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Windows provide light, ventilation, and views to the outside world; they can even boost the value and visual appeal of your property. Old and deteriorating windows, however, have their drawbacks; these windows can let hot air escape during the winter and let it in during the summer. When this happens, your HVAC system will be forced to work harder to heat or cool your home – and you'll see the evidence in the high utility bills.
Where else can you find evidence that it may be time for a window upgrade? See if your windows or single- or double-pane; if they're single-pane, you should think about using more efficient double-pane windows to replace them.
For best results, the double-pane windows should have high-performance glass with spectrally selective or low-e coatings. Live in a colder climate? Reduce heat loss by choosing gas-filled windows with low-e coatings. In a warmer climate? Reduce heat gain by choosing windows made with spectrally selective coatings. These energy-efficient windows are specifically designed to maintain interior temperatures, give your HVAC system a break, and lower your energy bill.
Replacing old or deteriorating windows can be costly. But remember this: Energy-efficient windows can considerably decrease the cost to heat and cool your home or business. These high-performance windows assist in lowering heating and cooling bills and decreasing the peak cooling and heating loads; as a result, you may be able to run smaller HVAC systems.
Other benefits of replacement windows include:
Decreased Condensation
Today's energy-efficient windows yield warmer interior glass surfaces – and that reduces condensation and frost. This in turn positively impacts the temperature and the level of humidity and condensation in the space.
Reduced Fading
Exposure to sunlight causes items like carpets, artwork, upholstery fabrics, wood, and paint to fade. However, these many replacement windows are designed with a specialized coating to block out the UV rays of the sun. This will help to keep your home's furnishings looking great for years to come.
Improved Lighting and Better Views
What's a window without a view, that doesn't let in daylight? For years, the answer was often a window with high-performance, energy-saving features. Today's high-technology windows reduce unwanted heat gain while maintaining your views and enabling natural light to come into your home. Many showrooms, such as my local Richmond Window, can show you how windows with different coatings will look in your home.
Environmentally Friendly
Lower energy usage means lower utility bills, and that's great. But the benefit goes farther than that. More efficient homes require less power from fossil-fuel sources like natural gas or coal. That ultimately transforms your home into a more environmentally-friendly haven – and something you can feel good about.
Reduced Maintenance
Less window condensation has other benefits, including a lower risk of mold. Because of the UV-resistant coating, dirt buildup and water spots on the windows are practically non-existent. You'll enjoy a healthier environment without having to spend a lot of time cleaning the windows.
Noise Reduction
Double-pane windows also have impressive soundproofing capacity. They can drastically lower or totally eliminate outside noises such as those caused by sirens and roadway traffic; this is an especially good feature in communities where the homes are located close to each other.
Remember: There's more to energy-efficient windows than just a view, and lower utility bills are just the start!Read More
There are many ways to save energy at the home or office. In fact, an HVAC company like Opie's One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning can offer timely cost and energy-efficient savings for all residential and commercial establishments. If you are dealing with soaring energy and electricity costs — there are simple ways to lower bills across the board. The following suggestions should help you save on energy bills so long as they are implemented by everyone in your household.
Maybe you've heard this before — but leaving the lights on when you're not in the room can really affect your home's energy consumption. Simply turn off these lights and even unplug certain appliances and components when not in use, as some electronics will continue to use electricity even when they are turned off.
Just like the lights, you can save energy in your home by unplugging certain appliances and electronics when they're not in use. This includes televisions and radios, along with microwave ovens, blenders, mixers, and more. Electricity continues to flow to the outlets day and night. This means that even if your unit is turned off, it is still receiving ample power due to its connection. Unplug the wires in appliances after usage and you will see dramatic savings on your energy bills. In addition, make sure that no generators, vacuums, or other equipment and power tools in the garage are on when not in use.
HVAC professionals also specialize in helping home and business owners cut down on their en
ergy costs. This includes installing digital thermostats, which offer better climate control than outdated or conventional units. They also check your ducts and vents to ensure optimal airflow throughout properties. This means removing any obstacles or hurdles that are hindering maximum performance. Whether via duct cleaning or sealing up air leaks, local HVAC specialists have the tools and expertise to meet your needs within time and budget. As always, they will check attics, basements, and crawlspaces for any susceptible air leak areas. Local professionals also check system coils to ensure that units are properly sized for the home or office.
