Owner: Irish Expat in Buenos Aires URL:http://paddyinba.blogspot.com/ Join Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:07:12 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: General spiel on everyday life and experiences of an Irish expat moving to Buenos Aires to take some time out in the Argentine Capital and to travel the length and breadth of the country and beyond. Site statistics:Click here
DOG GONE IT! 2008-07-13 17:11:58 I've blogged and ranted about dogs on a few occasions. On one occasion I was venting my frustration at the daily early morning dog howling concert outside my window here which is still going on. I did another rant about the unbelievable amount of dog poop on the footpath here which thankfully I have managed to sidestep with my new found extra peripheral vision skills.Apparently dog meat in Beijin
Bottling Bovine Burps 2008-07-10 19:35:34 Photos courtesy of ReutersIn Argentina, human and animal bodily fluids and gases are put to full use. In addition to utilising the urine of post menopausal women for fertility treatments, scientists are now using cow burps and farts to study global warming. They collect the bovine burps by attaching a large light weight plastic container to the back of the cow and connecting it to the stomach.Ap Read more:Bottling
Perito Moreno Glacier Melting 2008-07-09 12:58:15 Many of you will have seen the news reports showing the glacier in Perito Moreno, Patagonia, Argentina breaking off into the ocean. I had the great pleasure of seeing this 'natural' phenomenon a while back and it was truly breath taking seeing gigantic slabs of ice, the size of tall buildings, crack and crash into the ocean with a tremendous splash (link here).When I saw this great spectacle it w
Meat and Veg (Argentinian Style) 2008-07-08 09:43:27 Dinner.....Bife De Ojo (eye of beef) with vegFollowing 2 photos courtesy of Asado Argentina - FYI: 'Asado' = 'BBQ' in Argentina - Why just throw a shrimp on the barbie when you could throw half a cow instead?Why stop at half a cow when you could have three cows instead!Every single bit of the cow is eaten hereThymus gland or pancreas known as sweetbreads are surpisingly yummy!Sorry - NO VEGETARIAN Read more:Style
Blogger Suicide 2008-07-05 23:59:11 I almost committed blogger hari kari today. No I didn't try and 'top myself', but I completely screwed up my blog template so none of the posts were readable. The rest of this post will probably sound like gobbledygook gibberish unless you have a blog (and probably if you do too!) but here goes anyway.What I wanted to do , should have been a fairly simple tweak to the blogger layout template and Read more:Blogger
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The People vs Quickroute #101 2008-07-31 11:07:22 All rise please.The honourable Judge Judy presiding.Will the defendant please rise.Paddy Quickroute of no fixed abode. It is charged that on the morning of Thursday October 5th, 1995, after an extended amount of after-after nightlife in New Orleans, that you did knowingly, willingly and apparently somewhat wobbly, board a yellow school bus at 8:05am with your younger brother of a similar state.
QUICKSILVER - Stop the Lights 2008-07-27 21:04:51 Quiz Master: Quicksilver - Bunny CarrTake the QUIZ!I mentioned this show recently to an anonymous Irish blogger who had never heard of it so I've taken it upon myself to educate the world at large to the Irish phenomenon known as 'Quicksilver'.This quiz show was on Irish TV (RTE) back in the seventies and the budget was so low the questions started at 2p (= 3 cents approx) and climbed to 5p, 10p, Read more:Lights
Bad Teeth 2008-07-24 22:08:22 I'm off to the dentist tomorrow for some fillings - ARGH! It's not as bad as the poor individual above and I've had a clear run for several years but last weeks check up didn't go well. I've been doing all the right things like brushing, flossing and rinsing with mouthwash but now I have a broken molar from a previously filled tooth and another two teeth have cavities. I'm not a happy camper.I am
Batman: The Dark Knight - Movie Review 2008-07-22 14:15:16 I have never done a movie review on this blog before. I generally can't see the point in adding my 2 cents worth to the thousand other reviews out there. Today I'm making an exception.I just saw the latest Batman
instalment called 'The Dark Knight
' which is the first Batman movie not to have Batman in the title. Unless you use one of the alternative titles 'Batman Begins 2' or 'Batman:El Caballe Read more:Movie Review
Dunnes Stores, Northside Shopping Centre, Coolock 2008-07-22 02:09:41 I worked part time for many years (1981-1988) in a supermarket, Dunnes Stores, Northside ShoppingCentre
