Monday 20 August 2012

COKE!



My Addiction is COKE! No, no… not the drug cocaine, but the lovely fizzy soft drink Coca Cola! It’s an addiction that started at a very young age with the little cheap bottles of cola flavoured Cadet. American Cream Soda was my favourite Cadet though! Cost 25p from what I remember! 

 

But then I had Coca Cola, instead of the usual Country Spring at a birthday party, and it was love at first sup! It’s such a unique taste. The likes of Pepsi don’t come close in my opinion… just a cheap imitation. When drinking Pepsi, you may as well be drinking Country Spring or Tesco Value as far as I‘m concerned. As their 1992 slogan says: You can't beat the Real Thing!



As tasty as Coke is, I know it’s not exactly the healthiest! Here is a list of other uses for Coke!!!!
  1. Remove grease stains from clothing and fabric
  2. Remove rust & Loosen a rusty bolt.
  3. Remove blood stains from clothing and fabric.
  4. Clean oil stains from a garage floor.
  5. Kill slugs and snails; a small bowl of Coke will attract them, the acid will kill them.
  6. Defrost a frozen windshield.
  7. Clean burnt pans.
  8. Descale a kettle.
  9. Neutralize a jellyfish sting.
  10. Clean car battery terminals by pouring a small amount of Coke over each one.
  11. Clean your engine.
  12. Make a sweet BBQ sauce. Mix a can of Coke with ketchup and brush over ribs or chicken.
  13. Cleaning Coins.
  14. Clean tile grout.
  15. Mix a can of Coke with a packet of Italian seasoning; cook a tough steak in it.
  16. Make better compost.
  17. Dissolve a tooth.
  18. Remove gum from hair.
  19. Get silky skin; mix a spoonful of Coke with regular lotion and apply liberally. 
  20. Remove stains from vitreous china. 
  21. Add Coke to your laundry to remove bad smells, especially fish. 
  22. Remove (or fade) dye from hair by pouring diet Coke over it. 
  23. Remove marker stains from carpet.
  24. Clean a toilet.
  25. Coke and aluminium foil will bring Chrome to a high shine. 



I had heard a few of those before, but some are useful as opposed to just plain gross!


There are a few varieties of Coca Cola. As far as I know, there is lemon, lime, peach, vanilla, cherry and cherry-vanilla. I tried peach Coke and vanilla Coke in Paris years ago, and haven’t seen them since. They were delicious! BUT… my favourite has to be Cherry Coke! When I live in Manchester, I was hooked to it! Sadly it’s not as available in Ireland. I’ve noticed in Boots and few discount stores. Hopefully, it’ll come to my town soon because it’s so so yum! Until then I shall be guzzling Coca Cola until I explode… a real possibility! :P


When ever mother dearest gives out to me about Coke, my reply is 'Well there's worse types of Coke to be addicted to, isn't there?!' :D

And lets face it, it isn’t Christmas until you see this truck light up your screens!



Friday 10 August 2012

Another 'get to know me' tumblr survey!



1) Put your iTunes on shuffle. Give me the first 6 songs that pop up.
Old Crow Medicine Show – ‘Wagon Wheel’
Paddy Casey – ‘Sweet Suburban Sky’
Lady Gaga –‘Speechless’
Josh Ritter – ‘Man Burning’
Aqua – ‘Dr. Jones’
Jack Black – ‘Fuck Her Gently’

2) If you could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be?
Right now… My brother Alfie, haven’t seen him in nearly a year!

3) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 23, give me line 17.
…2.2 shows three different operating lines as V/F varies from 0 to 2/3 to 1.0 (See Example 2-1)… 
- books with crap like that is the recent I don't like my course :P

4) What do you think about most?
Future possibilities.. but will probably never happen! 

5) What does your latest text message from someone else say?
"Drink a lot – the hangovers are bad at first, but they get better a few months in.. Possible just me waking up drunk but I’ll take what I can get :P I shall be down for a drink or 12 soon!!” My lovely friend Sarah’s advice on being 23!

6) Do you sleep with or without clothes on?
With little

7) What’s your strangest talent?
Nothing strange.. but I’m alright at cooking (which is strange for me, not the domestic type!)

8) Girls…. (finish the sentence); Boys…. (finish the sentence)
Girls get hurt when they’re nice, and slated when they decide to not give a fuck anymore;
Boys are a waste of time… give me a man!

