I went into Manhattan this afternoon to pay my respects.
September 11, 2024
World Trade Center 23 years later
I went into Manhattan this afternoon to pay my respects.
September 08, 2024
Belfast Grand Central Station is open
New York City has its Grand Central Terminal, and now Belfast has its Grand Central Station, which has just opened.
Grand Central Station replaces the Europa bus station as the departure point for long distance buses. Inter city buses I think are a bigger thing in Ireland that they are in America.
Before the end of the year, we are told that Grand Central Station will have train service, including hourly trains to Dublin.
Good show for Belfast.. This is exactly the kind of first class facility that a large and confident city should have..
The name Grand Central Station is of course an homage to New York City.
Good show, Belfast.
September 06, 2024
a quick temporary post
Hi Team
I am busy tidying up a website that hasn’t been used much at all over for more than a decade
Some of the old blogroll has been removed, Many of the old blogs that I once linked to no longer exist,
At least, for the foreseeable future, I will use comment moderation, to ensure that everybody plays nice. Also, it will make it much easier to keep the spammers away.
The default setting was that you had to be a Google account in order To comment. I have changed it so that those without Google accounts can comment on an anonymous basis ( but in their comment, they can still identify themselves if they choose to )
Some of the links and posts might not be as much interest to some because they are neighborhood specific
A given Post might be talking about a restaurant in the neighborhood, while the next one attempts to solve the insolvable problems in Europe and the Middle East. We will figure it out as we go along
Suggestions are welcome
Putin the Slav Killer
September 02, 2024
Bay Ridge Blog Is Coming Back
After a short hiatus of 13 years, I have decided to resurrect this website.
I will need to do some tidying up over the next few days. After that, The intent is to have maybe two posts per week.
The focus will shift from the very local in Brooklyn to national US and international issues.
Comments are welcome.
Noel, Charles, Patrick, Peter are all welcome to come, as our -most- from the old ATW. I will invite David and Pete Moore to drop in, should they choose to. If there is a way to reach out to mahons and Daphne, tell them that they are welcome as well.
I think that some lessons have been learned over the last many years. There will be no ad him, and I don’t want any score settling. This is meant to be a place where people with significant disagreements can meet in a spirit of friendship.