeks and finally this evening I decided to go for a walk on the beach. When I got there it was full of people walking lots and lots of dogs and there were guys kite surfing so there wasn't a lot of space because the tide was almost in . I decided to abandon it and head to the pier instead. I parked the car and started my walk along the upper tier of the east pier and it was lovely: the smell of the sea and the sight and sound of the waves washing up over the rocks.......wonderful !! As I walked ,I noticed a woman walking in one direction and then stopping and turning to walk the opposite way.
At first I thought she was waiting for someone to arrive but no one came so I went down to the lower pier and walked along slowly whilst keeping an eye on her. My gut feeling told me that she was in trouble but I didn't know whether or not I was being stupid and over reacting. I hung around for a good hour and she was still there, walking up and down. I ended up phoning the local gardai and explained my plight to them. They were very nice and sent a car down. The guards came and we chatted briefly and they went to find the woman. I watched them drive down to the end of the pier and then turn back. At the same time , I saw the woman disappear from the upper pier and I ran to see where she had gone. The guards came back and said they couldn't see her so I told them that she had gone to the water but was now back and walking towards us. They went to her and one guard sat with her for quite a while. Eventually they came down and she got into the squad car.One of the guys told me that she was known to them and she was wet and that they were going to get her sorted.He thanked me for putting in the call.

Well done Dancer for being so observant and taking the trouble to do something for that person. As my Da would say "You're storing roses in heaven"

As I walked towards my car I just burst into tears and some woman came over and hugged me. I couldn't believe that there were so many people walking up and down the pier and no one bothered to notice that that poor woman was in distress. What the f u c k (sorry) has happened to people????
How did we get to be so wrapped up in our own little worlds that we don't even notice when someone is in distress and needs some help.
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[Toss]

Dancer .... nice one, its not an easy decision to call the garda and you certainly did the right thing and you should be proud of your actions and the way you were brought up.

As for other people not helping out .... well sadly we no longer have the moral obligation or inclination to stop and help strangers. Why? I would suggest fear of confrontation. Years ago people left their houses unlocked, shared their good luck and generally were respectful and would always say hello to a stranger. Remember the saying - a stranger is just a friend you havent met yet! well not any more and I am of the opinion that television is a major cause of todays soulless society. Can you name any current TV programme that promotes good morals and behaviour as a norm ..... everything now has anti social behaviour as a standard. Just look at the soaps .... Eastenders/Street/Fair City etc, all are full of gloom and doom with the worst excesses of society being portrayed as normal / commonplace. Society is no longer shocked at crime, we expect it. We stay out of the way when someone is in trouble because we are bombarded with negative imagery and fear. When I was growing up, every parent around would have the right to give you a clip if you were up to no good ..... today, theres not a chance of it happening.

I am of the opinion that one good turn begets another, your good deed will be returned when you most need it.

Ps
Glad you are back in the groove healthwise and out and about in your wonderwoman outfit

[Denis Cromie]

Top woman Dancer. You've a heart and a half.

[Rocker]

[quote="Toss"] .... well sadly we no longer have the moral obligation or inclination to stop and help strangers.

Toss,

How right you are! I spend a lot of time with a friend who lives in an out of the way pictureque location...at the end of a dead end. There are signs indicating no right of way......but at the weekends twenty or thirty cars,disregard the signs and find their way to the gate, try to turn, break the gate, break the shrubs and generally T us off!!!!!!!. I normally roar the most unladylike language and ask if they are blind.
Yesterday, I was weeding away when a lost couple on foot stopped, they asked if there was access via the garden and for a wonder I didn't roar. We ended up having a chat..mostly about local history and who (of any importance) lived where.When they were leaving the gentle lady shook my hand and said something quite profound "It is nice to be important but,more important to be nice".

Himself indoors is still laughing that she mistook me for the nice person.!! But it is a quote worth sharing.

[Toss]

the gentle lady shook my hand and said something quite profound "It is nice to be important but,more important to be nice".
Himself indoors is still laughing that she mistook me for the nice person.!! But it is a quote worth sharing.

Very true words in her quote (another one that disappeared during the Celtic tiger years) and something that reminds me of another story .....

