All the usual women’s roles, most of which I actually like. Love a good chat and a nice meal. Do a bit of writing and some bus driver training. 2024 was my last season doing B&B after 38 years! Going to do large-group (up to 12) self-catering house in ‘25.https://bsky.app/profile/roisinl.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/roisinl.bsky.social/post/3lk6a56hy5227Pandemics can alter societies, but all is not lost: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/opinion/pandemic-cycle-chaos.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3U4.8Qp3.lbMb6WCqC-MD&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare12 Mar 2025 09:06 +0000at://did:plc:6zccecxjsndobfcpefcelrrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk6a56hy5227https://bsky.app/profile/roisinl.bsky.social/post/3ljl5gomtr22zHave a listen to my son Michael and his mate Cian, (The Achill Lads). Their new single, ‘The Big Drum’s Beating’, is about St Patrick’s Day in Achill. It’s on all the music services and we’ve just heard they’re No.1 on iTunes!04 Mar 2025 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:6zccecxjsndobfcpefcelrrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljl5gomtr22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/roisinl.bsky.social/post/3ljabylh4u22zWordle 1,350 5/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩28 Feb 2025 11:20 +0000at://did:plc:6zccecxjsndobfcpefcelrrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljabylh4u22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/roisinl.bsky.social/post/3lih4bouut222😂 [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Feb 2025 11:01 +0000at://did:plc:6zccecxjsndobfcpefcelrrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lih4bouut222https://bsky.app/profile/roisinl.bsky.social/post/3li6hgow4x22lWordle 1,337 6/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Phew 😮‍💨15 Feb 2025 00:26 +0000at://did:plc:6zccecxjsndobfcpefcelrrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3li6hgow4x22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/roisinl.bsky.social/post/3li6hfxqmgk2lWordle 1,337 6/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Phew 😮‍💨15 Feb 2025 00:26 +0000at://did:plc:6zccecxjsndobfcpefcelrrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3li6hfxqmgk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/roisinl.bsky.social/post/3lhooztdr3k2eJust finished series 4 of Slow Horses, and I loved it. Filmmakers use a colour palette in set design and colour grading to give the film an overall theme. Once you notice it you can’t miss it. I’ll just say TEAL is a very common TV design palette, and they use it liberally. 👀08 Feb 2025 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:6zccecxjsndobfcpefcelrrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhooztdr3k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/roisinl.bsky.social/post/3lheukgknis2zFor Americans, having to use paper straws is what makes them realise how unfair some of the measures to reduce carbon emissions are to the common man. In Ireland, it’s nearly half the population living without heat, power, water or communications after severe winds. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Feb 2025 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:6zccecxjsndobfcpefcelrrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lheukgknis2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/roisinl.bsky.social/post/3lhe6jk4lkk2uWordle 1,326 5/6* ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Like pulling them!04 Feb 2025 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:6zccecxjsndobfcpefcelrrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhe6jk4lkk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/roisinl.bsky.social/post/3lh4zkznsx22bWhen we renovated our old cottage in 1986/7, we ran the power line underground from the pole on the road to our ESB meter box. It has never failed in the 39 years since then. Every other line around us has let us down at one time or another, but not that one. Bury it @esbnetworks.bsky.social01 Feb 2025 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:6zccecxjsndobfcpefcelrrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh4zkznsx22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/roisinl.bsky.social/post/3lh2cx3rt7s2sAnd the c*nt is only getting started 🤬 [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jan 2025 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:6zccecxjsndobfcpefcelrrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh2cx3rt7s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/roisinl.bsky.social/post/3lgumcpia4c2sWordle 1,320 3/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩29 Jan 2025 09:02 +0000at://did:plc:6zccecxjsndobfcpefcelrrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgumcpia4c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/roisinl.bsky.social/post/3lgsfanlsus2uAnyone else having trouble checking or reporting a fault on ESB Power Check? Im sure it’s inundated, but I haven’t been able to get past ‘I’m a human, not a robot’ since Friday morning.28 Jan 2025 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:6zccecxjsndobfcpefcelrrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgsfanlsus2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/roisinl.bsky.social/post/3lgl5gszurk27We’re well used to power cuts, but I’ve noticed in the past couple of years they’re always accompanied by a loss of phone networks. No comms available to