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Natalie
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A small jazz band of embroidered animals
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noflashingneon.bsky.social
I'm on my holidays and so far I've taken 1 photo
More sudoku books than anyone could hope for.
September 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
noflashingneon.bsky.social
I feel like they buried the lede with this review
I recently visited this pub, and unfortunately, my experience was ruined by the poor customer service from Steven. From the moment I interacted with him, it was clear he had little interest in providing quality service. He was dismissive, unfriendly, and seemed bothered by even the simplest requests. I go to a pub to enjoy a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere, but Steven’s attitude made it anything but enjoyable. It felt like we were inconveniencing him just by being there. If the management values their patrons, they should seriously consider providing more training in customer service. It’s disappointing when one person's unprofessionalism overshadows what could have been a good experience. He also licked the head of my pint, which I thought was grossly and abysmally unprofessional.
July 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
noflashingneon.bsky.social
Also! Look what I got from the library after your last recommendation.
Tim Winton The Turning - a red paperback with a fish and a lure on the cover.
April 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
noflashingneon.bsky.social
Lads, it's that time of year again
Dublin: written in our hearts, a paperback anthology specially published for One Dublin One Book. It's lavender with an image of the Quays. The programme of free events in April 2025 celebrating 20 years, a yellow booklet, is beside it.
March 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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I'm reading this and cannot forget for a single second that it's translated. Every word I read I ask myself "I wonder what he really said." An affliction.
Hardback of The City of the Living (the most vicious crime in modern Roman history) by Nicola Lagioia, Europa editions. Dust jacket illustration is a skyscraper facade partly in shadow.
March 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Another right-handed cappuccino. When will this discrimination end.
A cappuccino on a green saucer with a kind of a flower bud in leaf art. The table is speckled formica
March 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Dame Street, Dublin. #PostboxSaturday
Green twin pillar box with two slots, one for Dublin (but the label is missing) the other for all other places / gach áit eile. P&T in the old font, between the two doors.
March 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Love stamps! 😀 Great for Valentines, or wedding invitations.
A selection of stamps, including love stamps
February 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
noflashingneon.bsky.social
This is great
White paperback with black text. Fire Exit by Morgan Talty I wanted the girl to know the truth. I wanted her to know who I was--who I really was--instead of a white man who had lived across from her all her life and watched her grow up from this side of the river.
February 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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If you go to counters 20 and 21 in the GPO in Dublin, you can go through the catalogue and pick stamps like they're pick and mix.
Stamps. 11 different kinds. Bees, birds, Sinéad O'Connor, St Brigid's Cross. W. B. Yeats. A book of love stamps. Guaranteed Irish. An ordnance survey map. The number 50. A basket of shamrock. Something Chinese.
February 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Recent AMA on reddit. www.reddit.com/r/Dublin/com...
January 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Can you tell what it is yet
The skeleton of a jigsaw, in shades of turquoise and black.
January 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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What in the Ryanair is this, Dublin Bus.
A shot of my feet wearing black runners (size 39 runners, or size 6 in old money) showing the minuscule legroom on the front seat of a Dublin Bus.
January 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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David S. Pumpkins sneaking up behind a couple at the Forty Floors of Frights Haunted House and saying "Any questions?"
January 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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We're having a read! What are we having? A read.
Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon. A penguin paperback with white text on a black vase, set against a yellow background.
January 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Last Seanad election where I have 2 votes
Envelopes and papers for the postal vote, one for National University of Ireland, one for Dublin University.
January 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Still none the wiser on this. @tupped.bsky.social, you seem like a man who might know
A "declaration of identity" form for the Seanad elections, which requires the signature of the voter, the signature of the witness, and an address - but whose?
January 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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They forecast snow and then it didnt snow. Not a flake, not a flocon. They're only cheats and liars is what they are. I went out to walk around in it and all. At least it wasn't raining.
A screenshot from AccuWeather (or InaccuWeather, more like) with a very precise forecast for snow to start in 29 minutes time. 0 degrees, real feel minus 7.
January 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Treating myself
A home kit for testing for covid, flu, and one other thing
January 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Look what I got!
My new casio digital watch on my wrist. It's 20:53 on Sunday the 3rd.
January 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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How can they expect me to support city centre businesses when none of them stock the world's greatest watch
The casio F-91W, a really cool black digital watch with a square face with three buttons to adjust the alarms and the display. It has a light, an alarm chronograph, and it's water resistant, and it boasts of these features in text on the face.
January 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Stop, I went out and bought stickers and a weekly planner yesterday to fashion a star chart for myself. This is going to solve all my problems.
Sparkly kawaii stickers
November 18, 2024 at 7:13 PM
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I've been reading this and it's good
An Leathanach Bán, by Boulet Pénélope and Bagieu. A paperback graphic novel with a girl on a bench against a red background
October 22, 2024 at 8:23 PM
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Look at this absolute bargain.
A boxed 500 piece pomegranate art piece jigsaw, with all little people in an old painting (Begum Samru's Household by Muhammad A'zam). €2 Oxfam price sticker.
June 15, 2024 at 10:23 AM
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Catsitting
The head, foreleg and tail of a sleeping black cat on the lap of someone dressed in blue.
June 9, 2024 at 6:50 PM