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#1
GAA Discussion / Re: Ulster club championship
December 11, 2022, 03:09:47 PM
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on December 11, 2022, 03:03:30 PM
Quote from: Ed Ricketts on December 11, 2022, 02:38:48 PM
Quote from: yellowcard on December 11, 2022, 02:33:31 PM
I was worried when the crowd ran on at the end that there would be trouble, there was a real nasty atmosphere all game both in the stands and on the pitch.

Yeah, dumb and dangerous by McQuillan to blow for FT while players were still scuffling on the field. Asking for some overexcited idiot to run out and do something stupid.

Said exact same. Couldve been a riot. Fair play Glen thought Kilcoo had them, Glen made couple mistakes and werent creating chances. Strong ending will stand them in great stead for again

Madness to be giving throw ups when games are gone like today's was. Asking for trouble
#2
I got lost on the shares and CFDs.

Was he buying CFDs and shares at the same time? I thought the programme said it was cfds and that's why he called in on the marginal thingy.. and as opposed to just losing value he had to pay up as the price fell as it was a bet/gamble. Who were the brokers for actually buying shares then?.
#3
Was Brolly A Tool the last time Monaghan played Derry?
#4
General discussion / Re: Tea
May 02, 2022, 11:12:26 AM
'Nowadays people don't realise that the art of tea making, and elaborate discussions about various blends of tea we're not just inane murmurings; they we're a complex form of punctuation during emotionally difficult narratives'
#5
Quote from: johnnycool on April 21, 2021, 11:13:32 AM
Quote from: thebigfella on April 21, 2021, 10:41:33 AM
Fish and only because there would be a bit of variety.

What?

From a pig you can get gammon, rashers, pork loins and sausages not to mention trotters and the likes.

It's a super animal and eat pure shite..



Just being pedantic but this was the correct Simpsons scene to refer too...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BZDZyRaGa8

Although maybe i should be on the what grinds my gears thread..
#6
Quote from: timmyot501 on October 29, 2020, 11:43:43 AM
For those of us without sky, is there a way of streaming this match on Saturday? 

If you know someone who has their TV with Virgin Media they have a 'Sky Go' equivalent. But unlike Sky Go, the person in question will probably not have any devices registered because Virgin Media doesn't have that enough sport to bother setting it up! Speaking from personnel experience.

Sky Sports Mix is available on VM tv, Sky are putting all games on it. Two devices can be set up on it.
#7
General discussion / Re: Installing a stove
September 28, 2020, 03:50:55 PM
Good point - will look into that. Thanks
#8
General discussion / Re: Installing a stove
September 28, 2020, 03:09:20 PM
Quote from: giveherlong on September 28, 2020, 02:36:42 PM
Quote from: upmonaghansayswe on September 28, 2020, 02:19:59 PM
Looking at installing a Stanley Soilis F650 solid fuel stove. Similar to the Aoife only less traditional looking. Only issue I have is the ash tray is very small compared to the traditional types - not even an inch thick. No problem with emptying everyday but will it even last a day? Could it choke the air supply too when full?

Depends what you are burning. There's a fair bit of ash created burning turf
A lot less with well seasoned timber

True. Wouldn't have turf - but like a few briquettes at the start to get the heat going. Sticks and some coal otherwise. From our inset stove at home which would burn the same fuel, you would easily half fill a large tray each day. Especially thinking of cold weekends when you want it ticking over all day ideally not having to empty it. 

I'll check out the air supply. It densest have the 'wheel' so maybe the air wont get cut off if the tray is full..
#9
General discussion / Re: Installing a stove
September 28, 2020, 02:19:59 PM
Looking at installing a Stanley Soilis F650 solid fuel stove. Similar to the Aoife only less traditional looking. Only issue I have is the ash tray is very small compared to the traditional types - not even an inch thick. No problem with emptying everyday but will it even last a day? Could it choke the air supply too when full?

#10
Quote from: tyrone08 on May 09, 2020, 03:41:56 PM
Quote from: RedHand88 on May 09, 2020, 03:26:25 PM
Quote from: HiMucker on May 09, 2020, 02:21:34 PM
Anybody see Varadkars rant yesterday? Embarrassing, badly let himself down, completely lost his cool.

