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Extra.ie
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Extra.ie
American woman wins Leitrim home worth over €300k for just €6
A woman has won a house in Leitrim worth over €300,000 — for just over a fiver. It's the way that most young people can only dream of getting a house/the only way we'll actually be able to get a house in this day and age — with Imelda Collins raffling off her picturesque Leitrim home, sitting on 1.75acres of land, for just £5 (€6) per ticket. Speaking about the decision to sell the house, Imelda reckoned that she would've fetched a price tag of around €300,000 for the home, which underwent extensive renovations and includes sensational views, a large open plan living and dining area, and two bedrooms. A woman has won a house in Ireland worth over €300,000 — for just over a fiver. Pic: Win A House Near Sligo/Facebook To sweeten the deal, Imelda will be paying the legal and stamp duty fees before handing over the keys — with American woman Kathleen Spangler winning the incredible home. Imelda Collins outside the cottage in Co Leitrim. Pic: Raffall Imelda said that both she and Kathleen are 'over the moon' with the raffle, with her adding to Galway Beo that it was a 'win win situation.' Pic: Win A House Near Sligo/Facebook The home has a south facing aspect meaning it gets sun from sunrise to sunset (or cloud, Irish weather eh?) and underwent extensive renovations including new insulated floors, a vaulted ceiling with a skylight, and an energy efficient new oil boiler among many others. Pic: Raffall The home is also just 15 minutes from Sligo town, with a beautiful white and red facade. Pic: Raffall More photos from the home can be found below Pic: Raffall Pic: Raffall Pic: Raffall Pic: Raffall Pic: Raffall
Buzz Feed
26-05-2025
- General
- Buzz Feed
41 Of The Trashiest Things People Have Put In Writing
My late, great Aunt Imelda used to say, 'You don't need to write down every thought for the world to see. Some things can be just for you, you goddamn stupid idiot!' Aunt Imelda was verbally abusive, but she was right. Then again, she didn't exactly follow her own advice and once sent me a note that read, 'You must be from an ugly side of the family we don't know about.' She was a mean old bat, and honestly, I'm glad she's dead. Anyway, here are 41 incredibly trashy things people put in writing: First, there's this note from a scumbag husband: This sign, which has got to be the trashiest form of guerilla marketing ever (don't bother using the QR code — it just goes to a realtor's ad): And this T-R-A-S-H-Y message some sorority girls hanged outside their sorority house (Megan, call your parents): This write-up about a woman at a Taylor Swift concert has to be read to be believed: This listing — trying to sell a plastic bottle for a grand, saying it'll bring you back to the "Pre-Covid Pre-Woke" days — is 🙄 (and the misspelling of "original" is the least of its problems): And this posting announcing this driver's license office in Alabama is taking the day off to celebrate Confederate Memorial something else: They're not the only states to celebrate this in 20-freaking-25, believe it or not. Some that "celebrate":Mississippi observes it on the last Monday in April with state offices closed. South Carolina recognizes Confederate Memorial Day on May 10 with state offices closed in observance. Texas observes "Confederate Heroes Day" (heroes?!?!?!) on Jan. 19 (also Robert E. Lee's birthday). It remains an official state I don't mean to beat up on the South too much, but whoever made this shirt and anyone who wears it also belong on this list: Also trashy? This note WRITTEN ON A MENSTRUAL PAD!!! (I wonder how bad a parking job it was for her to break out her pad and pen): And this note from a cheap-ass customer will infuriate you in so many ways: This WILD story — maybe a scam to get fired so he could keep the deposit? — could not be any trashier (I've transcribed this wall of text into an easier to read format below): "After seeing someone else post on here about [name blurred] (IMC) I thought I'd share my awful experience with him as well to raise awareness in hopes people avoid in the future!!I did put this in the comments of the original post as well, but thought I'd give it its own post too just so it showed up if anyone searched his name in come out to mine to quote me for a job back in February/March, seemed lovely at first and very professional. Gave him a £550 deposit, then he come out the next day using the excuse that he needed to measure up again even tho he'd already done it the previous day, and when he come out the second time he added £800 onto my original agreed upon he started telling me what he was gunna do in my garden instead of doing the job I was asking him to do n what I was paying him to he started flirting with me and I had to remind him several times he was just here to do a job, nothing he helped himself to alcohol in my house and started drinking my alcohol in my house while discussing the work he was meant to be he asked to borrow a fiver and use my bathroom, which I stupidly allowed him to do, and when he got finished in the bathroom n come back downstairs, he bragged about the line of coke he'd just sniffed in my bathroom that my two very young kids use and even wiped out his baggie in front of my two young give me the fiver back that he'd obviously used to sniff his he got way way way too overly friendly with my kids as well, telling them 'I'm your mammies friend' and then teaching them how to through fkn punches n that!!When I finally got rid of him (he drive his van away from mine while still drinking the alcohol he'd taken from mine and while under