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Barton Creeth

@bartoncreeth

Californian making the most of life in Belfast.

Belfast, Northern Ireland Katılım Ocak 2012
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Barton Creeth
Barton Creeth@bartoncreeth·
Belfast and the Universe🧵 My wife and two boys have now lived in Northern Ireland for a year. We’re settled and forging roots to last a lifetime. We face all the normal family struggles, but we’re happy. People often ask me why I live in Belfast when the sun and seemingly everything else seems to be back in California, where I was born and raised. And there’s no simple answer to that. A bit of adventure. Affordable housing was a big draw. There was a mystical experience at a pub in San Francisco’s Richmond district. Lots of reasons. I can’t explain it. We’re just here.
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Barton Creeth@bartoncreeth·
@wil_da_beast630 Just had the most mediocre and inauthentic burrito in Manchester. How hard can it be to whip up authentic taqueria food?
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Barton Creeth@bartoncreeth·
@Keyes Exactly- we’re not lucky like Spain with sun, so we need to follow France and go nuclear.
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Barton Creeth@bartoncreeth·
@MurrayHillGuy1 My kids spent an hour in the shed section of a DIY store today. When they’d had enough, we bought some plants and went home and planted them. My wife made us all dinner and we relaxed on the sofa. Best day of my week by a long shot.
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Murray Hill Guy@MurrayHillGuy1·
How do people in the suburbs genuinely look forward to Friday night on the couch, Saturday morning at Costco, and call that a weekend? Like you really moved out of the city just to LARP as your parents at 34?
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Barton Creeth@bartoncreeth·
It’s great to see big numbers of people preparing for confirmation into the Catholic Church this Easter. The Church now needs a plan for meeting the needs of these people over the next five years. Speaking from experience, once you leave the programming available to young adults, or RCIA, Catholic life can get lonely. My parish does well to create opportunities for teaching and community (we run Alpha for example). Let’s all prepare to open our parish to new members. Invite them into your homes for a meal. Pray with them. Get to know them. Make room in parish activities for them. Faith is enriched by deep friendships.
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Barton Creeth@bartoncreeth·
@brenwalsh66 My friend’s sister used to manage Ireland’s 32 - the one on Geary right? I actually never made it in.
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Brendan@brenwalsh66·
@bartoncreeth I miss the Plough and Stars in SF. Ireland’s 32, up the block, too.
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Barton Creeth@bartoncreeth·
It’s flawed and often weird, but I love Irish America. I love the opportunities it’s created for Irish artists and construction workers. For peace work and cross-community summer camps. I love corned beef and cabbage (my dad made it every year on St Patrick’s Day). I love the Irish culture centres. I love the Irish music festivals (I used to work them at a food stall). I loved 2002 and waking up at 2 am to drive down to a San Francisco Irish pub to watch the Germany game. I love Irish pubs. Especially the Plough and the Stars in San Francisco where I discovered Irish fiddler Martin Hayes. I enjoyed my Boston construction days where Irish guys drank Lucozade. I love Southie. It gets maligned and mocked, but Irish America is awesome. Happy St Patrick’s Day!
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Barton Creeth@bartoncreeth·
@SFCCM Ah that’s lovely to hear - lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit
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San Francisco Cable Car Museum@SFCCM·
@bartoncreeth Happy St. Patrick's Day! It was always great fun here in the City, with Mass at St. Patrick's church, the parade, parish corned beef dinners, Irish dancing, and all the great craic in lots of Irish pubs. A neighborly festival for years.
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Barton Creeth@bartoncreeth·
@post_liberal What?! Definitely thought it was 19th century. Beyond just the song it is so embedded into Irish and diaspora culture that it resonates on what feels like an ancient frequency. Wild.
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Pete@post_liberal·
Mad to think that ‘The Fields of Athenry’ was only written in 1979. If someone had told me that it was written a 150 years ago then I wouldn’t have batted an eyelid.
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Barton Creeth@bartoncreeth·
So Ireland need England to beat France now to be Six Nations champions? Is that right? Meaning Ireland fans will cheer on England? A wild tournament, so fun. I’ve loved the rugby this year.
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Haydn, 🇵🇸@bilbosfootcomb·
How the fuck do you get this job please somebody tell me I am on my knees begging I’m so fucking tired all the time
Jordanreviewsittt@jordanreviewsit

>wake up at 6am >drive 45 min in traffic >spend all day on virtual calls >buy a $20 slop bowl >spend final 5 hours pretending to work >go for a walk around the retention pond and hope to see a turtle or duck >plan which dates you’ll use your 12 PTO days >tell coworkers you’re living the dream >repeat until 65

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Barton Creeth@bartoncreeth·
I just saw a pheasant in the artificial stream on my corporate campus. It was glorious. And my day has been awesome. Here’s the deal with a corporate job. If you’ve never expensed a beer and burger, never been paid to learn, never felt like you have a future. A corporate job is a gift from heaven. My coworkers are a delight. The challenges are enjoyable. I can provide for my family and have an annual holiday somewhere nice. I pray everyone who wants this life gets there in the end. As @PaulSkallas says, don’t be fooled on here by people in the payoff space. The 4HL can be hard enough to attain. Treasure it when you have it.
Jordanreviewsittt@jordanreviewsit

>wake up at 6am >drive 45 min in traffic >spend all day on virtual calls >buy a $20 slop bowl >spend final 5 hours pretending to work >go for a walk around the retention pond and hope to see a turtle or duck >plan which dates you’ll use your 12 PTO days >tell coworkers you’re living the dream >repeat until 65

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Barton Creeth@bartoncreeth·
I didn’t know anything about it! But I saw Google people talking about it. Discovered I’m quite good running workshops and things. And saw lots of companies advertising roles. Find weird things that companies need and get amazing at it - that’s how you get in the door to a corporate (if that’s what you want).
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Barton Creeth@bartoncreeth·
@pegobry_en I once got an a call with an IRS agent for three hours and we did my American back taxes (I was living in England and it had been 5 years of not filing). He felt genuine concern for me and guided me through the tax amnesty process.
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Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry@pegobry_en·
Since people love to shit on European bureaucracy: I paid my French taxes late. I wrote down the date wrong in my calendar, it was 100% my fault. In France, if you pay your taxes late you get a 10% penalty. I was like, well, it's your own damn fault PEG, so I paid everything plus the 10% penalty, along with a note to my tax office apologizing. The tax office just wrote me back saying they would rebate me the penalty since it was just an innocent mistake. I didn't even have to ask for it--didn't even think to ask for it. Ameribros, can you remember a time when the IRS treated you this well?
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Barton Creeth@bartoncreeth·
Parkrun is great everywhere but it’s particularly special at Stormont Estate in East Belfast. And when the sun shines, it’s truly exquisite. Folks cheering you on, beautiful views. To use an Ulster colloquialism: “can’t bate it.” What a place!
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Barton Creeth@bartoncreeth·
@s8mb It’s the best bro - congrats on your lovely wee family 🙌🏼
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Sam Bowman@s8mb·
It doesn’t get much better than this!
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