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Conference tallis::celt

Title:Celt Notefile
Moderator:TALLIS::DARCY
Created:Wed Feb 19 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1632
Total number of notes:20523

325.0. "The boy sands on the burning deck." by GAOV08::MHUGHES () Tue Feb 09 1988 06:10

    Leaprechauns get the wind up.
    
    The Galway facilities are closed down as I write.
    We are being lashed by hurricane force winds (gusts up to 110 mph.).
    People are going home to see if they still have homes to go to.
    
    Snake is noting to the last.
    
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325.1RUNWAY::FARRINGTONTIOCFAIDH AR LATue Feb 09 1988 06:169
    S.O.S. BALLYBRIT, S.O.S. BALLYBRIT, THIS IS S.S. CARPATHIA STANDING
    BY
    WILL STEAM AT ALL SPEED TO YOUR LOCATION
    ESSENTIAL YOU MAINTAIN ELECTRICAL POWER AND BROADCAST ABILITY
    WE WILL HOME IN ON YOUR NOTING
    BEST OF LUCK
    BREAK OUT THE WATER WINGS
    
    S.A.R. HANSCOM
325.2da diddy dit dit diddy dit daWELSWS::MANNIONThis land ain't _her_ landTue Feb 09 1988 06:254
    Essential blow up uillean pipes immediate stop use bag as float
    stop source of wind traced to Westminster stop
    
    
325.3The winds are out of the Whest .....TUNER::BURNSBodhran players give it shtickTue Feb 09 1988 07:4014
    
    
    
    	GAOV08 is no longer reachable ....
    
    
    	HANG IN THERE SNAKE !!!
    
    
    
    
    
    	keVin
    
325.4No More Porter for him .....STEREO::BURNS1988 will be a BANNER yearTue Feb 09 1988 09:1911
    
    	Mike: Are you sure it wasn't just Mr_Topaz "passing" through.
    
    
    	8=)
    
    
    
    	keVin
    
    
325.5DUB01::OSULLIVAN_DGall gan ceart ach neartTue Feb 09 1988 09:235
    
    re: .1
    
    	Hurricane Donny?
    
325.6CALLME::MR_TOPAZTue Feb 09 1988 09:304
       
       No smoking, please.
       
       --Mr Topaz
325.7a hidden agenda?RUNWAY::FARRINGTONTIOCFAIDH AR LATue Feb 09 1988 11:217
    Could this be a sinister Tory plot to cast that scaly, though lovable
    reptile off the Emerald Isle for good? Is this the end for the 'sacred'
    serpent of sagacity? Will the valiant viper vacate the vat,(of Porter,
    of course!) and forever be a vagabond in this vale of tears? Alas,
    I fear no good can ever come from this conundrum?
    
    Remain riveted to your receivers! 
325.8STEREO::BURNS1988 will be a BANNER yearTue Feb 09 1988 11:3912
    
    
    
    	I'm hearing reports that the ESDC building in Mervue
    	has lost part of it's roof ....
    
    
    
    	keVin
    
                                                  
    
325.9the real sourceTPVAX1::CULBERTFree Michael CulbertTue Feb 09 1988 12:593
I heard the wind was coming from keVin and his co-heart Mulligan playing
    a tune on the tin wistle 
     
325.10Get back to work ....STEREO::BURNS1988 will be a BANNER yearTue Feb 09 1988 14:1013
    
    	re. 9
    
    
    	Speaking of Hot Air .............. How's tings Paddy ??
    
    
    
    
    
    
    	keVin
    
325.11Is this what they meant??DPDMAI::OREILLYMy wife and dog are more Irish!Tue Feb 09 1988 21:138
    
    
    
    "May the Wind be Always at Your Back" !?
    
    "May the Road 'Blow' Up to Meet You"
    
    JO'R
325.12AXEL::FOLEYRebel without a ClueTue Feb 09 1988 22:079

Report from Galway:

	The great comet is causing these "freaks of nature"..

	Burnsie, extinguish that straw!

							me_haul
325.13Blow, Blow, thou Winter wind, for thou art not so..EGAV01::MHUGHESWed Feb 10 1988 06:4232
    Leaprechauns survived (one of the quirkes of immortality).
    
    Many people are a bit under the weather here today.
    There was a heroic struggle of epicurean proportions fought out
    by the fearless cohorts of DEC Galway in the middle of the raging
    storm yesterday.
    Not one single Public House was blown away in Galway thanks mainly
    to the legions of DEC people who braved the enraged elements to
    lend their weight to the bar counters. Thus ballasted, the security
    of the treasured institutions of state were protected.
        Many enduring stalwarts went even beyond the call of normal
    duty and selflessly took on ballast themselves to defy the mighty
    blast, and ensure that their grandchildren will be able to sit
    calmly at the same counter and order 15 pints with the assurance
    and aplomb, that their ancestors fought so hard for them to enjoy.
        This day will live in the memory of countless myriads of
    publicans. Henceforth Feb. 9th will be a facility holiday in 
    thanksgiving for the deliverance.
    
    There is a fair degree of storm damage. GUsts of 107 mph were recorded.
    THe West and Northwest were worst affected. Many trees were brought
    down, (luckily there were no leaves on them at this time of year
    or many more trees would have fallen). Five people have died which
    is more than when Hurricane Debbie hit us in Sept. 1961. THis was
    not a hurricane but a very intense anti-cyclonic storm. THe low
    registered 944 millibars which is damn low. The storm lasted about
    20 hours in all, and luckily the rainfall was low throughout (�
    inch max.). THere was some damage to the roof in Mervue but its
    not serious.
    
    Snake was immune and numb, and is regretting it.......the drink.
    
325.14By any other name...KAOFS::D_FORRESTThu Feb 11 1988 07:073
    Hey lets get the record straight.  I was born Jan.1961, and I didn't
    hit Ireland till 1984! :)
    	Deb