Tag: Personal

  • Heading off

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    Tom Raftery
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    We (my family and I) are heading off to Spain (on a house swap holiday) so there will be no posting to this blog for a couple of weeks (the house we are getting doesn’t have broadband)! Don’t anyone turn off the Internet while I’m gone!!!

  • Condolences

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    Tom Raftery
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    Sincere condolences to James on the loss of his father. Thinking of you James and if there’s anything at all I can do, please don’t hesitate.

  • Serious mail probs

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    Tom Raftery
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    I have been having serious mail problems the last couple of days. If you sent me a mail and I haven’t responded, there is a chance I didn’t receive your email. Please presume I didn’t receive your email and re-send it. Or phone/skype me!

  • Enrique was baptised yesterday

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    Tom Raftery
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    Enrique was baptised yesterday – so how come my head hurts? 😉 A great day was had by all.

  • Tom and Pilar are lame!

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    Tom Raftery
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    Pilar (my wife) had a mole removed from her left foot on Thursday and so she now has five stitches in her foot and was advised to rest and keep it elevated. No problem, you’d imagine – despite the boisterous three year old and the vocal six week old! Tom can help out. Well, I…

  • House for sale in Cork?

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    Tom Raftery
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    We moved house recently and are now selling our former house. It is listed in MyHome.ie for €295,000. The auctioneer recommended it be listed at this price to get more people to view it – he thinks we should be able to get €315,000 for it (or more if we are lucky!). It is a…

  • Sleep deprivation sucks!

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    Tom Raftery
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    I had forgotten how debilitating sleep deprivation can be but boy am I feeling the effects of it today! Our newborn, Enrique, was sleeping very well the first couple of weeks, waking only once a night to be fed. But the last couple of nights he has been waking three times a night to be…

  • God, I'm getting old!

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    Tom Raftery
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    This is an article which was run in yesterday’s Irish Examiner (Friday June 2nd 2006) in the wake of the controversy surrounding CMP/O’Reilly’s trade marking of the term Web 2.0. The picture of me included in the article shows just how much the stress of the last couple of weeks has aged me. I can…