No, it isn’t my bad use of English, they do actually say “cent” here instead of cents. And yes, that is a real airfare. Ryanair, the darling low-cost carrier in Ireland (and Europe) was offering FREE fares to Europe until midnight tonight. We are going to Florence, returning through Venice. Ciao bella …

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We got our septic problems solved at the tail end of the week. The lads finished up on Saturday and replaced intake lines to the septic tank and installed some French drains. How is that for an exciting post? No worries, it will get better.

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Well, we weren’t without NFL broadcasts for long … Yahoo is offering a Game Pass of all games broadcast live over the Internet for users outside of North America. Games are archived for 24-hours after broadcast and a plug-in lets me easily download the game onto my laptop so I can share them with Gabe [...]

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Can you guess what fine eating establishment sports the following bathroom? You guessed it, Pizza Hut. We actually stopped just to use the facilities and Lisa dragged me in to take a picture of the loo using my mobile phone. Vessel sinks? I love the detail of the drip below the mirror so children can [...]

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We were surprised to see that the first game of the American football season would be televised live on SkyTV. Starting time 1AM on a Thursday evening … yea! I called the satellite TV company to add the Sky Sports service, and not only would the service cost another 30 Euros/mth, we would lose our [...]

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