report outages, dangerous road conditions, even to contact family to let them know we’re ok. Miserable in the dark, but ok. Why is this happening?25 Jan 2025 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:6zccecxjsndobfcpefcelrrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgl5gszurk27https://bsky.app/profile/roisinl.bsky.social/post/3lghbg53cjk2rIt’s so nice to be in a place where nobody’s toes are being pinched. It is a proper epidemic in the other place! https://media.tenor.com/gJCMP2QGg2AAAAAC/waving-feet.gif?hh=498&ww=49824 Jan 2025 01:42 +0000at://did:plc:6zccecxjsndobfcpefcelrrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lghbg53cjk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/roisinl.bsky.social/post/3lggcolzyxs2cTrump, Musk and their cohorts think they are performing a factory reset on US society, after which it will be a utopia for WASPS. I hope they set some system restore points before they started.23 Jan 2025 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:6zccecxjsndobfcpefcelrrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lggcolzyxs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/roisinl.bsky.social/post/3lgdc3qedzs2zWordle 1,313 3/6* ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟨 🟨🟩🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩22 Jan 2025 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:6zccecxjsndobfcpefcelrrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgdc3qedzs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/roisinl.bsky.social/post/3lgdabdfxds2zhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/arts/music/garth-hudson-songs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.rE4.OC5R.vJc2AOIeC9VJ RIP Garth Hudson of The Band. This song won’t be the same when the lyric is changed to go “down the Mississippi to the Gulf of America.”22 Jan 2025 11:11 +0000at://did:plc:6zccecxjsndobfcpefcelrrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgdabdfxds2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/roisinl.bsky.social/post/3lgayzgioic2bSpare a thought for the poor rural Independent TD, who has to back the Govt in something particularly abhorrent to his constituents. He needs a way to let them know he’ll be voting for it under duress. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jan 2025 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:6zccecxjsndobfcpefcelrrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgayzgioic2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/roisinl.bsky.social/post/3lgayn4x3ek2bThis is the preacher who praised Trump (and the Lord) at yesterday’s inauguration. Seems he found salvation through Crypto. Land of opportunity indeed. I didn’t follow him back. I blocked, then unblocked to see if I’d imagined it. And he came straight into my DMs. I must need to change my settings.21 Jan 2025 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:6zccecxjsndobfcpefcelrrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgayn4x3ek2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/roisinl.bsky.social/post/3lgaosqwkdk2lThis is the factory reset that gave Trump the election: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/21 Jan 2025 10:53 +0000at://did:plc:6zccecxjsndobfcpefcelrrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgaosqwkdk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/roisinl.bsky.social/post/3lg6sz3fxlk24There’s an awful lot of religion involved in this inauguration ceremony, considering the Constitution insists on the separation of Church and State. The oath is set out in the Constitution. “So help me God” is not part of it.20 Jan 2025 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:6zccecxjsndobfcpefcelrrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg6sz3fxlk24https://bsky.app/profile/roisinl.bsky.social/post/3lg6snr4kdc24Mwaa [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jan 2025 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:6zccecxjsndobfcpefcelrrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg6snr4kdc24https://bsky.app/profile/roisinl.bsky.social/post/3lg6knrpr622zThere are a lot of people posting this photo as President Biden’s last day in office. I didn’t think it was the cut of his gib, so I searched the image. It’s Lyndon B Johnson on his last day.20 Jan 2025 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:6zccecxjsndobfcpefcelrrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg6knrpr622zhttps://bsky.app/profile/roisinl.bsky.social/post/3lg6cnwdq4k2gWent for a bite to eat. The server said a special was a fillet steak sandwich, which sounded good. I told her it was lovely, but I pointed out it was a striploin steak, not fillet, just in case others might be expecting something different. On the way out I saw the menu board. It said Philly Steak 🙈20 Jan 2025 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:6zccecxjsndobfcpefcelrrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg6cnwdq4k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/roisinl.bsky.social/post/3lfwxsude222sI hope the lad on last night’s First Dates isn’t a predictor of Irish males’ future attitude towards women. He’s been convinced by online misogynists that he has to be a ‘real’ man. This appears to involve ordering her food, insisting she keeps her hair long, and limited communication, on his terms.17 Jan 2025 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:6zccecxjsndobfcpefcelrrn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfwxsude222s