Comments on The Pensive Quill: Duel In The Sun

Mactire, Comments about the belly are banned! T...

2010-06-11T06:11:12.224+01:00

Mactire,

Comments about the belly are banned!

The shirt you got must have been close to the 1974 final when they beat Newcastle United 3-0 in the FA Cup final

Dia is Muire dhuit Tony It is great to see how ha...

2010-06-06T00:16:49.810+01:00

Dia is Muire dhuit Tony

It is great to see how happy the Wee One is, playing with his Dad at the sunny green field. No walls, no wiremesh, no concrete, no cctv cameras, no screws....
I ve three sons, well two I got by my marriage, Tobias is already 26 years old, Tom is 22 and Danny is 20. Strange how fast they grow and funny how I try to keep them in line, anyway I hope you will have many sunny days and playing with the Boyo, good for your belly too …. lol

The comments are – I don t know..... hey people, its a private part of family living and not a discussion about Republicanism, war and whatsoever.... and now we watch „in the name of the father“ to remember the other side of the coin!
BUT – Liverpool was my favour club. I received a Tshirt when I was a wee one with all players signed the shirt. (This was in 1974 or 1973, when they won a cup, I am not sure)
And Tobias phoned me up in my Office in 2006 and said – hey Grandda.... makes me feel old ha!

Duel In The Sun Marty - you are banned from this ...

2010-06-05T14:16:39.574+01:00

Duel In The Sun

Marty - you are banned from this blog forever and a day. Maradona indeed! It was the man's great girth rather than his great goal you were referring to!!

Fionnchú,

I even manage to breathe while texting and playing!!!

Fionnuala,

time with children. So important. And their innocence as demonstrated by your son showing the Brits his kitten. But Man U stickers. That made my blood boil!!!! Thanks for your lovely comments about Ronan. He will be abe to read them when he is older but I have told him anyway! Albert won't even get on this site again by proxy if he goes down the Marty line of negative comments!!!

Will,

it is great fun. I want them to avoid half the people I encountered and meet the other half. And I want them to support Liverpool!!

lol looking foward to that a cara, mind you we got...

2010-05-31T01:09:45.337+01:00

lol looking foward to that a cara, mind you we got to get that wee man sorted Man utd wise,lol

Marty, my wee lad is a Liverpool supporter!! I hav...

2010-05-30T18:40:13.671+01:00

Marty, my wee lad is a Liverpool supporter!! I have so many Liverpool books in front of me to read yet despite no time I went out and bought the Phil Thompson one yesterday. I had wanted it for a while and came across it in a second hand bookshop. Now you will have to grind thru my reviews of them all!!

Anthony talking about footie ,the Liverpool chairm...

2010-05-30T17:17:43.302+01:00

Anthony talking about footie ,the Liverpool chairman Martin Broughton was looking out of a window at Ainfield when he saw an old lady struggling with 6 heavy Aldi bags,he shouted down,"can you manage love?" she replied "fuck off I dont want the job"

michaelhenry as Nuala said previously you seem fix...

2010-05-29T10:43:41.568+01:00

michaelhenry as Nuala said previously you seem fixated on boby counts or is your motive to draw someone into saying something out of turn so to speak, you say you supported(spelt wrong) the provo military campaing, you did,nt tell us if you played a part ,as Bobby Sands said everyone has a part to play no matter how small,was yours a walk on part? no matter moving on, so tell us michaelhenry if at one time you supported the armed struggle, no return to Stormont and all that , can you tell us when did YOU come to the conclusion that the "war" was going nowhere? Was it when some Donaldson type Psf,er told you so or did you come to that conclusion yourself,when you look back at the negotations leading up to the gfa when Kelly and others were saying they were going into these negotiations for a United Ireland. and what was the result Articles 2 and 3 dropped the british grip on the North Eastern counties copperfastened, republicanism split beyond repair, the people on the street no better of and as far as ex prisoners who wouldnt toe the party line even worse of ,all this said many times and more elequently here by others. we are looking at a return to the 80,s via prisoners beining mal treated and forced to endure inhuman and degrading treatment at the hands of secterian thugs, and mo cara michaelhenry your hero,s in the provos are now the monkeys up at the organgrinders Stormont, and turning a blind eye as republicans now enduring what they themselves endured and took military action against those thugs who inflicted such misery, I may have gone on to far here michaelhenry but do you see where I,m coming from here.I.E.,if its ok to wage war on Monday against the brits, and on Tuesday you become a brit, dont you think its been a terrible waste or more properly called a grubby little war where so many good people died or were destroyed in all other ways for nought

