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BIRD AVENUE IN CLONSKEAGH -225007

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PHOTOGRAPHED IN NOVEMBER 2023

I walk along this road, in both directions, every Tuesday and Saturday and in general there is little to see and today was no different. Forget to mention – there is a very old Morris 1000 in the church car park.

According to Google Bard: “Bird Avenue is a residential street in Clonskeagh, Dublin 14. It is a quiet, leafy street with a mix of detached and semi-detached houses. The street is well-located, close to UCD and a short drive from the city center. There are a number of shops, restaurants and cafes within walking distance.”

IS THIS AS MUSTANG THAT I SEE BEFORE ME – 225006

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BIRD AVENUE NOVEMBER 2023

All going well my mother will be 104 in May 2024 and a few weeks ago she was talking about a car with the horse on it and when I said a Ferrari she said no … that’s not from America is it?. I had no idea as to what she was talking about until saw this car.

ACCORDING TO GOOGLE BARD IT IS HOME TO 100 BIRDHOUSES

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BIRD AVENUE IN DUBLIN

I think that we, in Ireland, refer to them as nest boxes rather than birdhouses.

I asked Google BARD AI for an essay describing Bird Avenue and the result is more than a little confused.

I am unaware of a new shopping centre.
I would have thought that the really large church building that dominates the area should have been mentioned.
I cannot find any information relating to the bird houses but it could be true that birdhouses were installed and I really hope that it is true.
The restaurants are clustered at either end of the road rather than along the road or nearby rather than being on the road. What I am saying is that I would not suggest Bird Avenue for shopping or dining out.
I would describe the bus service as unreliable. I use the 17 bus service four times a week and often have to wait more than 4o minutes even the service frequency is supposed to be 20 minutes. According to locals the problem is due to staff shortages. The 11 bus service has a frequency of thirty minutes but is frequently full. My advice is to walk to the tram stop at Windy Arbour.

Sure, here is an essay about Bird Avenue in Dublin, Ireland:

Bird Avenue is a short street in the suburb of Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland. It is located just off the Dundrum Road, and is home to a variety of businesses and residential properties. The avenue is named after the Bird family, who were once the owners of the land.

Bird Avenue was originally developed in the early 1900s, and was primarily residential. However, in recent years, the avenue has seen a number of commercial developments, including a new shopping center and a number of office buildings.

One of the most notable features of Bird Avenue is its birdhouses. There are over 100 birdhouses on the avenue, and they are home to a variety of birds, including sparrows, robins, and bluebirds. The birdhouses were installed in the 1980s by the Dundrum Tidy Towns Committee, and they have become a popular attraction for visitors.

Bird Avenue is a well-maintained and attractive street. The trees that line the avenue provide shade in the summer, and the flowers that bloom in the spring and summer add to the beauty of the street. Bird Avenue is a popular place for walking, jogging, and cycling, and it is also a convenient location for getting to other parts of Dublin.

The following are some of the things that you can do on Bird Avenue:

Visit the Bird Avenue birdhouses.
Go shopping at the new shopping center.
Visit the Dundrum Town Centre.
Have a meal at one of the many restaurants on the avenue.
Take a walk or bike ride along the avenue.
Enjoy the beauty of the trees and flowers.
Bird Avenue is a charming and inviting street in Dublin. It is a great place to live, work, or visit. If you are ever in Dublin, be sure to check it out.

Here are some additional facts about Bird Avenue:

The avenue is approximately 0.2 kilometers long.
There are approximately 100 birdhouses on the avenue.
The birdhouses were installed in the 1980s by the Dundrum Tidy Towns Committee.
The avenue is home to a variety of businesses, including shops, restaurants, and offices.
The avenue is also home to a number of residential properties.
Bird Avenue is a popular place for walking, jogging, and cycling.
The avenue is a convenient location for getting to other parts of Dublin.

I hope this essay has given you a better understanding of Bird Avenue in Dublin, Ireland.

Bard is a conversational generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Google, based initially on the LaMDA family of large language models (LLMs) and later the PaLM LLM. It was developed as a direct response to the rise of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and was released in a limited capacity in March 2023 to lukewarm responses, before expanding to other countries in May.

Google opened up early access for Bard on March 21 in a limited capacity, allowing users in the U.S. and UK to join a waitlist. Unlike Microsoft’s approach with Bing, Bard was launched as a standalone web application featuring a text box and a disclaimer that the chatbot “may display inaccurate or offensive information that doesn’t represent Google’s views”. Three responses are then provided to each question, with users prompted to submit feedback on the usefulness of each answer. Google vice presidents Sissie Hsiao and Eli Collins framed Bard as a complement to Google Search and stated that the company had not determined how to make the service profitable. Among those granted early access were those enrolled in Google’s “Pixel Superfans” loyalty program, users of its Pixel and Nest devices, and Google One subscribers.

Bard is trained by third-party contractors hired by Google, including Appen and Accenture workers, whom Business Insider and Bloomberg News reported were placed under extreme pressure, overworked, and underpaid. Shortly after Bard’s initial launch, Google reorganised the team behind Google Assistant, the company’s virtual assistant, to focus on Bard instead. Google researcher Jacob Devlin resigned from the company after claiming that Bard had surreptitiously leveraged data from ChatGPT; Google denied the allegations. Pichai revealed on March 31 that the company intended to “upgrade” Bard by basing it on PaLM, a newer and more powerful LLM from Google, rather than LaMDA. The same day, Krawczyk announced that Google had added “math and logic capabilities” to Bard. Bard gained the ability to assist in coding in April, being compatible with more than 20 programming languages at launch. Microsoft also began running advertisements in the address bar of a developer build of the Edge browser urging users to try Bing whenever they visit the Bard web app. Google is working to integrate Bard into its ChromeOS operating system and Pixel devices.

During the annual Google I/O keynote in May 2023, Pichai and Hsiao announced a series of updates to Bard, including the adoption of PaLM 2, integration with other Google products and third-party services, expansion to 180 countries, support for additional languages, and new features. The expanded rollout did not include any nations in the European Union (EU), possibly reflecting concerns about compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation. Those with Google Workspace accounts also gained access to the service. Google attempted to launch Bard in the EU in June, but was blocked by the Irish Data Protection Commission, who requested for a “data protection impact assessment” from the company. In July, Google launched Bard in the EU and Brazil, added support for dozens of new languages, and introduced multiple new personalisation and productivity features.

ANOTHER MORRIS 1000 ZV 65842 ON BIRD AVENUE

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PHOTOGRAPHED 2 MAY 2023

In 2020 I photographed a Morris 1000 at this location but it was a different colour and also had a different number plate (65-D-120018).

The Morris Minor is an economy car produced by British marque Morris Motors between 1948 and 1971. It made its debut at the Earls Court Motor Show, London, in October 1948.

Designed under the leadership of Alec Issigonis, more than 1.6 million were manufactured in three series: the Series MM (1948 to 1953), the Series II (1952 to 1956), and the 1000 series (1956 to 1971).

Initially available as a two-door saloon and tourer (convertible), the range was expanded to include a four-door saloon from September 1950. An estate car with a wooden frame (the Traveller) from October 1953 and panel van and pick-up truck variants from May 1953. It was the first British car to sell over a million units, and is considered a classic example of automotive design, as well as typifying “Englishness”.

Although Morris launched a new model with a similar name and a similar market positioning, the Morris Mini in 1959, the Minor remained in production for more than a decade after that, and in early 2020, its 23-year production run was counted as the twenty-eighth most long-lived single generation car in history by Autocar magazine, who called it: “… a primary way Britain got back on the road after the Second World War.”

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