Water consumption is also one of the main reasons behind soaring utility costs. While HVAC experts do check AC unit pipes and components for liquid or Freon leaks, they also recommend that home and business owners curtail their water usage. This is especially true during those scorching summer months, which require periodic watering of lawns and gardens to prevent browning and even insect infestation. The problem is that water sprinkler systems require electricity to run on a daily basis or schedule. This can also lead to high electricity bills, and in turn cause your overall energy costs to rise. Remember, no matter which appliance or component is in use — they require energy for optimal functionality and performance. To prevent excess billing, simply curtail your scheduled watering to just one time a day during the summer. This should at least help lower some of the costs associated with running a home.
If you're really trying to save, it's also recommended that you lower your daily device and TV usage. In most homes, there is more than just one television set on simultaneously. This allows parents to watch their favorite shows, while the kids watch theirs. Again, this tends to consume a lot of energy and power. In fact, using desktop PCs or laptops without shutting them down when not in use also increases usage and costs. If you are serious about securing cost and energy-efficiency in your property, even the slightest modification can help. Simply try to watch one TV set with the family, and designate specific times for the kids to use computers, gaming consoles, and other electronics.
An HVAC technicians can easily help you set the right temperatures for your home or office. At times, owners tend to lower their thermostats for cooler air. However, this can cause adverse effects — especially when the humidity levels are high outside. Fidgeting too much with the thermostat can also cause soaring energy bills. As a result, you need an experienced HVAC specialist to help you set the right temperatures for your home or business. All it takes is one phone call or e-mail to schedule a complimentary consultation and get a free estimate. With the summer heat rising outside, you do not want to end up paying more for energy consumption this year. Simply contact a cooling and heating expert today and they will take care of the rest.Read More
When older people have a limited income, saving money becomes a priority. Even if you are on a fixed income and have few additional assets or resources, you can still live comfortably while being economical. To maximize your limited budget, follow these money saving tips.
Senior discounts are available for a wide range of products and services. They are not based on your level of income, and many are available to individuals over age 55. You can save a considerable amount of money over time by taking advantage of senior discounts.
Some of the many examples include discounts at restaurants, cell phone services, some retail stores and pharmacies, airline and travel accommodations, local attractions, and tax preparation services.
You can start by asking about discounts in your area as well as checking into discounts that are available online. You can save money on services and merchandise.
Retirees who live alone may want or need a variety of services for enjoyment and home entertainment. This does not mean you should purchase the highest-priced options when lower-cost options are available.
One example is your television service. Whether you have cable TV or satellite, the monthly bills can take a large chunk out of your monthly income. Consider purchasing a converter box instead. You can enjoy plenty of over-the-air programs, news, and sports, and you will not have any monthly bills.
A second option is to bundle your services. If you want a home phone, internet, and television, it costs much less to bundle these services together. Check with the companies that provide service to your area, and choose the lowest cost option that meets your needs.
If you live in a large town or city, you should be able to find opportunities for free entertainment you may also find opportunities for recreation and physical fitness.
When you search online, or ask at your local community center, you will see there is much that you can do for fun that does not cost money. It will also help you to stay active, and give you the chance to meet new people.
One of the easiest ways to save money when shopping is to use coupons. You can either clip coupons from your Sunday newspaper or find coupons online. This can become a hobby that saves money every time you shop.
Second, as used products are often in good condition, consider shopping for various products at thrift stores and yard sales. You will find household goods, books, decorative items for your home, and clothing. Think of how much you will save when you do not pay retail prices for these items.
Third, online shopping can save money, too. From books to clothing, there are many websites that offer discounts and low prices.
Fourth, if there are certain stores where you shop regularly, read their ads to learn about sales. Some stores have weekly sales which can mean considerable savings for you. If your favorite stores have websites, it is easy fro you to keep track of their sales.