, Coolock, Dublin as a stock control technician and hygiene specialist (ok so I packed the shelves and mopped up spillages.) I dreaded the inevitable announcement "spillage aisle #2" and when somebody dropped a bottle of TCP disinfectant (which they did regularly) it was like tear gas and your
Follow the Yellow Brick Road 2008-07-18 13:51:10 Question: How do I get to the wizard of Oz?Answer: Different approach depending on culture and heritage.Directions as given by a Dubliner: Keep going straight now until you get to O'Neill's pub, then make a left and keep going until you see Biddy Mulligans, make a right, then continue on past the Guinness brewery until you get to the Nags Head. He's in the house on your left beside Dicks Winebar.D Read more:Yellow
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Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus aka the shopping mall 2008-08-13 15:09:55 I'm somewhat of a minimalist as far as personal belongings are concerned. I'm a bit of a nomad so you have to learn not to get too attached to things because you might not be able to take them with you when you move on.Her indoors comes from a different school of thought. She has every colour, material, texture and variety of handbag imaginable (50+ at last stock take by PricewaterhouseCoopers). Read more:Women
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Buenos Aires Taxi 2008-08-11 08:22:26 Taxis in Buenos Aires
have a bad reputation for leading people astray or at least taking the long route. There are many stories of people being scammed and fleeced and locals have a deep distrust of taxi drivers and will generally ask for their destination and challenge the driver as to how he will get to the destination. e.g. I want to go to Avenue XYZ cross street ABC - ok? How are you going to
Go ahead Punk - Make My Day 2008-08-09 17:19:14 Thriftcriminal is getting revenge for me making him queasy in my previous post and so he tagged me with this memeIf you had to select celebrities/actors to play the parts in the story of your life today (including yourself!), who would it be and why - can be based on looks or personality! Rules List the people who would play you and all involvedGive credit to the person who tagged youLink your ans Read more:ahead
Things that Go Bump in the Night 2008-08-08 00:10:38 There were 3 vampire movies on TV back to back tonight so I can't help venturing back down memory lane with more drivel. It just keeps flowin' and flowin' like the over spill from a blocked toilet!As a wee nipper, I slept in the top bunk bed and my older brother in the bottom bunk and after watching Frankenstein one night, being last to bed, I switched off the light and as I crawled up the ladder Read more:Night
Got Milk? 2008-08-03 21:17:56 At 11 years of age, on an usually hot Irish summers day, I returned home after playing football at school and parched with the thirst, I went straight for the fridge and grabbed a bottle of milk. They still delivered the old glass pint bottles to your door every morning back then and came once a week to collect the money.I poured my self a half pint of icey cold milk and hastily downed it in one
We Have Moved 2008-09-03 16:29:43 The move went reasonably well as moves go. The movers (3 blokes and a truck) showed up on time and we cleared out the old place in 2 hours. The owner (who is a right ol' bee-atch) came to make sure we hadn't trashed the place. She's been calling the real estate agent to get him to call us, to make sure we hand over photocopies proving the bills have been paid. He's just as sick of her nagging as
Moving in Buenos Aires 2008-08-29 23:20:15 I awoke at 8:30am today feeling surprisingly refreshed and unperturbed about the day ahead. "Nothing special to do today" - I thought as my muddled brain started the 300 slow steps until it kicked into gear, usually fuelled 15 slaps of the alarm snooze button and finally by ferouciously extra strong black coffee and peace n' quiet to read the news and a few blogs."Don't you have to go to get you Read more:Moving
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Irish Rover - Part 1 2008-08-28 08:38:27 Tooting Broadway, LondonI graduated college in late eighties Ireland and what awaited me was, well......... nothing! - No job opportunities, no prospects - nada! This was long pre Celtic Tiger and the dole was looming but London was just a hop skip and a jump away, so off I went like the multitudes of others to seek my fortune or at least pay may way.I knew some college peeps in Tooting Broadway Read more:Irish
, Rover
Bailando por un Sueno - Argentina 2008-08-27 13:39:34 The economic situation in Argentina
