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3.55pm
3 May 2012
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What exactly were they planning on doing with it? Build a house and that kind of thing…?
It looks beautiful anyway. Most people just see an island but I see beauty in nature, and that’s a perfect example.
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18 March 2013
Offline I am about 98% sure but I think John was very concerned about preventing erosion on the island and wanted to put up rock walls etc. to prevent erosion. During the 70s he lent it out to a hippie gathering 
Now it’s just being used for grazing animals
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8.48pm
3 May 2012
Offline Sounds interesting…does Yoko still own it though?
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9.52pm
6 December 2012
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fabfouremily said
It looks beautiful anyway. Most people just see an island but I see beauty in nature, and that’s a perfect example.
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18 March 2013
Offline fabfouremily said
Sounds interesting…does Yoko still own it though?
Nope she sold it to local farmers in 1984
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10.38pm
6 December 2012
Offline For how much money?
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18 March 2013
Offline That has’nt been released but €300,000 is a steep asking price especially as the land s in the west i.e very rocky, not great nutrient contents only really good for animal grazing and then you have to transport the animals to and from the island- so it’s a bit of a hassle. Especially the way Ireland’s economy is in, you could buy 2 decent houses in the West/North of Ireland for that kind of money. It would only be handy for John’s intentions of living as a recluse really
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1.14pm
3 May 2012
Offline Very sad that he never got to fulfill that retirement plan.
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18 March 2013
Offline Egroeg Evoli said
I just found some new information on this while browsing through the Irish Independent archives
In 1967, John Lennon purchased Dorinish Island, an inhabited lump in Clew Bay, Co Mayo. He paid £1,700 and would retreat there with his wife Cynthia when the pressure of life as a Beatle grew too much. He stopped visiting after their divorce and Dorinish felt into disuse.
In 1970, Lennon invited ‘King of the Hippies’ Sid Rawle to set up a commune and Rawle and 25 followers duly moved in. In 1972, part of their camp burned down and they quit Dorinish. Following Lennon’s death in 1980, Yoko Ono sold the island for £30,000, donating the proceeds to an orphanage.
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2.22pm
3 May 2012
Offline I knew about the latter but I never knew he bought an island for him and Cyn. Does anyone know if she talks about it in her book, I don’t know why I didn’t know that.
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4.24pm
18 March 2013
Offline I am from Canada, eh? (BTW I never say “eh” unless it’s on purpose.)
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14 October 2012
Offline I am from Canada, eh? (BTW I never say “eh” unless it’s on purpose.)
Does anyone in Canada actually say “eh,” or is it just a myth?
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5.37pm
18 March 2013
Offline I’ve never met one Canadian that said “Eh” more than once in a conversation.
8.06pm
6 December 2012
Offline I’ve heard that Canadians say “you know?” a lot. Is that true?
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18 March 2013
Offline Never met anyone that says it constantly. I’ve only seen that on TV.
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5 November 2011
Offline Egroeg Evoli said
I’ve heard that Canadians say “you know?” a lot. Is that true?
I’ve never heard that was a Canadian thing, I always thought that was more of an English thing. Maybe it’s just universal, though, because I know a few Americans who overuse that.
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bikelock28 said
I am from Canada, eh? (BTW I never say “eh” unless it’s on purpose.)
Does anyone in Canada actually say “eh,” or is it just a myth?
Complete myth. Hate when TV shows use it. If anything it’s just stereo-typing a “Newfie” accent. It would be the equivialnt of somebody assuming all Americans have a typical “Southern” accent.
Egroeg Evoli said
I’ve heard that Canadians say “you know?” a lot. Is that true?
I have not heard that one, myself.
Paul says “you know” probably about 56 times during this 1967 clip. Seriously. I have never counted, but it sure is a lot. I also think this was during the year he did cocaine. 
tsk tsk. Bad Pauly.
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2.00pm
5 November 2011
Offline Paul still says y’know a lot, and they all did.
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Offline Many footballers say “you know” in interviews far too many times – you want to slam youre head against a wall listening to them. “You know, we were, erm you know, unlucky to lose, you know, as, you know, we erm deserved more and, you know, didn’t get erm, you know, the decisions from the ref. But it’s one of those things in football, you know. Those things happen and erm, you know, we have to pick erm ourselves up and, you know, keep going and erm, you know, erm, the results will, erm, come.”
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6.46pm
17 January 2013
Offline unknown said
Paul still says y’know a lot, and they all did.
Yeah I still notice it now, too. In this one I think he says it the most.
"Please don't bring your banjo back, I know where it's been.. I wasn't hardly gone a day, when it became the scene.. Banjos! Banjos! All the time, I can't forget that tune.. and if I ever see another banjo, I'm going out and buy a big balloon!"
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