Notices by nigelsezyarr (nigelsezyarr@mastodon.club), page 6

West End = the best, as per uje

Táim ag ól caife ag mBlenz agus tá orm ag scríobh as Gaeilge!

(Err. I'm drinking coffee at Blenz, and I must write in Irish. That's probably all sorts of wrong, but it's practice, like)

RPG game prep isn't actually that hard. I use it as an excuse to hang out in a coffeeshop. But I have to try putting together some sentences on my own, and my vocabulary isn't up to much yet :D

Err. Bad use of the copula. "Tá orm obair ach tá sé deacair!" is better. >_>

Tá orm obair ach is deacair é!

(I must work but it is difficult!)

Táim ag ól caife agus táim ag obair ar mo cluiche amárach. Whee!

(Bad #Gaeilge for "I'm drinking coffee and I am working on my game tomorrow.")

@mpjgregoire Tell that to the Democratic Unionist Party. :P

@mpjgregoire I think you're missing the big picture. The UK (or at least its leaders) doesn't want open borders or EU institutions, that's why it's leaving. It also wants to uphold the GFA. It also refuses to have a border between Great Britain and NI. That's not a consistent position.

(That's a summary of https://youtu.be/J1Yv24cM2os , FWIW)

@mpjgregoire Rereading your comment, your point is more about Ireland staying in the customs union wrt freedom of movement, right?

Hmm.

I don't think there's any particular desire in the ROI to enforce the UK's custom policies. Politically, the ROI is generally pro-EU and anti-UK, for obvious reasons. I can't see the Dáil going for it.

@mpjgregoire That's a pretty bad take. The issue isn't who would be responsible for customs booths. The people there see the open border as a crucial element of the Good Friday Agreement, and worry that getting rid of it will reignite the Troubles. Ireland is using the GFA as a legal cudgel against the UK because of that, and because standing up for the GFA is popular domestically.

@cosullivan Welcome, eh!

(For anyone curious about the book, it's "Falling For London" by Sean Mallen. I haven't had a chance to dive into it, but I'm a sucker for books about people's experiences living overseas. https://www.dundurn.com/books/Falling-London )

Is gach rud grá.

I went to a book reading last Tuesday and boom, my allergies went hard AF on me. I was that guy on the bus, absolutely disgusting, thinking "Don't look at me!" while riding home to my stash of antihistamines. But I still love seeing the cherry trees bloom.