Velvan Plug
@velvanplug.bsky.social
Recently dumped both TwitterX and Amazon/Kindle - support as many local Irish ☘️ businesses as I can - not Amazon anyway. Also on Threads … but the counter is running. Weird Old car stuff, archeology, dogs, 3D-printing. 60s kid, accidental spaniel slave.
… and a Model Y (the Ford variety!)
December 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
… and a Model Y (the Ford variety!)
Battery need a topup?? Reminds me of an old 6 volt Beetle we had years ago !
December 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Battery need a topup?? Reminds me of an old 6 volt Beetle we had years ago !
Aging Wheels will clarify !
December 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Aging Wheels will clarify !
Don’t “they” call them … trucks, over there ?! Last time that I had a truck, I was 5 !
December 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Don’t “they” call them … trucks, over there ?! Last time that I had a truck, I was 5 !
Do you get a burny smell yet?? That’ll be your ears melting. Works from hundreds and hundreds of miles away.
December 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Do you get a burny smell yet?? That’ll be your ears melting. Works from hundreds and hundreds of miles away.
Nahh ! Muscles need to be stretched … they need an Italian tune-up … frequently !!
December 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Nahh ! Muscles need to be stretched … they need an Italian tune-up … frequently !!
These guys are usually good with solid advice and practical exercises : youtu.be/Eq0SssY4ZXs?...
Fix Plantar Fasciitis Fast - Foot Pain Gone (50+)
YouTube video by Bob & Brad
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December 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
These guys are usually good with solid advice and practical exercises : youtu.be/Eq0SssY4ZXs?...
Also … and the ol’plantar fasciitis - get that the odd time here too - got a support sock … think I ordered it through a local chemist - it’s got a tensioning strap that runs from toe to knee. Puts a pull on that tendon while you’re in bed. Not a romantic look, in fairness!
December 9, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Also … and the ol’plantar fasciitis - get that the odd time here too - got a support sock … think I ordered it through a local chemist - it’s got a tensioning strap that runs from toe to knee. Puts a pull on that tendon while you’re in bed. Not a romantic look, in fairness!
Watching Dublin guys here now !! www.youtube.com/live/9FAXCWZ...
🔴Storm Bram - High Winds - Dublin Airport LIVE Plane Spotting - EIDW/DUB - 09/12/2025
YouTube video by DubJet Aviation Videos
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December 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Watching Dublin guys here now !! www.youtube.com/live/9FAXCWZ...
OK. Got to read more. I took it they were gone. It seems rather odd that we’re (most religions) still claiming connection to people in the Stone Age and Iron Age.
I apologise for my ignorance and causing offence.
I apologise for my ignorance and causing offence.
December 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
OK. Got to read more. I took it they were gone. It seems rather odd that we’re (most religions) still claiming connection to people in the Stone Age and Iron Age.
I apologise for my ignorance and causing offence.
I apologise for my ignorance and causing offence.
Who ? Did the Pharisees not disappear at the end of the Iron Age ? Sometime during the Roman Empire ?
December 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Who ? Did the Pharisees not disappear at the end of the Iron Age ? Sometime during the Roman Empire ?
It’s something like the name Hoover, being turned into hoover and hoovering to mean vacuum cleaner - though not using a Hoover !
December 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
It’s something like the name Hoover, being turned into hoover and hoovering to mean vacuum cleaner - though not using a Hoover !
… It seems that around 1580, the word pharisee (lower case) started being used to describe this kind of behaviour.
December 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
… It seems that around 1580, the word pharisee (lower case) started being used to describe this kind of behaviour.
… is from the bible story - Luke 8:9-14 where Christ made the comparison between the overtly religious Pharisees and the more humble tax-collector :-
"everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
"everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
December 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
… is from the bible story - Luke 8:9-14 where Christ made the comparison between the overtly religious Pharisees and the more humble tax-collector :-
"everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
"everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
Aahh … OK, the lost in translation that I’m referring to is on this thread - not the Aramaic translation!
The word that I intended to use was the lower case pharisee, which seems to have started being used in English, if not other languages, about 1580. The connection with Pharisee is …
The word that I intended to use was the lower case pharisee, which seems to have started being used in English, if not other languages, about 1580. The connection with Pharisee is …
December 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Aahh … OK, the lost in translation that I’m referring to is on this thread - not the Aramaic translation!
The word that I intended to use was the lower case pharisee, which seems to have started being used in English, if not other languages, about 1580. The connection with Pharisee is …
The word that I intended to use was the lower case pharisee, which seems to have started being used in English, if not other languages, about 1580. The connection with Pharisee is …
Think we’re all lost in translation here. I’m not sure who you are taking to be “slurred”. From a formerly strong christian and Catholic country, we have seen what happens when many lose the original point of their faith.
December 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Think we’re all lost in translation here. I’m not sure who you are taking to be “slurred”. From a formerly strong christian and Catholic country, we have seen what happens when many lose the original point of their faith.
Lower case “pharisee” - yes, the origins are Jewish related, of course - but the meaning ascribed to the lower case version, has, over time, entered general conversation to mean what it says in that second section.
December 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Lower case “pharisee” - yes, the origins are Jewish related, of course - but the meaning ascribed to the lower case version, has, over time, entered general conversation to mean what it says in that second section.
Take it up with dictionary.com then !
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December 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Take it up with dictionary.com then !
You’re right - I should’ve used the lower case pharisee, rather than the Upper case version.
December 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
You’re right - I should’ve used the lower case pharisee, rather than the Upper case version.