See Anthony and Carrie , Do you see what you have...

2010-05-29T10:04:02.226+01:00

See Anthony and Carrie , Do you see what you have done , the pair of ya may have started another baby boom, Already Nuala,s getting broody, Larry,s went on the run, Albert has been sent out to buy all the viagra in Belfast and I havent been allowed to sleep all night, Sean Mor is now Sean beag,Mick Hall has been tied to his bed,even Westie has been barred from the Andytown social club untill there,s the pitter patter of tiny feet,e-wok has been captured by Toonbuck Toora,St Mary the hedge hog has shown the other significant half your wee mans pic and said "this is Aus plenty of room here I want 15 of him to make a gaelic team"the only book Belfast bookworm is allowed now is Baby Feeding Made Easy by Iris Robinson,on behalf of the overworked male population of this planet thanks a lot!

i type fast myself and rarely check, do not worry ...

2010-05-28T22:22:10.740+01:00

i type fast myself and rarely check, do not worry to much fionnuala its only english, i know plenty of equals fell during the war but i suppurted the provos when they killed the armed subjects, the provos killed more armed subjects, than the brit subjects killed provos, that is the same argument that the real can make, they killed two brits with no losses, but that was over a 12 year period, both the continuity and real started out before the good friday agreement, but i am just being picky.

Mackers, Albert Allen said those shots taken when ...

2010-05-28T21:57:39.323+01:00

Mackers, Albert Allen said those shots taken when you have the ball have been airbrushed!

He said, you never got control of the ball in jail.

This is me speaking now. Can I say your son is gorgeous!

michael henry, apologies! Thought you had caught m...

2010-05-28T21:48:14.388+01:00

michael henry, apologies! Thought you had caught me out and I would have deserved it!

Keep it real about Sinn Fein.
They have proved as big a let down as Alex Maskey.
You must agree his statement tonight is an absolute disgrace.

He is accusing the cops of political policing. Then he himself threatens a course of action which could not only prove detrimental to anyone foolish enough to listen to him. It is also politically motivated.

The question is why? Why is Alex Maskey doing this?
I told you earlier ex-prisoners have been kept out of jobs for years.
Lifelong republicans have received horrendous injustice and not a whimper!
So while Kevin Kennedy's case is unjust why is it causing such a stink!

Is it because all of it stinks?

i am on about those who were inside the chinook wh...

2010-05-28T20:21:06.382+01:00

i am on about those who were inside the chinook when it sort of had a sudden failure to fly, the s.a.s, Scatterd Across Scotland.

michael henry, hate to do this but you spelt scatt...

2010-05-28T20:18:06.276+01:00

michael henry, hate to do this but you spelt scattered wrong!
The Mull of Kintyre, the problem is I type too fast.
I know I am guilty of writing things ass about face, however, unlike yourself I get it right now and again!

I asked you on another page, what you meant by "you do not kill equals"
I also asked is that a euphemism for never throwing a stone?
Or did you just not throw them at equals?

michaelhenry the Maol Chinn Tire a penninsula in s...

2010-05-28T18:51:43.794+01:00

michaelhenry the Maol Chinn Tire a penninsula in southwest Scotland is still in the same place, I havent heard of it being scattered.have you been at the falling down water again

its been a long time since i went fishing marty, e...