9) Ever had a poem or song written about you?
Not that I know of...

10) When is the last time you played the air guitar?
3 weeks ago!


11) Do you have any strange phobias?
Jelly fish, spiders, insects in general…

12) Ever stuck a foreign object up your nose?
Not since I was a kid :P who doesn't put stuff in their nose as a kid!

13) What’s your star sign?
Leo the Lion… RAAWR

14) If you are outside, what are you most likely doing?
Wandering around being a tourist (even in my own town!)

15) Do you prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it?
Behind! I’d love a big proper camera!

16) Favourite band?
The Coronas

17) What was the last lie you told?
Anything interesting happen on your last night out? 
Me: No, just the usual…! :D

18) Do you believe in karma?
Yes, what goes around, comes around!

19) What does your URL mean?
Niamh297 because my birthday is 29th of the 7th!

20) What is your greatest weakness; your greatest strength?
Flattery and nice pair of eyes
Thanks to college, pulling all-nighters! 3 in a row once!

21) Who is your celebrity crush?
Johnny Depp, Robert Downey Jr, David Tennant, Jensen Ackles, Katie Taylor, Steven Gerrard, Jim Parsons… and loads more!

22) Have you ever gone skinny dipping?
Sweet baby Jesus NO… no one wants to see that!

23) How do you vent your anger?
Plotting revenge!

24) Do you have a collection of anything?
I’m a serious hoarder! I’ve a collection of a collection of things!

25) Do you prefer talking on the phone or video chatting online?
Phone – I’m definitely a texter!

26) Are you happy with the person you’ve become?
No – I regret my choice of college course! And I am a ridiculously lazy person!

27) What’s a sound you hate; sound you love?
Any unnecessary controllable inconsistent noise!
Being in a pub with my friends laughing and a band playing good tunes!

28) What’s your biggest “what if”?
What if I put Analytical and Industrial Chemistry in UL first on the CAO instead of CIT!

29) Do you believe in ghosts? How about aliens?
Ya I do because of a freaky experience when I was younger.
Ya because the universe is a big old place, we’re hardly the only life forms in existence!

30) Stick your right arm out; what do you touch first? Do the same with your left arm.
Glass with Disprin Extra Strength
The curtain


31) Smell the air. What do you smell?
Cloves… I those hard boiled clove sweets next to me :D

32) What’s the worst place you have ever been to?
A friend’s house in east Cork.. so many flies, nearly vomited there and then! Gross


33) Choose East Coast or West Coast?
East coast, I’m tired of the West!


34) Most attractive singer of your opposite gender?
Danny from The Script.. nom!


35) To you, what is the meaning of life?
Have fun, you’re not going to be around forever!

36) Define Art.
3 letters that mean jack-shit to me! Sorry I’m not into paintings.


37) Do you believe in luck?
Yes to a certain degree – the engineer in me is screaming ‘It’s all probability!’ haha


38) What’s the weather like right now?
Sunny Sunny oh so Sunny today!


39) What time is it?
1.30am


40) Do you drive? If so, have you ever crashed?
No…must start!


41) What was the last book you read?
Let the Right One In


42) Do you like the smell of gasoline?
Ya, I love the petrol station, especially when I was younger!


43) Do you have any nicknames?
Nope!


44) What was the last movie you saw?
Ted – not as good as it was built up to be!


45) What’s the worst injury you’ve ever had?
When I broke my ankle and a bone popped out of my knee at same time!


46) Have you ever caught a butterfly?
Oh yes! They’re so pretty!


47) Do you have any obsessions right now?
Guys…I seem to be daydreaming about guys a lot lately!


48) What’s your sexual orientation?
Straight as an arrow


49) Ever had a rumour spread about you?
No, nothing bad anyways! Well... not that I know of!


50) Do you believe in magic?
Not magic, but illusions

HEY YOU.... 

I can seeee youuuu....!!!!


.....YA, YOU! You're halfway there, keep going! :D 


51) Do you tend to hold grudges against people who have done you wrong?
Oh yes! And I think of ways to get them back!


52) What is your favourite colour?
Blue


53) Do you save money or spend it?
I love spending money when I have it!


54) What’s the last thing you purchased?
Coke, Clove sweets and a Euromillions lotto ticket!


