The Night The Edge Went Hungry
Tanya Olson ([email protected])
Wed, 20 Jan 1999 09:37:29 -0500 (EST)
> Looks like the next MTV awards (Euro version) will be held at the
> Point, ala R and H fame. Sounds like you better book your rooms at the
> Clarence now. Come to think of it I wonder how instrumental our little
> hoteliers were in getting this brought to Dublin. Enterprising, our boys.
> I was also amused by the Eddie Rockets reference in someone's
> Dublin post the other day. I spent a good year of my life working the
> grill in the Rocket. When it first opened it was one of the few things
> that was open late in Dublin (we closed at 2am, 4am Friday and Sat). One
> night I was working the grill, cleaning up as we had just closed. One of
> the waitrons was bringing in furniture from outside when she pokes her
> head in and asks if I can still make a burger. "Nope, sorry, grills
> closed, no more" I insist.
> As she's bringing stuff into the dishwasher she tells me, "Edge
> looked very sad." Turns out our poor little Edgie was the one requesting
> the burger who I so cruelly turned away. My new policy was I would cook
> any member of U2 anything they wanted opened or closed, no need to ask,
> but I never saw the boys in the Rocket again.
> I'm not sure what the moral is here boys and girls- treat everyone
> the same? Always be generous? Don't start cleaning the grill too early,
> you never know what you 'll miss? Take your own lesson, but know the
> closest I ever got was making Cobb salads for Bjorn Again and it was no
> substitute.
> The Irish weather report is your bonus of the day.
>
> Tanya
>
> MTV EURO AWARDS TO BE HELD IN DUBLIN
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> The prestigious MTV European music awards are to be held in Dublin this
> year. The awards are the pop and rock industry's premier celebration.
> The awards will be held at the Point in November. Organisers of the
> event have already booked hundreds of hotel rooms for the stars who
> appear on the show.
>
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> IRELAND'S WEATHER
> A good deal of clear, fine weather this evening and tonight, with
> scattered heavy showers over the Western half of the country gradually
> dying out. Widespread frost developing inland as the Westerly winds
> moderate, with a risk of some icy roads. Lowest temperatures -1 to +2
> Celsius (30 to 36 Fahrenheit) but around +5 Celsius ( 41 Fahrenheit) on
> exposed coasts. Heavy rain spreading Eastwards late tonight and tomorrow
> morning, bringing a rise in temperatures - but bringing very strong
> Southerly winds as well, with gusts to 60 mph locally.
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