impatient, obnoxious, petty, argumentative, and obsessed over meaningless details
September 1913 , WB Yeats.
What need you, being come to sense,
But fumble in a greasy till
And add the halfpence to the pence
And prayer to shivering prayer, until
You have dried the marrow from the bone;
For men were born to pray and save;
Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone,
It’s with O’Leary in the grave.
Yeats is portraying the new merchant class as greedy and mercenary when he says “fumble in a greasy till”. This shows they are concerned and hold onto money until it is greasy.
I couldn’t even be bothered to drive to norn iron to buy anything – it is depressing and crowded in Newry.
I have had enough with the rip off and I don’t give them any more than is necessary. Others need to boycott this crap and make them learn this rip off has to end. If they don’t then it will continue. Judging by the queues of country registered SUVs that are constantly at the entrance to the Dundrum shopping centre every morning the conspicuous consumption will continue for another while.
It is a good idea to go shopping when on holidays or to wait until you are on holidays to buy anything. I buy any large electronic items locally from Alliance Electric in case I want to return anything. I buy furniture from Kube because they are good. Both of those shops gave me a decent discount without even having to ask. I buy duty free booze when I fly abroad. I support organic markets occasionally (how bourgeoise bohemien I know). I am going to get myself a cash and carry card too.
For concerts: [quote]just look at last.fm and you can see where any band is going to be playing months in advance In June this year I went to see a band in Germany. The money I saved on the ticket charge paid for the flight and I didn’t feel gouged. The tickets arrived by registered post for 4.50 for 3 together, no ridiculous booking fee. In June last year I went to a festival in Germany and it was 125 each for 3 days and you got 5 euros back if you collected your recyclables. It is probably true that bands lose a lot of time on the road to come play in Ireland. That does not mean you have to stay here to see them and contribute to the rip off. Book on tickets.ie if you can, they charge 1 euro a ticket – fwiw I am not associated with them.[/quote]
John O’Leary ( born 23 July 1830; died 16 March 1907) was an Irish poet and fenian. He studied both law and medicine but did not take a degree and for his political beliefs he was imprisoned in England during the nineteenth century.
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