Hollywood star Shirley Temple has died at the age of 85, her family has said. The actress found fame as a child star in the 1930s in films like Bright Eyes, Stand Up and Cheer and Curly Top.
Hollywood star Shirley Temple dies (BBC)
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Long-term love in a soggy climate.
Ross O Mullane, of Gifts Direct writes:
“We figured asking some couples with a proven track record… for relationship advice that might be helpful at this time of year. Obviously some flowers or chocolates from Gifts Direct. is one sure way of keeping the love alive this Friday!
Meanwhile…
Last Friday’s horribly tricky GiftsDirect 52-movie puzzle above was solved by Andrew Murphy who gets Champagne and chocolates delivered to a person of his choice.
The movies…
Amelie, Up, Singing in the Rain, Titanic, Slumdog Millionaire, Into the west, The Tourist, Splash, Dirty Dancing, 10, Lady and the Tramp, Sleepless in Seattle, Noting Hill, The Proposal, An American in, Paris, Roman Holiday, Sex and the City, The Notebook, Love Story, Pretty Woman, Knocked Up, Casablanca, Romeo and Juliet, Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty, Grease, Ghost, Bridget Jones Diary, Forrest Gump, Four Weddings and a Funeral, PS I Love you, The Sound of Music, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Moonstruck, The Lake House, Hugo, Twilight, Valentine’s Day, Cocktail, Love Actually, Pearl Harbour, Moulin Rouge,Brokeback Mountain
The Shop Around the Corner, You Got Mail, The English Patient, Pretty in Pink, An Officer and a Gentleman, Nine Months, A River Runs Through it, Runaway Bride, Fools Gold and View from the Top.
Previously: How Many Rom Coms Can You See?
Iarnród Éireann’s Limerick to Ennis line is closed due to flooding for approximately SIX weeks.
A spokesperson writes:
The Limerick/Ennis line has flooded following a significant increase in water levels at Ballycar Lough due to the recent sustained heavy rainfall, and the slow draining nature of the karst landscape in the area. Should the recent rainfall patterns persist, this will extend significantly the duration of the closure of the rail line. Iarnród Éireann had raised the track level by 60 centimetres at Ballycar in 2003 to mitigate against the effects of flooding. However, the current flood levels are at least 50 centimetres over the rail head and rising.
Flooding: Bus transfers between Limerick and Ennis to continue for weeks (Iarnród Éireann)
Pic: Iarnród Éireann
From 1987, an ad for Berger paint.
Dodgy voiceover, racial stereotyping and emulsion.
Good times.
Andrew Davidson writes:
Double Rainbow over Dublin at the (half complete) Rosie Hackett bridge this morning
TEACH is Reggie Watts’ new webseries.
In this opening episode, he teaches science, including contons, the 4th dimension, and cheetahs.
Everyone should have a science teacher like Reggie.
Ah here.
BBC this morning.
Thanks Donal Quinn and Paddy O’Reilly.
Stop that.
Zynks writes:
“A petty hate of mine: people eating cooked and smelly food in public transport, and even worse, making loud chewing sounds. Am I the only one?”