the influence of coke that he'd sniffed in mine too btw), I messaged him telling him I wanted my deposit back as I was gunna go with someone else for the work after what he'd done in mine that day only to be told he couldn't return my deposit as he used my money to pay his business tax and insurance while it should of been used for when I argued that point he rang me and got really nasty with me and even threatened me as well if I didn't drop it, and he now has me blocked and never got my money back." These two snotty girls are battling it out to see who can be the worst: And this note — I can't emphasize this enough — makes me freaking HATE Brad: This note was written by a monster who would rather see someone die than be inconvenienced: This note in a work bathroom might somehow be grosser than the nastiness that inspired it: And this note from another work bathroom paints a totally different, but equally nasty picture: This note makes me wonder what the hell is going on at this bar: This text from an aunt going OFF on her very pregnant niece's plan to name her baby Lilith is not cool (what is it with aunts? Looking at you, Imelda!): If you're wondering WTF, here's some context: Lilith was the name of the first wife of Adam, who was banished from the Garden of Eden and, in some tellings, went on to become a she-demon. On the flip side, Lilith is a favorite name of feminists for her independent you think about the name, my take is that if it ain't your should stay out of the parents' naming process! And all the money in the world couldn't buy this entitled brat class: This silly conservative told on himself that he'd be a murderer if not for religion: I'll just let you read what Natalia had to say: And these gross parents are bragging to their kid about drunk driving at 8 a.m.: This genius stamped "Trump lives here" on a depiction of the Lincoln Memorial: This birthday cake couldn't make it at a 5-star restaurant, let's just put it that way: And these dine and ditch punks belong on this list for sure: This couple's messy marriage is laid out for all to see with a divorce on a mattress!: This trashy movie theater spectacle was 100% worth the price of admission: And I think the writer in white beats the doodler in black when it comes to being the worst: This jerk bragged online about being, well, a jerk: This moderator for a breastfeeding Facebook group put down in writing the gross way she makes $$$: And this mistress (or "buddy" as she prefers to be called) also put it all out there on Facebook for the world to see: This idiot dad also put it out there, telling the world, "LOOK AT ME! I AM AS DUMB AS THEY COME!" These people think it's funny to harass people busting their asses for minimum wage (or close to it): And this dad not only made himself look like a jerk but a chump (because what does he think they're doing when they're not visiting him?): This person trying to sell a bucket of day-old KFC made me throw up in my mouth a little: This window tinting service belongs here thanks to this advertisement with these before and after photos: And whoever's trying to sell 187 ciggy could be yours for the amazing price of just $ an intervention: These parents put WAAAAAY too much info on the internet for all to see (for clarity, the child, I believe, is the "stink," but it might also be...): This girl at the lake will never be a debutante: This whole situation makes you shake your head: Wait, sorry. I mean THIS whole situation: And lastly, the subject of this letter does NOT understand recycling (or being a functional human):
Perth Now
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Imelda Staunton felt 'distraught' over Queen Elizabeth's death
Imelda Staunton felt "absolutely distraught" when Queen Elizabeth passed away. The 69-year-old actress played the late monarch - who died in September 2022, aged 96 - on 'The Crown', and Imelda has admitted to feeling heartbroken after the Queen passed away. Speaking to The Independent, the actress explained: "I've got no claim to her at all, but I felt absolutely distraught. "Dame Helen Mirren [who played Elizabeth in 'The Queen'] emailed me to say, 'I know how you're feeling.' So yes, it was very strange." Imelda admitted to feeling inspired by the late monarch, who reigned for 70 years. She said: "[The Queen] had this great ability to block everything out. "I watched reams of old footage of her, and whenever she'd arrive somewhere in, ahem, the colonies, she'd be greeted by millions of people. Yet she would greet whoever she was there to meet straight on, like a horse with blinkers. She refused to be distracted. I thought, 'I'll hold on to that.'' Imelda believes the Queen embodied a particular attitude and a particular era. The actress said: "Whether you like it or not, this was a woman who got up every day and did that job, decade after decade, with such grace. In a titchy tiny weeny way, it's like doing a theatre job for eight months: you just do it." However, Imelda believes the Queen's outlook contrasts sharply with the young performers of today. The veteran actress - who starred alongside the likes of Jonathan Pryce, Lesley Manville, Jonny Lee Miller, Dominic West and Elizabeth Debicki on 'The Crown' - shared: "Of course, it's easier for my generation and the generation above me to say that, because we were brought up on theatre, and theatre gives you muscle; we did six years of rep with no understudy. "So, when the younger generation of actors go, 'Oh, I'm a little bit tired,' I think, 'That's your loss.' Resilience in all parts of life is necessary. "The Queen also had no choice; nor did the royal family. They were very unlucky to be born into it, which is something 'The Crown' showed very well."
