This afternoon.
Grafton Street, Dublin 2.
Sophia writes:
Weir & Sons has made the difficult decision to close its doors and move to appointment only for the first time in 151 years.
Customers can still shop online on the Weir & Sons website where business is operating as usual. The decision was made with the safety of all staff and the well-being of customers in mind during the COVID-19 period.
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Phew!
Weirs is just packed with overpriced vulgar tack. People with too much money…
Another piece of positivity from you, A.
Is that you Oprah?
Yes, Amy, it’s me, Oprah.
That’s a good one , you have to give the jewellers a ring !
Pick your ring in comfort etc.
is that a reference to the rude old ” don’t stand outside scratching your behind, come inside and pick your ring in comfort”
One and the same.
That gave me a laugh! It reminded me of when I was with my then soon to be now ex wife choosing rings. We did that in Dublin, and indeed hit Weirs. Eventually we bought ours on Henry Street in a shop whose name I forget (it is still there, and I know which one it is, just not the name).
But from the door of that shop we could clearly see the now lit up sign for The Happy Ring House. This was pre-Spire, and she is American, and as light was fading, the sign really glowed.
At one point her eye was caught by the delightful animation of the neon. After a gasp and a moment of incredulity, she turned to me and simply said “I don’t care where we get our rings, so long as it is not there!” So we chose the shop we were outside.
hope the divorce isn’t too painful and you are doing ok
Thank you for your kind thoughts.
It was hell, but I have a beautiful daughter for the experience. You can take a lot with that as a reward :)
sorry to hear it was tough, people really underestimate the impact, I literally left a note on the kitchen table and got on a plain to NZ,
all the best for the future !!!
plane * ugh
No prob; the plain people knew what you meant.
Narrator: suddenly Slightly Bemused realised that Janet (I ate my avatar) was his ex-wife who had abandoned him and his daughter in the middle of doing the wash-up. He still wonders why she brought the yellow marigolds® to New Zealand.
in fairness I did say I hated the washing up for ten years….;)
Did anyone pick up one of their anniversary Patek’s? One for the collection but not the most beautiful watch in my opinion, although it does feel good on the wrist. Still, impressive getting them made
I’m tapping the dial of my irony meter here; not sure I’m getting an accurate result.
Colour is a bit gammy, no?
Christ, why weren’t they already closed? Are other shops on Grafton Street still open?
Boots and Burger King
My dream woman.
Burger King will probably close soon, spelling the death knell of beef farmers in the country (and no, I am not being ironic)
Boots ill probably go to 24 hours selling Lemsip and Benylin buy the job lot.
I heard this – but if people aren’t getting fast food surely they will still need some food. Will they not buy meat from the butcher/supermarket instead?
Either way, 90% of the meat is for export – so it will be the rest of Europe not buying Irish beef that would destroy the farmers.
people might learn how to cook !?
;)