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Bailouts, loans, interest rates, and the EU

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It seems that our new government is digging its heels in and the rest of the EU (probably Germany) isn’t happy. So let me put the scenario into perspective. Ireland cannot borrow from the market at the moment, we are apparently going to stay a free market capitalist country, so we will be getting money

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Surdo beaters

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I needed to get some new surdo beaters for the SRFC Ultras. Unfortunately these are about €15 to buy. So I decided to try and make some rather than buy them. After a couple of iterations I came up with a beater that seems to work well. The challenge is to come up with a

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Elderberry wine nearly ready to bottle

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So after about 7 weeks fermenting its nearly time to bottle the elderberry wine. It’s cleared and I’ve added some fermentation stopper. I’ll chuck in a campden tablet and bottle it on Sunday hopefully. Tasting it tonight its clear that its going to need to mellow a bit. Well, a lot. I might try a

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