If you are like many seniors today, you do not prepare your own meals at home as often as you did in the past. Perhaps you do not enjoy it as much now that you are living alone, or you lack the time and energy to prepare meals.
Unfortunately, eating at restaurants and having pizza delivered regularly are not the healthiest options, and it can become expensive if it is a habit.
A home care service is a better option for meals. An in-home aide, like this senior care service in Rowlett TX, can prepare delicious meals that are packed with nutrition. Your aide can even help with meal planning and grocery shopping.
When you hire an in home care aide, you won't be spending money eating out at restaurants and getting delivery service. Instead, you can have tasty meals that are actually good fo ryou. Your income will stretch further when a caregiver helps you with your nutritional needs. Dining out can remain an occasional treat instead of a daily necessity.Read More
Living in a consumer society makes it very difficult to decide what we actually need, and which items we can definitely live without. Many households are crowded with things that have been used once or twice and are now forgotten, no matter if they are kitchen appliances, clothes, toys or numerous gadgets. On the other hand, there are items on which spending more money is actually recommended, because the later savings surpasses the initial investment.
For starters, the items we should invest in are some kitchen appliances – a dishwasher, a cooker, an oven and a fridge. Then, we should not save on a washing machine, as well as the water heater. There are several reasons to invest money in these appliances. First, their longevity will be much higher, so once you buy them, you can rely on them for the next 10-20 years. Then, if you buy "A" class appliances, they are going to save a lot of energy and water, which means that your bills will be reduced. Lastly, the quality of these appliances is higher, so you can expect better results.
Another item we must not save money on is bed. A Japanese proverb says:
As we spend approximately 6-8 hours sleeping on daily basis, it is important that we have a good bed that provides us with necessary rest. Not only that a high quality bed means firm and healthy sleep, but it also lasts longer than cheaper beds, so you can expect to have it for a long time. This means that you will not invest money in a new bed every couple of years, which is why a more expensive bed actually comes down to being more affordable.
As for the items we need to save money on, the list is quite long. To start with the kitchen – there are numerous appliances that some of us may want, but which are actually unnecessary. For example, if you have a multipractic food processor, you do not need a blender or a juicer. Similarly, there are many kitchen gadgets that may seem appealing, but which you will use only several times or never. Before buying some of these items, ask yourself how many times you would use them and for which purposes you would need them.
Then, it is not necessary to spend too much money on home appliances such as TV. You do not need to buy the latest model, especially if you already have a TV. Since they are constantly changing and improving, it will be possible to buy that same model for significantly less money in a year or two. And the golden rule is – do not fix what is not broken.


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on Sep 30, 2014
at 9:10 AM
I'm glad that your little guy is going to a new foreber home. I know they're completely adorable, you said yourself that it was going to be too many kittehs in a little living space. Now Kallie and Ebony have a little less disruption. He'll be okay, and so will you! Hugs!!
on Jul 23, 2014
at 5:10 PM
They are soo squeedorable!! Makes me want to reach through the screen to cuddle them!
on Jul 13, 2014
at 8:14 AM
Two boys! Mazel tov! I'm sure they're getting bigger by the day. My friend had a chicken go missing for three weeks and yesterday she came strutting back into the yard with 11 baby chicks behind her. K calls it a "variety pack" since there seem to be at least two of each possible colour combo with that breed. Sorry I haven't had much cheeztime, but so bloody tired by the time I'm done with Dad that I'm basically just crashing and Netflixing. As he becomes a little less helpless, I'm sure I'll have more time to chillax with my peepettes. Later, babe! Gotta go make lunch.
on Jun 26, 2014
at 7:19 AM
http://cheezburger.com/8236229888 Sillybrations galore!!!
on Jun 6, 2014
at 4:42 AM
Kalie must have been pretty embarrassed about that. I feel the same way about going to the dentist. Tell her it's okay. And yes, definitely, after the babies are born, FIX EBONY!!! Sounds like she has a boyfriend in your neighbourhood who doesn't use protection. Are we going to see her on Maury Povich?
