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[hellison]

Gnah, postmen are STILL on strike. Tho apparently south Belfast is now getting post. No doubt because thats where the managers now doing the deliveries live... no post for the west alas :(

Also, Paul Berry has not only quit the DUP, he's dropped the legal action too. Surprising, not too long after the court said there was evidence that suggested he had been "less than candid" about the whole 'sports massage' thing. The moral of which seems to be that if you want to go have teh h0t mansex on the sly while remaining a member of the most homophobic & reactionary party around, try not to get yourself recorded talking about it, then lie about it. Or possibly just don't be a slimy little lying toad in the first place. Or a member of the DUP.

ION... Denist went well, no needles! In 2 minds about pub tonight, at the moment it seems like a good notion, but I suspect by the time I have been to the stables, got home and fed, I will be much more inclined to laze at the pc with a Nice Bottle of Something. This is obviously why going straight from work led to much more pubbing in Days of Yore.

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[tyrell.livejournal.com]

if you want to go have teh h0t mansex on the sly while remaining a member of the most homophobic & reactionary party around, try not to get yourself recorded talking about it, then lie about it.

BWAHAHAHA! I don't even know the details, and that's still comedy gold.

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Berry was one of the 'young stars' of not only the DUP, but also the Free Presbyterian Church (headed by the Lovely Dr. Ian), who are very fundamentalist hellfire and brimstone types, and can often be found picketing gay bars and plays with alleged rudeness in their spare time. Also married.

Around the time of the elections A Man went to the papers saying Berry had met him in a hotel for teh hot mansex and had recorded phone calls and the like as proof.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4653996.stm

Berry insists It Was A Sports Massage, Honest Guv, He Must Have Slipped On The Oil and threatened to sue the paper, but never did. He got suspended and was taking the party to court until suddenly teh court claims to have recordings. And LO! The case is dropped and he has resigned. And Much hilarty ensues (except, presumably, for his wife).

[tyrell.livejournal.com]

See, that was even funnier than I expected!

[hellison.livejournal.com]

http://www.portadownnews.com/09May05.htm

I really miss Portadown News :/

[tyrell.livejournal.com]

Wow, that entire page is class!

[hellison.livejournal.com]

PDN used to be the highspot of Monday's, til Newt (the ed.) gave it up for a life of real actual paid journalism last year. Woes.

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

Oh god! Is it over???

What is the tombs site?

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Yeah PDN shut down last summer, to the sound of much wailing.
See next entry for mapping site. Meant to leave work at 4.30 but am transfixed by fancy maps and plans and photos and details and sections and... stuff.

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

Yeah I have been looking at it!
WOW! It's amazing isn't it.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_unhurt_/]

1. my post strike rage also continues unabated!
2. heh heh HEH heh. i agree with all of your points. especially the final one concerning DUP membership.
3. see my email! (i.e. if you do come down not ALL of us will be totally incapacitated)

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Apparently (according to Citybeat!) if your post is more than 5 days late, you are entitled to compensatation. Not sure waht form this takes tho, or even how you go about getting it!

The whole Berry thing always makes me snigger and this latest bit just tops it all ;)

Will see re. pub, depends what time I get home at really.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_unhurt_/]

it's Not Very Much, as far as i can tell - something about £10 per business day? i dunno if that's per letter or overall. certainly it will not compensate me for not being able to pay mileage and bills and expenses because i have no clue when Large Sums of Lovely Money will actually arrive here. :/

[hellison.livejournal.com]

You should be able to get a temporary overdraft from your bank, as has happened to us when bloody Finance here 'forgot' to process our invoices for 3 month.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_unhurt_/]

we have an overdraft already, and sadly it can only be embiggened by using property as collateral - and as The Boys only own half of their houses, they need permission from Sig Oths to do this (or rather, SOs also have to sign up), and it's a complicated process that needs wills etc. in case anyone falls prey to a bus or something.) thus are the joys of ltd companies and directorships - are you lot ltd? i'm not even sure if one of you is Supreme Commander or if you are a communistic rabble! ;)

basically, it can be done but it would take a fair amount of time. too much time! bah!

[hellison.livejournal.com]

We're ltd and communistic, but I think we did manage to get just at temp. overdraft quite easily. But then we have a nice and regular source of income (when they remember to actually do it), which might make the difference.

Ps am transifixed by tombs site. So v. cool.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_unhurt_/]

it's the magic words 'government contract' i expect! they probably believe this means you have reliable people sending you money (ha!) rather than feckless culchie quarry owners and the like.

*stabs quarry owners on general principles*

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

Go down the pub so I can send rude text messages to you and unhurt at the same time. I might even send photographs. Of what I won't tell.


See that DUP? It's a bit of a trend isn't it? (Thinking of Sammy's antics in the Botanic Gardens). I think they're only pretending to be presbyterian. I think they follow the Path of the Marquis de Sade on Friday nights.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_unhurt_/]

'the path of the marquis de sade' sounds like an exciting new martial art. *g*

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

Well. Exciting would be one way to describe it. But not with the 'members' (geddit) of the DUP, surely?