Last year, whilst nosing on facebook I took it upon myself to look up some old acquaintances going back 20/30 years. One such person lead me to a site called 'Theyaresus'. Its the work of a street artist called Maser with Damian Dempsey the singer/songwriter and you can see some of the examples here .... http://theclink.ie/2010/08/they-are-us-maser-damo/. Here was street art with a message, something to make you think and yet it was basically ignored by the mass media ...... why? who knows, but there's some powerful words in there that deserve better recognition.

There is a lot of good out there, just not enough to stop the rot and not funded or supported enough to make a real difference.

[Gulliver]

Yesterday was St Swithin's Day

St Swithun's day if thou dost rain
For forty days it will remain
St Swithun's day if thou be fair
For forty days 'twill rain nae mare

I'm in Kerry for a couple of days.... It rained all day yesterday
And the proverb was true for today. The forecast is not good for tomorrow or for the rest of the week.......

[keeper]

Good on ya Dancer, a very good deed, your generosity will be returned a hundredfold. Unfortunately I helped a young women who said she had no money for the bus that we were both waiting for, it was only when we got into a deeper chat that I realised she had major problems, maybe drugs or alcohol, she became a pest, making a show of me when we got on the bus, I moved right down near the driver and he realised very quickly there was a problem, he told her he was going to contact the guards and they would be waiting for her, next stop, she jumped off, the driver told me it happens to him nearly every day. I know your scenario was different Dancer, but still, I think I'll keep my head down in future.
Toss, you are a man of wisdom, I have exactly the same sentiments, you are so right.
Rocker ! you are very hard on Himself indoors, he knows you are a nice person, and important too

[Rocker]

Rocker , my late Mum used to always say that to anyone she thought was "getting above their station"

Oh Dancer,

Oh No! and I thought I had fooled them

[grammer]

Gulliver » Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:41 pm

Yesterday was St Swithin's Day

St Swithun's day if thou dost rain
For forty days it will remain
St Swithun's day if thou be fair
For forty days 'twill rain nae mare

I'm in Kerry for a couple of days.... It rained all day yesterday
And the proverb was true for today. The forecast is not good for tomorrow or for the rest of the week..

It didnt rain here until very late night -(that does'nt count )
so I think we made it.
So its gonna xxxisssss in Kerry for the next 40 days and nights -snigger .
Must remember not to go near Kerry until around October

[Denis Cromie]

There is a lot of good out there, just not enough to stop the rot and not funded or supported enough to make a real difference.

You're dead right there Toss.

[Navanman]

Bet if you knew going to a Gaelteacht was this good you would have learned more Irish.

PS watch it for 60 secs. at least

They have some very catchy songs as gaeilge


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LrRkHpB4do

[Holla]

Sure its no wonder Leo varadkar has gone to the Gaelteacht for his holliers (I kid you not) and him the real party animal hope they plaster him with that powder

[Sinead]

Grammer:

How was Prague? Do you have any pictures to show? Come on tell all.

Sinéad

[Holla]

Sad news on the radio tonight that Andy Williams has left hospital to go home to spend time with his family as he is terminally ill,a wonderful voice a great crooner he always came across as a real gent of the music industrie sad news indeed.

[grammer]

Sinéad
-Prague was great -after the first day, when you figure out how to get about the city
loved it --the food naw-well im a an old fashioned meat and two veg person -
I wont mention drink
cos everyone forgets to mention that you have to pay to get there-
anyway the pubs are ordinary- they expect you to buy food-
And I would not -never did-never will, go into an Irish bar when I'm on holiday(vacation )
I would rather die of thirst first--
---

[spudseamus]

I would like to ask members to remember /pray for the eternal rest of my Mam Therese Murphy (nee Kennedy) who passed away after a long illness . The change over nurse at 8 o clock in the morning said that she was sleeping peacefully when she looked in at 8.05 and then when she looked again on her way back from the ward at 8.12 she had passed away .It would be as she said " ahh if I could dial it up that would be the way to go" God Bless you Mam you will be missed .

[Toss]

I would like to ask members to remember /pray for the eternal rest of my Mam Therese Murphy (nee Kennedy) who passed away after a long illness . The change over nurse at 8 o clock in the morning said that she was sleeping peacefully when she looked in at 8.05 and then when she looked again on her way back from the ward at 8.12 she had passed away .It would be as she said " ahh if I could dial it up that would be the way to go" God Bless you Mam you will be missed .

Sorry to hear that spudseamus, its never easy despite the fact that she passed away in the best possible way.
Take care and celebrate her life, may she rest in peace.