on May 17, 2014
at 5:50 PM
http://cheezburger.com/8191320576 Congratulations!!!
on May 5, 2014
at 4:41 PM
I know! Such a cute wee thing. I didn't post it though. I got it from 2katmom's fave-ing. Lemme see who did post it. It's via "Beau Ouimette", so I'm guessing it's something the ICHC staff found.
on May 3, 2014
at 9:22 AM
My pleasure. She and Ebony are lovely kittehs!
on Apr 8, 2014
at 8:08 AM
TENDERHEART2002's friends: Update on her status last night. "I am doing much better this evening. I am still in the achy pain stages. but that will get better to. all the dizziness, nausea and confusion has ceased. head is tender yet and will be for a while. I hit it pretty hard. I love you all bunches. ((((BIG TENDERHUGS BACK)))). I will check in with you all. have a good evening. good night for now. "
on Apr 6, 2014
at 9:42 AM
http://cheezburger.com/8137224704 Get better, kiddo! And return Nick to the Sofa when you're finished.
on Mar 22, 2014
at 6:54 PM
thank you. sum days seem worst then others. but right all days are the same. bad. I haven't been abel to get any relief for 3 days nao. I think wuts bad is I cant shave en the hairs are being rubbed en irrateing it more.
on Mar 22, 2014
at 6:48 PM
Ouch! Double ouch! That must be hellish. Hope they get you an earlier appointment. Sometimes it helps to burst into tears. Sending you a careful hug as not to make things more ouchy.
on Mar 22, 2014
at 3:53 PM
my eczema is acting up en It is really bad. maybe infected. hot to touch, en sore. am going to call the dermo Monday to see if I can get in any sooner. more than not its unbareable. I should have stock in eucerin lotion he he he he!!!
on Mar 21, 2014
at 7:36 PM
Hey, sugarbean, what's wrong that you need to go to the hospital? I must have missed something. Wish I could sneak you into the E.R. here. Then you wouldn't have to wait two weeks.
on Mar 19, 2014
at 6:25 PM
Now that I'm over my stoopid floo, not too bad. Dealing with the usual stuff- underemployment, the Parents... Got Freezing rain tonight. I guess Ebony scared the bejeepers out of you the other night by taking off. I know that feel from the summer I was looking after the farm cats and we couldn't find Sebastian at night while there was a pack of coyotes roaming the area. I think the only thing worse than having something bad happen to your cat is having something happen to a friend's cat when you're responsible for it!
on Sep 10, 2013
at 3:48 PM
OHIA SAFRIDA!!!! how yoo be? happy chewsday
on Aug 17, 2013
at 9:57 AM
on Jul 27, 2013
at 9:49 PM
hia safrida. wuts cookin?
on Jul 1, 2013
at 12:07 PM
hia safrida, we iz hangin there. OMG!!! i have forgotten how much time a kitten requires. he is so little. he wants to eat ever 3 to 4 hours. i was up en down all night wiff Lucky. he is so tinyhe fits in wun hand. he luvz to play and chase my fingers. he wants to be frends wiff kalie but kalie is still not sure ob him. i am at school right now and hope they are getting along. i am using a feeding suringe to give him water en gushy food. he no like the liddle bowls, he sits there and cries till i feed him by hand. i introduced him to kibble en he was growling and making num num sounds but never figured out how to chew it. he is a hand full but very cute. if i cen find annuder home for lucky i will. but i have a feeling he is part ob the family nao. giggles!!!
on Jun 26, 2013
at 2:29 PM
http://cheezburger.com/7607840256 Hope is good wif yoo!
on Jun 21, 2013
at 2:54 PM
Whatever's taking you away, I hope it's nothing drastic. Take care, Tender Lady, and we'll throw a party when you return! BIG hug!! Head skritch for Kalie.
on Jun 21, 2013
at 10:24 AM
on Jun 16, 2013
at 2:07 PM
That's lovely! I'll have to print it in black-and-white until I get a new colour inkjet (because they always go empty when you REALLY need them). Friends are taking me out tonight to see a movie, but I just wanted to thank you for the LOL before I split! Hugs and skritches!