55) Love or lust?
Love, but lust can seem easier and more attractive at times!


56) In a relationship?
No, I wish, fed up of single life!


57) How many relationships have you had?
2 serious ones


58) Can you touch your nose with your tongue?
Yes, barely!


59) Where were you yesterday?
Home, town, zetland pier and beach, my aunts house and home!


60) Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you?
Yes, a folder with exam questions in it :/


61) Are you wearing socks right now?
Nope, don’t like wearing socks in bed!


62) What’s your favorite animal?
Cats, dogs are cool too but cats win it for me

63) What is your secret weapon to get someone to like you?
My charm and flash the smile and eyes combo! haha


64) Where is your best friend?
In bed probably :p


65) Do you have a lucky number?
I like 13


66) What is your heritage?
Irish for generations.. no denying Harrington is an English surname though!


67) What were you doing last night at 12 AM?
Facebook and ‘studying’


68) What do you think is Satan’s last name?
Crowley? (Supernatural fans know what I mean!)


69) Be honest. Ever gotten yourself off?
Hell ya! Can’t beat a good rummage!


70) Are you the kind of friend you would want to have as a friend?
Yup! I’m marvellous :P


71) You are walking down the street on your way to work. There is a dog drowning in the canal on the side of the street. Your boss has told you if you are late one more time you get fired. What do you do?
I’m a strong swimmer, I can save the dog and still be in work on time! Booya!


72) You are at the doctor’s office and she has just informed you that you have approximately one month to live. a) Do you tell anyone/everyone you are going to die? b) What do you do with your remaining days? c) Would you be afraid?
a) Tell nobody
b) Try do as much things on my bucket list
c) Ya, but can’t deny the inevitable!


73) You can only have one of these things; trust or love.
Trust is the basis of Love, so Trust!


74) What’s a song that always makes you happy when you hear it?
The Black Keys – Lonely Boy because I always have to get up to do the dance :D


75) What are the last four digits in your cell phone number?
5591


76) In your opinion, what makes a great relationship?
Trust, Openness, Fun and Sex


77) How can I win your heart?
Be funny, a gentleman, affectionate, a lil rough around the edges and lie when I need you to make me feel better!


78) Can insanity bring on more creativity?
Oh ya! Bizarre creativity! The best kind!


79) What is the single best decision you have made in your life so far?
To not let past bad relationships prevent me from putting myself out there!


80) What size shoes do you wear?
6 – 6.5


81) What would you want to be written on your tombstone?
Celebrate the good times


82) What is your favorite word?
Discombobulate


83) Give me the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word; heart.
4 sections, vena cava, ventricles, aorta, valves


84) What is a saying you say a lot?
These things happen!


85) What’s the last song you listened to?
Mundy – ‘Mexico


86) Whos your favorite singer/singers?
Eva Cassidy


87) What is your current desktop picture?
A lion cub


88) If you could press a button and make anyone in the world instantaneously explode, who would it be?
Mark…I just really hate him at the moment. POOF


89) What would be a question you’d be afraid to tell the truth on?
What goes through your head when you’re drunk!


90) One night you wake up because you heard a noise. You turn on the light to find that you are surrounded by MUMMIES. The mummies aren’t really doing anything, they’re just standing around your bed. What do you do?
Knock them aside and run like hell!

91) You accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what’s even cooler is that they endow you with the super-power of your choice! What is that power?
Invisibility


92) You can re-live any point of time in your life. The time-span can only be a half-hour, though. What half-hour of your past would you like to experience again?
Half hour before submitting CAO and I’d change it


93) You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be?
It’s horrible so I’d rather not say


94) You have the opportunity to sleep with the music-celebrity of your choice. Who would it be?
Johnny Depp (he was in a band!)


95) You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go?
America


96) Do you have any relatives in jail?
Not as in inmates but my aunt is the prison nurse in the 3 highest maximum security prisons in America - woo go aunt Peggy! 


97) Have you ever thrown up in the car?
No thankfully!


98) Ever been on a plane?
Of course!


99) If the whole world were listening to you right now, what would you say?
Someone give me a job!


100) Give me your top 5 favourite channels on YouTube:
I don’t really follow people on YouTube but here’s a few of my music subscriptions….
thecoronasrock – boyceavenue – thepianoguys – dasloverly – gootmusic  


Sorry for wasting your time with my nonsense :D