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
What The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale Means, And What It Doesn't
From grocery stores to neighborhoods, a hurricane's category might be among the most discussed aspects of a threatening storm. Those categories are based on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which is one tool for assessing the intensity of a hurricane, but it's important to know what it means in terms of wind impacts, as well as what it doesn't mean. Let's break it down. -What It Measures: As the name implies, the current version is strictly a wind scale that rates a hurricane's sustained winds (not gusts) from Category 1 through 5. For a storm to reach the Category 1 threshold, its winds must be at least 74 mph. Major hurricanes, Category 3 or higher on the scale, have winds above 110 mph. Rare Category 5 hurricanes pack maximum winds of 157 mph or higher. -What It Doesn't Measure: Storm surge, flooding rainfall or tornado impacts. Storm surge was previously quantified by the categories, but that was eliminated in 2010 given the complex nature of that particular impact. -Damage Type By Category: In general, wind damage rises by about a factor of four for every category increase. According to the National Hurricane Center, that ranges from "some damage" in a Category 1 to "extensive damage" in a Category 2, "devastating damage" in a Category 3 and "catastrophic damage" in Category 4 and 5 hurricanes. -History Shows You Should Not Focus Just On The Wind Category: That's because water-related impacts like storm surge and flooding rainfall, not wind, are historically deadlier impacts. 85% of deaths from tropical cyclones in the U.S. have historically been caused by rainfall flooding, storm surge, rip currents, high surf and marine incidents, based on National Hurricane Center 2013-23 statistics. -Storm Surge Lesson Learned: Hurricane Ike in 2008 made landfall in Texas as a Category 2, but packed a much higher storm surge than you might suspect a hurricane of that wind intensity could produce. That's because it was very large, allowing it to build up storm surge heights of 15 to 20 feet, which then leveled most structures on Texas's Bolivar Peninsula. -Flooding Rainfall Lessons Learned: Tropical storms can create more rainfall flood damage than major Category 3-plus hurricanes in some cases. Tropical Storm Imelda in September 2019 produced over 30 inches of rain in southeast Texas, triggering widespread flooding. The damage estimate was $6.2 billion (2025 dollars), according to NOAA. Another famous example is Tropical Storm Allison in 2001, which caused massive flooding in southeast Texas, including Houston, resulting in $15.1 billion (2025 dollars) in damage and killing 43 people. -Category 5 Hurricanes Are Rare: There have been just 42 recorded in the Atlantic Basin since 1924, according to NOAA's historical database. It's even rarer to have two in a season like we saw in 2024 with Beryl in the Caribbean in July, and Milton in the Gulf in October. -Where Did The Scale Come From? It first came into use more than 50 years ago and is named for its developers, Herbert Saffir, a consulting engineer who lived in Florida, and Dr. Robert Simpson, who was then director of the National Hurricane Center. The earliest published versions of the scale date to 1972. Chris Dolce has been a senior digital meteorologist with for nearly 15 years after beginning his career with The Weather Channel in the early 2000s.
New Indian Express
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New Indian Express
Unpacking Baggage
With tensions between India and Pakistan at an all-time high and the nation having just recently grappled with the possibility of an all-out war, perhaps now, more than ever before in recent memory, questions of war and the human consequences of it are increasingly close to us. In the play Bag Dancing, Imelda, a woman from Vienna, has experienced the worst of war and human suffering – the holocaust – and is now a 'bag lady' in the UK. She carries her life in her bags, and questions authority boldly. Neville is a young man who works at a homeless shelter while caring for his mentally ill mother. He believes that not everybody is meant to dream. But what happens when these two share their stories and form a friendship? This is what acclaimed Olivier Award-winning UK playwright, Mike Kenny's latest play seeks to explore. As director Ujwala Rao explains, the play tackles themes of war, displacement, classism, and mental health in a simple way. She says, 'They go around telling their stories and talk about things like war and mental health, but gently. It is not dealt in an overtly political way, but in a way that affects people's everyday lives.' This gentle approach, according to Rao, has been a gateway for parents to explain difficult subjects to their kids, 'There are many parents of children who've said that they find it hard to talk about things like war and displacement to their children but this play opens up a chance for them to address these things because children will then ask questions like 'what is war', 'why did she lose her home', and 'why were so many people killed?'.' Despite the central concerns, the play is not devoid of fun and whimsy, essentially aiming to leave audiences feeling optimistic while giving them food for thought. Rao attributes this to Kenny's writing, saying, 'Mike's writing is really engaging and there's a certain rhythm to it. I'm a fan of many of his plays, but with this one, especially, every girl or boy who reads or watches the play wants to be like Imelda and feels that they are like Neville. I love how Mike talks about some significant things with such humour and lightness,' she says, adding, 'Kids have been absolutely inspired by Neville and Imelda's friendship and come out feeling like changing the world, and you don't have to be in a position of authority to do so. The adults come out feeling warm and understood.' (The play is set to be performed at Bangalore International Centre on May 21 at 7pm. Entry is for all above age 8 and is free of cost. For more information, visit