on Jun 15, 2013
at 6:31 PM
for your mommy safrida. I hope you cen print it for her, to help with encouragement. http://cheezburger.com/7575449856
on Jun 14, 2013
at 8:19 PM
Thanks! I told Mom that and she's a little bewildered to have so many good wishes of people she's never met. She got transferred to the rehab today, so our fingers are crossed for the next week that she embraces the challenge and doesn't wuss out by constantly pleading fatigue. Hugs for you and a scritch for Kalie.
on Jun 13, 2013
at 7:16 PM
I am lightin a candle en saying aspecial prayer tonight for her. lubz en headbonks.
on Jun 13, 2013
at 6:04 PM
Thanks, sweetie! I'm staying on top of my food and liquid (combined both wonderfully in soup for dinner tonight!) and I'm getting as much rest as I can. I may have to fashion a duct tape muzzle for my neighbour's dog, (and some of my neighbours) for that to actually happen. Mom had a good day today after a wee setback yesterday, so fingers are crossed! Hug!!
on Jun 13, 2013
at 5:42 PM
ok, is just checkin cuz I know you is berry busy wiff family en I worried about you. try to get as much rest as you cen en don't furget to hydrate en eat to.
on Jun 12, 2013
at 5:50 PM
Yes, dearest TH! I'm just tired from spending all the time up at the hospital. I'm trying to give Dad some time to himself and to get stuff done (Lawyers office, doctors, errands, some "Bob time", etc...) so by the time I get in I'm a little wiped. But everything else is okay. Just having a serious crimp put in my cheeztime, that's all!
on Jun 12, 2013
at 5:46 PM
hia safrida. hao are you? hazent seen you here for a bit. iz all ok?


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Users of Twitter, especially those who post frequently and have a large number of followers.'her post was retweeted by various members of the Twitterati''I have seldom seen the Twitterati so united in their contempt for one man'
- 'APB out to the twitterati.'
- 'Others added their own rosters of local Twitterati in the comments.'
- 'This is a collection of the the last five tweets of the twitterati.'
- 'The glitterati and the twitterati in the cocktail circuits of the capital are ready with their doomsday scenarios.'
- 'Those who use the short-message social networking service, the Twitterati, tend to get frustrated quickly by campaigns that they consider are merely pushing out PR messages, without any indication that there's a real human being behind the account.'
- 'Here's a selection of bike Twitterati, with direct clicky-clicky links to their Twitter accounts.'
- 'The ink on the index finger seems to have replaced the tattoo as the latest fashion statement among the chatterati and the twitterati.'
- 'If they really want to appeal to the rest of the self-appointed Twitterati they should switch off the Wi-Fi, ban social networking and instead pitch the park as what it is: a holiday away from all that virtual nonsense.'
- 'But it's intriguing to think that they may reflect the Twitterati's assessment of who is more likely to win the election: after all, who'd want to be seen talking to the eventual loser?'
- 'Applications are the graphical ad unit of the future and if done correctly, will be accepted by the Twitterati.'
- 'Had the 80-year-old doyen of the Frankfurt School for social research joined the twitterati?'
- 'It's clear how the Twitterati voted.'
- 'YouGov surveyed 2,024 adults, of whom more than 200 use Twitter, and compared the views and characteristics of the Twitterati with those of the sample as a whole.'
Early 21st century: from Twitter, the proprietary name of the social media service, on the pattern of literati, glitterati, etc..
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This will not end well for I.B. George Pompa$$, or his movie…rest assured! :)> DiabolicalBackfireAGowa!!
He certianly looks di-bo-lickable in P3.
Good morning, Tribemate Katman.
Waitjustaminutehere: Tarzan is going to PROVE that I.B. is not planning murder? Why does he need to be there to prove that? And how does he do that? Doesn't it just not happen all by itself? Methinks he has the hots for Cleo.
Tarzan just wanders off without thinking about Jane back home.
'Course I.B. could always kill her the day after the movie final wind up party and Tarzan finally decides to go home. Lawyers, injunctions, separation agreements etc. are needed. Pompus can easily find another Olga.
