James Garner - $200 a day (plus expenses)

James Garner - $200 a day (plus expenses)

I loved ‘The Rockford Files‘.

Jim Rockford was suave, rough, tough ….. and he always solved the case …. eventually!

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Shirley Temple is 80 - how time flies!

Today is Shirley Temple’s birthday. Enjoy the video!

Happy birthday Shirley! :smile:

Dick York of Bewitched - some farewell interviews

Dick York (1928-1992)

Dick York of Bewitched fame

I posted about Dick York earlier. He led a remarkable life and he faced his health problems with the adage ‘be happy’.

I said I’d post some video links of him being interviewed. So here they are!

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Happy birthday Mr. Sulu!

George Takei (Mr Sulu)

It’s George Takei’s birthday today.

Happy birthday Mr. Sulu!

Dick York - the ‘be happy’ man!

Dick York (1928-1992)

Dick York - an amazing man!

Dick York was an actor best known for his portrayal of Darrin in the 1960’s television sitcom Bewitched.

The show was a great success and Dick was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1968.

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The Irish Primary School Curriculum in pdf format!

National Council for Curriculum and Assessment

For those of you who may be interested in seeing what our curriculum contains:

It’s available through the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment’s website. You can get it digitally in pdf or chm (help files) formats. The chm files link doesn’t seem to be working at the moment but you can access all the pdf files via the following link:

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Arrogance and greed - despicable traits

Pat Kenny - an unadulterated Moron!

Pat Kenny of ‘The Late Late Show’ is in the public eye a lot these days and for all the wrong reasons.

The broadcaster is in the spotlight because he is in court fighting with his neighbours over a plot of land adjacent to his home.

Kenny is claiming squatter’s rights even though his neighbour has the actual deeds to the property.

Pat Kenny is an arrogant asshole at the best of times. He now adds greed to his list of acomplishments!

Kenny you are a moron!

Happy birthday John Boy’s Mom!

Actress Michael Learned is 69 today.

She played John Boy’s Mom, Olivia Walton, in ‘The Waltons’.

All together now …… da da da da da da da

Just in case you forgot …. here it is :wink:

Kurt Cobain - “It’s better to burn out than to fade away”

Kurt Cobain (1967-1994)

Kurt Cobain

Rock singer/musician Kurt Cobain of Nirvana was found dead in Seattle of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on the 8th of April 1994. He was 27 years old.

His suicide note was said to have contained a quote from Neil Young’s song “My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)”:

“It’s better to burn out than to fade away.”

Rest In Peace Kurt.

Tammy Wynette - The First Lady of Country Music

Tammy Wynette (1942-1998)

Today is the 10th anniversary of the death of Tammy Wynette. Tammy died on April the 6th 1998 at the age of 55. Tammy performs some of her most popular songs on the video.

The person who introduces Tammy on the video is none other than the actor Robert Urich. Urich died in 2002 as result of a rare form of cancer. He was 56 when he died.

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