Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSI) surprised me by being very easy to report a typo in a Dublin Street Map.
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Collecting bad grammar
I have written before about bogus used clothes collectors. Recently I started noting the registration plate details to pass onto the Gardai so that they can check whether these people have valid collection permits. On Monday morning the sticker shown arrived in my door. It has 3 obvious typos/errors and some other strange stuff too. […]
Van available with apostrophes
When I was younger the local supermarket had a noticeboard on which people could list items for sale, rooms for rent or services available. My local convenience shop has a noticeboard but it is behind the front door and I doubt that many people see it or even know that it is there. Of course […]
Lower floor is accessable
Early last year my wife and I stayed in Mount Wolseley Hotel in Tullow, Co. Carlow. It is a delightful hotel with good bar food and warm swimming pool. In preparation for our trip I visited the hotel website, looking for directions to the hotel and information about the facilities. The initial map is a […]
Brooks Running insulting Ireland?
Brooks Running has a new “Brite Green” range of hi-viz running gear for the dark evenings. Hi-Viz gear seems to keep moving through different colours as one colour becomes too prevalent (yellow was first, then orange and I’ve seen pink too). I went to their Stockists Locator page to see if there were any retailers […]
Boarders in the borders
Earlier in the summer I was at the local Atlantic Homecare store buying compost and other material for our back garden. In the outdoor section of the store there are a few signs highlighting the wonderful plants on offer. Unfortunately the author of those signs is not the best speller. The sign shown tells us […]