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week 107 : 12 February 2001 |
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week 107 : 12 February 2001
QUOTE OF
THE WEEK: ARCHIVES DISCUSSIONS
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Company 'update session' in hotel, party to follow
Dublin - The company have called a meeting in a hotel
venue in Town this week, which will be followed by a party in "Break for
the Border".
While relief was expressed that the party wasn't in
Planet Hollywood again, some of the crew worry that the company's news
might be bad and have a negativ affect the share price. With the slowdown
of the world web industry in the past few months, there might be a staff
squeeze. Unlikely, though, since they are hiring like there's no tomorrow.
Floor staff and middle management alike are wondering whether to cash
in their shares now and avoid a possible crash, or to hold strong.
It is also speculated among the crew that there might
be a merger or acquisition, possible with a complementary company such
as the one whose name sounds like a bottled water company.
While the speculation continues among the intellectuals,
the rest of the crew are looking forward to the free session in the 'Border
afterwards. But as we all wait in anticipation, one question remains -
why are we being brought back to the office at 5.00 when the party starts
at 8.00? So they don't have to serve a proper dinner? Speculators say
"yes".
Last year
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Laura to return home
The return of Laura will ensure a celebration among
the Business House, who miss her terribly since she left in week
43. Sources close to Laura noted that her return will make them very
happy, and questioned whether they ever saw Laura in bad form.
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Next week there will be plenty of photos of the Break
for the Border bash, and the story behind the update.
In a few weeks, a new character comes to the site, Cheeky
Monkey, who has a cheeky thing to say every week. He's a cheeky monkey.
Waltzer is in good spitits this week because I move
to Ranelagh on Saturday. I have been in Bray for about 18 months and
it's time to get where the action is, against the advice of Richard and
Paul, who live in Bray. So it's get all new furniture for the flat and
organise a bit of a house-warming session soon after. Forgive me if next
week's Experience is slightly low on content, I'll be busy moving house
at the weekend.
The Wrecks Me Buzz column has recently proved
popular with some of the crew. If you would like to write a Wrecks Me
Buzz, feel free. Have a look at some of the others to see the average
size and all, and then send me your Buzz to the usual address. You don't
even have to be a writer, designers, editors, planners, management and
technicians are all welcome. Once it has some significance to Dublin,
the company, or your good self, I'll put it up.
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Class Reunion I have to say I enjoyed the banter at school. Not so
much after the Inter, mind you, but overall yeah, it was a pleasant number
of years, particularly in secondary school. I started second-level education
in September '86 in St. Joseph's College, Borrisoleigh. Now for any of
ye who haven't a clue where Borrisoleigh is, its, well, its 8 miles from
my hometown of Thurles or the Paris of the South as I like to say myself.
Borrisoleigh though, is an odd sort of a place famous for greyhounds,
hurling and Tipperary mineral water.
While I liked St. Joe's I had no time whatsoever for
Borris or the folk that live therein. A wanton, clannish bunch the Borris
folk. I'm generalising of course, but yeah, on the whole, a charmless
crew. But St. Joe's with its reputation for daycent education levels brought
students from uphill and down. Students came from all parts of mid and
north Tipperary, you name it, Upperchurch, The Horse and Jockey, Toomevara,
Latteragh, Templederry, Nenagh, jaysus all over. It made for an interesting
mix. When you're in your teens and haven't travelled beyond the garden
wall it was positively cosmopolitan. The lad from Cashel or the girl from
Glengoole might as well have been a foreigner from a far-flung continent.
The thing that fascinated me about this great melting pot of Tipperary
local culture was the exchange of colourful rural expressions. Now sophisticated
urbanites like myself couldn't contribute much here but there was plenty
who could. The funniest bunch by far was the Templederry people. They
had more expressions and phrases than you shake a hurley at. Classics
like Jopid, rapid, jilty for stuff that pleased them, and the hop, the
deal, and the pure hop for the bad stuff. Many's the shared butt end of
a fag was passed around by the bicycle shed with lads telling stories
peppered with these phrases.
Well the pints were grand that afternoon in the Arch
Bar above in Liberty Square in Thurles. And talk of the school days inevitably
led to a mention of a ten-year re-union (Yeah, come June it will be ten
years since I donned the Confederate Grey uniform for the last time).
Mattie and myself were very keen on the idea that we organize one. Fergs
and Shane were a bit more cagey about the plan. They felt there wouldn't
be a go for that kind of thing among the old alumni. It's a relevant argument,
but it is a terrible shame. Its unlikely it will ever go ahead and I will
be well saddened if we let the chance slip. Now that would be the pure
deal. Anyway if people who spent so much time together in their formative
years can't come together for one-night ten years on well, that's not
good.
Now that wrecks me buzz.
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Sydney, Australia - KW's entire MIS department, Laura Sheelan, is due
to return home on March 6th. Laura was back in Australia living it up
after a previous trip made her fall in love with the place.
I
met a couple of old chums from school over the Christmas and strangely
enough we got to talking about the old days. "God is it really ten years
since we finished the Leaving said Fergs." "Tis says Mattie". Heads dropped
to the pints in front of us and we sat there for a while and nothing was
said. This is where the recollection process was kicking in. The stories
soon followed and we passed away an enjoyable couple of hours relating
personal and shared experiences.