He was also wrong. Minimum wage and the furlough payment are not devolved and have nothing to do with SF. Its not SFs fault the minimum wage is crap in the North.

Agreed. I had to laugh at the irony of the p***k insulting trump and SF when he was in America on paddy's day announcing a lockdown for Ireland. He showed his true colours and they are not pretty.

Its called schmoozing. Not a skill required in the land of SF utopia.
#11
General discussion / Re: Teachers get it handy!
May 08, 2020, 09:57:14 AM
The lack of earning potential for students during the summer is a valid concern. Would a waive of next years fee / additional grant allocation not be a solution.
#12
General discussion / Re: TV Show recommendations
May 04, 2020, 11:17:49 AM
Quote from: general_lee on May 01, 2020, 04:37:58 PM
Quote from: sambostar on April 24, 2020, 01:06:29 PM
Watched "Gangs of London" 1st 2 episodes last night - seriously good I thought
Not as promising as I was hoping for. Plenty of action but Jesus is it far fetched. Watchable but the storyline is shíte.

Its crime drama porn. Awful stuff.
#13
General discussion / Re: China Coronavirus
April 29, 2020, 12:14:43 PM
Quote from: RadioGAAGAA on April 29, 2020, 10:21:03 AM
Quote from: upmonaghansayswe on April 29, 2020, 09:42:32 AM
We have 19,877 cases but undertaken 153,954 tests. So for every positive case who are the other 7 people being tested?. How can many of them not be contacts, as you suggest?

I said I was unsure whether they were family members tested or not.

How many people do you think you were in close proximity to in the past 3 weeks?

Shopworkers? Neighbours? Other shoppers? A ratio of 1:7 is not high enough.

[I don't know what the figures are elsewhere - statista.com was completely wrong on numbers here, no reason they're any less wrong elsewhere.]


Figures from Gov.ie so I'm going to believe them.

So no other comparable country (bar the ones i listed) has done any more testing per population than we have and yet you say a ratio of 1:7 is not high enough. I don't think that is a reasonable stance. 
#14
General discussion / Re: China Coronavirus
April 29, 2020, 09:42:32 AM
Quote from: RadioGAAGAA on April 28, 2020, 09:51:40 PM
Quote from: upmonaghansayswe on April 28, 2020, 08:49:07 PM
We have tested 31,179 per million. In Europe, only Lithuania, Estonia, Portugal have a higher rate (not counting Iceland or small states). How is this crap?. Genuinely asking.

Perhaps things have changed, but its my understanding in the ROI you are only tested if you are presenting symptoms (whereas in the UK you essentially have to be on your death bed  ::) ).
If you are then positive, then no testing is done of your family and no attempts are made to test anyone you have been in contact with over the previous two weeks.
[Anyone, step in and correct me if I'm out of date here!]

That almost just testing for testing's sake. There is no direction to it and only a fraction of the benefit of extensive testing is accrued.

[edit: even if I'm wrong on testing family members, its self-explanatory how they got it - so of limited use outside of treating those individuals.]

Even if they took a representative sample of those that are testing positive and then walked back through their lives for the previous 3 weeks and went testing everyone they were in contact with. Then match up positive cases from those tests to how/where they met the carrier*. It then starts to give an understanding of most likely spreading vectors. From which, you have the beginnings of an information base on how to best fine tune the easement of lockdown.

*problem is now, with it so widespread, its hard to be sure if that was the carrier they got the virus from.

We have 19,877 cases but undertaken 153,954 tests. So for every positive case who are the other 7 people being tested?. How can many of them not be contacts, as you suggest?
#15
General discussion / Re: China Coronavirus
April 28, 2020, 08:49:07 PM
Quote from: RadioGAAGAA on April 28, 2020, 06:46:59 PM
Quote from: armaghniac on April 28, 2020, 06:33:13 PM
79 deaths reported on the island today. We are not making the progress on this that we should after 6 weeks.

Indeed - problem is with the crap testing/tracing there probably is very little picture of how people are picking it up.

That google/apple app would be most useful right now (not exactly an exhaustive approach in itself, but a useful start).

We have tested 31,179 per million. In Europe, only Lithuania, Estonia, Portugal have a higher rate (not counting Iceland or small states). How is this crap?. Genuinely asking.