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My American wife just told me that young Seamus Heaney was a heartthrob. I'll be in my room.

well it presumably isn't news to you that she has peculiar taste in men?!

33 year age gap.

you might want to change the batteries in that calculator!

Think I said half way through the league that given the fixtures they had left (including a not interested Donegal in the final round) that Mayo might end up in the league final.

dúirt bean liom go ndúirt bean léi

Can anyone remember from 2nd half of the Armagh Mayo game. A ball dropped short into Armagh man's hands in the square and he passed it back to Rafferty.

Whistle was blown i thought it was going to be a free in to Mayo but then Armagh had possession and a free.

Can anyone recall this? What happened here.

Fair bit of discussion on this over on the rules thread

https://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=25027.2130

The absolute state of this!
I'd nearly cheer for Wales.
https://x.com/offtheball/status/1889283250847088992

It's gross

No harm but the narrative that City threw that away is bollox. Ederson threw it away. At fault for all 3 goals.

Good point. Who does Ederson play for?

Ireland may regret the last 2 tries conceded against England if it comes down to a points battle.

not to mention the losing bonus point that England had no right to get from 27-10 down after 74 minutes

Guinness - funded Loyalists, a British company masquerading as Irish. Pays taxes to King too.
Bushmills - similar to above plus there's much better Irish whiskey
Facebook/Instagram/X/Tesla - any tech in Trump/Israel's pocket
Joe.ie - anti Rossie site - amount of trolling they are doing this week on Ros crest. Must be the lad with no chin.

How do you know they are trolling Ros this week if you are boycotting the site?!

I haven't knowingly eaten Irwin's bread since 1995 and have only ever been in a McDonalds to use the facilities.

Living in the US I am not familiar with Irwin's, what is the issue?

Mentioned previously, they purportedly ferried bread etc to the orangemen in Drumcree back in the day.

I seem to recall Tayto were supplying Drumcree also?

Today I learned that the orangemen at Drumcree were eating Tayto sandwiches

Probably

Hard luck Elphin indeed, and congrats to Crossmolina.

First Intermediate Connacht title to go with the 3 x Senior titles around the turn of the century.

Like many rural areas, the town has been heavily impacted by rural depopulation - not within distance of a major population centre and the largest employer in the area was never replaced when Bord na Mona closed the power station at Bellacorick so returning to senior football (and now this Connacht title) means a lot

Rachel Kearns, from Crossmolina in Mayo is nominated for mark of the year for this grab:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQZsq17XWU

Vote here if you can - you go into a draw for $5,000
https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/mark-of-the-year/vote

Heading in 6 weeks to do the New York marathon. Just need to make it in one piece to the start line! Heading on the Wednesday morning and then leaving on Monday around tea time so a decent amount of time. Has anyone any good tours they'd recommend? Id like to do a tour of Central Park or the likes of Ellis Island. Something that will have a few interesting stories. Don't think I want a rushed fly by tour of the city where you're only stopping at the monument or site for a quick photo. Looking to do the usual things like 9/11 tour, top of the rock, see a show. The Saturday is the day before the marathon so I'll be taking it easy that day and staying off my feet from about 7pm that night. Not a big drinker but will probably head out after mid town on Sunday night after the marathon for some food/drinks if anyone has any good bar/food recommendations.

my sister is married to a New Yorker and they would always recommend the Circle Line. I loved it when I went - it's a bit of a different perspective seeing Manhattan from the water

https://www.circleline.com/

[If they were paid a decent salary instead of tips the amount would just get rolled into the menu prices]

but in the true service industry, their tips are how they make their living. Most restaurants and bars pay the minimum they can (as low as $2 an hour until the recent minimum wage service laws passed)

That's the important point, the amount wait staff are paid is really low, tips are what turn it into a slightly better than crap wage. If they were paid a decent salary instead of tips the amount would just get rolled into the menu prices.

You say that like it's a bad thing. Surely better for all involved, including businesses, servers and customers if actual costs are known, someone making a decent wage isn't dependant on what version of 'societal norm' you are adhering to on a given day of the week!

this appears to overvalue div2 results, consequently overstating Armagh's position

No, as the previous post said you get little or nothing for beating a team below you. Armagh got nothing for most of their games in Div 2, as Armagh came into the ranking pretty high and Meath, Fermanagh etc were far lower. In the group stages,  Armagh played Derry who were fairly similar then and a big margin of victory sent Armagh up and Derry down. Earlier in the championship Donegal also had a big boost by beating Derry, while Armagh got nothing for beating Fermanagh. Donegal are lower than Armagh now because they were beaten by Cork. 

No system is perfect and in this system a one point victory can have an excessive effect and progression on penalties can mean that the progressing team ends up lower, e.g. Monaghan progressed last year and got beat in the semi final, they only got a small bonus from the draw (as Armagh were higher then) and a bigger drop from the defeat.

Thanks for the explanation, I think that makes sense. So wins over Galway last year and Derry this year partly responsible for where Armagh are as by deinition they can't get much for the D2 wins (and didnt beat either of Cork or Donegal) and all other wins in the last couple of years seem to be per 'expected' results based on table position.

Not having a go at Armagh btw, just the position that seemed most glaring at a quick glance

Laoisman11's ranking on Boardsie
Basically you have Dublin and Kerry and Armagh, Galway, Mayo and Donegal much the same and Tyrone not far behind. One of Dublin or Kerry will likely win out, but one could fall to one of the next five if they met. In this system Galway are expected to beat Monaghan and won't go up much for doing so, Mayo might go up a bit if they beat Derry. However, the QFs would see changes in the positions.

this appears to overvalue div2 results, consequently overstating Armagh's position