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In space nobody hears you scream....

Good man RA - Bringing a bit of culture to the forum.

September 1913, by William Butler ****

What need you, being come to sense,
But fumble in a greasy till
And add the halfpence to the pence
And prayer to shivering prayer, until
You have dried the marrow from the bone;
For men were born to pray and save:
Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone,
It’s with O’Leary in the grave.

Yet they were of a different kind,
The names that stilled your childish play,
They have gone about the world like wind,
But little time had they to pray
For whom the hangman’s rope was spun,
And what, God help us, could they save?
Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone,
It’s with O’Leary in the grave.

Was it for this the wild geese spread
The grey wing upon every tide;
For this that all that blood was shed,
For this Edward Fitzgerald died,
And Robert Emmet and Wolfe Tone,
All that delirium of the brave?
Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone,
It’s with O’Leary in the grave.

Yet could we turn the years again,
And call those exiles as they were
In all their loneliness and pain,
You’d cry, ‘Some woman’s yellow hair
Has maddened every mother’s son’:
They weighed so lightly what they gave.
But let them be, they’re dead and gone,
They’re with O’Leary in the grave.

Forgot Ireland's greatest poets surname is a banned word on this forum. Y E A T S.

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Why is that as I can't remember?

Poker long Gone as well

Dog forum not much better

Don't forget there are no losers on Betfair, only boastful winners. In an effort to stay that way, most are broke and gone.

The start of the rot was a few years back when a very informative regular preview thread on Irish Racing days posted by Stamford Bridge (IIRC) was slated by a few posters for tipping up short priced horses,it was a pity because there was a lot of info contained in his stuff and you could just ignore his tips if that was what you wanted.

Then there was the hassling and chasing off of Wildmanfromborneo who was/is an elderly man who contributed a lot of conversation generating material.

A sad state of affairs.

Happy to talk to anyone during the jumps season who doesnt have an agenda.

Regards to olddesperado and punchestowns, 2 of the good guys.

I spend a lot of my spare time betting these days, dont get much time to post.



Cupwinkcook

It's a pity some people don't know how to disagree with someone/something without resorting to abuse,that's always going to chase contributors off.

SP returns and general price shows at Ballinrobe have been a bit suspect
Calico last night a prime example

Sevilla at Evens to lift the cup tonight is my idea of a bet.
I had them at 1.8 in my head.
Admittedly, they might struggle to win it in 90 mins but it's after that they show their true worth.

Monarch  many people will know that W. B.**** won the Nobel Prize in Literature in the early 1920s, not many will know that his brother Jack  **** holds the distinction of being Ireland's first medalist [silver] at the Olympic Games , ****' painting The Liffey Swim won a silver medal in the arts and culture segment of the Games in Paris 1924.  theres a few categories in the Olympics that have fallen by the wayside since   The painting the Liffey swim can be seen on line.

Anyone in southern Ireland had restrictions placed on there exchange account. I.e. deposit limits made by Betfair? Spend budgets applied by Betfair?