The Saga of Irish Rover And The Crew(censorshoipped edition)

[IrishRover]

oi doin't have an "assoigned joib", yer joib may be assoigned oir noit; what oi have ois slavery..
oim doin' what oim oirdered to do, doin' me toime oif ye can at least superfoicoially antoicoipate
what that means; oim noit doin' boidoies noir doitches(althoiugh oi'll be proibably do soime
snoiwdoiggoin' when the snoiw falls) but at the end of the day slavery's slavery whatever oit ois..
toiday oi was carryoin' furnoiture etc. but usually oi slavage oither repetoition oiffoice stuff;
thoink thois ois plenty enoiugh of an answer foir the manageroial recoirds coimpany..
where ois MacCurrency btw? havoin' a hoiloiday oin oither people's moisery?

[DzM]

I don't have an "assigned job", your job may be assigned or not; what I have is slavery.

OK.

I'm doing what I'm ordered to do, doing my time if you can at least superficially anticipate what that means.

Yes, I understand that you don't get to chose your task, and that you have to perform this service for nine months. You are, in fact, doing what you're told. Got it.

I'm not doing bodies or ditches (although I'll probably do some snow shoveling when the snow falls) but at the end of the day slavery's slavery whatever it is. Today I was carrying furniture etc. but usually I do other repetitive office work.

So it's mostly low-skill manual labor, but not of the most onerous type. I'm glad to hear that you're not being required to perform really nasty tasks. Small blessings, eh?

I think this is plenty enough of an answer for the managerial records company.

You may not believe me, but I only ask because I'm honestly curious. There isn't conscription or mandatory civil service in the USofA, so I find it very educational to see how a system like that works for a person directly affected by it. I'm really glad to see that, while unpleasant, it's not as bleak as you had previously said it could be.

Where is MacRua, BTW?

I don't know where he is right now. I am not the keeper of his calendar any more than I am yours.



Incidentally - I just had a quick look at your web site (http://www.irishrover.org) and saw your new photo. I was struck by the similarity in appearance to well known prop comic Gallagher:



It's an interesting new look for you.

[KathleenwithaK]

Incidentally - I just had a quick look at your web site (http://www.irishrover.org) and saw your new photo. I was struck by the similarity in appearance to well known prop comic Gallagher:



It's an interesting new look for you.

Gallagher? Isn't he that bastard that smashes watermelons? Seriously fucked up a beautiful winter-white wool jacket of mine in Las Vegas.

[IrishRover]

So it's mostly low-skill manual labor, but not of the most onerous type. I'm glad to hear that you're not being required to perform really nasty tasks. Small blessings, eh?

tois' slavery, and me default task ois repetoition.. loike oin hell; ye repeat,
loike 500 toimes oir whatever but who goives a f#%k aboiut numbers anyway;
oi crawled 'n' behaved to get what oi goit, noiw oi have to crawl 'n' behave all
oiver agaoin; but chaoins fall, pagans, poiseurs 'n' managers fall, when
the foinal coiuntoin' ois made, oinly essence remaoins..
blessoings? there are no blessoings, oinly moisery at the end of the day.

There isn't conscription or mandatory civil service in the USofA

maybe cause oit aoin't the 3rd woirld loike thois pagan place oim jaoiled at;
thois place needed oinvasion moire than OIraq; soime years ago, Bill Clinton
was cloisest to foinally oinvade thois place but sadly he doidn't foinoish the joib

how a system like that works

system.. noit sure oi wanna even start the subject,
twoiuld' take at least 50 pages of cursoin' oin the saga..

I don't know where he is right now. I am not the keeper of his calendar any more than I am yours.

oi had an oimpression yer MacDeputy, loike voice presoident of the coirpoiration
oik, well, theres plenty of places to antoicoipate anyway.. manageroial mansions, troipoical oislands,
wall streets, oin choina at gloibal censoirshoippoin' coinvention, oin serboia recruoitoin' warmhearted
guests and enjoiyoin' the soights and pagan soiunds of the 3rd woirld;

Incidentally - I just had a quick look at your web site (http://www.irishrover.org) and saw your new photo. I was struck by the similarity in appearance to well known prop comic Gallagher:

manageroial humoiur oit must be, never really understooid oit,
but oim sure yer coimmander oin choief woill have a gooid laugh when he coimes back

[DzM]

So it's mostly low-skill manual labor, but not of the most onerous type. I'm glad to hear that you're not being required to perform really nasty tasks. Small blessings, eh?

It's slavery, and my default task is repetition. [...] Blessings? There are no blessings, only misery at the end of the day.

Okey dokey. At least your situation, unlike that of a more traditional slave's, has an end in site. Keep your eye on the prize sir. Nine months isn't too long in the big scheme of things.

How long after you finish your service will you be able to relocate? Are you working on laying the groundwork now (applications for employment, Irish sponsor, etc), or can these parts of the move not be begun until your passport is issued?

how a system like that works

System... I'm not sure I want to even start the subject. It would take at least 50 pages of cursing in the saga.

Well, I know how these kinds of systems work in the abstract, but you offer an opportunity to see how a real person is affected by it on a daily basis. It's one thing to read somewhere that "Serbia requires its nationals to server six months in the Serbian military, or nine months of civil service for those unwilling to serve in the military." It's quite another to read "Today as part of my service I was required to perform tasks A, B, and C whereas my compatriots that are serving military service were required to perform other tasks D, E and F."

Learning how real people are affected by real policies is always more interesting to me than learning about abstract theory.

Incidentally - I just had a quick look at your web site (http://www.irishrover.org) and saw your new photo. I was struck by the similarity in appearance to well known prop comic Gallagher

Managerial humor it must be. I've never really understood it

Who says it's a joke? Just an observation. Wild hair, mustache, flat-cap. The photos bear a striking similarity. Make of it what you will.

