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Terence Mullan
I shaved my head again today. I shave it every couple of months to disguise the fact that I’m going bald.
My stories
Seven Roofers Roofing
My contribution to world events during the first half of October 2024, described at the rate of one hundred words per day.
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Wee Plastic Hats Off to Ole Kirk Christiansen!
A small box of Lego is just enough to give your kids a treat.
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Ex Crete
More whimsy, this time from the second half of September 2024, at the rate of 100 words per day.
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The Old Man and the Libyan Sea
A whimsical look at my involvement in the world during the first half of September 2024, at the rate of 100 words per day.
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Don't Mess with a Meteorology Man
What I did during the second half of August 2024, at the rate of 100 words per day.
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These shoes!
Posted on Mon, 15 Dec 2025
The old man who sits by the well with a cigarette lodged neatly in one of the gaps in his front teeth and fingerless gloves that weren’t always fingerless but he’s never been much good at striking matches has lived in our village since ancient...
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The Fairies. by William Allingham
Posted on Mon, 15 Dec 2025
The Fairies, by William Allingham
He was a Scottish poet but in this poem he mentions Columbkill, Slieveleague and the Rosses which are all places...
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Thank you!
Posted on Mon, 15 Dec 2025
I bet those single-shoed kids’ mums were hopping mad when their kids got home. I was worried about somebody seeing me put the shoes in the bin in the street and having to explain where I'd got them from.
Thanks for your nice words about my...
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Only two left
Posted on Mon, 15 Dec 2025
Aye, there have been other bikes but none ever stays in the memory like the first one does.
Perhaps your Uncle Gerald didn't rate your da as a dancer.
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Hilarity
Posted on Mon, 15 Dec 2025
Thanks very much Di.
I'd say that in those days the world was a completely different place and everybody was strong. If a child went out on it's bike today with blood on the handlebars Social Services would surely be called. And in Ireland...
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Unipeds vs Tripeds
Posted on Mon, 15 Dec 2025
Apparently there’s a website for people who only have one leg that enables them to buy just one shoe, though it may well be that half of its clientele are one-legged folk with a shoe to sell. Imagine if you only had one leg and you bought only...
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1832
Posted on Sat, 13 Dec 2025
There are parts of Bulgaria where it might appear that 1832 hasn't arrived yet, so with my Festive Lady of Shalott they'll think I'm dead modern and trendy.
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Spoiler Alert (Not)
Posted on Sat, 13 Dec 2025
I agree, the shared principles and the shared sense of humour are essential for relationships and friendships to work. I don’t know how people survive without them. Even when I’m on my own I try to make myself laugh.
I know where Splott is...
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Comments
Posted on Sat, 13 Dec 2025
That's just how I feel, and I'm always disappointed when people don't respond to a comment I've made on one of their posts. A simple 'thanks' would be better than nothing. Without that it's rude.
There are a lot of talented people on...
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Wellies they are wonderful!
Posted on Thu, 11 Dec 2025
Wellies they are wonderful.
Wellies they are swell
'Cause they keep out the water
And they keep in the smell
The great wellies of Ballymoney will find stardom in part four,...
Read full commentPosted in A Hare's Breath 2 - The Bicycle
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