is much worse than previously reported. Don't expect to see this reported on CNN, BBC, Sky or Fox News as this is an exclusive.I previously reported on the food shortages due to the farmers strike but what I've recently uncovered is much more serious. Although there has been no official comment from the government or the mainstream media here, I have obtained
Argentina win gold at Olympics Football 2008-08-24 16:30:56 .....but I've been selected for an award courtesy of Thriftcriminal whose blog I enjoy immensely.How it works: You pick a few of your favorite bloggers and pass them the accolade and they do the same thing, passing onto their favorite bloggers and linking back to the previous blog and the original blog.So now it's my turn to pick a few 'Kick Arse Bloggers'. I'm quite picky with my blogroll (see r Read more:Football
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Irish - Argentina Connections and Sports 2008-08-23 12:55:07 Truth be told, I'm not much of a sportsman or a trivia buff. I play a mean game of 8 ball pool when the mood strikes and at times I can play Texas Hold'em poker like a pro. However, I struggle with golf, gym, jogging and most physical exercise bores the crap out of me. I forget people names 20 seconds after meeting them. Most people don't consider any of those 'real' sports or useful qualities a Read more:Irish
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Pet Peeves - The list grows longer! 2008-08-19 20:33:32 I have an ever growing list of pet peeves as I get older. If patience is a virtue, then I guess I am sadly, very lacking in at least that virtue and probably many others.It was a long weekend here, so we headed about 350kms north east of Buenos Aires to a tiny remote town with 'termas' (hot springs). The place is called Villa Elisa and is in the province of Entre Ríos. The location was pleasan
Corruption Perceptions Index - Ireland ranks #16 2008-09-24 14:28:11 The annual Corruption
Perceptions Index
(CPI) ranks 180 countries by their perceived levels of corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys.According to the latest CPI, Ireland
and UK rank #16 (lower numbers are better)Denmark had the best score #1 with Argentina coming in at an abysmal #109 and worst of the bunch was Somalia at #180I'm actually pretty surprised at the how w
Irish Rover - Part 3 2008-09-23 10:14:30 .....Continued from IrishRover
- Part 2 After an extra big night out in Camden (bad idea but inevitable), I poured myself onto the plane at Heathrow at 8am for a twenty something hour flight to Sydney. I'd never taken a long haul flight before. In fact I think my longest flight prior to this marathon was 3 hours but they had non stop free beer who could argue with that - certainly not me. I
Irish Rover - Part 2 2008-09-23 00:09:16 ......Continued from IrishRover
- Part 1After Tooting in South London, we moved as a group of 6 yobs to Colindale, North London. It was once again on the Northern line tube (subway) and yet again, one hours uncomfortable journey to work. The location was even more remote than Tooting and besides the Kings Arms pub there wasn't much to do. Truth be told there was nothing to do - boring as HELL!The
Paddy Pish - A Medicinal Compound 2008-09-22 23:59:31 Are you tired of the gloom and doom of the economy? Financial markets got you in a tizzy? Is the credit crunch cramping your style? Do you need help to escape from the debt collectors, stockbrokers, bank managers and loan sharks beating down your door. Then maybe this is for you. Paddy
in Buenos Aires is pleased to present at a hugely discounted price (just for you), a medicinal compound aka - Pa Read more:Medicinal
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TEA is EVIL! 2008-09-18 13:33:35 Ah g’won, you’ll have a cup of tea, ya will, ya will , ya will!The family custom when I was a wee lad was, at about 10pm for us all to gather in the living room after studying (playing battleships) etc to have a good old cup of tea and a biscuit (cookie) and watch TV. The ITV news at ten was the usual choice. Sometimes a movie on BBC2 would be in order but if any nudity presented itself (as
Plastic Bags to be banned in Buenos Aires 2008-09-18 13:26:39 Every time I go to the supermarket here, I either bring a large cloth 'Marks & Spencers' bag I brought from London or if it's just a few bits n' bobs I bring a few recycled plastic bags and shove them in my pocket for reuse. To be honest, I feel like a bit of a granny with the cloth bag and maybe I should have invested in a zimmerframe and grey wig just to cover my tracks. I'm no green tree h Read more:Plastic
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