I'm sure your commander in chief will have a good laugh when he comes back

I suspect that MacRua has no idea who Gallagher is, so will likely have nothing to judge on other than "yep, the photos look a lot alike."

But that's all academic. I'm glad that you're not (so far) being required to do really unpleasant work as part of your national service. Many of us do repetitive tasks as part of our jobs, so we can relate to what you're doing right now. Your service will be done in ... (a quick glance at a 2009 calendar) ... late June? Keep your eye on the prize, focus on your music, and get as much of the paperwork done as you can now so that there's that much less waiting once your service is completed. Good luck guy.

[chinaski]

Incidentally - I just had a quick look at your web site (http://www.irishrover.org) and saw your new photo. I was struck by the similarity in appearance to well known prop comic Gallagher:



It's an interesting new look for you.

Gallagher? Isn't he that bastard that smashes watermelons? Seriously fucked up a beautiful winter-white wool jacket of mine in Las Vegas.

Gallagher is a douche bag.

good call DzM. There IS a striking resemblance!!!

[IrishRover]

Nine months isn't too long in the big scheme of things.

9 moinths aoin't too loing but oin the boig scheme oi've been roipped oiff foir too many years,
of what coiuld have been the best years of me OIroish loife & rockoin' oin OIreland;
that koind of moisery feeloin' aoin't even descroibable, throiugh lyroics oinly..

How long after you finish your service will you be able to relocate? Are you working on laying the groundwork now (applications for employment, Irish sponsor, etc), or can these parts of the move not be begun until your passport is issued?

hoipefuly sooin after the slavery ends and see where exactly & hoiw to go;
then oi'll apply foir the freedoim of me name, woith that foinoished oi'll ask foir 3rd woirld passpoirt;
thoings are noit soimple, oim stoill goinna be stuck woith 3rd woirld coitoizenshoip(noin-EU)
and applyoin' foir an EU joib oin OIreland, thoink that doiesn't woirk easoily; twoiuld be best
oif oi coiuld start doin' musoic, whatever way, buskoin', pubs, no matter what.. but noit sure
oif that woill pay the rent & fooid, noit even sure what woiuld me status be as noin-resoident;
oi guess oim stoill tryoin' to foigure oiut hoiw to go toiwards Republoic and make oit oin the
groiunds; as foir foirmal education, have 6 coillege exams to go, woith em' doine(Goid knoiws
oif that woill happen), oi coiuld get a joib oin Prague, Czech Republoic, BUT even thoiugh oit
woiuld mean a breath of fresh aoir, oits noit OIreland, coiuld be moire toime spent asoide and
foinally me aoim aoin't manageroial oiffoice but the stage;

how a real person is affected by it on a daily basis

moisery, foir a noin-natoinal to be foirced under the threat of foirce to serve anoither nation
that doeisn't beloing to, to play by theoir rules, to be at places ye doin't wanna be at, havoin' to
speak theoir languange, crawl & slavage..

Just an observation. Wild hair, mustache, flat-cap.

mustache? ye need to check yer eyesoight, extremely wroing oibservation
thats a moicroiphoine oin froint of me moiuth, theres a doifference between
a moicroiphoine and havoin' mustache; unshaved at toimes, yes, but oi never
had mustache oin the real meanoin' of the woird

[dave 81]

"havoin' to speak theoir languange,".......sorry sir, but I nearly blew a refreshing beverage, (mid-sip,) out of my nose reading that one.

[Leo]

Gallagher is a douche bag.

Gallagher Too is a god

[chinaski]

Gallagher is a douche bag.

Gallagher Too is a god

So.... you're saying that Irish Rover is so much like Gallagher that they are like (or are) brothers and you think Irish is a god?

Or are you saying that Ron Gallagher is a god and because he reminds you of Irish it is implied that Irish, in your opinion, is also a god?

Or are you simply saying that Irish Rover is, to you, a god but you are a bit too shame to just come out and say it.

So...what were you saying again?

[Guest]

So...what were you saying again?

It's funny that there are two Gallaghers.
I guess.

[IrishRover]

a certaoin prooif that MacCurrency's back froim vacation..
hes faoirly bloind deputoies 'n' guests are blooimoin' loike yoiung thoirns oin the sproingtoime..

[IrishRover]

Coime To The Boiwer
by OIroishly yers, OI loikes me guoitar !

http://www.4shared.com/file/66567190/66 ... 2008_.html

[jennylois]

Great rocking tune OIrish! I like it!! And your guitar playing is getting better all the time. Is this the song you might be adding banjo to?

[IrishRover]

many thanks Jenny me froiend, very glad to see ye here agaoin
yup, coiuld easoily be oine of em' songs; oin general oi'll do a few, woirk em' oiut to the best
oin terms of qualoity and then banjo moight be added; whatever the case, oim tryoin' to narroiw
the choice oin oirder to make soime voideos foir the selected songs; oi'll surely do em' voicals &
guoitar; exception woiuld be the coillaboiration version of OIroishRover where me froiends froim
USA woiuld do el. guoitar and oither stuff; oi also hoipe that woill happen soime toime sooin..

oi was plannoin' to have much moire stuff by noiw, boith few noice audios & voideos, me coivers
of Shaneo's and trad. songs but slavery has cut doiwn me toime soignoifoicantly and recoirdoin',
as well as puttoin' toigether and creatoin' essence voideos takes gooid amoiunt of toime and
effoirts, especoially when oit coimes doiwn to 1 punk 3rd woirld proiduction; so, theres goinna
be soime stuff sooin, but oi do need toime to put oit all toigether.