2010-05-28T15:00:18.843+01:00

its been a long time since i went fishing marty, everyone has an opinion, i am just telling mine, the IRISH have touts, whats new, the british army have touts, they are still setting up there boys and girls by selling them out to the armed muslims, fionnuala i am talking about movements not individuals, i support the peace process, i never killed any equals, sorry about the spelling teacher, the mull of kintrye, Scatterd Across Scotland.

Nuala, Murphys Law , first law of debate, never a...

2010-05-28T14:58:00.614+01:00

Nuala, Murphys Law , first law of debate, never argue with a fool people might not know the difference,look at the third pic again I,d swear the wee lad is saying "theres no way I,m carrying you and the ball home dad"

Marty, it was the night after their Chinook went d...

2010-05-28T13:23:17.662+01:00

Marty, it was the night after their Chinook went down in Mull of Kintrye.

They kicked my door in and went ballistic.
My first thought was to get my son out of the house. Then, he appeared in the middle of the chaos with kitten.

What always amazed me was the fact, he just saw them as people. Not an enemy, just people who he wanted to show his kitten to.

Did not spot stop them slicing his bed with a stanley knife though.

Mackers, sorry to infringe on something that is es...

2010-05-28T13:08:38.215+01:00

Mackers, sorry to infringe on something that is essentially about you and your children to ask something of michael henry.

Why do you continuously try and quantify the republican struggle in terms of a body count?
Wonder how many fatalities you ever notched up!

By the way the actor's name is George Peppard!

Apologies for joining in on the tone lowering aspect, of this very thought provoking and emotive blog!

See yer wee lad Nuala wada guy even at that young ...

2010-05-28T12:46:11.275+01:00

See yer wee lad Nuala wada guy even at that young age he could distract the dummy tits, and a Man utd supporter to boot, that boy will go far.

michaelhenry a cara take up fly fishing youve a be...

2010-05-28T12:40:43.365+01:00

michaelhenry a cara take up fly fishing youve a better chance of getting a rise! as for the A team I thought that show like your opinions full of crap, the one thing I can say in favour of and unlike PRM/PSF,the A team had no touts

The kids are what it's all about, family more,...

2010-05-28T03:44:39.966+01:00

The kids are what it's all about, family more, the past... less. It's hard for me to put aside and remove all thoughts of everything I've going on to just 'be' with the kids, my wife doesn't know how I can do it. Sometimes, I don't either. And by choice and probably less Catholic and circumstance induced baggage, I've got way less on my mind than you sir, good luck, have fun, and go with it.

Will

Mackers, looking at your photo's made me reali...

2010-05-28T00:35:35.104+01:00

Mackers, looking at your photo's made me realise, that there are parts of your life that nothing can touch or invade and that is your time with your children.

I remember my son once running down the stairs to show the Brits and the peelers who were raiding our home his new black kitten. Sensing them receptive if not quite shocked and embarrassed, he ran into the kitchen to show them the kittens bed complete with Man U stickers.

I think children bring something very unique to every situation.

Lovely the way you put these sentiments across.
Very personal and very touching.

Great photos, great prose. Amazing how you can tex...

2010-05-27T23:48:51.510+01:00

Great photos, great prose. Amazing how you can text and play (nearly) simultaneously!

tobruk is a good film, to good to be ejected from,...

2010-05-27T21:50:26.630+01:00

tobruk is a good film, to good to be ejected from, hope you got to see it another time, george pepperd was brilliant has the german jew who wore the nazi uniform whilst fighting the nazis, mr pepperd was good at every part he played, except the A team, how this armed group could go around shooting up there enemys week after week, year after year on t.v without killing any of them was always a mystery to me, the continuity are like the A team in that respect, all talk with no british army dead from them in there 24 years of trying.

Gawd almighty Anthony ya did,nt say Maradona was ...

2010-05-27T14:46:22.674+01:00

Gawd almighty Anthony ya did,nt say Maradona was in the pics lol.One wee question a cara,Did you have after the game,a,a pint.b oxygen.and I hope Marie and Nuala dont get broody when they see those pics,Big Al and I and maybe Larry, god knows how many others will be tearing our hair out well most of us will Al will just be rubbing,