Hey,

Yves Rossy, the guy who crossed the English channel on a wing and a prayer last week, is on the show tonight. Great guy. Great interview, too. But  tohave a look at the man in action just copy and paste the link below into your address field...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/3086878/Fusionman-Jet-man-Yves-Rossy-soars-into-record-books-with-solo-flight-over-Channel.html

Enjoy,

Paul

Hey,

 There’s a few things I can do, and do reasonably well. But DIY/handyman stuff simply isn’t one. I’m rubbish. Crap. Disastrous. And generally end up creating a small fire, rather than, say, a table, chair or bunk bed.

This morning, though, I had to give it a shot. We moved house recently, and all the, “man jobs”, so to speak, have been sent my way. There’s a TV that’s needs hanging. A table that needs erecting. And a lampshade that needs attaching. So, I get up, have a little brekkie, and set to the task. Needless to say, it didn’t quite go to plan.

Two and a half hours later, I had several holes in the wall, a table with three and a half legs, and a lampshade which somehow found itself swimming in a cereal bowl. Not. Good.

Anyway, besides that, all’s well with The Inbox team. Well, save for poor old Mike (our producer). He failed his driving test this morning because – wait for it – he, “failed to engage his de-mister”. Everything else was perfect, even flawless. But the tiny droplets of condensation in the top left hand corner of his windscreen sent him home empty handed. That seem fair to you? No, me neither. So, we want you to email us with the reasons you failed your driving test. Send them to pconnolly@dublins98.ie, or the inbox@dublins98.ie – and we’ll have read them out on tonight’s show.

Talk to you from 7pm…

Have a good one,

Paul

Hey,

As promised, here's the jealousy test:

http://discoveryhealth.queendom.com/jealousy_men_abridged_access.html

We've put up all of our recent podcasts, too, so, after you're finished with the test, subscribe to The Inbox Podcast. (It's on the www.dublins98.ie homepage. Just click on podcasts, and scroll down to find The Inbox)

Listen tonight from 7pm for more.

Have a good one,

Paul

So, the show kicked-off this weekend. It’s called The All Ireland County Quiz, it’s on TV3, Saturday’s, and I’ve been entrusted as the host. All a little weird watching myself jump around and the like, but it seemed to go well, so I’m delighted.

That said, was pottering around the house on Sunday and came across one of those useless facts books. Love those things. Anyway, here’s three I liked…

We have 60,000-80,000 thoughts per day!

On average a human will spend up to two weeks kissing in his/her lifetime.

Just 21% of people would be willing to take their boss' job.

Drop me a line on pconnolly@dublin98.ie if you have any more useless, but somehow interesting facts for me. There’s a Dublin’s 98 mug in it for the best one.

Hey,

This is odd. Sure, it happens regularly enough. But when it does, it’s, well…weird.

Anyway, on Monday, for no apparent reason, the name of a guy I went to school with popped into my head. I didn’t spot anything that reminded me of him. I didn’t bump into his far hotter sister. It’s just…popped.

So, I take a moment to consider the fact I haven’t thought about him in what must be fifteen years, and I go about my business. Case closed. Well, not quite.

The next afternoon, as in Tuesday, I bump into him. As in actually BUMP in to him. We have a chat, exchange pleasantries, do all the stuff people do when they would rather have avoided eye contact. But the whole time I’m thinking, “Is this a coincidence, or some bizarre twist of fate with a bad sense of humour?”

So, tell me, this ever happened to you? There’s a 98 mug in it for the best story.

Email me at pconnolly@dublins98.com