1896 posts 10/22/2013 4:23 pm
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Daily musings
What a busy few weeks have passed. Was on a training course as well as my usual work... so as well as my usual commute by car I also had a commute on The Luas, which is the name given to the "new" Dublin tram system .
Well on day two I took to Luas people watching, and I noticed how multicultural Dublin had become with people of different race, language and culture. All good I might add. Ireland had been a net exporter of peoples until recently, so the most you used to find in Dublin were young country lads and lassies come up her to work. Not so now as Dublin has become the Silicon Valley of Europe.
But back to my Luas people watching, all I could see was her hair and the side of her face, and she was good looking, young and pretty, and, as my mind wandered to wonder if she had had sex that morning (who says that men think of sex every 10 minutes...lol), I was faced with a vision of seeing everyone suddenly naked on the tram, everyone but this one person of course...lol... but the horror of a tram fulled of naked bodies at 9am soon passed and I go off at my stop dignity intact.
Dublin Liffey Boardwalk! | Over lunch I sat on the boardwalk over the River Liffey, they never had boardwalks in my day, that was reserved for the U.S. of A. - but here was I watching the people passing by, some snuggling together on the seat, some just chatting and some having a McDonalds or a Subway or just a few beers, the warm sun seemed to suit everyone including the group of tourists on a walking tour by listening how the Irish drink of Poitin was made and how it could be up to 90% spirit - paint stripper we used to call it. |
| My mother had, as was tradition, a little holy water font at the front door where people bless themselves on exit. She kept it topped up regularly with holy water she kept in a little bottle under the kitchen sink. Well my father had some important visitor and decided to introduce them to the Irish drink, Poitin, and heading towards the kitchen he returned with his little bottle of over proof stuff, poured a shot glass each and was about to knock back the stuff when my mother interrupted proceedings asking what he was doing with the holy water. Bedlam broke loose.... cause it transpired that we had spent the last 12 months blessing ourselves with my father's over proof poitin and they were about to sip the holy water. | 
Making poitin the old way! |
Overproof!I had a look at this proof thing cause I was never sure exactly what it was, seems that when sailors got paid with rum they would mix a little with gun powder to see if it ignited - if it did that was 100% proof or more that it was alright... and if it didn't it had been tampered with, ie watered down, and am sure the sailors would not have been happy campers, cutlasses out... lol.
They still have to check the alcoholic content of drink on sale in bars and pubs - but now adays it is not by setting it alight but with a little float that sinks lower the higher the alcoholic content.
Yet another piece of useless information...lol! |
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So with that week over a work project kicked into overdrive and it has involved me working a lot of extra hours and that finished this weekend. the DIY has just a few finishing touches but the important thing that happened this weekend was my daughters baby shower on Saturday evening. Baby showers are newish in Ireland and I am sure some of the older generation would think that it was a new way to say "baby boom"... lol.. or worse still, some new fangled device that allows you shower babies instead of having to give them baths.
 | Now back to sex, crawling in the traffic in the mornings the padestrians are moving faster than I am so all I can see if the bums of people passing, "Can a skirt be too short?" I wondered cause the girl passing, I swear, you could see where her legs met in the middle (or was that just wishful thinking)! So I started to think about what made an outfit sexy. I am sure it depends upon many things, so I g00gled it and have decided that it depends upon the individual. Going commando can be sexy but so can wearing certain types of underwear. It should be what makes you feel good, particularly against the skin. And then on top, there must be a hint at what is underneath but not too much, one extra open button, a touch of flesh, too much does not leave enough to be explored later.
Of course what anyone finds sexy is a matter of personal taste, but sometimes we are not the best judges of how the other sex thinks. So it occured to me that if your partner found something "sexy" would you wear for them? - The same thought applies to women and men! I am not talking about going out to do the weekly shop, but rather on the romantic night out or weekend away, or holiday or any other dressing up occasion. |  |
And on that thought I should reply that "yes" I would, (within reason - am not sure leotards are my sort of thing... lol). I must admit that from a very young age my dress sense was ridiculous but I got away with it (I think) cause it was the 70s.
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26369 posts 10/26/2013 9:20 am |
Been living in Luxembourg for over 16 years, and all has changed back home... in the past hardly any immigrants, now even on the countryside some, not to mention big towns which are full of foreigners.
A fully white country has suddenly become African, Asian, Eastern.
Not a bad thing, just takes time to get the mixture work.
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39750 posts 10/24/2013 6:10 am |
I well remember my first introduction to poitin.....I think I was drunk for 48 hours!!!! 
As you say what someone finds sexy is a matter of personal taste....if I was aware that a partner found something sexy I would probably wear it....now and then. Stockings and suspenders are something that I personally hate as I had to wear then to school.....and no it wasn't St. Trinian's!! 
"Age does not protect you from love, but love, to some extent, protects you from age."
~~Anais Nin~~
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17128 posts 10/23/2013 11:26 am |
Well this post is all over the place...where to start.... Naked commuters...nope I think you covered that one just fine...people watching and holy water, hhhmmmm...I like the trivia and the story. Baby showers, I never had one and I have had 3 and a spare. LOL I hope it is wonderful. (I may need your address if it is a girl as my newest bundle has outgrown all newborn before she could wear them.)
I am glad you had a moment to post as I enjoy hearing about your life on the other side of the pond.
Big hugs from the Georgia coast.
There is a difference between a good BJ and a bad BJ. canyaz
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13851 posts 10/23/2013 3:54 am |
Most of the time what a man finds sexy is based on the perfect-body model pictured wearing it on the cover of the package.... something that usually looks worse than a train full of nekkid commuting Dubliners when his "real" lady puts it on.
At least that's my take on it! 
I wonder what would have happened if your dad and company had actually downed those shots? 
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23969 posts 10/23/2013 2:08 am |
10 minutes????? 10 seconds more like!
I loved Dublin again this year, can't wait to go back!
And I think that's one of the best things about being members of the European union, the multi-culturalism tat seems to have exploded everywhere - though if you listen to our less open-minded pollies and papers it's a canker which needs curing!
Love the story about the rum, and about yer dad's poitin!!
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10383 posts 10/23/2013 1:00 am |
Am well versed to "moonshine" whiskey! "Proof" can also be tested by how big the bubbles are when shook n how fast they dissipate.
A short skirt or dress are always sexy to me! Love the look of a clinging dress that reveals every line, most notably the absence of panties or bra! 
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5834 posts 10/22/2013 11:07 pm |
Oh dear, now that we are back in the land of trees and ocean, higgins thinks I look sexy in jeans and flannel shirts (unbottoned with a hint of comisole peeking).
"It's all right for a woman to be, above all, a woman."
-Anais Nin
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81699 posts 10/22/2013 6:54 pm |
Gerk looks like a very interesting place to visit. Your still on my things to do list  I think the little black dress is for me. I don't want to scare anyone off with leather.. hugs V
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