He's got the old diabolical chin stroke going on.
He doesn't need to be diabolical. Just mean.
they stole my name. plus im a nice guy!
Old Pompus is probably plotting a death scene for Tarzan for stealing his girl.
I was curious so I checked, and I see that it was clear back on November 7, 2012 when Jane shed a tear in the last panel as Tarzan went off to do that little "oil industry" favor for Governor Bisby.
Dead omtags, exploding dinosaurs, unreconstructed Nazis, abandoned tanks, helicopter flights, angry natives, jewels, Foreign Legionnaires, desert fortresses, killer Arabs, movie stars, chariots – my, my my.
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A Mitford Novel (Book 11)Follow Father Tim and Cynthia on their journey to research his Kavanagh ancestry in the Irish countryside. Vacation—the very word has been foreign to Episcopal priest Tim Kavanagh. Now retired from tending his flock in the village of Mitford, he is making good on a promise to show his wife, Cynthia, the charming land of his Irish ancestors. But after arriving at a Lough Arrow fishing lodge in
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A Mitford Novel (Book 10)Join Father Tim on a profoundly personal journey back to his childhood home. Thirty-eight years have passed since Father Tim Kavanagh left his Mississippi hometown, determined not to return. Then he receives a handwritten note postmarked Holly Springs. Cryptic and unsigned, it says only Come home. These two words compel him to make the most challenging journey of his life. Traveling to his
A Mitford Novel (Book 1)It's easy to feel at home in Mitford. In these high, green hills, the air is pure, the village is charming, and the people are generally lovable. Yet, Father Tim, the bachelor rector, wants something more. Enter a dog the size of a sofa who moves in and won't go away. Add an attractive neighbor who begins wearing a path through the hedge. Now, stir in a lovable but unloved boy, a mystifying jewel
A Mitford Novel (Book 2)His attractive neighbor is tugging at his heartstrings. A wealthy widow is pursuing him with hot casseroles. And his red-haired Cousin Meg has moved into the rectory, uninvited. As you can see, Mitford's rector and lifelong bachelor, Father Tim, is in need of divine intervention. In this beautifully crafted second novel in the Mitford series, Jan Karon delivers a love story that's both
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A Mitford Novel (Book 5)The fifth novel in the Mitford series, by the bestselling author of At Home in Mitford and Somebody Safe with Somebody Good In A New Song, Mitford's longtime Episcopal priest, Father Tim, retires. However, new challenges and adventures await when he agrees to serve as interim minister of a small church on Whitecap Island. He and his wife, Cynthia, soon find that Whitecap has its own unforgettable
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Published 18/02/2007 | 00:11
THEY say the Irish remember too much and the English too little; but why should the Brits bother remembering anything when they know they'll always have us moaning away next door to remind them? And with the England rugby team's trip to Croke Park creeping ever closer, you couldn't honestly expect us to pass up an opportunity to rub English noses in past infamies once again. H
THEY say the Irish remember too much and the English too little; but why should the Brits bother remembering anything when they know they'll always have us moaning away next door to remind them? And with the England rugby team's trip to Croke Park creeping ever closer, you couldn't honestly expect us to pass up an opportunity to rub English noses in past infamies once again. Hence the plan by Republican Sinn Fein to picket grounds next weekend in protest at the flying of the English flag and the playing of God Save The Queen at "the scene of a massacre of Irish people by British forces in 1920". There were even reports that Northern Secretary, Peter Hain, was considering laying a wreath, or making some other symbolic gesture, to apologise for what his ancestors did to our ancestors all those years ago.
Well, maybe not his ancestors exactly, because he was born in South Africa and didn't come to the UK until his teens, but let's not quibble over details. The point is he's a filthy servant of the Crown and some of us wanted to see him grovel. Both Hain and the Irish Government now deny there were plans to do any such thing, which, on past experience of the two administration's tendency to be "economical with the actualite", probably means it was almost a done deal until the media got wind of it.
Whatever the details, let's just be thankful they called the whole thing off. It's not like a mere wreath would have been enough to appease the righteous tribal anger of those who think English rugby boots on Croker turf are representative of 800 years of colonial oppression.
At the very least, they would have expected Peter Hain to strip down to his smalls before the Hogan Stand and lash himself with whips like that big bald Opus Dei monk in The Da Vinci Code. Or perhaps commit hari kari, his blood symbolically cleansing the sacred turf of its ghosts.
And maybe he should. What the British did at Croke Park was pretty despicable, after all, as they drove an armoured car out onto the grass and opened fire with machine guns on the crowd . . . oh, hang on, that didn't actually happen, did it? That was only in Neil Jordan's movie Michael Collins, a film whose hunger for historical veracity also extended to turning De Valera into a gibbering loon, bringing forward the invention of the car bomb by approximately five decades, and having Ned Broy of the Dublin Metropolitan Police murdered by the Brits when in fact he lived to a ripe old age and became Garda Commissioner.
Jordan must be the only person in Ireland who thinks what happened on Bloody Sunday 1920, with firing by police inside the turnstiles and then at fleeing spectators by police on Canal Bridge, wasn't quite bad enough but needed to be spiced up for the screen.
Of course, all countries go through this kind of thing. As in America, first you have your war of independence, then a civil war, and finally a litany of really terrible movies which reduce historical tragedy to soap opera. But combine the addiction to bad history with our own particular fondness for feeling victimised, and in Ireland you have a toxic mix.
Bloody Sunday was cold-blooded murder, but then so was much of what we grandiosely call our Civil War and nobody in Ireland seems to be apologising to each other for that. It's as if that part of the story is not supposed to be a problem because it was the Irish murdering each other, all good Gaelic lads together, and, sure, it was only a bit of craic. There's something wrong with a country so obsessed by history, but which is content to get that history from Hollywood-style biopics and socialist fairy tales like The Wind That Shakes The Barley.
All it does is cement the idea that these things happened to us and that we are owed apologies for them, when in fact they happened to other people a century ago and the worst thing the Brits ever did to the greener-than-thou throwbacks clambering on the Croke Park bandwagon was increase the subscription price for Sky Sports.
The whole thing is based upon a false premise anyway. What is happening next week is that a bunch of rugby players from England are coming over to play a bunch of rugby players from Ireland in a big football stadium.
That's all Croke Park is. It's not a holy place. It's not sacred ground. It's not the Temple Mount in Jerusalem or Ayers Rock.
That's probably why France won last weekend. To them, it was just another day at the office. We're the ones who put way too much significance into what, when all's said and done, is only a couple of hours kicking a ball around a pitch. Croke Park may play a significant role in Irish culture, but then so does the Abbey Theatre and we don't start chaining ourselves to the railings of Leinster House, Suffragette-style, when they give over their hallowed boards to staging something by that English apologist for colonial aggression, Mr Shakespeare.
To see Croke Park as being in some way sullied by the presence of the English is to buy into a muddled stew of nationalist mythology which puts excessive emphasis on abstract symbols of collective identity rather than normal human interaction. Claiming to be angst-ridden about it is a form of tribal oneupmanship, another version of the old "I'm more Irish than you" game.
In a couple of years time, the rugby and soccer teams will have got their own grounds back again, and Croke Park will be returned to the GAA faithful, none the worse for wear. It won't have been diminished by the experience.
The only thing that would have diminished us was if we'd gone ahead with some patronising and half-baked laying of wreaths or murmurings of regret.
That's the kind of thing which demeans everyone involved, from the people awkwardly making the gesture to the ones smugly receiving it.
As for Republican Sinn Fein, what happened to the old mantra about keeping politics out of sport? And still they say it's women who are the melodramatic ones. Get a bunch of Croker sentimentalists sobbing into their Guinness and it's like they've all got the Gaelic male equivalent of pre-menstrual tension. Calm down, lads, you do realise it's only a game, don't you? But credit where it's due. They're only saying what Provisional Sinn Fein secretly think but which the cute hoors are too pumped up with ambition to say openly.


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